Bits: see BA’s new BOB menu, 25% off Radisson Blu and Park Inn, BA / Avis deal renewed

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• the real harry1 says:

  15 Oct15 October 14:41

  O/T pls confirm I’ve got it right

  1. Get BAPP, annual fee is charged immediately
  2. hit spend target & bank the points
  3. downgrade to blue on the phone (keep for Shop Small) & the fee is refunded pro rata

  • Genghis says:

    15 Oct15 October 15:02

    Confirmed.

    • Genghis says:

      15 Oct15 October 15:04

      As an extra little tip, get yourself a supp in the main card holder’s name for an extra SS card (Mrs and I have six BAPPs between us)

      • the real harry1 says:

        15 Oct15 October 15:06

        thanks both

      • Genghis says:

        15 Oct15 October 15:06

        Hat tip to @Alan for sharing that a while back

        • Alan says:

          15 Oct15 October 17:43

          Haha thanks, can definitely be handy for both ShopSmall and splitting costs.

          BTW now you’re expanding your UK tips, Genghis, have you looked at Cardiff too? Had a couple of excellent trips there in the summertime.

      • Barry cutters says:

        15 Oct15 October 15:53

        Sorry if I’m being stupid , but to confirm – I can get a supp card -in my own (main card holder) name . This would be brilliant for me when splitting expenses and personal spend . Reporting back – the groupon offer posted and my Iberia account is now fully working. About to book Lima flights for Machu Picchu in early summer – bargain at 85k.

      • Genghis says:

        15 Oct15 October 15:59

        @Baz Cutters. Yes. I use it to split personal and work as it serves for an easier tick back exercise. Pleased Iberia account activated rather easily. Enjoy!

      • mark2 says:

        15 Oct15 October 16:20

        Also for Lloyds cards, but not MBNA where sup card has same number.

      • Genghis says:

        15 Oct15 October 21:39

        I had an excellent holiday when at university visiting South Wales and camping on the Gower. Was early thirties. Beaches were fantastic. It could equally have been freezing so we were v lucky.

      • Jimmy says:

        16 Oct16 October 11:07

        six, between 2? 3 each then? one main & one supplementary each…whats the third card?

      • Genghis says:

        16 Oct16 October 14:15

        @Jimmy. One main, one supp for partner and one supp for the main card holder x 2.

      • Tom says:

        16 Oct16 October 16:13

        If you get a supplementary card in your own name do you then get a bonus if they offer one?

      • Genghis says:

        16 Oct16 October 16:49

        @Tom. No idea. Give it a go and report back.

  • Rob says:

    15 Oct15 October 15:03

    Yes, works

• Egg says:

  15 Oct15 October 15:47

  wonder how long before BA stop you bringing food on board

  • Alan says:

    16 Oct16 October 08:52

    I’m surprised Ryanair haven’t done this yet so I wonder whether there is something in the regulations that mean they can’t?

    • Angmo says:

      16 Oct16 October 19:12

      UN Convention on the right to access food. Not all states are signatures but the UK are as I believevare Ireland.

      • the real harry1 says:

        16 Oct16 October 19:27

        BA are also perfectly OK about you bringing your own booze on board – this is legal & permitted

        they won’t be OK about you getting sloshed on half a bottle of Scotch

        however, a few beers or perhaps a bottle of decent wine should be acceptable

        unfortunately the real issue is supply airside – not at all difficult to get spirits in Duty Free – but spirits will be frowned upon/ very quickly removed from your possession for the duration of the flight

        if you go for wine, then white will be unchilled so a bit desperate – red would be OK but try finding DF outlets that sell it by the bottle plus you’ll need a corkscrew

        don’t think you’ll find beer in DF but you might find a bar that will sell you a few tinnies for the journey

        I’ve pondered this problem since BA introduced BOB – obviously pinching something from the lounge would be an option but possibly not a very honest one if done in quantity

      • the real harry1 says:

        16 Oct16 October 19:39

        coming back to UK doesn’t always present such a problem – eg our airport back from the place in the sun sells chilled premium beers for under £2/ half litre in the convenience stores, airside

        shame UK airports don’t do this

      • HAM76 says:

        16 Oct16 October 21:32

        @TRH1 miniature bottles like Gin are actually fine to get through security, if you don’t mind placing them in the plastic bag along with toiletries during the security scan. Judging from the reactions of the security personnel it doesn’t happen often, though.

      • Genghis says:

        16 Oct16 October 22:24

        They’re actually quite reasonably priced. Difficult to get tonic water airside though? Lemon is easy but precut (otherwise where’s the knife coming from?)

• Jason Hindle says:

  15 Oct15 October 17:59

  I still keep the faith that one of these days BA will make a change that turns out to be an actual improvement for the paying customer.

• thehornets says:

  15 Oct15 October 18:28

  O/T: just like last week, there are 1,000 free Marriott Rewards points TODAY for those on Twitter. Just answer today’s question (the answer is canton, ohio) and within 10 minutes you will have 1,000 points in your Marriott Rewards account.

  Click here:
  https://twitter.com/MarriottRewards/status/919608855625007105

  There is a new (easy) competition each sunday to tie in with the NFL season = at least 8,000 free Marriott points!

  • BLT says:

    15 Oct15 October 19:05

    Thanks for the reminders. Worked really well last week on 2 accounts.

  • thehornets says:

    15 Oct15 October 19:18

    Oh, don’t forget to use the hashtag #RewardsPoints

    • Genghis says:

      15 Oct15 October 19:21

      Thanks. Missed it last week but done it this week.

  • Alan says:

    15 Oct15 October 20:05

    Fantastic – thanks again for posting about these (& posting the answers!) – much appreciated and look forward to next week 😀

    • Liz says:

      15 Oct15 October 22:20

      +1 Ta very much!

  • Pid says:

    15 Oct15 October 23:44

    Thank you – how do they know your account details?

    • Liz says:

      15 Oct15 October 23:56

      You have to register for the Rewards

• Anthony Dunn says:

  16 Oct16 October 03:28

  Remarkably straightforward: if I am flying in the Economy section, I buy my own food and drink and before I get onboard. That way, I choose just what I want and have the drink of choice. Most UK terminals have a pretty wide choice of food and drink offerings airside these days.

• Andrew-A says:

  16 Oct16 October 11:23

  OT slightly but just did an Edi-Lgw then Lgw-Tfs in CE using a 2 4 1. On the Edi flight down we randomly got upgraded to CE , my wife has just hit bronze so not sure if that had any bearing on it. Once seated however we were informed that they had only catered for the original CE passengers so could only offer breakfast if anything was left over. This wasn’t a problem for us as we had 4 hours to wait in gatwick and had planned to eat there anyway ( ate at Grainstore using PP cards which was good) then into BA lounge.
  On the way back from Tenerife on Saturday they ran out of champagne within the first half hour of the flight so some people didnt even get the chance of a glass. Food was ok though on both CE flights.
  To summarise our BA experience was fine, just a bit inconsistent.

  • Alan says:

    16 Oct16 October 19:36

    Must say it didn’t look great on recent LHR-EDI flight. Crew seemed surprised I didn’t want any of the delectable food or indeed anything to drink, but hopefully anyone that was upgraded to the cabin got it instead!

• Diane says:

  16 Oct16 October 15:24

  Flew to Turkey last week. Had eaten in the airport, so just ordered a couple of drinks and a packet of Percy Pigs ! Delivered swiftly and instant payment with contactless card. I actually think the food and drinks prices are ok and comparative with other airlines. No complaints from me.

• Geoff says:

  21 Oct21 October 16:17

  We have had good results using the avis and ba but why is the avisba website so appalling?!

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