Get triple Shangri-La Golden Circle reward points via their app – a 30% rebate

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• lev441 says:

  20 Feb20 February 11:50

  OT – if you cancel a BAPP card, do the points sweep over after you cancel (as they only go over to BAEC once a month) or should you wait until the end of the month to cancel?

  • AndyR says:

    20 Feb20 February 12:36

    They don’t go over when you cancel so definitively wait. I didn’t and it was a right faff getting them as Amex deleted the link to my BAEC account on cancellation.

    • JamesB says:

      20 Feb20 February 12:44

      This is often reported here but I think it might be down to sloppy CS agents. Last time I cancelled my SPG and nectar cards the agent told me the pending points would still go over on schedule and they did. I only had very small amounts of points to transfer though, were it a more substantial number or a bonus I would still want to see them safely trabsferred before cancelling.

      • AndyR says:

        20 Feb20 February 17:00

        Sorry my reply wasn’t very clear. I was trying to say that the points don’t go across on cancellation, rather they are suppose to go across at the beginning of the next month like usual. However, sometimes that fails as the link is lost and it is then a bit of PITA to get them as you’ve cancelled. So I wouldn’t risk it if it was a reasonable number of points.

      • Lev441 says:

        20 Feb20 February 21:48

        Thanks all.

• Gavin says:

  20 Feb20 February 12:00

  OT – My old favourite for T5 parking Premier Inn T5 is no longer on Just Park – can anyone suggest any alternatives? Ideally with TFL buses to T5 / T2.

  • Cate says:

    20 Feb20 February 13:11

    LHR Renaissance and Marriott Windsor. Marriott Windsor have a 2000 bonus air miles offer at the moment. Also if you do a Park and Fly it’s classed as a stay for Marriott’s current Megabonus.

• Jeremy says:

  20 Feb20 February 12:38

  OT – Heathrow Rewards premium question. I don’t suppose spend at Heathrow using Instant Rewards or Airport Shopping Vouchers count towards the £750 spend target to reach premium?

  • Rob says:

    20 Feb20 February 13:20

    Oddly it might do, since HR usually awards points based on the gross value of transactions irrespective of how you pay. No promises though.

    • Jeremy says:

      20 Feb20 February 15:15

      Thanks! I’ll give it a go and let you know. Perhaps there’s a way for my random Lufthansa and Emirates miles to contribute (somewhat indirectly) to increased Avios earning!

• Tony says:

  20 Feb20 February 14:09

  OT – I have a small balance of 3k miles with AF/KLM Flying Blue expiring in a week. Any advice on burning them? Thanks

  • JamesB says:

    20 Feb20 February 14:55

    Might be able to use them with pointshound if miles and cash is possible. Top up with MR points to get enough for a European flight.

• Doug says:

  20 Feb20 February 14:49

  OT- My Norwegian flight LGW-SIN is now moving from evening to morning next day. Kinda nice because my way out was LGW and return was LHR.
  Any other tips to travel east on the cheap? Ideally connection on Europe so I could start on LHR. Appreciate any tips, cheers

  • Pangolin says:

    20 Feb20 February 19:08

    Ryanair now flies to Amman, Jordan, if you consider that east!

    Other than that, Norwegian to SIN is about as cheap as it gets currently, notwithstanding special promos that crop up from time to time.

    If you were willing to fly from WAW via a hop from LHR then LOT Polish airlines regularly offers fairly cheap economy flights (they offer Promos every Wednesday if you sign up to their news letter).

    The other thing is to check out the Chinese airlines (Air China, China Eastern) to places like Beijing and Hong Kong, etc.

    • Pangolin says:

      20 Feb20 February 19:09

      I would have mentioned Scoot also but if you look below you’ll see that someone has ninja’d me on that.

• JamesB says:

  20 Feb20 February 15:13

  Class, ow or rtn, how much is cheap?

  • Doug says:

    20 Feb20 February 15:43

    Y, £200 is a good fare. Guess norwegian is still winner at this price point, can’t see anywhere close.

    • JamesB says:

      20 Feb20 February 16:00

      Eurowings used to fly cheap from DUS-DMK I think so have a look to check if they still do. Doubt you will find it that cheap though. A couple of years ago I got BKK rtn EDI-BKK for just over £300 on a breaking deal and was able to upgrade the return.with miles from 2 credit card signups and a family account.

    • Yan says:

      20 Feb20 February 16:03

      SQ’s LCC arm Scoot is launching TXL-SIN this summer for under €200 ow (they also operate ATH-SIN)

      • JamesB says:

        20 Feb20 February 17:16

        Good spot, do they have a premium product?

      • Lady London says:

        20 Feb20 February 18:46

        Yes they do. At least relatively. Had some excellent pricing emailed to me for this route. So suggest you sign up for their emails.

      • JamesB says:

        20 Feb20 February 19:03

        Thanks LadyLondon, I will take a look. If it’s a daytime flight I can live with PE.

      • Lady London says:

        20 Feb20 February 22:06

        Not sure the relatively better product is anything like PE though – think it’s more a premium bundle.

• Harry Hv says:

  20 Feb20 February 23:17

  Warning – Scoot no longer exists, it used to be great but now it’s been taken over by Tiger Airways which is an Oriental equivalent of Ryanair only less reliable.and a history of safety violations. Their 789 cabin is interesting, two long aisles and no connecting passage in between, not even at the entrance doorway – if you’re on the far side you must clamber over mid-row passengers to reach your seat, or to reach the toilet. So if you really want to risk Tiger, never select seats in the middle section!

  • Sam G says:

    21 Feb21 February 01:43

    Other way around- Scoot (owned by Singapore Airlines) has taken over Tiger – but that is only the short haul fleet – the long haul fleet is all brand new 787 delivered to Scoot -same as Norwegian

    No idea what you are talking about – there is a cross over at row 10 at the entrance and then you can just use the facilities on your side. If you are seated in the middle middle seat you could go either way !

    Anyway…. the premium cabin is pretty good – but is v small on the 787-8 they are using to Europe so isn’t super cheap

    They also have a small mini cabin that doesn’t allow children – a bulkhead seat in row 4 is what I’ve gone for . There is a bit of a trick – if you buy the “PlusPerks” package you get the extra leg room + extras cheaper than just buying the seat. No seat back TV, you can pay to stream from their system to your device

    The problem is this (and most Singapore flights) from Europe leave in the morning so you need to go to Berlin the night before. This isn’t a major issue to be honest- hotels there are cheap and it’s easy getting to the airport on the bus

  • Pangolin says:

    21 Feb21 February 13:14

    Way off the mark.

    Scoot is part of SQ and they are also being used to replace Silk Air services on selected routes (like Langkawi).

    If you’re flying SIA to SIN then you have LHR as an option.

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