Bits: 1700 Avios on Avis rentals, Cathay Pacific sale extended, triple Avios to Latin America

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• James says:

  12 Oct12 October 08:15

  O/T

  I never fly British airways although I’m a frequent flier and hotel stayer. A lot of bad publicity recently about BA stopping snacks and replacing it with treat size mars bars if any etc.

  I usually fly Easyjet gatwick to jersey however yesterday I got a £40 flight with BA gatwick jersey and as usually the flight takes around 50mins.

  Just as I was getting ready to purchase a cup of tea I couldn’t believe it was not only free I received a cheese crossiant, a yogurt and an orange juice. The flight was literally descending to land as she got to the back of the plane with the tea and I was still drinking as we landed. I certainly got a return on my £40 and was pleasantly surprised.

  On another note I mainly use flybe and although they now give avois it’s always a fight and they are never posting properly if at all and once you’ve given the period to allow them to post they won’t add them anymore saying too much time as passed!

  • Concerto says:

    12 Oct12 October 10:58

    Totally agree with this Flybe problem

• Mark says:

  12 Oct12 October 08:19

  Thanks for the note on the Cathy Pacfic Sale I will take a look today. My son is going backpacking round New Zealand for 3 weeks at Xmas and New year and although it’s too late for avois redemptions for my BA and Virgin miles can anybody recommend any good routes or ex UK starting points that would give me the best value!! I wouldn’t mind giving him bussiness class but I won’t get any redemptions but at this time really but he’s going backpacking so economy is what he will need to get used too. Any suggestions? Even into OZ for a few days then he can head down.

• Raffles says:

  12 Oct12 October 08:30

  Christmas / New Year is always troublesome and good deals often exclude that period. If you search for my articles on ITA Matrix, that tool will let you search from various EU departure points to a specific destination in one click.

• mark1980 says:

  12 Oct12 October 09:13

  OT Rob, but you have mentioned in the past about how if a toddler turns 2 whilst away they receive a free seat on the inbound leg with BA. Does this apply to other airlines? i.e. would it work with an ex-EU with Qatar? Thanks in advance.

  • ankomonkey says:

    12 Oct12 October 10:26

    I’ve done this on VS, so not just BA. I don’t have enough children to have tried this out on other airlines!

    • Rob says:

      12 Oct12 October 14:33

      It is a CAA requirement that a child over 2 has a seat so the airline either gives the kid a seat or turfs you off the plane.

      • mark1980 says:

        12 Oct12 October 15:20

        Thankyou both for your replies. Rob, I understand that a child over 2 has to have a seat but what I was focusing on, was if the seat would be free or not. I’ve been looking at some airline policies today and most require you to purchase a child fare for the return leg. Most american airlines charge you and Emirates do too. Looks like Qatar gives you a free seat though, if I’m reading this correctly:

        What happens when your infant turns into a child after commencement of your journey (2 years)?

        If no changes are made to your original ticket then no difference in fare would need to be collected.
        If you make a change to your ticket after commencement of your origin destination with:

        – No change in your original reservation booking designator within the validity of the ticket, then the difference of fare will not be applicable. However, the applicable taxes/fees/charges and penalties would need to collected as per the fare conditions of your ticket.

        – If you make a change within the validity of the original ticket but with a change in your original booking designator, then the difference of fare will be collected with the applicable taxes/fees/charges and penalties.

        • Rob says:

          12 Oct12 October 15:59

          Yes, looking at that you should be ok I think.

• Roger says:

  12 Oct12 October 17:56

  OT – Finally received £20 credit from money corp.
  My balance is just above of £50, do I need to topup before withdrawing to a round figure? I reckon I need to allow £2 for fees, is this correct?

  • Wally1976 says:

    13 Oct13 October 09:49

    You need to allow £1.50 for fees I believe (although there were some stories of some ATMs charging more).

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