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• Genghis says:

  31 Aug31 August 06:20

  OT. 2 sets of avios for times mag subs posted to BAEC but not yet to 2 x Avios. DDs taken yesterday.

  • Nate says:

    31 Aug31 August 07:50

    My magazine arrived yesterday and DD payment taken.

    However I haven’t received my BA avios yet. Does anyone know the timeframe we should allow?

    • @mkcol says:

      31 Aug31 August 08:08

      Exactly the same scenario for me too Nate :-/

    • Genghis says:

      31 Aug31 August 09:07

      Avios should post within 28 days.

  • AndyR says:

    31 Aug31 August 08:22

    DD taken yesterday and mag arrived yesterday, Avios posted today.

  • Alan says:

    31 Aug31 August 09:13

    Still nothing on my BAEC account 🙁

    • harry says:

      31 Aug31 August 09:37

      the 5 BAEC harrys got smiles on their faces this morning

      the 2 avios.com harrys will just have to be patient

      anybody else got the avios.com mag points yet?

      • Alan says:

        31 Aug31 August 11:24

        BAEC 4,500 Avios now showing up in my a/c, even though they weren’t when I looked earlier this morning!

        • James R says:

          31 Aug31 August 18:12

          Mine too, Werent there this morning.. Just checked – Now in my BAEC acc.

• Andy S says:

  31 Aug31 August 06:23

  mag arrived yesterday. Avios arrived today (BA).

  • SoloFlyer1977 says:

    31 Aug31 August 09:13

    Same here. One way flight with shortbread here I come 🙂

  • dps says:

    31 Aug31 August 17:36

    Same here

    • Nate says:

      31 Aug31 August 21:52

      Still nothing on my BAEC.
      When I placed the order the confirmation page showed the Avios offer but the confirmation email had no mention of the avios promotion.

      Is it worth me calling them?

      • harry says:

        31 Aug31 August 21:57

        there was nothing on anybody’s confirmation email

        did you input your BAEC details? when you paid?

        if so, sit back & wait

        • Nate says:

          31 Aug31 August 22:01

          Ah ok that’s reassuring, thanks. Yes put my details in.

          I will watch and wait 🙂

• Andy S says:

  31 Aug31 August 06:27

  Another OT – anyone know who I have to chase to get platinum status from IHG paid card added to IHG account? The card has arrived, I’ve activated and started spending but still showing as gold on IHG website. Don’t know whether to call Creation or IHG themselves.

  • Nick says:

    31 Aug31 August 06:53

    Take about a week I think.

    • Matt says:

      31 Aug31 August 07:52

      Related OT question – if you get IHG Platinum from the paid credit card, do you need to earn the full 75k points to get Spire or just the difference between Spire and Platinum?

      • Genghis says:

        31 Aug31 August 07:54

        The full 75k

        • Matt says:

          31 Aug31 August 08:01

          Cheers.

        • mark2 says:

          31 Aug31 August 09:29

          remember that transfers from Virgin Flying Club count towards it.
          Spire Elite is underwhelming except that it can be matched to Hilton Diamond (two years in many cases).

        • Rob says:

          31 Aug31 August 09:42

          Some IHG hotels are trialling Club access for Spire. If this is rolled out it would make a major difference, although it is a little tough on hotels with lounges (probably 2% of the IHG portfolio) who would shoulder 100% of the cost.

        • Genghis says:

          31 Aug31 August 09:44

          Do you know where this is being trialled, Raffles?

        • Rob says:

          31 Aug31 August 09:53

          CP Manchester, CP Amsterdam City Centre

        • mark2 says:

          31 Aug31 August 22:44

          This is probably common knowledge, but I have just noticed that IHG points from E-rewards count towards Spire Elite status.

• Derek says:

  31 Aug31 August 07:09

  Isn’t it odd that Club Europe seems to be improving despite the cuts, while Club World seems be slowly, but certainly, moving towards irrelevance.

  • John says:

    31 Aug31 August 07:30

    The meal might be back to the quality of 2-3 years ago but everything else has gone downhill and isn’t going back up. Anyway on my last few CE flights I still got the crappy “salad” and the “cold meats and cheeses”.

    • Rob says:

      31 Aug31 August 07:51

      I expect that heading to Geneva next week!

      • @mkcol says:

        31 Aug31 August 08:10

        Is that your #InvitedByGeneva trip Rob? I had mine last week, was great fun. A colleague has hers in a week & a half, so I’ve briefed her.

        • Rob says:

          31 Aug31 August 09:09

          Yes, at the IC. Would have been nice for somewhere even plusher but at least I can review the hotel whilst there.

        • JohnW says:

          31 Aug31 August 12:49

          I’m in Geneva due to winning a free night from that Geneva Tourism competition. Staying at the IC – is really good. They upgraded me to a junior suite as well which was very kind considering it was free and I have no IC status. Also, had the cold meat/cheese salad on CE – wasn’t horrendous but you expect a lot better.

    • SteveB says:

      31 Aug31 August 08:00

      Yes I had that on a trip to Zurich this weekend together with a very sweet berry mousse. It wasn’t very appealing as an evening meal.

  • Tom says:

    31 Aug31 August 08:11

    I had some truly awful Club World catering on a trip to Delhi last week. On the way out the ‘pre landing snack’ consisted of 2 tiny ‘Indian snacks’ and 2 tiny and awful pieces of dry cake. On the return, I passed on dinner (it being a 2am departure) and opted for a full English before landing. The food was inedible. Even the tea – normally something BA can get right – was weak!

    Aside from the food, in both directions the service was pretty appalling. At best you could call it functional, although TBH it was barely even that!

  • harry says:

    31 Aug31 August 08:19

    and don’t forget Band 3 European destinations just got the ‘sandwich & sweet bun’ (or veggie option) in ET taken away – I think you still get it if you travel 12 noon- 2pm – my wife came out to join us on Friday & said she was offered some particularly mean-looking peanuts. Luckily the booze is still there for now.

    I’m not moaning on a flight under 3 hrs as the cash cost of the flights has fallen fairly dramatically if you are able to buy ahead, so it suits us to have this option. The fare pricing algorithm has definitely been radically revised over the last 18 months – if anybody knows a FT thread on this I’d be keen to read it. So if you’re able to buy way ahead, you can get extremely cheap ET HBO/ +1 bag fares even in peak. Cheap as in cheaper than EJ/ Ryanair/ Norwegian but not Wizz. If you leave it late or have to travel for work at shorter notice, you get stuffed on the prices. And the difference peak vs off-peak is rigidly maintained. I casually look at CE prices – sorry BA, you don’t remotely tempt me on this short journey (apart from lounge, I suppose!) – and one-way fares are always outrageously high even T-355, though returns are reasonable enough that far out, getting extortionate again closer in as I guess you’d expect. Has it always been that way? I remember 20 years ago flying this same route and buying 2x return ticketss just to use one leg and bin the return, just because it was cheaper.

  • Lady London says:

    31 Aug31 August 11:14

    As regards BA’s “Club World” perhaps becoming irrelevant, Isn’t there space in the market for a Long-Haul Business version of Ryanair, though, with a bit of service?

    Ryanair has made some noises about flying to the USA in the past, but seems to have dropped that idea. Is BA’s plan to slowly move into a slightly upgraded ‘Business’ version of a longhaul Ryanair?

    • Tom says:

      31 Aug31 August 15:53

      I’ve abandoned CW for my next trip to the US. I’m giving Norwegian a go. I couldn’t stomach the BA fares without a Sat night stay, and Norwegian seems to get pretty decent reviews at significantly cheaper rates. It looks like premium economy++, but I’m curious. Increasingly frustrated with worsening CW on an aging 777!

      • harry says:

        31 Aug31 August 17:55

        never done Norwegian but maybe they should get a look-see & test

        • Tom says:

          31 Aug31 August 20:24

          Also La Compagnie doing Lon-NYC fares for £700 return in biz class… worth a look

          https://insideflyer.co.uk/2016/08/london-new-york-business-class-700-return/

• roger says:

  31 Aug31 August 07:41

  Another OT for Manufactured Spend (for me to reach signup bonus on Amex).

  Has anyone had any luck using Amex with Thames Water.
  The website only has option for Visa and MasterCard.
  Also any help using Amex for utilities like Sky, BT, First Utility etc. will be appreciated.

  • Rob says:

    31 Aug31 August 07:50

    Do the Tesco £50 Visa gift cards (£3.95 fee) work?

    • Roger says:

      31 Aug31 August 08:30

      It would as last option.

      But was hoping for a better alternative than that.

  • Genghis says:

    31 Aug31 August 07:56

    Not quite MS I think.
    Can those utilities be paid at a co-op paypoint which accepts Amex? Like the council tax, you may have to cancel the DD to get a letter with a paypoint barcode.

• Matthew Vaughan says:

  31 Aug31 August 07:42

  On a recent MXP-LHR I had a pasta dish in lobster sauce with some kind of cream cake to follow. It was surprisingly good. The afternoon tea on the return was a bit of a disappointment, though…

• Will says:

  31 Aug31 August 08:22

  I flew Iberia from Dubrovnik to Madrid in business last week. Feared the worst and in fact had an absolutely delicious pink price of veal, better than I’ve had in first on BA.

  Have to speak very highly of the whole Iberia experience and found it odd that it differed so much from BA given they are owned by the same company.

• Helen says:

  31 Aug31 August 08:47

  We’ve flown CE a few times recently & the food has been fabulous, very tasty & hot too. We had the full English yesterday morning & that was very good. In fact we both reckon that the food was better than long haul Business Class!!!

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