Carlisle Lake District Airport to reopen to scheduled passenger flights

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• An says:

  24 Jan24 January 07:30

  Hope the reopening doesn’t kill general aviation in the north east….as Flybe once did out of Southampton

• Lumma says:

  24 Jan24 January 07:55

  OT but are Virgin redemption bookings as flexible as British Airways ones? Can the dates be changed/booking cancelled? I cant work it out from their small print easily or even find out from searching HFP articles.

  • Clive says:

    24 Jan24 January 08:09

    Yes – for a small fee, as with BA. Call them to check if in doubt. We’ve cancelled VS UC reward bookings and received miles and cash back minus fee.

    • Alan says:

      24 Jan24 January 08:23

      £30 fee for changing or cancelling (we just cancelled our planned NY trip)

      • Lumma says:

        24 Jan24 January 08:33

        Thanks. Thats what I thought it was, but wasn’t sure 🙂

• bill says:

  24 Jan24 January 08:16

  Read this elsewhere:

  The Carlisle based aircraft will operate the following schedule:

  CAX-SEN
  SEN-CAX
  CAX-BHD
  BHD-CAX
  CAX-DUB
  DUB-CAX
  CAX-SEN
  SEN-CAX

  • RussellH says:

    24 Jan24 January 15:59

    That is pretty much what was mentioned on the local TV News last night. No mention of Stobart Air, but it was pointed out that Stobart own both Southend and Carlisle these days.

    It was also mentioned that CAX-DUB would be good for connecting to the USA, with pre-clearance in DUB. No mention of reduced APD, though.

• Jo says:

  24 Jan24 January 08:38

  OT – I’m plat, can I refer myself for SPG? How many points will I get?

  • Andrew M says:

    24 Jan24 January 08:50

    Done. 18k.

    • Alex W says:

      24 Jan24 January 09:34

      Nice. Holding on to the Plat instead of cancelling looks like it will turn out to be a good move.

  • Intentionally Blank says:

    24 Jan24 January 08:54

    And I’m the opposite. I have both SPG and BA Amex. Want to go Gold in Feb

• wally1976 says:

  24 Jan24 January 08:57

  OT – can anyone recommend the best Hilton in Dublin for wife and I. Minimum of free breakfast for gold members please 🙂

  • John says:

    24 Jan24 January 09:50

    All Hiltons give free breakfast for gold.

    The best one really depends on what you want to pay and what you are looking for.

    starting from most expensive:
    Morrison – central
    Conrad – poor experience compared to other Conrads
    Hilton – convenient for Luas but dated
    Kilmainham – far and a bit lacking in service
    Custom House – close to tourist areas but bit basic as it’s HGI
    Airport – only worth staying at if very late or very early flight

    • wally1976 says:

      24 Jan24 January 09:55

      Thanks John. To clarify, this will be a booking using points for 1 night and free vouchers from the credit cards for the other 2 nights so cost not really an issue.

      I had been thinking the Conrad but based on your comments maybe the Morrison is better? We want something central really.

      Thanks.

      • Optimus Prime says:

        24 Jan24 January 09:59

        One caveat – sometimes the free breakfast is just a continental one and not full buffet.

        I got full buffet in Brussels City but just continental in SF Financial District. At SF I was told I could upgrade to full breakfast for $10. I did and when finished they said they wouldn’t charge me the extra because I hadn’t eaten a lot.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jan24 January 10:29

    Waldorf Astoria.

    • wally1976 says:

      24 Jan24 January 11:33

      Are you saying Waldorf Astoria don’t do free breakfast for golds? That’s correct but there aren’t any in Dublin to my knowledge.

      • Andrew C says:

        24 Jan24 January 12:21

        Since 1st January 2018 you have a choice of 1000 points or free breakfast (at least continental) as gold, or points and breakfast as diamond, at Waldorf Astoria.

  • wally1976 says:

    24 Jan24 January 13:51

    Sounds like a toss-up between the Conrad and the Morrison…anyone else any thoughts? Both 4.5 on Trip Advisor!

    • Andrew C says:

      25 Jan25 January 09:37

      I’ve stayed at the Westin many times and enjoy it although the rooms are small and it’s quite a fight for any SPG status upgrades here as they are often sold out. I also stayed at the Conrad once and the location didn’t seem as good,.the rooms were fine although no upgrade as gold.

      • wally1976 says:

        25 Jan25 January 13:39

        Thanks Andrew. Think I’m going with the Morrison!

  • Philip White says:

    26 Jan26 January 16:48

    Stayed at both the Conrad and Custom House. If you are using free night vouchers I’d recommend the former. It’s been renovated in the last couple of years and we recently enjoyed a visit there a couple of weekends ago. Slightly obscure recommendation but the Irish Black Pudding for breakfast is very tasty.

    For a cash booking, the Custom House HGI is good value with a decent breakfast.

• Harry S says:

  24 Jan24 January 09:00

  Looking for some advice regarding BA premium Amex :
  I’ve triggered the 2-4-1 voucher and this has appeared on my BAEC account but I haven’t yet used it.
  If I cancel the BA Amex before using the 2-4-1 voucher will it disappear?

  • Sideshow Bob says:

    24 Jan24 January 10:03

    Also worth noting that customer services will tell you that you will lose it contrary to what actually happens.

• simon says:

  24 Jan24 January 09:26

  O/T So as a Platinum Amex, I can refer myself and others for SPG amex, and earn 18k MR points, then just cancel the SPG card when it arrives?!

  • mark says:

    24 Jan24 January 10:50

    why cancel it straight away? its only a 1k spend to get the 11k star points, which gets you a night in a reasonable hotel? I’m really starting to see the benefit of star points. even if it takes you a month then thats only 6.25 in fees.

    • simon says:

      24 Jan24 January 11:01

      I hear you Mark. Just never really collected hotel points. Avios flights using 241s has always been my end game when collecting. With a young family, and wanting a suite when staying at hotels, redemptions seem too tricky to benefit us at hotels we want to go to…..

      • Lumma says:

        24 Jan24 January 11:36

        You still might as well collect the starpoints and you can convert them into avios if you don’t want to use them for hotels.

      • simon says:

        24 Jan24 January 11:57

        All very valid points! The maths seems odd to me though…. 1 SPG is 1 Avios. That works. But 1 MR point = 0.5 SPG points. So I will need 100k MR points to convert to 50k SPG points to get 2 rooms for one night at the Westin Dubai for example. That totals 700k MR points for a weeks holiday for my family. Leaves me to think moving SPG to Avios is only sensible use of Starpoints. Use them for flights, pay cash for hotels….

  • simon says:

    24 Jan24 January 12:53

    Thanks Genghis. much appreciated. I can see benefits of this. Marriott Travel packages deffo. Just a shame the 1 SPG -> 1 Avios exchange can not be done both ways….

• Zain says:

  24 Jan24 January 09:43

  For anyone’s who is keen on applying for the BA cards, if you’re a BAEC member and have opted in to receive their marketing spam, they sent an offer two weeks ago for the BAPP with a 30K and the free BA with a 10K bonus. Might be targeted but I assume they sent it to anyone who hasn’t signed up as yet. This is by far the best offer I’ve seen on these cards.

  • Sideshow Bob says:

    24 Jan24 January 10:05

    Yeah got that too but it is only most generous as a standalone application. Referrals beat that rate.

    • Zain says:

      24 Jan24 January 10:37

      Are you sure about that? The referral link I received from my mate is for 26K, just a grand more than the public offer.

      • mark2 says:

        24 Jan24 January 10:44

        Bob means referrals within a couple.

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