Bits: BA lounge guesting rules, AirPortr partners with AA, 40% off PartnerPlusBenefit redemptions

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• WhiteManVan says:

  12 Dec12 December 03:59

  Probably the first good thing BA has done in a while!

• Matt says:

  12 Dec12 December 04:54

  Sorry for OT: I have the Amex Gold and accompanying Amex Gold Credit, which now has a MR balance of 6,000 or so. Does this remain separate from my main MR balance or can it be merged?

  • Andrew* says:

    12 Dec12 December 07:02

    It can be merged. Call customer services and they can link them.

    • Matt says:

      12 Dec12 December 07:24

      Thanks for that!

  • Rob says:

    12 Dec12 December 08:49

    They should never have been separate in the first place – you are not meant to have 2 MR accounts!

    • David says:

      12 Dec12 December 22:13

      Oh! Mine’s separate too!

• Richard says:

  12 Dec12 December 05:42

  OT: Lufthansa miles&more will become revenue based – four miles per euro spent .. how long before BA follow I wonder since AF/KLM are also changing.

  • Ben Chod says:

    12 Dec12 December 13:44

    BA said they would consider revenue based earning for points in 2018 iirc.

    • Rob says:

      12 Dec12 December 13:53

      And I discussed it with Cruz on our tube trip. I told me that the current structure (0.25 miles per mile flown on cheap Y etc) got you 80% of the way there anyway. He disagreed.

• Oli says:

  12 Dec12 December 06:13

  A good alternative to AirPortr is https://www.sendmybag.com which for the same price as AirPortr within Europe (£30 to most European countries) is fully door to door. They will pick up your luggage at home and deliver it 3 days later to your destination. Having used both AirPortr and SendMyBag, I prefer the later as you don’t have to pick up your luggage at the destination airport, and don’t have to pay for checked luggage

  • John says:

    12 Dec12 December 07:54

    +1 brilliant for anyone with student offspring coming/going as well (and there’s a student discount).

    Excellent small business.

  • Tom says:

    12 Dec12 December 10:55

    I can see the comparison in certain circumstances- but seems unlikely for holiday?

    Don’t get your clothes until 3 days in to holiday? Same for toiletries?

    Then still need to pay checked in luggage for return flight.

    • Peter K says:

      12 Dec12 December 14:20

      Surely you’d send your clothes 3 days before you leave?

      • Tom says:

        12 Dec12 December 18:21

        Would you mind telling my wife that she has to go without her hair straighteners for three days ?!

  • Fastbowler says:

    12 Dec12 December 13:04

    +2 for Sendmybag-. It always works really well

• Paul says:

  12 Dec12 December 06:30

  Any shift by BA on their anti family policies is to be welcomed however consider this.
  GGL with 2500 tier points can take 5 into first lounge non of who have status.
  I, with GC and 1500 tier points can only take my family of 3 into Club lounge. However my 3 have 3400 tier points and despite a family tier total of almost 5000 I get nothing more than I get now.
  Meanwhile GC with 1500 tier points get 5 into club lounge none of who have status.
  For this passenger there is nothing but downside here and BA have again managed to snatch defeat from jaws of victory.

  • the real harry1 says:

    12 Dec12 December 06:42

    does not compute?

    • the real harry1 says:

      12 Dec12 December 06:48

      heh heh post 54 🙂

      • Paula Royston says:

        12 Dec12 December 22:09

        Harry

        We are missing you here at the party.. all the gang send hello..Genghis myself and all the crew! Next year its a date!!

      • the real harry1 says:

        12 Dec12 December 22:22

        sending you a chilled bucket of Taittinger Comtes Blanc de Blancs 2006 Vintage Champagne 🙂

      • Genghis says:

        12 Dec12 December 23:32

        You missed a good night TRH1. Next year in Cornwall. If you supply the Taittinger Blanc de Blancs I’ll supply my heavily discounted Baron Rothschild Blanc de Blancs (or my cheap Majestic Calais special, depending how generous I’m feeling) 🙂

      • Polly says:

        13 Dec13 December 00:20

        Hey G
        That sounds awesome….great bargains to be had in ould Calais. You are a generous soul! Really nice evening…just made my last train..

      • the real harry1 says:

        13 Dec13 December 20:31

        OK it’s on – moi, Genghis & Polly commit 2018 to meeting up in a Cornwall pub & smuggling in some decent Champers, maybe for later, moving on to my place later much to my wife’s delight

  • Will says:

    12 Dec12 December 11:38

    Slight correction as GGL is 3000, and only if reaualifying, otherwise 5000.

• N says:

  12 Dec12 December 08:12

  OT – Did my first mattress run yesterday. Felt very naughty. Had a shower, ruffled the bed and left. Success!

  • John says:

    12 Dec12 December 09:41

    No breakfast?

    • N says:

      12 Dec12 December 10:34

      I woke up this morning in my own bed on the other side of London!

      • Genghis says:

        12 Dec12 December 10:42

        How do the numbers work out for your mattress run?

      • N says:

        12 Dec12 December 11:20

        £60 night at the Moxy Excel for a Marriott Plat challenge.

        If everything works out, I’ll be finishing the challenge in late Feb which (I have in writing from Marriott) will give me Plat till Feb 2020.

      • Genghis says:

        12 Dec12 December 11:29

        How many nights? Ie. Total cost is what?

      • N says:

        12 Dec12 December 11:47

        The challenge is 9 stays in 3 months. Although in practise they round up, so if you started today you’d have until end of March 2018.

        I have 6 stays booked that I need anyway (inc 2 weeks bouncing around South Africa in Jan/Feb), with 3 runs needed;
        1x Moxy Excel (£60)
        1x AC Hotel La Linea (44EUR)
        1x AC Hotel La Linea (44EUR)

        Assuming all works (there may be a hole in my plans – I haven’t spotted yet), a smidge under £140 for 2 years of SPG/Marriott Plat.

      • N says:

        12 Dec12 December 14:17

        + current MegaBonus offer means a free Cat 1-5 night + a load of extra points
        + Moxy Excel seems to have been on Shop Small

        !!

  • Scott says:

    12 Dec12 December 11:31

    Got a couple coming up next week – 2 stays at HIX, total cost £63, along with getting the IHG credit card will get me almost 50k points via Q4’s Accelerate – should be enough for one night somewhere decent or two nights at a middle of the road place.

    • Michael Jennings says:

      12 Dec12 December 15:03

      Which HiX are you doing this at?

      • Scott says:

        12 Dec12 December 15:49

        Glasgow Airport and Hamilton. Booked around 6 weeks back, for the days just before Xmas, which were the lowest rates. M74 Strathclyde Park, and a bit further afield, Stirling, were in the same price range.

  • Waribai says:

    12 Dec12 December 14:17

    Keep a careful eye on the AC points and nights posting to your profile correctly. Anything more than a 48 hour delay after checkout, assume that they have not tracked correctly and as soon as the system lets you (another 8 days) submit the missing stay form . From that point, it often takes a good month before they add them to your record which is a pain if you have a tight deadline for turning plat.

    • N says:

      12 Dec12 December 18:26

      Thanks for the headsup. Will keep an eye on it it

• Geoff says:

  12 Dec12 December 08:40

  OT re Gold Amex churning / referrals: Can I refer the same person twice and we both get all the bonuses? i.e. I refer my OH. I get the 9k MRs, she gets the 22k MRs. She cancels, waits 6 months and then we do it all again. Will the the 9k and 22k apply the second time round? Many thanks.

  • Rob says:

    12 Dec12 December 08:44

    Yes

• Polly says:

  12 Dec12 December 08:45

  Once one of you always holds the card you can refer back and forth as many times as you like. But we do recommend not doing it so frequently, perhaps waiting for the 8th month after cancelling to be re referred back. So yes in one year, you can definitely achieve your goal. Just keep the cycle going forward.
  If you really wanted to up the avios, you could have the BAPP on the go too, so you are getting 26k avios for a bonus spend plus 9k for referral. Depends if you are chasing MRs to avios or just MRs.

  • James says:

    12 Dec12 December 08:56

    @Polly
    Who are “we”?

  • Scott says:

    12 Dec12 December 11:33

    No need to wait 8 months; 6 months (+ one day to be safe!) is what we recommend.

    • Genghis says:

      12 Dec12 December 11:38

      That’s what I recommend

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