Bits: $75m for Heathrow slot pair, new InterCon in Pattaya, Flying Blue miles sale

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• Anon says:

  5 Mar5 March 07:32

  PAH to Flying Blue… :-p

  What about the BA Avios points purchase bonus.

  Is 30% extra worth a tickle? 🙂

  • Anon says:

    5 Mar5 March 07:37

    Dear Mr Anon,

    Be rewarded when you treat yourself, or somebody else. Enjoy up to 30% bonus Avios when you purchase or gift Avios between now and 17 March, so you can reach that reward flight or upgrade and be on the beach even sooner.

    Here’s how much you could earn
    10% bonus when you purchase or gift 1,000 — 15,000 Avios
    20% bonus when you purchase or gift 16,000 — 34,000 Avios
    30% bonus when you purchase or gift 35,000 Avios

    • Rob says:

      5 Mar5 March 08:27

      Will get around to this but, basically, not in my view.

    • Genghis says:

      5 Mar5 March 09:56

      You’re not really being rewarded at the price per avios cost

    • harry says:

      5 Mar5 March 15:28

      it’s 1.3p/ Avios ISTR from yesterday’s calculation

      You could have got them for 0.7p on the Groupon deal

• JamesLHR says:

  5 Mar5 March 08:03

  Should also be mentioned that Emirates now have a 6th slot, again from AF/KLM according to reports.

  • Rob says:

    5 Mar5 March 08:27

    6 x A380s plus the Qantas flights as codeshares ….. that is more people than some small airports handle in a day I reckon!

    Overnighter though. They need a slot around midday.

• Daniel says:

  5 Mar5 March 09:49

  At those prices for a slot I imagine BA are very happy with all the slots the purchase of Aer Lingus will give them.

• Nathan says:

  5 Mar5 March 10:16

  Just on route back from Thailand (currently in Doha for 20 hours of stop over) and can say Pattaya is certainly a place to go for 1 or 2 nights just to have many many jaw dropping moments. It is however known mainly for its sex tourism….
  The IC and Hilton in Hua Hin however are incredible and it’s a much nicer place 🙂

  • Mark LLL says:

    5 Mar5 March 10:46

    Hua Hin I think a very nice place.
    My friend, a seasoned S.E. Asia traveller, encouraged me to go off and explore Hua Hin unaccompanied. He didn’t do that anywhere else we visited in Thailand, which included Pattaya.

    • Londonbus says:

      6 Mar6 March 22:30

      Hua Hin is a quiet and pleasant little place.

      The beach however is filthy.

• Talay says:

  5 Mar5 March 11:21

  Hua Hin is stale and boring and the beaches are very disappointing as they lack features along hundreds of kilometres on that coast. It is not Bangkok, Pattaya or Phuket.

  The Sheraton in Pattaya has the disadvantage of being well off the transport routes and subject to “mafia” price gouging for short distance transportation. For instance, a journey of similar distance from the city centre might be THB100 (£2) but as you are a captive audience or returning to a (supposed) 5* place, they will want THB400/500 (£8/10). Do this a few times a day and you rapidly rack up costs which make other hotel rates look attractive.

  The beach there is just a rocky outpost with a bit of imported sand. Not remarkable, quite overpriced much of the time and with a change to IC status, surely that will continue.

  • Waribai says:

    5 Mar5 March 15:57

    Hua Hin is a great destination especially for those with a young family. For young singles though, it has a lot less to offer possibly.

• BlueThroughCrimp says:

  5 Mar5 March 12:32

  Off topic, but a save £50 when spending £250 with Hilton has appeared on my Amex Gold (though not my BA Amex).

  That, coupled with a reduction in rates for my Hilton booking has made me change it from a redemption to a cash booking.

  • Trickster says:

    6 Mar6 March 00:22

    Different versions of this may be available: I have £25 back on a £150 spend on my Gold card.

• Al says:

  6 Mar6 March 00:41

  Recently flew with Oman Air for the first time. Nothing particularly special, but 34 inch seat pitch in Y makes a nice change from many other airlines. Their mileage program is redeemable at duty free, and our LHR-BKK return gave us 2 litres of spirits and a couple of bottles of wine.

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