Bits: 10% off Qatar Airways, £188 LAN deal, Good To Go Parking sale

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• Roger says:

  26 Apr26 April 05:35

  OT – Amex MR

  I am sure like me many others have also applied for Amex Platinum and referred their OH to platinum with a view to get bonus and cancel the card. So I will be cancelling card once I have received MR.

  The key question is where do you transfer MR points? If no bonus or choice elsewhere of course it will be Avios but just trying to see if anyone has any information on any likely transfer bonus, other offers etc.

  • TripRep says:

    26 Apr26 April 07:23

    If your Avios balance is healthy there’s always Hilton or Club Carlson?

    • Rob says:

      26 Apr26 April 08:41

      https://headforpoints.com/2016/05/10/best-use-american-express-membership-rewards-points/

  • guesswho2000 says:

    26 Apr26 April 12:39

    If you don’t want to tranfer, you can take out the American Express Gold Rewards credit card, zero annual feel and keeps your MR account active.

    It also prevents the clock restarting on you being able to churn the cards in six months, so that’s something to consider, but if you had a large balance and value the ability to keep hold of a flexible points balance, it’s an option.

    • James123 says:

      26 Apr26 April 13:07

      Star points are probably the best now, Starwood and Marriott stays, and flexibility to convert to Avios or other miles if you need them

      • guesswho2000 says:

        26 Apr26 April 13:26

        Although they convert 2MR:1SPG, so you lose 50% of them straight away if you end up converting them to a MR partner airline programme. SPG is useful if you want to get them into a non-MR airline programme (AAdvantage, for example), or if you want to use them for hotel stays!

      • Roger says:

        26 Apr26 April 18:40

        SPG even with 50% cut seems a decent option particularly for likes of AA etc which are not MR partners directly.

• jy says:

  26 Apr26 April 06:36

  OT- Hi Rob. Thanks for a great site! How likely do you think that there may be an ex EU sale for flights this summer to Australia? Many thanks

  • Polly says:

    26 Apr26 April 07:31

    JY we are all in the same boat. We don’t usually know in advance but they have quite regular sales 3-4 times a year. One due soon tho, so keep an eye out. They may also be more constrained these days as they have Some agreement with BA out of LHR now.

    • Rob says:

      26 Apr26 April 08:42

      Doubt we’ll see Malaysia doing £1500 in Business again but you will always get something for £1999, even if it is China Southern out of AMS …..

      • Jimmy says:

        26 Apr26 April 17:55

        Whatever happened to the KLM J WOW sales…like the £850 to Tokyo?

• PalCsaky says:

  26 Apr26 April 06:49

  fly4free wrote about 8EUR one way Iberia flights from Gran Canaria to LHR. Available on a handful of dates in April/May. Awesome price for those who find the dates suitable.

  • Lady London says:

    26 Apr26 April 07:53

    Do you mean they’re running a cartel? Is it a cartel with BA to fix prices?

    • Rob says:

      26 Apr26 April 08:44

      Qatar and BA now have a price setting JV for flights from the UK, yes. Same as the price setting JV with JAL to Japan and AA / Finnair / Iberia to North America.

• Alan C says:

  26 Apr26 April 07:35

  Planeparking for EDI Car Parks. Owned by the airport but much cheaper.

  Alan

  • Brian W says:

    26 Apr26 April 16:39

    Agree on Planeparking, use this all the time, much cheaper as you say and once through the barrier you can still turn left into the normal surface terminal car park anyway!

    • Alan says:

      26 Apr26 April 20:08

      Ah, is that their new bit? The main Plane Parking lot is near long stay but I did pass something new on the way to the multistorey…

      • Brian W says:

        26 Apr26 April 23:40

        Yeah they call it planeparking terminal I think, it’s on the right hand side as you approach the multi-storey entrance barrier and ramp but you can also still nip left and park in the normal terminal surface section. Works a treat!

        • Alan says:

          26 Apr26 April 23:42

          Nice – will keep in mind. Not that far from there anyway to terminal building 🙂

  • Jimmy says:

    26 Apr26 April 18:00

    I just looked. £19.99 for 3 days mid May. Is this deemed a good deal? I think its extortionate (albeit less so than the actual airport carparks!)

    • Alan says:

      26 Apr26 April 20:07

      Definitely not, but I’ve had them at that sort of price for a week of parking before 🙂

  • Alan says:

    26 Apr26 April 20:01

    Yes although it varies – sometimes they have superb discounts on terminal surface parking, all depends on how busy they are. Plane Parking is good though, certainly hardly any more hassle than the Long Stay one – you just have to walk through the gate to get the same bus!

• Will says:

  26 Apr26 April 07:49

  LAN doesn’t exist anymore. Suggest you change to LATAM Rob so that it’s not confusing to people who aren’t aware of the change.

  • Rob says:

    26 Apr26 April 08:45

    I know, I am using both interchangeably at the moment because I still see a lot of LAN branding around.

• Rashad says:

  26 Apr26 April 08:21

  Thanks Rob, flying on LATAM MAD-FRA for the first time and looking forward for this experience. Booked it this winter along with Amex offer £50 off for £140
  Just to check how do you add your BAEC number to the booking?

  • Genghis says:

    26 Apr26 April 08:27

    You’ll add it on the LATAM MMB equivalent?

    • Stu N says:

      26 Apr26 April 11:02

      You can’t do it online (or I couldnt work out how to – LATAM doesn’t have a space and the Finnair site couldn’t find the booking). They can sort it over the phone and were very helpful when I called to add it. I guess you can also do it at check in if you’re dropping bags.

      Took the flight in the other direction last month, perfect timing for me as was working in Frankfurt. The Air Canada lounge was great and great food and drink on board, a definite cut above the usual Euro business class! Avios and TPs posted in about 3 days too. Think mine was about £130 so a bargain.

      If you’re at MAD make sure you find the wine cellar in the T4S lounge, it’s rather good.

      • Gavin says:

        26 Apr26 April 13:15

        Royal Jordanian is a good option for adding FF details to a PNR

      • Rashad says:

        26 Apr26 April 17:09

        Thank you Stu most helpful indeed will call them now, thank you for tips

  • Toby says:

    26 Apr26 April 09:04

    I did it the same direction last year and loved it! Iberia lounge is massive and easily my favourite lounge and then a few Pisco Sours on board. Was a great trip.

    • Rashad says:

      26 Apr26 April 21:21

      Awesome, thank you guys.

      Look forward trying out Iberia lounge 🙂

• Joan says:

  26 Apr26 April 08:27

  I just got a quote for my trip from Terminal 3 next month for Go to Go meet and greet . £89 ! Great price thanks for the tip Rob .. we were only discussing last night whether to get taxis , stay overnight in hotel or do valet parking and this is by far the cheapest option

• travelbear38 says:

  26 Apr26 April 08:40

  I’m holding out for some deals ex Dub!

  • ian says:

    26 Apr26 April 09:51

    I just booked my wife and I’s winter break in the far east EX-DUB on Finnair for £1200 retur on the A350. Very sporadic dates in January though.

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