Bits: Tesco scrapping Avios on gift cards, Flying Blue Shop&Earn, 1000 instant IHG points

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• Roger says:

  13 Sep13 September 18:11

  Not as good as £317pp to AKL (from LHR) on TG I got last month (courtesy Secretfying.com)

  • harry says:

    13 Sep13 September 18:21

    Phuket £429 rtn would make going there for 10 days at half term quite affordable 🙂

    You’d save so much on food & accommodation vs Europe it would pay for itself!

• Matthew says:

  13 Sep13 September 18:29

  OT – Just heard I’ve won a 15 Heathrow meet & greet parking package via the Heathrow Rewards ‘stories’ competition. Has anyone else won anything or the biggie prize to OZ?

• harry says:

  13 Sep13 September 19:07

  O/T T-355 summer hols 2017

  Most state schools will be re-starting week commencing Monday 4th September 2017.

  For return flights to UK, Saturday 2nd September is already available to buy – Sunday 3rd September pops up midnight/ 1am tonight

  My kids don’t go back to school until Wednesday 6th September 2017 but I guess I’ll just get Sunday flights – ??? are you sure, harry? – no I’m not – might as well get the extra day/s?

  Anyway, Avios redemptions all available on every flight back – near as damn it – if you book now or soon

• Roger says:

  13 Sep13 September 19:46

  wish I had that many avios to redeem.

• Stephen says:

  13 Sep13 September 19:50

  Just to add another O/T post. We’re flying into AUH on Thursday but staying in Dubai. We do have the EY transfer bus available but would prefer to head straight to the hotel because we’re arriving in the evening. I know there are often posts about getting a taxi between the two but what’s the cheapest way to do it? We’re staying in Zabeel Saray on the palm. Just get a taxi on arrival or book in advance? How much would we expect to pay each way? Thanks in advance!

  • Rob says:

    13 Sep13 September 20:28

    This is what I wrote in March:

    “PS. If you are travelling to Dubai, as we were, it is well worth considering flying to Abu Dhabi. A Mercedes from the airport (not pre-booked) to Dubai was only £40 and took just under an hour. You can easily take 30 minutes in heavy traffic from Dubai International to many of the resorts. More importantly, the Abu Dhabi flight leaves before the first BA Dubai flight so you get there earlier – we were in our hotel by 11pm local time. You also get to experience the new 787.”

    Absolutely no need to pre-book …. you’ll see what I mean when you arrive!

    • Stephen says:

      13 Sep13 September 20:45

      Brilliant, thanks. We’ve flown in a couple of times but when staying in Abu Dhabi and with included transfers. My wife was looking at pre-booking and the cost was coming out considerably higher than I’d remembered reading here so that’s good to know.

• Roger says:

  13 Sep13 September 19:56

  Not sure if AB will survive until then though 🙂 based on Rob’s article couple of days ago about LH taking over routes.

• Roger says:

  13 Sep13 September 20:32

  Thanks for good reply.
  I will certainly look into this.

• Nick says:

  13 Sep13 September 20:44

  Well put harry. That makes me think a little more.

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