Bits: opening date for BA’s new Dubai terminal, easyJet Plus card jumps up to £170

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• Peter says:

  18 Feb18 February 05:34

  I recall Head for Points published an article on 22nd February 2015 showing that American Express was running a special offer on easyJet Plus membership, giving 25% off the then prevailing £149 annual membership fee. I availed myself of that offer, so I was wondering whether anyone has come across a similar offer this year, not least as I have to decide by the end of this month (February 2016) whether to renew my existing easyJet Plus membership at the new elevated price of £170. Thank you for considering my request.

• DAZ says:

  18 Feb18 February 07:05

  OT: Has anyone else got the invite to the Business Traveler Magazine lunch next month in London? Just wondering who’s been before or who is going?

  • Rob says:

    18 Feb18 February 07:08

    I have been in pre HFP days, they are good.

  • Genghis says:

    18 Feb18 February 11:46

    Got the invite but poor timing – I have to be at work…

  • DAZ says:

    18 Feb18 February 14:58

    I think I’ll RSVP then 😉

• Tom says:

  18 Feb18 February 08:15

  Will easyJet ever invest in a lounge for business (It might sound crazy but they are going after that business market more and more) or do you think they will rely on the ever improving Plaza Lounges ect?

  • Rob says:

    18 Feb18 February 08:17

    The issue, I think, is that if you open a couple then people expect a full network which will never happen.

    • Tom says:

      18 Feb18 February 08:22

      Possibly but they could partner with the lounge companies where they are short…Anyway this is sort of the reason I didn’t sign up to easyjet plus – they didn’t offer fast track security in Manchester… not sure if they do now

      • Pol says:

        18 Feb18 February 09:47

        They do now. My husband flies MAN-AMS and back every week and always uses the fast track lane. With 2 flights a week easy jet plus makes sense for us. Just wish you could earn avois or virgin miles with them

        • Simon says:

          19 Feb19 February 00:16

          You can’t earn Avios but you can get Nectar points so that’s at least worth something

        • Pol says:

          19 Feb19 February 12:47

          Yeah, I do make sure I book through the nectar portal, amassing quite a collection now. I live in hope that one day they may partner with Avios or Virgin and I may be able to do something useful with them!

    • Aeronaut says:

      18 Feb18 February 14:15

      Fair point. I do wonder if they might have something up their sleeve for when they move all their flights to LGW North terminal, but as you say a one-off lounge would fuel expectations (and of course increase costs). Instead perhaps they’ll offer connected flights via LGW North. Or not.

      • Matt says:

        20 Feb20 February 11:14

        Network of lounges 50 miles from the destination city. Good idea.

        They might do better with a B&B?

• Mark says:

  18 Feb18 February 08:26

  I’m flying BA out of DXB on 28 Feb so will report back if there are any new developments.

  • Ross says:

    18 Feb18 February 11:09

    There will be no lounge open on 28 Feb. I can assure you.

    • Mark says:

      18 Feb18 February 12:42

      Inclined to agree with you. In response to a tweet asking when their new lounge opens they said it is already open….now that’s doubtful to me

  • James says:

    24 Feb24 February 14:58

    It seems the BA lounge in concourse D did open on first day. BA 105 was first flight to use the concourse.http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/british-airways-unveils-new-lounges-at-dubai

• AndyS says:

  18 Feb18 February 10:00

  Can you renew EJ+ early at the current rate? (Without losing any months)

  • Gordon says:

    18 Feb18 February 10:20

    I had the had for a few years. I never renewed automatically and usually let lapse for a short while. Each year I got a promotional email offering a discount of at least 10% to renew

    • Gordon says:

      18 Feb18 February 10:21

      Card

    • zsalya says:

      19 Feb19 February 09:36

      The only complaint I have ever had with easyjet was when I asked not to renew the card automatically and they did so. That is the only time I have had to talk to their call centre, which is clearly not in the UK – Grrrr.

• James says:

  24 Feb24 February 12:18

  It seems the BA lounge in concourse D did open on first day. BA 105 was first flight to use the concourse.http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/british-airways-unveils-new-lounges-at-dubai

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