EXCLUSIVE: Heathrow Rewards adds Singapore Airlines Krisflyer as a partner

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• Han says:

  7 Nov7 November 05:16

  O/T Bits: Last year I raised a MCOL with BA for 72 hours delayed baggage – which they failed to return to us, and the baggage was damaged and pilfered. Court date finally set for this Friday – all our statements sent across to BA/Court (received aggressive statements on BA solicitors!!) and they’ve followed up the filing procedure. Looks like they won’t settle as it’s 3 days away?! Thoughts …

  • Lady London says:

    7 Nov7 November 11:33

    Is this not a double post?

    • Han says:

      8 Nov8 November 10:24

      So?

• Lee says:

  7 Nov7 November 06:47

  Have 18000 Emirates award points which I am unlikely to be able to spend on a flight or even add to.

  Can they be converted to Heathrow Rewards? Is this the best option? Can’t see me flying with them again any time soon.

  • Rob says:

    7 Nov7 November 07:06

    3 options – easyJet credit, HR credit (only valid at Heathrow, not valid for miles transfers), Arsenal tickets

• Lee says:

  7 Nov7 November 06:49

  Only one account per household? Oops!

  • Anna says:

    7 Nov7 November 07:02

    OH and I both have HR accounts.

    • Genghis says:

      7 Nov7 November 07:24

      Not at same address though? Or are you 1 High St and he’s One High St? I set my wife’s up at MIL’s address.

      • Lee says:

        7 Nov7 November 08:30

        Same address!

      • bagoly says:

        7 Nov7 November 10:32

        We have four at same address.

      • Anna says:

        7 Nov7 November 10:56

        Same address, different emails if that makes a difference!

      • Lawro says:

        7 Nov7 November 11:58

        @Genghis 07:24

        Can’t reply directly but just add 1. High Street or .1 High Street – also gets you past the one per address restriction.

    • New Card says:

      7 Nov7 November 12:07

      Me too – never had a problem with me and OH each having an account at the same address.

  • Andrew says:

    7 Nov7 November 09:16

    With so many young professionals living in HMOs in the South East, it doesn’t seem ethical to restrict accounts to one per household.

    With the even stricter GDPR rules coming in next year, will it even be legal to disclose that someone else at the same address already has a HR account?

    • Steve says:

      7 Nov7 November 09:44

      I can’t see anywhere that it states only one account per household. In the T&Cs it says ‘Only one account per Member is permitted. Household accounts are not permitted.’

    • Alan says:

      7 Nov7 November 09:44

      Although online blocked it, my folks had no issue both having accounts at the same address – their phone agents seemed able to override it without an issue.

• Bm109 says:

  7 Nov7 November 07:44

  OT I am very excited to try Singapore Airlines business class for the first time on a flight LHR to Sydney. I am very unlikely to fly with them again. So, question, what is the best option in terms of earning frequent flyer points. I am thinking of opening a Virgin Flying club account to which I think the points would be credited rather than Singapores Krisflyer. Is this the most sensible option?

  • Rob says:

    7 Nov7 November 07:53

    Have a look at wheretocredit.com, based on your exact ticket sub-class (J, R, I etc).

    Virgin probably makes sense unless you have a plan to top them up to the level needed for a decent Star Alliance reward. However, you would be earning a lot of SQ miles and – if you had the flexibility to top up via, say, Amex Membership Rewards – it may not harm to have a Star Alliance stash for those times when Avios seats are not available.

  • Drav says:

    7 Nov7 November 08:15

    i would even suggest that of you fly east more than west, it’s worth concentrating on collecting both SQ and avios but mainly concentrating on SQ.
    Much better product. no surcharges for redemptions.

  • Scallder says:

    7 Nov7 November 10:40

    On the Virgin website for Singapore it states:

    Redemptions in Business Class and First Class on Singapore Airlines’ A380, 777-300ER and A350-900 aircraft types are not available.

    Singapore only fly A380s and 777-300ERs between London and Singapore, so you wouldn’t be able to get business class between LHR and SIN.

    Depending on which part of Australia you’re going to, from London business is either 95 or 105k each way, and with London to Singapore being 85k itself, it’s definitely worth trying to collect Krisflyer miles. Having said that if any of their European routes don’t fly on those 3 aircraft you could get business class for 60k Virgin miles one-way between Europe and Singapore and 42.5k miles between Singapore and Oz, but again would need to check the aircraft

• Alan says:

  7 Nov7 November 09:34

  No Bits today, but related to points transfers – just to feedback that my VS to IHG transfer completed today (day 9) and the 10k transferred have counted for status 🙂

  • AS1 says:

    7 Nov7 November 13:11

    Is that the minimum you can transfer? I need just 74 points for Spire but no plans to stay at any IHG for rest of the year. Any suggestions, guys?

    • Alan says:

      7 Nov7 November 13:34

      Yep, 10k minimum

    • Rob says:

      7 Nov7 November 14:01

      Ring IHG and ask, they may well comp you 74 points.

• G-bit says:

  7 Nov7 November 09:47

  another O/T bits – looks like, as suspected, MBNA has stopped issuing all airline cards. All disappeared from their website this morning.

  • Alan says:

    7 Nov7 November 09:49

    Glad I managed to sneak in another VS White over the weekend!

    • G-bit says:

      7 Nov7 November 09:52

      Still seem to be able to apply for the AA card via the AA website. Wondering how long earning will continue via existing cards.

      • meta says:

        7 Nov7 November 12:43

        I applied for Miles&More cards on Saturday. They said they couldn’t give me an instant decision. I have a great rating. I think it’s purely because they’re withdrawing the cards…

      • David says:

        7 Nov7 November 15:16

        I wouldn’t read much (or indeed anything to be honest) into a lack of instant decision. Especially if applying at a weekend, and even with an excellent credit rating.

• G-bit says:

  7 Nov7 November 09:52

  Still seem to be able to apply for the AA card via the AA website. Wondering how long earning will continue via existing cards.

• mark2 says:

  7 Nov7 November 11:27

  OT
  Has anyone else had their Tesco points sent to Virgin and then snatched away again?
  They do not show arriving or leaving on the account statement; I only know through AwardWallet!

  • RK says:

    7 Nov7 November 11:32

    Yes – mine has dissapeared also!

    • New Card says:

      7 Nov7 November 11:58

      Yes! Wtf?

      • the real harry1 says:

        7 Nov7 November 12:26

        ours are there fine – are you sure it’s not AwardWallet with the problem?

      • mark2 says:

        7 Nov7 November 12:54

        As I said ‘They do not show arriving or leaving on the account statement’ but did appear and disappear on AwardWallet.

      • the real harry1 says:

        7 Nov7 November 12:56

        I should just wait a day before you waste time chasing – my wife’s autumn bonus was missing but appeared miraculously overnight

      • New Card says:

        7 Nov7 November 13:17

        Mine hit my Virgin account, but now the entry has been changed to “0”.
        I was checking on the Virgin Flying Club app, not AwardWallet, so definitely an issue at the Virgin end.

  • Paulm says:

    7 Nov7 November 12:47

    Yes gone! Were there yesterday

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