Bits: get 2400 Avios with Tesco Mobile, Qatar Airways launches flights from Cardiff

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• Anna says:

  25 Apr25 April 13:42

  I heard that Wales gets a lot of EU development money!

  • Cate says:

    25 Apr25 April 17:07

    🙂

• the real harry1 says:

  25 Apr25 April 16:01

  O/T data point – couldn’t use my usual Co-Op for council tax as they got sold a week ago and the new owner won’t take Amex thru PayPoint (we tried it & it didn’t go through). So I went to Texaco>PayPoint instead and it went through fine. Probably depends on your particular Texaco though as I think a lot of them are franchised.

• JamesR says:

  25 Apr25 April 18:08

  O/T because im a total moron, ive paid for another Amex annual insurance policy when I already had one. Amex arent going to refund me on that are they… ?

  • the real harry1 says:

    25 Apr25 April 18:11

    most insurance policies eg car, house etc MUST be refunded pro rata by the insurer on your demand, though they are entitled to charge you service fees – worth simply asking if they’ll refund you

  • Sundar says:

    25 Apr25 April 18:23

    U can call and ask to cancel stating duplicate insurance and they will cancel and refund.

  • RussellH says:

    25 Apr25 April 20:29

    IIRC, you must have a 14 day cooling off period during which you can cancel for any reason at all at no cost.

• JamesB says:

  25 Apr25 April 19:43

  OT: WARNING
  In the past hour I’ve received two separate email witb avios logos etc confirming transfer from something called abas and ucount. I have never heard of these and email contained no personal information. Take care not to click any buttons in these emails and just delete them if received.

  • bossman81 says:

    25 Apr25 April 19:59

    Yes, had the same. Deleted

  • TripRep says:

    25 Apr25 April 20:46

    Looks related to a Scam spoofing Standard Bank reward points in Zimbabwe…

    There’s info on the genuine Avios site, delibrately not posting links here…

    But yes, don’t open & delete/block.

    • EwanG says:

      25 Apr25 April 21:12

      Looks more like a system error rather than a scam.

      Still best to ignore and delete the messages though!

• Chris says:

  25 Apr25 April 20:21

  Same here.
  Its troubling that they have my avios balance correct….

  • JamesB says:

    25 Apr25 April 20:35

    Interesting, never noticed that. Might be prudent to go to BA and combibe avios there and change avios log in details.

    • Stu_N says:

      25 Apr25 April 21:26

      Tweet from @AviosUK, looks like a cock-up rather than a scam.

      “We’re aware that an email for our South African customers has been sent to some of our UK base in error, please disregard. Thx ^VW”

      • JamesB says:

        25 Apr25 April 23:42

        Thanks Stu, apologies for the false alarm folks.

        • Genghis says:

          25 Apr25 April 23:44

          You can never be too careful it seems these days.

        • JamesB says:

          26 Apr26 April 00:14

          @Genghis, I guess you are way out east in the sunshine. Good morning and enjoy your day.

        • Genghis says:

          26 Apr26 April 00:22

          Yep. Got woke up by the rain but it’s now turning into another glorious day 🙂

• Kip says:

  25 Apr25 April 21:47

  It’s a good idea. Once implemented I’d like to see reductions in APD for airports in the north of England to remain competitive then introduce a tiered charge throughout the country so that only LHR/LGW/LCY remain at 100% APD.

  • Alex W says:

    25 Apr25 April 23:53

    Presumably BA will just increase their surcharges on redemptions to make up the difference?

    • Callum says:

      26 Apr26 April 00:35

      Why? The majority of airports they serve don’t levy APD (to a similar level as us anyway) but they didn’t increase surcharges from them to match the UK level – including Aberdeen.

  • JamesB says:

    26 Apr26 April 00:11

    You will likely find some take exception to your comments on the London airports. I used to share your views but I’m now less convinced. Regional expansion is taking place all across the UK despite LHR so penalising it and the other London airports might just be self-defeating by reducing choice, not increasing it. London area will always be able to attract both greater frequencies and a broader range of destinations than the regions ever could simply due to the density of population and commerce in the south east. A more interesting question might be whether it is in the interests of passengers to meddle with BAs monopoly at LHR, however, I am now against that too as the most likely outcome would be a decrease in the number of nonstop longhaul destinations.

• Adam says:

  29 Apr29 April 14:08

  Just a quick question for anyone in th know, today I was booked on dxb-doh-bhx (on business and first) Thanks you qatar the first leg was late coming in and we missed the doh-bhx. As a result they transferred us to doh-mun-bhx. (The last leg being with Lufthansa but all booked through qatar on the same 6 digit flight reference code.

  What are the chances that we will get an extra 40 tier points for the last leg.

  • Rob says:

    29 Apr29 April 15:12

    Nil, even if the flight had a Qatar flight number, because oneworld goes on operating carrier. The only exception is Qantas-coded Emirates flights.

    Whether Qatar can make BA give you 40 TP ….. I don’t know.

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