An update on how you can redeem Avios points on Flybe

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• Peter K says:

  17 May17 May 14:11

  OT Anyone else getting a message on Amex website saying that live chat is not working. Been trying for 45 mins but no improvement.
  Would ring but it’s to cancel Mrs K’s card and my falsetto is not well rehearsed.

  • Peter K says:

    17 May17 May 14:53

    Just tried using Chrome and it’s working okay on that.

• Liz says:

  17 May17 May 14:51

  OT just tried to look online at MMB for our upcoming internal Qantas flights in Oz but just realised they do not appear on the list of flights. I added the booking reference and it says flights that are not BA are not shown. Does this mean I can’t check in online at T24. Flights were booked on BA.com. Or will I be able to add the booking reference on the Qantas site and check in that way or will I have to wait till I get to the airport?

  • Liz says:

    17 May17 May 15:15

    Just found it on the Qantas site and it doesn’t allow online check in!

    • Lyn says:

      17 May17 May 16:39

      Liz, were you able to actually pull up your booking reference on the Qantas site? Did it tell you online check-in wouldn’t be available?

      Normally you can choose seats ahead of time for domestic flights on Qantas, as long as it is more than 24 hours before the flight.

      • Liz says:

        18 May18 May 12:49

        Yes I pulled up our booking – said online checkin not available please check in at the airport

    • StuJ says:

      17 May17 May 18:48

      I recently had a couple of internal and international Qantas flights and had to airport check in for them all. As did everyone else judging by the size of the queue

  • David S says:

    17 May17 May 18:03

    Sometimes Qantas have a different booking code to the one that BA gave you and I had a similar issue a couple of years ago with domestic qantas booking on BA.com. Rang Qantas and was sorted quickly. Might be worth a try.

• Tom Cook says:

  17 May17 May 15:09

  Is it just me (potentially it is), but have the offers on BAPP and PLAT AMEX been uninspiring / irrelevant of late? The only one I can recall using recently was the Aldi £5 cash back, and even then that was only due to one opening in my neck of North Leeds.

  • Craig says:

    17 May17 May 15:27

    Nothing decent for weeks.

    • Axel says:

      17 May17 May 19:34

      Months for me.

      £15 off £25 spend offers have been downgraded to 2% or 3% off. Aye right.

      • the real harry1 says:

        17 May17 May 19:53

        We can assume a few thoughts. Eg Amex’s budget for this kind of promotion has been significantly reduced. They are maybe directing marketing investment elsewhere such as the current new recruitment drive via TV ads and I assume other media. They have to be less generous as they have been hit hard by the interchange rules – don’t forget they lost the EU court appeal on co-branded cards as well https://headforpoints.com/2017/07/14/amex-loses-eu-court-appeal-on-ba-amex-interchange-fees-what-now-for-the-card/

        I don’t think the good old card offer days will come back but that there will be interesting spend opps nonetheless such as the Trailfinders and Amex Travel deals; also Shop Small?

        Incidentally I ran into problems on Aldi £5 as I had it 4x and they all failed to credit – turns out because it was a new store opening and not in their system. They reluctantly gave me £20 total over the 4 cards but the agent on the phone told me I would not be allowed to claim anything more (credits) for 6 months. Ridiculous as it was their offer in the first place.

  • MarkH says:

    17 May17 May 23:33

    I’ve had HoF £10 off £50, Harrods £30 off £100 and Paul £3 off £10 recently across multiple cards which I thought were decent.

    I’ve found it takes a while for the offers to pick up when you get a new card

• Shadowfixer says:

  17 May17 May 15:15

  This is bonkers, the Avios website says book through flybe, there are no links flybe says log in with your avios account – but wont take an account name. can someone point me in the right direction please?

  Thanks!
  SF

  • the real harry1 says:

    17 May17 May 17:33

    What route are you trying to book? I did 2 putative Flybe bookings this morning, logged in on BAEC, no problem at all.

    • Brian W says:

      17 May17 May 21:09

      Welcome back Harry, you’ve been missed!

      • the real harry1 says:

        17 May17 May 21:14

        cheers Brian – I am going to keep a lower profile & may disappear from time to time

        thanks all others for messages of (health) encouragement, I read that recovery from bad pneumonia may mean a year to get your lungs back to normal with older people (55!) & I reckon I fall into that category

      • Alex W says:

        17 May17 May 22:09

        Get well soon harry. I had pneumonia at 17 and that was bad enough.

• Lee says:

  17 May17 May 17:34

  OT – BA J from LHR-DEL and JAL DEL-NRT J in different booking. Any chance BA would check my bags through NRT? Would save some cash to get Indian visa. Any idea? Thanks

  • David S says:

    17 May17 May 17:53

    No. BA are among a few (?only) Oneworld airline that doesn’t do it. They would not do it for a BA to BA flight for me, so you have no chance I am afraid. Sorry but you will need to get an Evisa for India.

    • Lee says:

      17 May17 May 19:05

      Thanks Dave

• the real harry1 says:

  17 May17 May 19:31

  With avios.com closing soon, I moved a few thousand Avios from IB—>avios.com—>BAEC yesterday as I always had problems (Household a/c @ BAEC) moving them IB—>BAEC.

  Didn’t want to see them stranded.

  I think it’s May 21st when avios.com start closing accounts.

  • The Original Nick says:

    17 May17 May 20:56

    Nice to have you back Harry.

• the real harry1 says:

  17 May17 May 21:52

  @Genghis & anybody else interested

  So It transpired that Xmas Saver money when refunded because you don’t need the item goes back onto CC points. Though you need to wait for the next qtr. £200 + £12 = £212 or 50880 Avios/ Virgin miles (more on promo) or 0.417p/ point – have I got that right?

  • Genghis says:

    17 May17 May 22:10

    That’s very interesting. I know the original vouchers can only be used for items at Tesco but didn’t realise that they go back as cc points if item returned. v. v interesting. £636 Uber credit for £212. Nice. We really have missed you!

    • Genghis says:

      17 May17 May 22:11

      x 2 for me and wife which is what we normally do.

      Need to be mindful of the 30k quarterly cap though if doing this…

    • the real harry1 says:

      17 May17 May 22:12

      Easy way to buy cheap points for you and significant other

      • the real harry1 says:

        17 May17 May 22:13

        Thanks G for alerting me to Xmas Saver in the first place

  • Kipto says:

    18 May18 May 07:25

    I seem to have missed the previous entry relating to this. Where does the £200 example come into play ?

    • the real harry1 says:

      18 May18 May 08:46

      Redspottedhanky changes to 3x value with effect from sometime next month (I guess with the next Tesco voucher issue) https://www.shopperpoints.co.uk/2018/01/18/victory-for-clubcard-members-tesco-delays-devaluation-of-redemption-partners/

      So that would also be £636 of train travel for a £212 investment.

    • xcalx says:

      18 May18 May 09:22

      Welcome back Harry. This sounds right up my street. Would it not be better to top up the MAX £360.

    • the real harry1 says:

      18 May18 May 09:31

      Cheers. Yes, now You mention it! I just needed to see if it worked as I thought they might refund you cash or reinstate the restricted Xmas Saver vouchers, so obviously the more the merrier this year.

      So that’s going to be £372 of CC points, 89,280 of BA/Virgin miles @ 0.417p

      Or with the Virgin 20% bonus, 107,136 miles @ 0.347p

      Or £1116 of Uber/ Redspottedhanky credit for £372

    • the real harry1 says:

      18 May18 May 09:42

      I just looked up whether Redspottedhanky sell season tickets – they don’t – which is a shame as my 2 younger kids take the train to school, that’s about £1300 pa so this would have been perfect. More when my son hits 16 next year. I still manage to save about £180 pa by ticket splitting, though 🙂

    • birdman says:

      18 May18 May 10:14

      Nothing to see here-Lets move on-remember- 3V-Sainsburys-NI-

    • PerkyPat says:

      18 May18 May 10:15

      sorry, should have stuck this here…
      According to T & C
      If you opt out of the Christmas Savers scheme and have topped up £25 or more in the 2018 collection period (26/12/17 – 16/10/18) you will not receive a bonus in your November statement.
      Does this mean you wouldnt get the extra £12? Still good value of course.

      • the real harry1 says:

        18 May18 May 10:26

        You can opt in or out instantly online. So you only need to opt in before you pay in to the scheme (say) 10th October then opt out after you get the vouchers about 3rd November.

        Opting into Virgin miles for this quarter is giving you 1000 miles for free, you can opt out shortly before the vouchers are issued to avoid auto-conversion, ie you don’t need to auto-convert to get the 1000 free miles

    • the real harry1 says:

      18 May18 May 18:54

      You’d need to buy thing/s that won’t take you over the 30,000 limit if you decide to get a refund, no problem using more than 1 qtr as the Xmas vouchers just sit there. The £12 bonus has a fairly short expiry (6 months?) so use that first.

• PerkyPat says:

  18 May18 May 10:07

  According to T & C
  If you opt out of the Christmas Savers scheme and have topped up £25 or more in the 2018 collection period (26/12/17 – 16/10/18) you will not receive a bonus in your November statement.
  Does this mean you wouldnt get the extra £12? Still good value of course.

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