The Marco Polo Club lounge at Venice Airport joins Priority Pass

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• Chris Palmer says:

  21 Mar21 March 08:10

  The Marco Polo lounge used to be on the Priority Pass network a year or more ago, wasn’t it? Then it was unexpectedly pulled. I am a reasonably regular visitor to VCE, so glad it is back. I noticed the change a few days ago.

• AndyW says:

  21 Mar21 March 08:50

  Sorry for the OT, question on Marriott status. If I gain Gold status through platinum card (SPG match) how long does this last, would I lose it at the start of next year?

  • Rob says:

    21 Mar21 March 09:01

    Not clear, because of the launch of the new combined scheme in January. All bets are off.

    • AndyW says:

      21 Mar21 March 09:47

      Thanks Rob

• TomL says:

  21 Mar21 March 08:54

  OT: curve card cash withdrawals abroad

  If I take out cash abroad with curve, and use the Lloyds card with 0%FX as my set card. Can I take out up to £200 equivalent for just free? Or is it 1% as abroad?

  And Lloyds won’t charge interest on the cash withdrawal as it is done via Curve?

  Thanks for any advice offered.

  • Anna says:

    21 Mar21 March 09:21

    I think Curve charge you for cash withdrawals abroad, best check the Ts & Cs closely!

  • Alex W says:

    21 Mar21 March 09:25

    If you set the card currency as the local currency then there are no Curve fees as curve has not done a currency conversion.

    Just checked the list and most currencies seem to be available in the curve app now unless you are going somewhere obscure!

    • Alex W says:

      21 Mar21 March 09:26

      And no Lloyd’s won’t charge interest as it is charged as a purchase not a cash advance.

    • AndyR says:

      21 Mar21 March 11:56

      Is there a withdrawal limit if you do this?

      • John says:

        21 Mar21 March 20:15

        It’s your Curve cash limit. After £200 or equivalent per month, Curve has cash withdrawal fees.

• JPa says:

  21 Mar21 March 09:18

  OT: The spend £500 get £50 back Amex TripAdvisor Rentals.

  It says that the payment must be made by the 31st March, but for stays up until the end of September. I have never used Tripadvisor rentals but it looks like for future bookings in the summer you can only pay the deposit now, not the full amount. So it looks like only the deposits would then count towards the £500 spend not the full price of the stay.

  Does anyone else have any experience with this offer that is on a lot of the amex card? And if my assessment is correct (therefore making the offer pretty useless, as it also isn’t supposed to work for rentals in the next 14 days either – although that is probably a rule that is not really enforced knowing amex).

• simon says:

  21 Mar21 March 09:32

  You need to travel with a child to get the discount with the F&F railcard. Looks like just adults won’t be able to get the cheaper ticket.

  • simon says:

    21 Mar21 March 09:55

    good shout Genghis, thanks

    • JamesB says:

      21 Mar21 March 13:58

      There are also two together railcards.

  • Alan says:

    21 Mar21 March 12:44

    And, if you live the Southwest then the Devon & Cornwall Railcard can offer good value.
    https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/tickets-railcards-and-season-tickets/railcards
    Scroll to bottom of page for the D&C railcard

• Lee says:

  21 Mar21 March 09:41

  OT – taxes and fees question for first time BA rewards tickets booking
  I’m looking to book an open jaw ticket from London to New Delhi in plus then Hong Kong to London in biz for 2 adults and 1 child. As you can’t check on BA website for open jaw, I just presume that taxes and fees would be total of 2 one-way ticket (£877+£83). However, BA told me the total of taxes and fees will be nearly £1500. Was there any more surcharges for return ticket? Any suggestions will be helpful, thanks!

  • Genghis says:

    21 Mar21 March 09:51

    Are you using a 241? If so, as a back of the fag packet calculation, get the return price for DEL and HKG and find the mean. If not, book as singles.

    • Lee says:

      21 Mar21 March 10:00

      Thanks Genghis, we are using 241 and just try to take advantage of low fee from Hong Kong.

      • AndyW says:

        21 Mar21 March 10:39

        If you are using a two for one, then your return does not benefit from the low charges on the HK leg. Has to be a separate ticket for that I believe.

      • AndyR says:

        21 Mar21 March 11:58

        That’s right it won’t work if you book a return. Has to be a one way flight from HKG to get low taxes.

      • Lee says:

        21 Mar21 March 12:09

        Thanks Andy and Andy, seems I would have to pay the higher taxes.

• Guy H says:

  21 Mar21 March 09:59

  OT: Hi – planning on using my BA 241 voucher next year and looking to book the outbound flight prior to the return being on sale as suggested on here.

  With regards to the taxes, when adding the return flight at a later date, would the additional taxes due equal the same as what I would have paid if booking the return at the same time? – ie. I won’t be worse off compared to waiting and booking both flights together.

  Thanks!

  • Genghis says:

    21 Mar21 March 10:22

    Yes – IME the taxes charged when you add the return are trued up to what it would have cost you for a return in the first place. Though there was a comment yesterday noting that single taxes were charged (i.e. advantageous for Hong Kong, not New York).

  • Craig Strickland says:

    21 Mar21 March 10:23

    Correct, if I remember correctly they refund the booked outbound, hold that flight and then book the return.

    • Guy H says:

      21 Mar21 March 10:37

      Thanks both, appreciate it.

      As Genghus noted, 2x one way taxes to the US and back was more than what the return would have been so was a bit concerned – good to know that BA will recalculate the taxes as if it were a return in the first place.

    • Annabelle says:

      21 Mar21 March 19:36

      Looking as using my voucher for USA flights next year – if you book outbound 2-4-1 booking online and then the return on line at midnight T-355 – will the calling uk BA call centre in the morning correct the taxes as if it were a return booking ( and refund half the avios of course )? Was reading the thread on FT last night and it seemed as though the call centre only refunded the avios and left the taxes making it almost like two separate bookings! Thanks for your help

      • Genghis says:

        22 Mar22 March 06:20

        I did this last year for South Africa. Booked both online at midnight. Called BA in the morning. Was warned that seats might not go back into reward inventory. I accepted. 5 mins later all sorted on one ticket. Avios were almost instantly refunded (so I paid return of 1 person). Taxes weren’t taken as the booking goes for manual ticketing. As I wanted to hit a credit card bonus, I contacted the BA twitter team and arranged for payment to actually be taken. I’d do this again if needed

• mark2 says:

  21 Mar21 March 11:03

  Glad to here that Marco Polo lounge has been improved; we used it about 18 months ago and the food was poor but the place itself as good I thought.
  Of more concern was the very long walk from the airport to and from the buses/taxis in very hot sun. Could I have avoided that?

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