Bits: Amex Platinum ends Royal Academy partnership, Homebase drops Nectar

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• Genghis says:

  8 Jun8 June 05:55

  Great news about My Flights

• Hingeless says:

  8 Jun8 June 06:16

  Great news re My Flights – Well done Chris

  Ii would be willing to pay for this app if it secured it in the long term!

• Ian H says:

  8 Jun8 June 06:41

  Fantastic news about My Flights. It’s one if the few apps I really value so more than happy to pay for it Chris. Just tell us how!

  Regarding nectar, I’ve stopped bothering to carry the card now. Benefits are almost worthless and too much hassle.

  • Alan says:

    8 Jun8 June 07:27

    20k Nectar sign-up bonus on their Amex isn’t too bad though (if you’ve gone through the other sign-up bonuses already as I have!).

    Maybe Amex will come up with some better non-London benefits now, although I’m not holding my breath!

• Susan says:

  8 Jun8 June 07:01

  Very pleased that such a highly valued app is available again – but would humbly beg that we have an android version soon too 😉

  • Mark says:

    8 Jun8 June 07:29

    Having recently had an aircraft change, would love an app like this, just tried to find it for my Android……………..Any chance soon.

    • Alan says:

      8 Jun8 June 07:53

      Unfortunately not yet (I don’t think he can justify the development time/costs). As a workaround he has got a website version that will email you if any changes. Support from Chris in the case of any problems is nothing short of superb!

  • Nick says:

    8 Jun8 June 08:16

    Susan – You can try downloading the TripCase app which is available for Android and alerts you to wear and equipment changes etc. It has been developed by Sabre but successfully monitors bookings made with airlines that use both the Sabre and Amadeus booking platforms. I prefer user interface and simplicity of MyFlights on my Apple iPad but also use Tripcase on my Android cellphone.

    • Susan says:

      8 Jun8 June 15:53

      Thanks Nick, will try that.

  • Lady London says:

    8 Jun8 June 13:01

    +1. The Applers of this world seem to be overlooking that Android now far outsells anything in the Apple universe.

    • Rob says:

      8 Jun8 June 13:05

      Without putting words into Chris’s mouth, I’m sure that if there was a revenue stream which would justify the time (or the expense if he outsourced it) he would do it. The current app was originally a hobby project and still has no income stream.

• Susan says:

  8 Jun8 June 07:02

  Great shame about the RA/Amex loss.

• Philip says:

  8 Jun8 June 07:05

  Sainsbury’s don’t actually own the Home Retail Group (Argos) yet. The transaction hasn’t completed and HRG had already previously sold Homebase to Australian retail group Farmer’s (back in January).
  Sainsbury’s previously owned Homebase (sold it a decade ago for nearly £1bn) and so I suspect didn’t see any value in buying it back, even for access to its data.

  • harry says:

    8 Jun8 June 07:17

    Raffles means Nectar & doing a Dunnhumby

  • Andy S says:

    8 Jun8 June 08:17

    Hopefully once sainsburys own argos, you will be able to collect points in store – ive never understood why you can redeem but not collect!

    • John says:

      8 Jun8 June 11:12

      Your understanding seems to be solid… Sainsburys pays Argos when you redeem, but Argos doesn’t pay Sainsburys when you buy things…

• Billyk says:

  8 Jun8 June 07:26

  Dunnhumby? Please explain

• James Alexander says:

  8 Jun8 June 07:36

  Excellent news on MyFlights !!!
  It has saved my bookings several times – I’d be happy to buy this App!
  Well done Chris Schofield!!!

  • Andy S says:

    8 Jun8 June 07:39

    if he were to write an android version I’d happily pay for it!

    • Andy S says:

      8 Jun8 June 08:16

      it would also be nice if it supported more airlines, eg KLM bookings don’t seem to be recognised

      • Raffles says:

        8 Jun8 June 08:39

        Or Virgin. It has to be an airline that uses Amadeus. That said, if he gets a commercial deal with Amadeus then Sabre may potentially look at it as well.

        • Andy S says:

          8 Jun8 June 21:26

          I tried the tripcase app which is meant to support sabre or amadeus, but it didn’t accept numbers in the 6-character code ! Is there a third system out there ?

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