Two more Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounges join Priority Pass and Lounge Club

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• paulm says:

  12 Jun12 June 05:04

  Used the lax clubhouse a few days ago with lounge club. Whilst I did not expect the full club house experience the food and drink was grim! Juice, water, coffee and a few pastries and that was it!

  • Oh Matron! says:

    12 Jun12 June 08:48

    That’s a shame. The Delta lounge (can get in with plat amex) in the next terminal is actually really nice, with a fab selection of food (including stuff you can whisk away onto your flight), and palatable coffee.

    You can move between terminals on the bus without having to go through security

    • the_real_a says:

      12 Jun12 June 12:46

      but only if flying delta sadly! Agree that this is a good benefit often forgotten about for AMEX Plat.

• Ian says:

  12 Jun12 June 07:14

  Received a letter from MBNA yesterday informing me the Emirates Card would become a Horizon card on 21st July. They had told me on the phone a month or 2 ago that I would receive at least 2 months notice of any changes, instead they’ve given less than 6 weeks notice!

  • Czechoslovakia says:

    12 Jun12 June 07:27

    I thought it was a requirement to give at least 60 days written notice of a detrimental change?

    • Chris says:

      12 Jun12 June 07:40

      Ooh – interesting, can anyone confirm?

    • Lux says:

      12 Jun12 June 07:53

      Is it, technically, a detrimental change? Not doubting you but curious about the definition.

      • EwanG says:

        12 Jun12 June 09:18

        The MBNA Virgin terms said 30 days notice given. I don’t hold the Emirates card and have not checked what they said about notice. If T&Cs for Emirates card do indeed say 30 days then Ian could raise a complaint that he was misinformed on the phone call (they should be able to go back to a recording).

  • Ian says:

    12 Jun12 June 09:20

    I’ve just called MBNA, they say they don’t need to give 60 days notice. They’re saying that 30 days notice is all that they are required to give.

    They’ve also told me that the Miles & More card end date is a week later, 28th July 🙁

    They will open 2 separate Horizon accounts, one for the Emirates card and one for Miles & More.

    Sad times!

    • Zed says:

      12 Jun12 June 09:26

      So which is the best alternative to earn Skywards miles in the UK?

      • Ian says:

        12 Jun12 June 09:27

        SPG Amex I guess. 1.25 per pound if transferred in batches of 20,000 (which gives you 5000 bonus).

      • Rob says:

        12 Jun12 June 12:15

        Article tomorrow

    • Zed says:

      12 Jun12 June 10:28

      Thanks Ian, what about for Visa?

    • Ian says:

      12 Jun12 June 12:22

      I don’t think there’s any Mastercard/Visa option in the UK to earn Emirates miles?

      • Rob says:

        12 Jun12 June 12:39

        IHG Premium is your best bet – 0.4 miles per £1 if you convert the IHG points.

• Daftboy says:

  12 Jun12 June 07:19

  You can also use miles in any amount to reduce the price of items at the Lufthansa Worldshop, which often have discount offers on different categories of items – handy if it’s an item you were going to buy already

  • shd says:

    12 Jun12 June 09:06

    Worldshop is a truly dire way to spend miles, I speak from experience as my OH redeemed a boat-load of M&M miles on … a handbag!

    • Lady London says:

      15 Jun15 June 01:53

      Actually for small amounts of miles you’re not going to use by flying then business miles can be well worth using for a few items you’d pay cash for otherwise. I didn;t believe it when their staff told me the selection was now worth looking at but it was true especially for some of the smaller electronic items.

• krys_k says:

  12 Jun12 June 07:31

  I’ve got an OT please. My annual Economist subscription ends at the end of June. When I checked the Avios offer yesterday for combined print and digital it stood at 4400 when only recently it was 12,000 or so. Any idea if / when the higher amount of Avios will be offered?

  • Rob says:

    12 Jun12 June 07:47

    Comes and goes, if you can bear missing a month or two max I am sure it will come up. Check Iberia.com too.

    • krys_k says:

      12 Jun12 June 07:54

      Thanks!

  • Genghis says:

    12 Jun12 June 08:32

    Or just sign up for 12 issues for £12 repeatedly. Those avios come at a cost. Or free by library subscription?

• Graeme says:

  12 Jun12 June 07:42

  OT – I’m not seeing the bonus MR points offer for getting a supplementary Gold card in my Amex account – is there any way to force that through without the offer?

  • Rob MC says:

    12 Jun12 June 08:01

    I normally just apply and the bonus hits (2xgold and 3x platinum- not all mine but family and friends ) within a couple of days.

    • Dave says:

      12 Jun12 June 08:54

      Do you get multiple bonuses for supps? I thought it was 1 x Gold, 1 × Plat? Can anyone confirm?

• Rob MC says:

  12 Jun12 June 08:00

  OT. IHG credit card – just completed my first year, how long til I get my free night voucher and is it quite apparent when it arrives? Hoping I can cancel the card without the new annual fee argument

  • Rob says:

    12 Jun12 June 08:29

    Turns up online. AwardWallet sees it if you use that.

    • Rob MC says:

      12 Jun12 June 08:45

      Thanks Rob. Stopped using awardwallet after reading about concerns of points going missing and not being covered

      • Charlie says:

        12 Jun12 June 09:31

        Mine arrived in about 3 weeks, but you can cancel the card before then. Or if you’d rather be cautious tell them on the phone you intend to wait for the voucher but want to cancel and they’ll add a note to your file to reverse the annual fee when you cancel in a few weeks time. You must not spend on the card in this time or the fee is non-returnable – be careful of any subscriptions charged to the card.

        The voucher arrives in the ‘free nights’ section in the IHG account.

• Concerto says:

  12 Jun12 June 08:56

  As Lufthansa becomes the de facto monopoly in Germany and much of Central Europe, following the demise of airberlin, it becomes worse and worse and the FFP is beyond crap – it has moved to being revenue based.

  • Lady London says:

    15 Jun15 June 02:00

    Wasn’t much cop before IMV.

    They’ve stolen my miles twice, the last time when a flight I’d booked on UA was moved to make it impossible to connect to. The move was not notified at all and only spotted very late. So the flight was cancelled. Miles were refunded, but taken out of the account without notice 2-3 months later. Apaprently they were quite old when the booking was made and about to expire anyway, there was no time to book another trip and so Lufthansa obviously decided just to nick the miles back. I’ve been too busy to phone them up on this but couldn’t care less when a whole RTW award booking was lost a few years back after they changed just one flight that made it impossible to fly the whole booking and they didnt want to know or replace the ticket even though legally they were obliged to.

    So frankly I’ve had enough of them and wouldn’t recommend anyone join their program unless they live in Germany and fly a lot with them. Although annoyingly,their business program is better than British Airways’s one.

• Paul says:

  12 Jun12 June 09:00

  OT…
  I currently have Amex Plat and BAPP. Wife has BA free card.
  Not interested in status as we’ve stopped travelling (all leisure) that much. Just want to get the most points I can.
  I think my next steps are to cancel my Amex Plat and wife’s BA card. In 6 months, we both reapply for best bonus card at that time.
  Any other avios-maximising strategies people have?

  • Darren says:

    12 Jun12 June 09:19

    Refer your OH for a SPG from your Platinum, 18k for you and 11k SPG points after a spend of £1000 which I understand are 1 to 1 transfers to Avios.

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