Save £750 on Business and First Class Etihad flights to Australia

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• meta says:

  2 Oct2 October 11:56

  Lounge access with the card costs £15. No free access apart from one bonus entry to Lufthansa lounges. Also not to sure about the fact that apparently Mastercard is a prepaid card which if I read correctly loads from Diners Club charge card.

  • Mikeact says:

    2 Oct2 October 17:06

    My God….Diners Club ? And some think it difficult to use Amex. I had a DC in the 80’s when it was generally worth having, but today ? You must be joking.

• Ammar says:

  2 Oct2 October 12:29

  OT/Straw Pole – Is the A380 back from HKG to LHR on BA the best product to try or the 777 (later departure time). I tried A380 CW earlier in may back from HKG but was not that impressed with the overnight service, however was not sure if the 777 is any better – thoughts/comments welcome

  • Stu N says:

    2 Oct2 October 13:10

    I’d definitely take the A380. A380 is quieter, the cabin pressure is higher and the air more humid so I feel noticeably better at the other end and it feels like a smoother ride due to the sheer size of the thing. If you can get an upper deck window seat you get a side bin for storage as well. If I remember correctly, the flights leave Hong Kong about 30mins apart and are both into LHR by about 0530 so difference in timing would be a very minor factor for me.

  • BJ says:

    2 Oct2 October 13:11

    IMO, a380 is the best aircraft in the sky, by a country mile. 777 is a horrible aircraft, even FA are in wide agreement on that. If by service you meant the soft product, I doubt the aircraft makes that much difference.

  • Genghis says:

    2 Oct2 October 13:16

    IMO the 388 is better in all respects than the 77W in J and F. Better air quality so less groggy feeling. More storage space in window seats in J (side bins) and in F (no side bin to put your stuff on the 77W). Larger toilets at front on UD on 388 in J.

• Jonny says:

  2 Oct2 October 13:45

  OT – BA seat downgrade for operational reasons
  Hey all, got a 2-4-1 companion voucher booked for next May to St Lucia. Out in J back in F only just heard from BA that due to operational reasons our seats have changed on the return and now looks like we’re in J on that leg too and they’ve removed F from the route. Anyone got any experience claiming either avios or the taxes and charges compensation from a redemption booking for a seat downgrade? Many thanks in advance.

  • Jonny says:

    2 Oct2 October 15:59

    Thanks Shoestring, very helpful.

• J says:

  2 Oct2 October 14:04

  OT: affect of balance transfers on credit worthiness. Has anybody experienced a sudden drop in Experian’s opinion/free rating, following use of a 0% balance transfer? I’ve recently balance transferred £10k on a 0% & 0 fee Santander All in One card, i.e. interest free money for 2.5 years. However, for years Experian has always rated me ‘excellent’, but this month as ‘fair’, and the balance of that card registering seems to be the only possible explanation. I’m trying to decide whether to do nothing for another month and see what happens, or just yank it out of the interest paying savings account and close the credit card.

  • Nick says:

    2 Oct2 October 18:08

    Why do you care about Experian’s score? No bank or financial institution sees it, it’s just a calculation Experian make to convince you to pay for their tracking service – precisely, incidentally, because they know you’ll worry like this.

    In answer though, yes this is normal on taking out a new (especially when large) credit product. I find it tends to go up again after a few months (once you start paying it off and close the account the transfer was made from).

    But genuinely, stop caring, the ‘score’ means absolutely nothing.

  • Alex W says:

    2 Oct2 October 19:58

    @J – average age of accounts may be at play here. Opening new accounts and closing older ones can have a negative effect but this is temporary and should recover in time if all else is equal.

• Shoestring says:

  2 Oct2 October 14:34

  Europcar customers who fell victim to rip off charges for repairs on hire cars will receive compensation as the firm has set aside nearly £40 million to pay them back.
  It means as many as half a million drivers who were “fraudulently” charged artificially inflated prices for repairing scrapes, chipped windows and other damage will be reimbursed by the firm. It is expected that some will receive hundreds of pounds in redress.
  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/01/europcar-repair-charge-victims-set-receive-38m-compensation/

  • EwanG says:

    2 Oct2 October 15:56

    Hopefully Hertz will be next on the list. Tried to rip me off earlier this year, fortunately I had excess insurance so I was not left out of pocket by exorbitant repair fees. I’d be happy for the excess insurer to get some money back.

    • Alex W says:

      2 Oct2 October 19:59

      Hertz are crooks, they charged me about £120 for 1/4 tank of fuel. I managed to recoup the overcharge but no meaningful compo.

      • Shoestring says:

        2 Oct2 October 21:00

        Europcar charge £3/ litre but that’s in the T&Cs

• Optimus Prime says:

  2 Oct2 October 15:31

  Actually it’s a charge card. BTW H/T to InsideFlyerUK

  • Matt says:

    2 Oct2 October 15:35

    Isn’t that link to a new M&M card fake?

    • Optimus Prime says:

      2 Oct2 October 16:18

      Didn’t realise this is already being discussed in the previous comments page.

• N says:

  2 Oct2 October 15:40

  OT Curve – Any rough timeline of these new changes that are forthcoming? Are we talking weeks, months, or 6 months+? Got a big bill to settle soon and I feel like the changes will be v beneficial to me.

  Rob? Can you give a pointer?

  • Rob says:

    2 Oct2 October 16:19

    Weeks.

    • N says:

      2 Oct2 October 18:38

      Thank you.

• Curveball says:

  2 Oct2 October 16:25

  RE: Curve.

  Had a chat with them about increasing limits. After two months hit the initial and incredibly low annual limit of £10k. They said they’d be happy to if I put my normal spend on it, not just pay off credit cards. I told them to close it down as it’s useless to me now.

  • Crafty says:

    2 Oct2 October 18:25

    Congratulations?

  • Anna says:

    2 Oct2 October 21:33

    So are they ok about you paying off credit cards with it?

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