Bits: bargain at the new InterContinental Perth, Etihad business sale launched

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• Ant says:

  25 Sep25 September 11:15

  OT: planning on getting flights in business to the Bahamas for next year using the 241. The taxes from London are coming to £630pp. Is there a cheaper option to reduce this? I tried online to look from Jersey but it comes back as “BA and its partners do not fly this route”

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    25 Sep25 September 11:25

    Select ‘with stops’ and it will show from Jersey, but remember that you actually need to fly to Jersey in the first place with all your luggage. It only works if you live near Gatwick so you can do the Jersey flight the previous day, go home, get your stuff and then go back to the airport the next day. Note that the gap in London must be under 24 hours.

    • Talay says:

      26 Sep26 September 07:24

      Tried to reduce the taxes on BAPP using Jersey but it didn’t shave anything off a LHR-BKK routing. All stays less than 24 hours.

  • Anna says:

    25 Sep25 September 16:19

    The Bahamas flight goes from Heathrow. Depending on when you are travelling you may need to swoop at T-355 as it’s one of the routes where they seldom release more than 2 CW seats and the route is shared with the Cayman Islands so you effectively have 2 destinations vying for the redemption seats. I was lucky last year and got 2 x CW seats on that flight which we flew in last month, but in previous years they have been snapped up too quickly in school holiday periods.

  • Anna says:

    25 Sep25 September 16:23

    Also, if you start your flight in Jersey the previous day, you should be able to check your luggage all the way through – we did this at Manchester with an overnight stop in London and it was so much less hassle than collecting it and re-checking. This can only be done if the flights are on one booking reference, AND, in the case of Manchester, BA now racks up the “tax” element to about £100 for the privilege.

• New Card says:

  25 Sep25 September 13:58

  OT – The application form for the Lloyds Avios Duo Rewards cards doesn’t ask for the applicant’s avios.com username or number. I understand that they generally try and match to an avios.com account by using the email address used for registration, but what if the applicant doesn’t already have an avios.com account (only a BAEC account) on that email address (or any other address)? The CC statement shows how many avios are earned, but there’s no way to access them?

  • Rob says:

    25 Sep25 September 14:12

    Lloyds will ask Avios to open an account. You then need to persuade Avios or Lloyds to give you the number and password.

    • New Card says:

      25 Sep25 September 14:17

      Thank you! We’ve used the “Forgot Password” on the avios.com site to try and get the username, but it says that no account is registered under that email address… so I guess either we’re trying to get into the account too soon (although it is now over a week since the first statement was generated) or the request to open the account may not have been made…

• What's the Point says:

  25 Sep25 September 18:58

  I’ve booked 4 nights at the Perth IC for Nov on points, looks very good value. But I am keeping my Perth Hilton nights on hold, just in case the IC suffers any last minute opening delays.

  • Amit says:

    25 Sep25 September 20:06

    Can you pay extra for club lounge access? I’ve also booked a few nights in November

  • Rob says:

    25 Sep25 September 20:56

    Sensible!

• Mr Dee says:

  25 Sep25 September 22:24

  The whole thing isn’t about Uber its about them trying to control the unstoppable, whether Uber is banned or not, a universal app where you can call transport will come whether they like it or not.

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