Is the American Express Tripflex ‘pay with points’ option a good deal?

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• Andrew says:

  11 Nov11 November 07:14

  That’s not irony, it’s just inconsistency.

• Erico1875 says:

  11 Nov11 November 07:26

  Sometimes a value of a penny a point is only an illusion. If you cant get the exact date you want due to reward restrictions.
  There is also the inconvienience of transiting through London.
  I think there may be some value in transfering to Nectar. You can then access low cost airlines via Expedia and of course Easyjet.

  • Brian says:

    11 Nov11 November 11:02

    True – but also factor in the better experience of flying BA versus Ryanair.

    • erico 1875 says:

      11 Nov11 November 11:26

      If I am having to transit LGW flying EDI to AGP, PMI and return etc with BAthen the overall experience with Ryanair/Easyjet/Jet2 who opperate DIRECT flights is bound to be better.
      If I was London based, then BA would probably be my first choice.
      Our last Avios trip back from Malaga, flight got in about 00.40 to LGW . EDI was not untill 7 ish. Thats a long wait.

      • sandgrounder says:

        11 Nov11 November 16:04

        depends- if you have status and a thirst that only a complementary bar in t5 can quench, its the indirect all the way!

        Seriously though, now you can reserve seats on Ryanair (and often.enough get the front row) it’s not that bad any more. they do love to leave you standing in corridors for long periods of time though, which annoys me very much.

• Metatone says:

  11 Nov11 November 08:02

  It would be nice if Tripflex was actually worthwhile, but I guess that would cost Amex too much.
  Still, one advantage over rewards partners – you can use Tripflex on any booking, rather than depending on “reward availability…”

  • JQ says:

    11 Nov11 November 20:13

    Amex probably pay BA a similar amount for Avios.

• RIccati says:

  11 Nov11 November 09:58

  It’s easy to have value on Club Carlson or London hotels redemptions just because of the level of prices. There is always an alternative of not staying in their expensive hotel!

  • Rob says:

    11 Nov11 November 10:02

    Carlson still works out well at the low level though. 9000 points for a regional Park Inn is only 3,000 Amex points and I doubt those rooms are selling for under £30 cash.

    • Brian says:

      11 Nov11 November 11:06

      Those rooms aren’t – but as I think the original point was saying, there is no real need to stay in that particular chain. At weekends, for example, you can often get Ibis hotel rooms for 25 pounds. As ever, it will depend on other things like location.

      Certainly, I would rarely stay in a high-end London Club Carlson hotel, when you can get something much nicer for less using sites like secretescapes.com.

• Max says:

  11 Nov11 November 10:11

  OT
  Last night, I received an email offer from Etihad:

  Dear Business Connect Member,
  As the preferred airline for your company, we are pleased to extend a complimentary Etihad Guest Gold or Silver Card if you currently hold Gold or Silver frequent flyer status with any another airline.

  Unfortunately, I don’t have any gold/silver FF status with any airline 🙁

  • pazza2000 says:

    11 Nov11 November 17:32

    Do you have any more info. regarding this?

    • Rob says:

      11 Nov11 November 21:00

      All Business Connect members seem to have got it, I got the invite too.

• Richard says:

  11 Nov11 November 14:15

  Any idea if Amex point transfer bonus to Avios is coming up soon? The last one i think was almost a year ago.

  • Rob says:

    11 Nov11 November 14:32

    Seems unlikely given recent Tesco and Amex trends unfortunately

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