Bits: use Newquay’s lounge for £10, £25 off SWISS to Geneva, South African Airways sale

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• Tilly71 says:

  2 May2 May 07:41

  I have seen only a few people use this lounge, it’s such a small departure area that if you have a long wait it could be beneficial.

• Nick says:

  2 May2 May 08:06

  It’s worth checking Amex Offers for the (sometimes) South African Airlines offer too.

• Zander says:

  2 May2 May 09:33

  The lounge is pointless, NQY is a tiny airport that rarely gets overcrowded for flights. I still don’t see where the Airport Development Fee is being spent, I must have paid £100s since I started going up and down to see family (I fly down once every two weeks) and I’m yet to see any real change to the airport.

  • Tilly71 says:

    2 May2 May 11:22

    Have you been hand swabbed for traces of explosives at Newquay?
    Maybe that’s where the development fee has gone

    • Andrew H says:

      2 May2 May 13:19

      I thought Newquay didn’t charge ADF anymore?

      • Tilly71 says:

        2 May2 May 13:58

        Yes, was scrapped in April this year ☺

• Jen T says:

  2 May2 May 09:56

  Used SAA for our recent trip to South Africa. Booked an economy ticket but used their ‘Step up’ programme to bid to upgrade to business class on both intercontinental flights. Bid relatively low as the cabin was almost empty – rtn trip totalled £1900 after upgrades including cost of original ticket. Only catch is that you own earn miles on the economy ticket booked, but it’s a cheap way for business class travel. Not sure if the cabin will be so empty now after this sale though.

• Graeme J Archer says:

  2 May2 May 10:47

  Completely OT – I experimented with Curve this weekend in Salzburg. I withdrew €100 on my Curve card, my Supercard and my First Direct debit card (with First Directory so free withdrawals abroad) on the same day because I wanted to know which was cheaper for travel cash. My Curve is linked to my Diamond Club Amex and the Supercard is linked to a Diamond Club Visa. The costs for €100 were….

  Curve – £80.30 (160 Avios)
  Supercard – £78.16 (78 Avios)
  First Direct – £78.16 (nowt)

  So the 2% foreign cash withdrawal fee on the Curve seems to be working. The £200 cash withdrawal limit scuppers it as a single-card solution for travel, sadly. Annoyingly for me, my three week Summer holiday in Central America starts a month after Supercard close the pilot.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    2 May2 May 13:00

    Curve International payments (ATM or standard) are always MasterCard Wholesale rate + 1% then theres a £2 ATM withdrawal charge

  • Boi says:

    2 May2 May 15:04

    That is very useful. People did say curve is still better because of better exchange rate and their charges negligible. I still wouldn’t use it even with higher points earnings.

• Mark says:

  2 May2 May 13:24

  OT re:Amex referrals it seems you can now only refer a friend for cards you actually have so as a Plat and BAPP holder I can’t refer my wife for a gold card as I could previously. Does anyone know a way around this?

  • Gin and Tonic Please says:

    2 May2 May 13:39

    It’s still possible – just no obvious from the screen. You’re effectively referring someone to the programme (ie. MR, BA, etc) and then they have the choice of picking the right card for them. You can check out the details in the T&Cs: https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/mgm/the-platinum-card/terms-and-conditions.html

  • Gin and Tonic Please says:

    2 May2 May 13:40

    PS I normally just email the link now. Had too many problems getting Amex to actually send a referral email…

• harry says:

  2 May2 May 19:20

  OT this kind of selfish behaviour makes me very angry
  Holidaymakers ditch cars and taxis on motorway and WALK to airport after man on bridge sparks traffic jam http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/holidaymakers-ditch-cars-taxis-motorway-7880376

  The police should just grab the guy or if they go for grab & he falls, tough.

  Why should innocent people miss their holiday just because somebody had a girlfriend walk out on him/ feels lonely/ is drunk?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    2 May2 May 20:13

    Like how the response is its illegal to walk on the Motorway instead of having a proper plan in place to get/keep traffic moving quickly in the first place

    Find in the UK police are generally inadequate in dealing with traffic, how hard is it to have officers direct traffic. Not forgetting the worst of all traffic offenders rubber neckers!

  • Oyster says:

    3 May3 May 00:45

    Since when is a 1 day delay to a holiday more important than a human life?

    • harry says:

      3 May3 May 19:15

      His choice, not ours.

      You’re not equating logically. Theoretical: some idiot could go airside Heathrow tomorrow with a banana in a sock and hold up Burger King for the petty cash. Or various other scenarios probably not worth writing down.

      The terminal/ airport would quickly be in lockdown

      Cost & disruption? £ millions, enormous.

      The police would do the rest of humanity a big favour by trying to Taser him but quickly revert to a bullet to the head if that didn’t work.

      So in answer to your question, IMV 1 human life is NOT worth destroying so many people’s daily lives and stopping life going on normally.

      • Rob says:

        3 May3 May 20:40

        Human life is already priced up. It happens every day, eg is it worth putting bypass here to save x lives per year? £1m per life is a rough guide.

        • Genghis says:

          3 May3 May 20:56

          V true. And in the insurance industry for lost limbs etc.

          But could I sell Mrs Genghis for £1m?

• Matt E says:

  3 May3 May 11:03

  I’ve been in the Newquay lounge twice, had to switch the lights on both times.

  • harry says:

    3 May3 May 19:28

    Hope you switched them off when your flight was called

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