Hertz is 100 and has launched a Centenary car rental sale

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• Richard says:

  23 Oct23 October 13:48

  perfectly sums up BA’s business attitude that they tried to save the tiny amount of money on IT setup costs by only having T5 work for BA flights, despite it now backfiring and probably costing more than if they done it properly in the first place.

• Mike says:

  23 Oct23 October 14:03

  Nobody else finds the Iberia change at T5 annoying?

  The same setup (but in reverse) operates in Madrid’s Iberia-dedicated T4: if you’re flying on BA metal (regardless of prime flight number), you have to go to the BA checkin desks, which are located on the opposite side of the terminal’s business class / OW emerald & sapphire fast track security lane.

  Especially ridiculous considering they’re not just part of the OW alliance, they’re effectively the same company (IAG). Could’ve just kept on sharing checkin facilities, with the checkin agents using whatever underlying IT system needed to be used. That would’ve meant passengers being able to keep on using Club World counters that are close to South Security, and OW emerald’s being able to use the First Wing counters (not just the security lane).

  Zone E is effectively no man’s land.

  • ChrisC says:

    23 Oct23 October 16:34

    They are not the same company – effectively or not.

    They may have the same owner but that is not the same thing as being the same company

    • Mike says:

      24 Oct24 October 21:17

      100% owned by IAG. They’re the same business group, in the same industry, sharing resources and procedures. That’s why I said “effectively the same company” even if they’re separate entities operating under different brands. This is no different from John Lewis and Waitrose, which are effectively the same company too.

• Anna says:

  23 Oct23 October 14:49

  I’ve just had an email from Billhop saying I now have to upload an invoice when I pay my cleaner! With the fee they charge they are making it really not worth the aggravation of using them. When is Curve re-embracing Amex?!

  • BJ says:

    23 Oct23 October 15:03

    Same reason I avoided paying my factor with billtop and hoping I can use my BAPP on curve soon. However, Rob has hinted that the amex Curve thing is not what we are all expecting so who knows.

    • roberto says:

      23 Oct23 October 16:22

      Curve have tweeted that its going to be “November”

• mij says:

  23 Oct23 October 15:27

  OT

  bizarre offer on my BA amex.

  Save to Card to get 500 Avios on an eligible transaction of £5+ in UK stores and online at any business that accepts American Express by 30/11/2018. Valid once per Card for the first 56,000

  • BJ says:

    23 Oct23 October 15:42

    Already discussed but what do you find bizarre about it? Doubt there will be any complaints 🙂

    • Doug M says:

      23 Oct23 October 20:15

      Bizarre because it’s rewarding 56,000 random people with 500 Avios with no required trade off. Normally you’d be enticed to spend more or with someone specific retailer, this is just a give-me. Happy to accept it but it does seem odd.

      • Rob says:

        23 Oct23 October 20:27

        Yes, it is costing Amex £280,000 with no return. It’s not as if it has been targeted at people whose cards are inactive.

      • BJ says:

        23 Oct23 October 20:58

        We have seen quute a bit of this recently though, particularly on platinum, but I admit none quite as ‘loose’ and generous as this. Perhaps amex see this as worthwhile as it will generate much goodwill and consequently lots of advertising via word of mouth.

      • rams1981 says:

        23 Oct23 October 22:21

        My wife doesn’t have this offer. Thought everyone would get it

  • Delbert says:

    23 Oct23 October 19:29

    Thanks, mij. I have this offer and the best offer on BA Blue for ages.

    • Delbert says:

      23 Oct23 October 19:31

      Forgot to mention that I also won 2000 on the Marriott game thingy this evening. Could do with a few more wins to pay for a free night.

• Anna says:

  23 Oct23 October 16:58

  Will they be available on points and will gold members get free breakfast?!

  • Rob says:

    23 Oct23 October 20:28

    This is weird, I admit …. although there is an element of ‘get them young’.

    • BJ says:

      23 Oct23 October 20:49

      I think it could work big time and not just for youngsters. Sometimes all people want is a place to sleep so if Hilton or some other comes up with a high quality bed and bedding, a shower big enough to move in and a room that is clean and well maintained it could work for me. However, if they end up like a run down budget hotel then it’s a no. The interesting thing is that travelodge has had its own problems, how it will cope if all the major chains start offering something like this, I don’t know.

      • Rob says:

        23 Oct23 October 21:42

        This is an attempt to ape Generator I think, which has done very well.

    • Shoestring says:

      23 Oct23 October 20:58

      It’s fairly classic marketing (=selling). You work out which segment (of your offering =hotels) you’re not in & is big/ potentially profitable.

      Can you supply that need with something compelling?

      Pod by Hilton somewhere decent sounds much more reassuring than dossplace in sh!thole.

      Points/ loyalty a big plus of course.

• the_real_a says:

  24 Oct24 October 00:54

  I would totally be up for this if in prime locations (cheap redemption’s of course) – for the time i spend awake in hotel rooms the only thing i need is a bed and shower.

• Gareth says:

  26 Oct26 October 09:44

  Just a heads up on the Hertz deal. You can’t seem to book this from abroad. It comes up with an error message to say there are no locations in your country (Sri Lanka) all booking information was for London Heathrow in the uk . I contacted Hertz via twitter and they confirmed the issue was I was abroad. I asked them if they could resolve and they said only if I rang them at £1.80 per minute for what would be around 10-15 mins booking. I asked them for a whatsapp number and they said there is none. Not sure if anyone else had similar problem?

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