How to get free Fast Track security at London Stansted Airport

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• VJ says:

  4 Sep4 September 13:00

  O/T – Repeat question – I can cancel my Amex Platinum Card with AMEX points in it, I believe there are 30 days on how to use my points. Correct?

  • Rob says:

    4 Sep4 September 13:28

    The exact number is in the T&Cs. Sounds about right though.

    • VJ says:

      4 Sep4 September 13:41

      Thank you for confirmation.

• Pangolin says:

  4 Sep4 September 13:44

  Interesting datapoint from FlyerTalk – it seems that Day Rate bookings at Hilton DO count for the Lufthansa M&M promo (2500 miles/stay).

• lev441 says:

  4 Sep4 September 14:07

  O/T – Does anyone know at what point the £7k spend for the Lloyds avios cards resets… Is it the month the annual card fee applies to the statement or the following month?

  • the_real_a says:

    4 Sep4 September 16:32

    It is the anniversary date of the acceptance of your credit card. This is typically 2 weeks prior to the date of the annual fee, although you can call up and ask exactly what this date is. I had a long running complaint with them so know 100% this is how the IT is coded despite whatever the agents may say. (the anniversary date is a field on their system so they can read this off to you very easily)

    • Lev441 says:

      4 Sep4 September 18:17

      Thanks for the detailed answer. Took your advise and called them up earlier and got a date of 16th August. Helpful as I want to hold off as long as possible until the upgrade voucher posts…

      • the_real_a says:

        4 Sep4 September 18:44

        Glad to be of help. I think many of us are in the same position!

• roberto says:

  4 Sep4 September 14:34

  Another O/T

  For those with Vodafone in the UK are you aware that during the last couple of weeks they have introduced “Global Roaming Plus” tariffs which now give you roaming from you bundled mins/data for free in 29 new destinations. These are on top of the normal EU places and the highlights are US , Canada , much of the Caribbean , Oz and New Zealand. I swapped for free. The full list is:-

  49. Albania
  50. Anguilla
  51. Antigua
  52. Aruba
  53. Australia
  54. Barbados
  55. Bermuda
  56. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  57. Canada
  58. Cayman Islands
  59. Dominica
  60. Ghana
  61. Grena da
  62. Jamaica
  63. Kenya
  64. Lesotho
  65. Mexico
  66. Montserrat
  67. Mozambique
  68. Netherlands Antilles
  69. New Zealand
  70. South Africa
  71. St Kitts and Nevis
  72. St Vincent
  73. St Lucia
  74. Trinidad and Tobago
  75. Turks and Caicos
  76. UK Virgin Islands
  77. USA

  • rams1981 says:

    4 Sep4 September 16:02

    That’s great news

  • Roger1* says:

    4 Sep4 September 16:07

    (Gulp!) South Africa!

    We’re not great VF fans – we sometimes use VodaCom in ZA – but this does look interesting.

  • Steve-B says:

    4 Sep4 September 17:20

    Good news, thanks for the tip roberto…. that would have saved me £50 on a recent North America trip ????

  • BJ says:

    4 Sep4 September 17:59

    Yes 🙂 Not only that, despite only being on an £11.40 plan with 2GB data, I have found them quite happy to boost my allowance for free as a promo when I call to add more data before travelling.

• Alex W says:

  4 Sep4 September 15:56

  Sorry for OT. Does anyone know a good phone number for someone at Marriott with more than half a brain cell who knows how to book with a 7 night certificate? Thanks.

  • BJ says:

    4 Sep4 September 17:19

    Are you calling the 02070127312 number? Surprised if you are having problems with them, they have been excellent in my experience. However, they may be diverting calls or using new staff due to high demand. The guy I spoke to last time though indirectly indicated that their briefing on changes was very poor.

• Ian H says:

  4 Sep4 September 17:25

  Sorry another O/T, I cancelled my avios/companion voucher flights 6 day’s ago. I had the option to do this as BA consolidated flights. How long does it normally take to get, voucher, points and credit card refund? Cheers, Ian

  • BJ says:

    4 Sep4 September 17:49

    Should be within 24h for avios, and voucher I guess, and a few days for the card refund although they will tell you longer for that. The one time I didn’t get my avios back quickly it was agent error so call them again and tell them you have been refunded. nothing.

  • Anna says:

    4 Sep4 September 18:52

    I cancelled a 2 4 1 booking about 2 weeks ago as my preferred date came available, the avios, voucher and money were all refunded within 24 hours, I was very impressed!

  • Will says:

    5 Sep5 September 09:44

    I cancelled one a week ago and still haven’t had the refund of points etc.
    They have told me on online chat that it’s currently taking up to 28 days.

    • Rob says:

      5 Sep5 September 10:32

      Weird. I cancelled a flight online on Monday, got the Avios immediately and the money is back on my BA Amex this morning.

      • Will says:

        5 Sep5 September 11:59

        Mine was through the call centre rather than online.

• Nick M says:

  4 Sep4 September 17:40

  And another OT – have Marriott changed their point expiry rules?

  I haven’t linked SPG/Marriott yet and have only received 800 of the 4000 points that left my SPG Amex but AwardWallet tells me they expire in Feb which I think is about 12 months after my last SPG stay

  • Genghis says:

    4 Sep4 September 17:42

    2 years combined now IIRC

    • Nick M says:

      4 Sep4 September 19:53

      But have points from credit card spending stopped counting as qualifying?

• Ian H says:

  4 Sep4 September 18:34

  Thanks BJ, I will give BA a call.

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