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• Rob says:

  10 Jan10 January 11:50

  Hi, can anybody help with O/T question re Deep South USA road trip I’d like to plan. I’m considering using my BA 2-4-1 and flying into either Atlanta or New Orleans to start the trip. Will cover something like New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, Savannah (possibly), Pensacola over 10 days.

  Not ever having been to either of these New Orleans or Atlanta airports before, I was wondering if one is a better airport to fly into and out of, to start and finish our trip. e.g. Are the lounge facilities better at one of these airports, does BA have a larger presence at one of these airports. So many options and just trying to make sure I choose the best.

  • Liz says:

    10 Jan10 January 12:14

    We’ve done all those places in the past two years but across 2 different holidays – they are doable. You just need to,do your research and work out driving times between each place and work out what you want to see. We flew in to Atlanta this year but back from Washtington. Last year we flew back from Houston as BA didn’t fly to NO then. Lounge access is not the deciding factor for us about where we fly and out of. In Washington we had a Priorty Pass and couldn’t get in to 2 lounges as it wasn’t available to PP holders at certain times. We had to wait about 45 mins to get in to the Turkish Lounge – there was a large queue of PP cardholders waiting to do the same thing so access is not always guaranteed. In Houston we got in to the Centurion Lounge with our Platinum card. Just remember you will need to pay a one way surcharge for your car rental if you are returning to a different state.

    • Rob says:

      10 Jan10 January 12:25

      Thank you Liz, I recall reading on this site a few of your road trips in the USA. Somewhere I took a screen print of one of them, it looked so great. There is so much more availability to fly into Atlanta, than NO and if I wanted to, I could get First class on my 2-4-1 as this class is offered to Atlanta but not NO. A circular trip would be probably best for us, so no rental car one way surcharge. Do you think 10 days is long enough to cover the type of itinerary I was planning?

      • Liz says:

        10 Jan10 January 12:35

        10 days is never enough! I have just finished my research for our 2019 USA Canyon trip and I’m up at 28 days. That’s doing a round trip from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, S Dakota, Nebraska and back to Colorado. So much to see and never enough time. We spent a few days in Atlanta, a couple of nights in Savannah, 2 in Memphis to see Graceland etc, a few days in Nashville – the Grand Ole Oprey is so much fun, plus the Bluebird Cafe, Franklin just south of Nashville is lovely, NO needs a few days – not been to Pensacola. So much to see – so little time – can’t you go for a bit longer – get the road trip bug like us!!!!

      • Scallder says:

        10 Jan10 January 14:35

        Rob, given the driving distance, for 10 days I would suggest not doing that as a round trip. Depending on the cost of doing a one-way hire, and the distance between some of those locations, it might be worth looking at flying between some of them and doing car hire locally (although I know that adds more faff and takes away the road trip element.

        We did a round trip last year that did Atlanta-Nashville-Memphis-Natchez-NO-Montgomery and we did that in 19 days. We spent 5 nights in NO and 4 in Nashville and each of those to me wasn’t enough. Nashville was amazing and I would happily go back there alone for a week (would happily live there as well!). Personally didn’t think too much of Atlanta (outside of the Civil Rights stuff), and understand you might be able to get availability in F, but perhaps look at flying into/out of Nashville with BA (albeit just in J) so cut it down a bit. To me Memphis was ok (personally didn’t do Graceland as wasn’t that fussed about it, although did catch a Grizzlies game), but the 2 nights we had there was enough.

        I’d echo Liz though and if you can squeeze a few more days it would definitely be worth it. One route if you went straight from Nashville to NO takes in part of the Natchez Trace Parkway which is a beautiful road to drive and much nicer than the interstates!

  • ahop says:

    10 Jan10 January 18:21

    I just returned from New Years in Nola Rob. With regards the airport only, there is no lounge for BA/Priority Pass members but they do provide a $28 voucher per person if flying club or above. The number of outlets you can use it in is abysmal though. Perhaps 5 in total if you count Smoothie King and the hot dog stand.

    On the flip side Nola itself is unique and certainly worth a visit.

  • S***o says:

    10 Jan10 January 22:50

    Nashville is brilliant! Loved it there – did a oneway car rental Nashville – Lynchburg (Jack Daniels) – Atlanta with Avis and it was very reasonable £!

    This was only a 5 hour or so drive, but that was more than enough for us!

    This was part of a 2-4-1 (F) to Vegas, back from Atlanta and internal flights on Avios.

• Tom Cook says:

  10 Jan10 January 13:13

  OT – I booked a hotel using the £200 back for £600 spend on my Amex plat 5 days ago. Got the booking details invoice etc, got the email saying I’d triggered the offer, the transaction is showing as pending. I’m in a position where I would like to potentially cancel the plat card to get back into a bit of churning. Is this kind of a delay normal, just thought I’d expect it to show on the card pretty soon after the transaction.

  • Anna says:

    10 Jan10 January 14:08

    Didn’t you nip across the road to have it out with them?!

    • Rob says:

      10 Jan10 January 14:19

      I’d got the email confirmation, I knew they’d cough up …..

  • Tom Cook says:

    10 Jan10 January 14:23

    Thanks Rob.

• jovanna says:

  10 Jan10 January 15:47

  Long gone. Sometimes Italy brings it down but not by much. Sometimes France too. Try WOW in the RC.

  I had quite a few one-way rentals using Australia for no additional fee.

  • Rob says:

    10 Jan10 January 16:04

    Rubbish! Just priced for a long-weekend out of my local in Victoria – £162 for a Cat D, reduces to £99.

    • rash says:

      10 Jan10 January 18:58

      You’re right Rob, certainly didn’t see that price difference when I looked last week

  • Harj says:

    10 Jan10 January 16:21

    WOW in the Promotion Code section on Hertz? Looking for car hire in Australia, one way seems much more expensive – any tips?

• Chris says:

  10 Jan10 January 15:57

  At 23:30 last night I used my Ukranian Amex for the last time……..

• aceman says:

  10 Jan10 January 18:33

  can these etihad fares be booked as Qantas code shares and get TP and avios?

  • Rob says:

    10 Jan10 January 20:46

    No, that’s Emirates you’re thinking of.

• S says:

  10 Jan10 January 19:22

  O/T – for those with Lloyds Avios flight upgrade vouchers

  As of today it seems that you can now book both one way flights and connections using the Avios site rather than having to call

  • JamesB says:

    10 Jan10 January 19:44

    That’s good news, thanks for posting. If only they would now allow us to earn more than one voucher per year.

    • S says:

      10 Jan10 January 20:16

      Having played around a bit, I can’t get it to book one way, or use the voucher for connections. Looks like it’s still a work in progress!

  • Anna says:

    10 Jan10 January 20:18

    That’s excellent news, presumably we’ll now be able to book 2 one ways at the time they are loaded instead of having to call avios in the morning?

• Gareth says:

  10 Jan10 January 19:59

  For anyone interested Kimpton hotels now bookable via ihg using reward points, don’t seam the best value but still another option at least

  • Scallder says:

    10 Jan10 January 20:25

    Just had a test run and even suites are bookable at the same price as standard rooms for a couple of their Portland properties…

    • Gareth says:

      10 Jan10 January 20:41

      Ahh didn’t go that far…

• Louie says:

  10 Jan10 January 22:01

  Re where to credit Hertz rentals – is the 5,000 Marriott point bonus still going? If so, do you have to use the special CDP when booking or will you get the points anyway? I ask this as I believe the Virgin offer is supposed to require using their CDP but you seem to get it anyway.

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