British Airways launches new route to the Seychelles – more Avios seats released

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• Lee says:

  20 Sep20 September 11:48

  Great stuff! Managed to get a couple of Club World flights for April using my 2-4-1 thanks to Head For Points. Just missed out on First sadly by dilly-dallying over dates, but hey-ho it leaves some Avios in the bank.

  Now to find accomodation!

  • TripRep says:

    20 Sep20 September 18:30

    Many on here agree that whilst First is a treat, a lie flat bed in CW is the biggest bang for your Avios.

• Chris says:

  20 Sep20 September 13:02

  Managed to book in First for May, used an Amex 2-4-1 and a GUF2, 125k Avios and approx £1200 for two pax, looking forward to our first first trip.

  • Mark says:

    20 Sep20 September 13:11

    Good result.
    We booked 25Apr to 6May in CW yesterday afternoon using an Amex 241.
    Called BA in New York at 1am this morning to rebook into First which (except for a little haggling over the correct calculation of the 45k avios difference) was surprisingly quick and painless.

• GavT says:

  20 Sep20 September 15:10

  Anyone know why the tax/charges change quite a bit between flight selection and summary? Seems they jump from £916 to £1166 between the two page – this is for two people in first or biz using a 241 voucher (the taxes for both cabins are broadly the same)

  thanks

  • Zoggle says:

    20 Sep20 September 15:14

    I am not sure why, but it did exactly the same to me yesterday.

• scott says:

  20 Sep20 September 19:07

  o/t ive just upgraded my ba amex to premium plus and now my spending progress for the companion voucher has dissapeared does anyone know how i can check my progressonline short of ringing them ?? thanks

  • Anna says:

    20 Sep20 September 19:47

    I find it comes and goes on the BAPP, maybe down to them updating the system? It’ll probably reappear in a couple of days. I’ve just triggered the spend on the blue card though, and progress bar never appeared at all, but it only took a few weeks so I just kept track of it myself.

  • Genghis says:

    21 Sep21 September 05:49

    If you click on “View Earned Avios” is your progress logged there?

    • Scott says:

      21 Sep21 September 07:29

      That option wasn’t there either but I’ve just logged in and it’s back – happy days only £900 to go!! Any ideas how to trigger it early with a refundable spend somehow? I need the 2-4-1 ASAP thanks

      • Polly says:

        22 Sep22 September 08:19

        Scott,

        The only and best way is by a fully refundable well advance biz class flight into Europe somewhere. Your 241 will be banked and used! By the sound of things. The credit will come back into your downgraded BACC and sit there. When you finally cancel the card after your refer your OH, then ask Amex to send you a cheque.

        Or set up this new Billhop to prepay your OH and then pay the bills. I did, just this week, as l needed to complete our BAPP target spend quickly. Def worth the few £ in fees to Billhop to get our spend bonus. Couldn’t risk the 26k avios lost! Billhop is probably the better option for you in this scenario. This is probably the one place it proves its worth to us avios collectors and spenders.

• Tilly says:

  20 Sep20 September 19:34

  Gutted I haven’t got a 241 yet …. likely won’t trigger until the end of the year. Very envious of everyone who have managed to get tickets.

  • Anna says:

    20 Sep20 September 19:49

    I’ve already booked my hols for next year, pleased with my 2 4 1 CW deal but yes, well jel of those going to Seychelles!

    • Tilly says:

      20 Sep20 September 20:46

      I’m very new to this so well be my first 241 and avios redemption when i do finally get there. Only took out the BAPP in July so not doing too bad. Also got the gold amex. So far in 3 months I’ve managed to collect around 32k avios and 44k MR points to add to the 30k avios we already had in our household account.

      • Genghis says:

        21 Sep21 September 05:51

        I remember getting going in this hobby can take a while. Once you’re rolling, things seem to happen much more easily.

        • Tilly says:

          21 Sep21 September 09:42

          I hope so. Would be nice to have one long haul hol a year that is in club or first rather than WT or WTP like we normally do. I seem to be finding WT more uncomfortable the past few years.

      • Polly says:

        22 Sep22 September 08:11

        Tilly,

        Once you start referring each other, the avios and MRs roll in. It’s surprising how quickly they add up. So you will have enough for your first LH in J in no time. Remember when you do achieve your 241 and its banked in your baec account, do drop down to the free card BACC for your pro rata to fee refund. You will still get 9k avios when you refer Your OH for their BAPP later on. Also, with your PRG Gold card, if you do achieve the £15k spend you will get the extra 10k MRs at the beginning of the 2nd year. After they are banked probably you will pay one month fee, do the PLAT upgrade to earn another 20k avios. Refer your OH for their PRG, a further 9k for you, then cancel your plat. It’s a fun hobby…

        • Tilly says:

          22 Sep22 September 08:20

          Thanks Polly. I’ve already done the referral for the husband and got the 9k bonus. A friend of mine also did on my referral so got 9k from that. Will try remember to do the BAPP downgrade or would it be better to refer husband, get referral 9k and then cancel my card?

        • Polly says:

          22 Sep22 September 08:33

          Hi Tilly,

          Your OH will have had to have his BAPP already cancelled for over six months for him to benefit from the new BAPP spend bonus of currently 26k avios. No point in wasting a referral unless he can benefit from the new spend bonus. So check your timing on both cards, and wait a bit if ness. We usually downgrade to our BACC whilst waiting out the cancellation period of the OH. We do approx a 10/12 month rotation so as not to push it. But often, we only need one 241 a year, so quite often we drop down to the BACC very quickly once the spend bonus avios are earned. We put all spend on either GOLD , BAPP, or BACC, at any one time.
          If you travel a lot short haul, might be worth having the PLAT, for lounge and other great benefits. It’s fun actually, so we try to keep it that way.

        • Tilly says:

          22 Sep22 September 18:58

          Thanks Polly. OH doesn’t have a BAPP card yet? Only the gold. The BAPP is my account and he has a supp card. Good advice about 10 month cycle though. We also have the Hilton card which I’ve had for around 7/8 years now I think so put spend on that too. We do 2 LH trips a year some years and only 1 other years bit if the voucher on the BAPP lasts 2 years I’m hoping we’ll be fine.

• Maria says:

  21 Sep21 September 07:14

  I managed to get 2 tickets last night. I’m well excited:)

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