Bits: new American Express cashback deals, easyJet launches routes from Southampton

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• rams1981 says:

  12 Jul12 July 11:18

  OT I need a tony number of miles to upgrade an etihad flight (20 or so). Don’t have an Amex account open nor my HSBC anymore. What’s the easiest and cheapest way to top up?

  • Rob says:

    12 Jul12 July 11:40

    Ring them and ask nicely. Seriously.

    • rams1981 says:

      12 Jul12 July 13:14

      Thanks, will try

      • Genghis says:

        12 Jul12 July 14:15

        If you’re not lucky, SPG is also a transfer partner.

• pauldb says:

  12 Jul12 July 11:23

  There are many Flybe routes not served by BA but Biarritz isn’t one of them. 😉

• Nigel M. says:

  12 Jul12 July 13:02

  The 423 bus runs to and from Terminal 5 past the Thistle hotel. Free of charge both ways.

  • Gavin says:

    12 Jul12 July 13:43

    Also a 25 min walk, though I’d only do it with a small backpack or briefcase, and you have to walk across the bus gate and the pavement runs out near the end!

  • Harpo says:

    12 Jul12 July 16:24

    Not just the 423 – also near the secret free car park!

• FreddieTheFrog says:

  12 Jul12 July 16:41

  Secret free car park ? Do tell us more

  • Harpo says:

    12 Jul12 July 18:01

    I Recommend Car park (sorry – not great at cryptic clues – happy to tell people if there’s ever another HFP get together.)

• the real harry1 says:

  12 Jul12 July 19:36

  Airport users have reacted angrily to the prospect of a £15 congestion charge for motorists at Heathrow.

  Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Airports Commission, had speculated that the idea of a charge for driving to Heathrow would not only be political acceptable — it would also be “popular”.

  Expansion at Britain’s busiest airport is contingent upon air quality limits. Private cars are significant contributors to pollution at Heathrow. Sir Howard told the Evening Standard: “The idea that you should have to pay £10 or £15 if you really want to drive to the airport and maybe you pay more if you are in a diesel car — I think that is a perfectly politically acceptable thing. Indeed I think it would be popular.”
  http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/heathrow-congestion-charge-runway-expansion-travellers-oppose-toll-air-pollution-airport-15-pounds-a7832821.html

  • Nick says:

    12 Jul12 July 19:53

    Fantastic idea!! The congestion and pollution are horrendous at Heathrow, but if you build big car parks at major motorway junctions and provide quick bus links no less than every 5 mins, you’ll solve both of them in an instant. Interestingly the charge is to apply to everyone – passengers, visitors and staff alike.

    • the real harry1 says:

      12 Jul12 July 20:11

      so you work at (say) WHSmith as a till girl – you’ll end up paying £15 to park in the staff car park?

      • Sussex bantam says:

        12 Jul12 July 21:14

        There is already a charge to drive to Heathrow. It’s called the outrageous cost of parking.

        • the real harry1 says:

          12 Jul12 July 21:20

          I seem to have methods to mitigate that by about 50% 🙂

• ADS says:

  17 Jul17 July 13:30

  in case anybody is interested in the SOU-GVA flights – they’re on Tue/Thu/Sun – with departing from SOU at 09:00 on Tue/Thu (10:25 on Sun) and arriving back into SOU at 08:15 (painfully early start the other end) with a slightly better 09:45 arrival on a Sunday.

• John says:

  20 Jul20 July 11:02

  With the Thistle offer, the pay and stay by 29th concerns me. If I pay up front for a non refundable stay in October, amex should charge the card prior to the 29th so the credit should work, right?

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