Norwegian to increase flights between London Gatwick and New York

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• Leo says:

  7 May7 May 09:07

  This isn’t really news.

• Ammar says:

  7 May7 May 09:33

  Ot- I have £225 worth of Heathrow rewarads vouchers which expire next month. Not got any flights from Heathrow, so have a couple of options I can think of, but wonder if others with more creative minds can sugg alternatives:
  1) make a trip to Heathrow and buy something from pre-security shops like luggage
  2) not sure if poss – book refundable airline ticket, check in and get boarding passs, spend voucher post security and then cancel flight before take off- not sure if I will get money back?
  3) book cheap non refundable flight one way and check in and spend vouchers…
  4) find someone travelling from Heathrow to get something for me

  Regards

  • Catalan says:

    7 May7 May 10:09

    Why not just convert them into the various airline loyalty schemes such as BA Executive Avois, Virgin Flying Club miles, Lufthansa Miles & More etc.

    • Rob says:

      7 May7 May 10:30

      Without a transfer bonus, you are ‘paying’ 1p per mile if you do this so not great value. I would sit on them until a transfer bonus comes along.

      • Matt says:

        7 May7 May 10:45

        But points expire next month so sitting on them is not a great idea …

        Does the expiry of all his points get refreshed if he earns a single point or transfers from say Emirates?

    • Ammar says:

      7 May7 May 15:17

      Sorry if I was not clear, meant I had already converted them last yr when a bonus came along, originally had planned tp buy something but as not travelling via Heathrow will loose them

      • David says:

        7 May7 May 22:39

        Sorry did you convert other miles INTO Heathrow rewards vouchers?
        Otherwise I don’t follow you.

  • Tilly says:

    7 May7 May 12:22

    Find someone travelling from Heathrow to buy something for you.

  • Shyla says:

    9 May9 May 19:45

    Sorry, I have only just read this thread. I was in your your position only two weeks ago, I travelled down to Heathrow, terminal 5 and went into W H Smith where you check-in and was able to convert them into £120 John Lewis/Waitrose gift card. On the back of the paper voucher it does say gift card purchase is not allowed however mind were accepted without question. There is also a W H Smith at arrivals but the gift card selection is very poor. Making the trip was well worth it, as the money will be put towards a new fridge.

• Nick_c says:

  7 May7 May 10:00

  We had a five hour delay on our flight back from LAX last year. We knew about it when we woke up in the morning (inbound flight delayed) and adjusted our day accordingly. Made a claim on line as soon as we got home, and BA paid out within three weeks. No hassle at all, and as the €1200 was more than we paid in fees and charges on our J 241 redemption, I felt we hit the Jackpot.

  Apparently because BA have so few A380s, when one goes technical its a real problem for them.

  My partner was stuck in Germany during the bad weather at LHR before Xmas. BA couldn’t be contacted, but they paid up quickly on the expenses claim when he got back.

  You can criticise BA for many things – and I do – but IME they pay up quickly when things go wrong.

  • RussellH says:

    7 May7 May 11:50

    I am still waiting for a reply to a claim from last March.

    • Stu N says:

      7 May7 May 13:16

      I have a downgrade from Aug that is still not sorted.

• Tom1 says:

  7 May7 May 10:47

  o/t Lloyds upgrade voucher

  If I change/cancel a BA Avios booking made with a Lloyds upgrade voucher, what happens to the upgrade voucher? does it make a diff if I change the booking rather than cancel?
  tks

  • The_real_a says:

    7 May7 May 11:26

    You cancel you lose the voucher. Change of date are allowed, change of destination allowed provided in the same avios zone. I paid a small fee (£30 ish) when i made a change. You need to call up.

    • Tom1 says:

      7 May7 May 17:13

      great thanks.

• rash says:

  7 May7 May 12:15

  o/t How does priority pass work if you have one through a supp Amex plat and another through your own Amx Plat? Is it possible to have and use two priority pass cards? Thanks

  • Nick says:

    7 May7 May 13:18

    The name on each PP needs to match the name on a boarding pass handed over at the same time. Obviously each user can have a guest. Other than that, you can use them however you like, the agents on the door won’t have a clue it’s from a supp card.

    • rash says:

      7 May7 May 13:21

      Thanks Nick!

    • Genghis says:

      7 May7 May 13:23

      But if Mr Genghis has his a PP card from his own Plat and a PP card from being a supp, can he then guest in two people?

      • N says:

        7 May7 May 16:16

        My untested theory would be that you can guest 3. For a few weeks later this year I will have two Plats, if travelling I will try and find out/ask at a lounge

      • Pid says:

        7 May7 May 20:40

        I have guested in two people using two PP cards in my name when my plat card overlapped with the sup I had from my wife’s card. The agent does not usually mind as they are still collecting the money.

• Matt Black says:

  7 May7 May 17:14

  OT – just booked what I considered to be a very reasonable BA holidays package over Easter holidays next year, going out in CW to SEA returning in WTP from LAS to LHR which I immediately UuA to CW. Obviously as a lowly blue the galling thing is the seat reservation charges on top.

  For the outbound leg, the only upper deck seats available to reserve (2 together) are in row 63 either a/b or j/k. I assume either of these would be preferential than the lower deck which is wide open?

  The return leg hasn’t been reticketed since the upgrade a few hours ago so it won’t let me reserve anything at the moment, but with the flight only being released to book today I’m hoping we can also book the upper deck.

  • Leo says:

    7 May7 May 18:10

    Years ago when I had no status I paid to reserve an upper deck seat on a 747. I didn’t regret it then and I wouldn’t now. That said, I flew back with AA and didn’t have to pay anything to reserve a seat. It would have galled me to pay a fee there and back thinking about it – and it’s a lot of money if there’s two of you. I’m not a great fan of CW but in my view it’s a much better product “upstairs”.

    • Matt Black says:

      7 May7 May 18:31

      I’m leaning towards booking upper now, just need to decide which seats. Would rather not have to climb over anyone and have someone do the same to me so I’m thinking 63b and 63j which are across the aisle and both exit row?

      • Leo says:

        7 May7 May 18:46

        Can’t help you there – I’ve always avoided an aisle seat in CW.

      • Genghis says:

        7 May7 May 18:59

        I never choose aisle seats. 62AK and 64AK are in my opinion the top seats. Private and direct aisle access

• Tom says:

  7 May7 May 18:12

  The new return from NYC is game changing. The otherwise obscenely late flight back is a bit of a killer (especially because the NYC lounge situation is not great!). This is brilliant news as far as I am concerned..although I will probably still continue to take the early flight from Gatwick on the outbound leg because it is magic and like time travel (you arrive almost in time to do an entire day of work!)

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