Bits: 3600 Avios with LEGO, non-stop to Jakarta with Garuda, Flying Blue 100% ‘buy miles’ bonus

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• darrenf says:

  14 Sep14 September 04:55

  Do you mean Jakarta to London? I flew GA direct to Jakarta some months ago, the Singapore stop was only there on the inbound (due, I believed at the time, to restrictions with takeoff weight at CGK).

  • Andrew says:

    14 Sep14 September 07:24

    And isn’t it called Garuda Indonesia rather than Garuda Airline?

    • Rob says:

      14 Sep14 September 08:42

      Yes and yes. This article was actually a draft but due to the site crash yesterday went live before we could amend it.

      • Ray says:

        14 Sep14 September 17:38

        The page is still acting up for me. Trying to read the comments but it keeps scrolling up to the section with the video ad, very annoying.

        • Rob says:

          14 Sep14 September 19:23

          Google is serving those. I have blocked them but it takes 24 hrs to take effect.

• Roger says:

  14 Sep14 September 06:00

  OT- Amex Platinum

  If you upgraded from PRGC to Amex Platinum and charged fees at anniversary date of PRGC, how is the pro-rata refund calculated?
  From the date of fees being hit or from the date you upgraded PRGC to Platinum?

  I am thinking whether to cancel now or wait until I am able to refer Mrs Roger and bag the referral bonus before cancellation.

  • JP says:

    14 Sep14 September 09:56

    The PRGC fee will be from the date you were charged it until the date you converted over to Plat.

    ie fee charged on 1st Sept and you upgraded today. You would receive a refund of the £140 – (14/365 * £140) or around £134 back. Then you will be charged the £450 for Plat, although for upgrades that can be quite slow to be charged.

• JamesB says:

  14 Sep14 September 06:17

  I think I read someplace that Garuda are removing their first class cabins.

• Stuart says:

  14 Sep14 September 07:17

  RE : GA But the routing has always been JKT-SIN-LHR-JKT. Or is the inbound now non stop ? Didn’t think that could happen due to restrictions out of JKT ?

  • Axel says:

    14 Sep14 September 07:57

    Garuda first had to lengthen the take-off strip to comply with current weight regulations at CGK in Tangerang

    JKT refers to two airports Cengkareng and Halim

• Chris says:

  14 Sep14 September 07:26

  I can never understand why airlines charge so much for airline miles. Does anyone EVER buy miles at the standard price more than just a few thousand to top up for a reward seat? Even with 100% bonus rates, I cannot think of a time when it has been good value to buy them.
  Isn’t it time they had a good hard look at the pricing structures? Then bonus miles would be attractive.

  • John says:

    14 Sep14 September 07:37

    They don’t want you to buy miles, and the price of tickets in miles needs to approximate the revenue fare otherwise bloggers would be all over it

  • Genghis says:

    14 Sep14 September 08:42

    Simon Calder…

• Anna says:

  14 Sep14 September 08:00

  Why is it nearly always Lego which attracts this offer?!

  • the real harry1 says:

    14 Sep14 September 08:11

    I think it’s easy effectively direct response marketing that genuinely drives sales for Lego

    for a given marketing investment (paying Tesco for the points & the opportunity), Lego can see a measurable positive impact on sales entirely attributable to the promotion – marketing bods love this kind of thing

• Wally1976 says:

  14 Sep14 September 08:05

  OT – does anyone have any experience of the lounges at Budapest airport? We’re going to be flying from terminal 2B to LHR T3 with BA. With our Priority Passes (from Amex Platinum) I believe we have access to the Menzies Aviation Lounge, Skycourt Lounge and Platinum Lounge (Non-Schengen) although not sure which of these we can actually physically get to! Any info on these welcome.

  Thanks.

  • Renwaldo says:

    14 Sep14 September 09:10

    The BA lounge is in the non-schengen area (never tried the others tbh) and is pretty poor – quite cramped with most of the seats taken up usually (if you’re leaving on the 17:20 anyway). Food relatively non existent, but there is sparkling wine in the fridge. Don’t plan to spend more than 20 minutes there really.

    • Wally1976 says:

      14 Sep14 September 09:27

      We’re flying economy so we don’t have access to the BA lounge. We’re on the 13:10 flight on a Sunday if that makes any difference!

      Thanks.

      • Wally1976 says:

        14 Sep14 September 09:31

        Also, to be clear, we have no status.

        • groovejet says:

          14 Sep14 September 10:58

          Took the 13.10 on a Sunday a couple of weeks ago. The Platinum lounge is the lounge for BA as well. After security there is a large shopping and dining area, which is where the Menzies lounge is located (I presume Skycourt lounge also but I didn’t notice it). You then go through a passport check to get to the 2B gates and a few more shops, which is where the Platinum Lounge is located. So I think you should be able to get to all of those lounges, but agree with Renwaldo comments that the Platinum lounge is nothing special. It had self service drinks (soda machine, beer, wine, spirits) and a few snacks (crisps, yoghurts, very small buffet of hot appetizers, etc.). We had to ask someone to move so 4 of us could sit together, i.e. it was busy but not completely rammed. Didn’t try the other lounges so unfortunately cannot compare.

        • Wally1976 says:

          14 Sep14 September 14:39

          Thanks for the info groovejet 🙂

  • Ray says:

    14 Sep14 September 17:40

    I wouldn’t bother with the Skycourt, very cramped and poor selection of food and drinks.

• Alan says:

  14 Sep14 September 08:06

  Bits OT – used Curve to withdraw from ATM in Amsterdam yesterday, underlying Lloyds card set to EUR and can confirm processed as such with no fee applied. Handy now Monzo may be going soon for fee-free abroad, although so far the £200/month free option is well ahead in the poll 🙂

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