Cobalt Air to launch Heathrow to Larnaca flights with a new business class seat

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• Anna says:

  25 Jan25 January 07:49

  OT – I’ve made a flight booking via avios.com by phone and received an email confirmation but can’t see any sign of the booking on the avios.com website. Can I check in via BAEC or will it appear on avios.com at some point?

  • Anna says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:07

    Thanks Ghengis, you’ve been a star this week! I was having horrible thoughts of having to check in at the airport!

  • Kathy says:

    25 Jan25 January 09:23

    I do wish that Avios.com would show the flights you’ve booked with them. Every other site you book a flight on will show you a record of your bookings and upcoming flights.

    • Anna says:

      25 Jan25 January 09:37

      I know, it’s bizarre! It shows all your other avios transactions, this seems a really odd omission.

• mark2 says:

  25 Jan25 January 07:56

  OT
  just received email from Amazon about £10 off £50 purchase with code BIGTHANKS.
  Gift cards excluded and has to be sold by Amazon but not delivered electronically.
  Things that I order are rarely sold by Amazon.

  • JamesB says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:21

    Use both the prime and seller filters to search for amazon alternatives. Often the seller fikter does not appear until some other department filters are chosen. I agree though that amazon options are sometimes very limited.

  • Sussex Bantam says:

    25 Jan25 January 09:35

    I don’t believe this is targetted – it appears on the front page of my Amazon site. T&C as Mark2 says but only valid until tonight. Time to stock up on dishwasher tablets !

  • Gin and Tonic Please says:

    25 Jan25 January 09:53

    Unlike the last one of these, this time it’s available on alcohol… 🙂

    • Gavin says:

      25 Jan25 January 10:04

      25% off whisky for Burns night today I believe

    • Geoff says:

      25 Jan25 January 10:04

      Same here – no email but it is on my Amazon front page.

  • KevMc says:

    25 Jan25 January 17:21

    It is also worth noting that Morrisons are currently selling £50 Amazon vouchers with a 5,000 More Points bonus, on top of the 1,250 you get as standard. 5,000 points triggers a £5 Morrisons Voucher, so this effectively equates to getting £50 Amazon vouchers for £43.75 each

• Anna says:

  25 Jan25 January 08:05

  Cobalt Air also fly from MAN to Larnaca!

• The ‘real’ Nick G says:

  25 Jan25 January 08:10

  Rob

  I’m also a Nick G and entered I assume if I didn’t get an email today it’s not me?!

  • Raffles says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:20

    It’s not you.

    It is 8.20 and I’ve had emails from two other Nick G’s already 🙂

    • Nicholas Goodger says:

      25 Jan25 January 08:39

      I’m a nick g too! I haven’t emailed yet!

      • Peter K says:

        25 Jan25 January 09:12

        I’m not Nick G but just checking I haven’t won either? 😉
        Congratulations to the winner 🙂

• roberto says:

  25 Jan25 January 08:10

  I voted Ba only as I have status and could book the seat should I have won. I did fly Virgin upper (reward) last year to Barbados and the seat was a little too small for me to sleep comfortably but the crew/flight/vibe was amazing. I am also flying PE to Vegas on Virgin later this year (another reward) as I enjoy the 747 bubble and the flight times suit me better. However I have 40+ OW flights booked with AA/BA/IB but connecting from my home town of Malaga its hardly surprising Virgin dont get a look in.

  Many on here knock both airlines but I am quite happy with both maybe its because I have never flown Singapore/Qatar/Etihad..

  • Brian says:

    25 Jan25 January 09:10

    There were no status benefits with this competition…..

    • roberto says:

      25 Jan25 January 09:37

      Thats why I voted BA as I already have status so would have be able to book seats and get lounge access even flying WT. I dont have Virgin status.

      • Stuart_f says:

        25 Jan25 January 10:01

        Roberto – You’ve completely misunderstood the point of the competition.

        “I voted BA as I already have status so would have be able to book seats and get lounge access even flying WT.”

        Look again at what the competition said: https://headforpoints.com/2018/01/04/exclusive-competition-win-2-economy-flights-new-york-pick-airline/

        Please note that:
        You will not earn any airline miles on your tickets
        You will not receive any status benefits
        You will not receive lounge access even if you have status with that airline

      • mark says:

        25 Jan25 January 10:04

        I think you’re missing the point, even if you had status with BA the competition rules stated you would gain none of the benefits so you would experience WT as a none status holder. Therefore the competition was asking; all things being equal who would you choose for a TATL flight? and I’m not supposed virgin won by a mile, the food I was given last time in BA WT was worse than I’ve had in school/hospital/catered halls etc etc.

      • roberto says:

        25 Jan25 January 10:12

        Apologies to Brian.. You, Stuart and Mark are right and I did not read the rules correctly. I was in Puerto Rico at the time and a little “tired” when entering I seem to recall. I would have voted Virgin if I had taken off my rum specs..

• mark2 says:

  25 Jan25 January 08:15

  OT
  American Express cards have got a limit on the number of points that you can get for referring people. Does the clock reset for a new card or get carried forward?
  This becomes more important with 18,000 MR for every referral from Platinum.

  • mark2 says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:15

    actually most

  • Nadeshka says:

    25 Jan25 January 09:01

    It’s 90,000 per calendar year (not card) according to materials I’ve received encouraging referrals.

• Raffles says:

  25 Jan25 January 08:24

  Travel insurance isn’t cheap if you’ve got a family especially if heading to North America.

  Think of Plat as Gareth Bale and you as Spurs. You can flog Bale and use the money for 6 players each of which equals Bale in one area, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it makes sense.

  Similarly, you can buy a camera, torch, diary, stopwatch etc for less than an iPhone but …..

  • Tom Cook says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:30

    Thanks Rob.

  • Mark1980 says:

    25 Jan25 January 09:29

    This may have been answered in the article from the other day, but I presume the new churning rules (if they come in to force) won’t stop you from getting the card again, it will just stop you from getting the sign up bonus again?

    • Tom Cook says:

      25 Jan25 January 10:01

      I guess so, which would then mean that in any event I could still refer at the higher rate of 18MR.

    • Rob says:

      25 Jan25 January 10:05

      Correct.

  • RussellH says:

    25 Jan25 January 10:14

    And when you drop your iPhone down the loo, you have al;so dropped your camera, torch, diary, stopwatch etc.
    🙂

    Alternatively, if you already have camera, torch, diary, stopwatch etc (and you actually feel that you need all these) then you can get by on a phone that just makes phone calls.

  • Tom Cook says:

    25 Jan25 January 19:25

    Sorry, just a thought, I always assumed the travel insurance benefit with the plat card only applied if you paid for the trip / car hire etc on that plat card?

    • Rob says:

      25 Jan25 January 20:23

      No, any UK personal Amex is ok for small stuff and big stuff is covered regardless.

    • Tom Cook says:

      25 Jan25 January 20:34

      I feel like I’m being a bit dim here (!) as the summary of the travel benefits state;

      “Pay with your Platinum Card and you’ll enjoy worldwide protection for you, your partner, your children and your Supplementary Cardmembers.”

      If you don’t pay with the Plat card then surely that means that you’ll not get the protection? We often pay for our hols on our BAPP for the 3 avios per £ with BA but are you suggesting that we’d be covered by my Plat?

    • Rob says:

      25 Jan25 January 21:07

      Cheers Genghis!

    • Tom Cook says:

      25 Jan25 January 21:24

      Thanks G!

• JamesB says:

  25 Jan25 January 08:28

  If you have not already done so, the return on 5 referrals could wipe out the cost to you of keeping it. Remember, you can now refer any card, except it seems the new ARCC, so you are not trying to persuade others to take platinum.

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