Bits: BA launches new USA Club World ‘flight and hotel’ deals, new Finnair deals

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• Crafty says:

  11 Feb11 February 11:52

  OT – Club Carlson £50 off £100 spend (!) on my partners BA Amex. Not on any other cards of ours, and first 5,000 only. So check and secure quickly…

• Stuart says:

  11 Feb11 February 12:01

  OT But we recently flew to Singapore with Finnair via Helsinki on the new A35 which was a great experience EXCEPT, we were delayed for 20 hours in Helsinki on the outbound flight. 30 minutes before we were due to board we were told to return the following day. They put us in an hotel and 20 hours later we departed and have now been told that they are citing “Exceptional Circumstances” as a co-pilot was taken ill and we would not be liable for compensation under EU regulations. Given that Helsinki is their home airport, is this correct and has anyone else experience of this?

  • Tom says:

    11 Feb11 February 12:46

    I would challenge that. Being unable to crew a flight from the airline’s main operating base does not constitute ‘exceptional circumstances’.
    If it were down-route, possibly, but not ex-HEL.

  • John says:

    11 Feb11 February 12:58

    It’s difficult to get compensation out of AY even when it’s clear cut.

    You may have to take it to court or you can use a law firm, make sure you or the law firm cite the recent BA case where they initially refused compensation because a pilot was ill, yet in the end BA lost in court (the judge remarked that it would seem unreasonable for BA to have a spare set of pilots on every flight – but while it’s extraordinary for any single pilot to be sick on one day, when you have hundreds of pilots then one of them is bound to be sick eventually and if they don’t want to have a spare set of pilots on every flight then they should expect to pay compensation now and again)

• Paul says:

  11 Feb11 February 12:16

  O/T but Rob the new Fifty Shades Darker ads you’ve got running on the site are super annoying — seems to take focus to the bottom of the page and start playing automatically. Not sure if that’s intentional? This is on the desktop version, accessed with Safari, if that’s relevant.

  • Rob says:

    11 Feb11 February 12:49

    It is an issue on Mac / Safari but no-one else. Agency was trying to block it for Mac users. Ends 14th anyway.

    • the real harry1 says:

      11 Feb11 February 16:55

      why can’t these people switch browsers? 🙂

      • mark2 says:

        11 Feb11 February 17:13

        loss of coolness?

        • the real harry1 says:

          11 Feb11 February 17:37

          heh heh!

          I guess – I’m going to be 55 next year, let everybody know it – that it’s going to be a mixture of good advice, sad advice, bad advice & old dude advice/ comments lol

          we’re not over the hill yet nor are they up to speed

      • Graeme says:

        11 Feb11 February 18:52

        why should we have to? like most of the ‘moans’ on here – yours included – its hardly life or death..

• mark2 says:

  11 Feb11 February 12:24

  Not on Internet Explorer/Edge

• Flightdoctor says:

  11 Feb11 February 13:22

  OT question. Signed up for the triple Avios deal and I think it only covers 8 consecutive flight segments? I have a long haul trip coming up in F which would be very lucrative. Problem is I have a load of cheap economy trips to Europe with BA between now and then. Is there any way I can withdraw from the offer so I can ensure the F Trip is captured for the offer?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    11 Feb11 February 13:42

    You could remove your BA number from the short hauls and retrospectively claim the avios TP post your long haul so they don’t use the 8 segments?

    might need to use finnair website to remove the FF number

• AndyF says:

  11 Feb11 February 16:31

  ‘Off Topic’ I filed the company’s annual return yesterday and one of the payment option used on the HMRC website was Amex. I paid without incurring any type of fee (from memory last year I can’t remember if this was an option). Is this a sign of things to come as Paying PAYE or cooperation tax doesn’t yet have an Amex option?

  • Genghis says:

    11 Feb11 February 16:36

    Can’t remember how we paid in Oct but remember CH is not HMRC

    • AndyF says:

      11 Feb11 February 16:46

      good point, they obviously do differ. As I accessed both portals through the .gov website. I assumed wrongly they would share a similar payment portal hence my question. One can wish.

  • Rob says:

    11 Feb11 February 21:23

    Someone else told me this too. Companies House is run commercially and at arms length so I wouldn’t read anything into it.

    • Alan says:

      19 Feb19 February 16:15

      Plus deals with much smaller amounts than HMRC so I guess can more easily absorb any costs?

• AndyR says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:04

  OT does anyone know where the 3 x 20% off vouchers for Melia Gold members are shown in your account? Thanks.

  • Leigh says:

    11 Feb11 February 17:48

    Yes they are under the MY PROMOTIONS tab at the top of page central after signing in your acc

    • AndyR says:

      11 Feb11 February 18:15

      Just looked there but says I have no active promotions. I wonder if Melia Gold gained via Amex Platinum doesn’t get you the 3 x 20% off vouchers?

      • TGLoyalty says:

        11 Feb11 February 19:28

        I never got them

      • leigh says:

        11 Feb11 February 20:26

        I was Amex Plat when I signed up and I got 20% off I used them 3 times last year and have new ones for this calendar year
        Your vouchers should reset every 12 months just call them they should be able to sort it for you .

        Have u had any paid stay with Melia maybe this could be a reason ?

        • TGLoyalty says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:08

          Well I never got them last year but I do now. Might come in very handy thanks

• Matthew says:

  11 Feb11 February 20:14

  MAD-ORD return in business for just 51,000 Avios during the Valentines promo….cracking deal!

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