Bits: BA cancelling strike flights from 1 July, Gatwick Express cancelling trains from Thursday

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• the real harry1 says:

  28 Jun28 June 17:13

  O/T Tesco is to axe 1,200 jobs at its head office as part of a major cost-cutting drive.
  The supermarket giant informed affected staff on Wednesday morning about the cull, which amounts to 25pc of employees at offices in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield.
  Tesco is in the midst of a turnaround plan under chief executive Dave Lewis and last week said 1,100 jobs would be axed after confirming plans to shut its call centre in Cardiff.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/28/tesco-axe-quarter-jobs-head-office/

  These are pretty big cost-cutting changes.

  I wonder what the Clubcard strategy will be going forward? Often money saved in one part of a business is [partly] used to re-invest in promotional activity.

  • Andy says:

    28 Jun28 June 17:39

    I can see Tesco scrapping avios points to concentrate more on price.

    • the real harry1 says:

      28 Jun28 June 18:26

      I can see Tesco zoning in on stuff it did extremely well in the past – Dunhumby & understanding consumers – Tesco Boost – truly exciting & innovative Clubcard Rewards/ loyalty prog

      & using that to gain competitive advantage

• Chris says:

  28 Jun28 June 17:34

  OT: what’s the cap on amex points for referrals. I had the gold originally. Referred 4 ppl giving 36k. I upgraded to plat and it says limit is 90k. But does that only apply if I’m referring plat to plat? I’m hoping to refer 3-4 gold cards soon and want to make sure they’ll all go through. Thanks

  • Genghis says:

    28 Jun28 June 18:17

    Best guess is 90k / calendar year applies
    https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/mgm/the-platinum-card/terms-and-conditions.html

    • Beefy says:

      29 Jun29 June 10:54

      My bapp says 45k is the limit

      • Genghis says:

        29 Jun29 June 10:56

        Indeed per the T&Cs

• Rob says:

  28 Jun28 June 18:32

  Are the any android equivalent apps that check the flight status on Amadeus?

  • Londonbus says:

    28 Jun28 June 22:14

    Checkmytrip?

  • Alan says:

    28 Jun28 June 22:59

    Not yet, although now MyFlights has a paid-for option they might develop one. In the meantime you can still use the web version and register your flights there.

  • the_real_a says:

    29 Jun29 June 14:52

    Tripit does the same. There is a free version, it will send SMS of changes. Web and Android apps available.

  • Sian says:

    29 Jun29 June 19:20

    I have MyFlights on Android. It has just notified me that one of my BA flights on Saturday has changed, but only 30 minutes later than normal.

    • the real harry1 says:

      29 Jun29 June 19:25

      good to know 🙂

• James says:

  29 Jun29 June 01:59

  OT – But Gatwick related !!

  Which is the best Gatwick North Priority Pass lounge ?? Is No 1 Lounge still vastly overcrowded due to BA’s closure of its lounges ???
  Not sure I want to fight through all the grumpy BA passengers angry at the lack of champagne (As I would be too – I’m O/W Emerald). In fact I hear that Priority Pass members will be turned away to keep space for BA passengers available.
  So is this still happening at No 1?
  And what’s the best lounge at the moment.
  Have 5 people in total, 4 able to get access via PP from Amex Plat and one we’ll need to pay for.
  Cheers.

  • Genghis says:

    29 Jun29 June 06:03

    BA fly from South terminal now. No 1 is best. I was there Sun mid morning and very pleasant.

    • Joe says:

      29 Jun29 June 12:41

      BA south lounge closed?

      • Genghis says:

        29 Jun29 June 22:27

        Dunno. Is it?

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