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• xcalx says:

  29 Oct29 October 11:46

  OT Anyone know of a site that would show why flight LS331 LBA-FCO was delayed 3 hours 25 mins yesterday. Can find sites showing delay but not the reason why. I am on it next week and was checking the flights punctuality record. Thanks.

  • Graham Walsh says:

    29 Oct29 October 21:02

    ExpertFlyer or Flight Stats is not coming up with much other than aircraft change at some point. Looks like they have not filled in why it was delayed. Stick a claim in, if they refuse due to “weather” then you will have to go via CEDR or similar and they will get the real reason.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/wg516n57xmtfag3/ls331a.png?dl=0
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/mgh4ws108miacdn/ls331b.png?dl=0
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rwkbuczbx2rzwi/ls331c.png?dl=0

    • xcalx says:

      30 Oct30 October 07:32

      Thank you.

• Adrian says:

  29 Oct29 October 11:56

  The new Crowne Plaza T4 Exec Lounge won’t open until next year. This is the email I received when I asked about my upcoming reservation.

  “The Club Lounge will be open early next year as we are still fine-tuning some details in order to live up to guest expectations. You still can enjoy it in a different place, in our Tea Salon every day from 18:00 – 19:30.
  We thank you for your patience and understanding, and we look forward to welcoming you in the near future.”

  • Rob says:

    29 Oct29 October 14:02

    Looks I won’t be reviewing it then, which is a bit annoying because we’ve agreed a deal with IHG already.

• BJ says:

  29 Oct29 October 12:24

  OT @Harrry et al…disaster at Tesco!

  • Genghis says:

    29 Oct29 October 12:34

    Do tell. avios4genghis@gmail.com if you don’t wish to post.

  • David says:

    29 Oct29 October 12:38

    Is this about Christmas Saver?

  • Andrew M says:

    29 Oct29 October 12:39

    That disaster being? A Xmas Savers related one? And of what nature?

    • David says:

      29 Oct29 October 12:45

      I’m guessing… xmas saver vouchers have to be spent in Tesco, and can’t be converted into Avios etc?

      • Andrew M says:

        29 Oct29 October 12:48

        Not directly. But we already knew that. So the question stands. What disaster?

      • Shoestring says:

        29 Oct29 October 15:31

        The disaster will be in-store CS not knowing how to process what BJ wanted. Or even having that option. Right, BJ?

        Might vary if you go to a great big Tesco superstore & they know their onions. I was going to find items to the exact value of my vouchers, so that I’d never used a credit card for payment in the first place.

      • xcalx says:

        29 Oct29 October 17:14

        My vouchers came in £18 and £17.50 values plus the £12 time limited bonus voucher ( sneakily at the bottom of the list)

  • BJ says:

    29 Oct29 October 13:33

    LOL, I thought that might cause a few palpitations this lunchtime 🙂 All is well to best of my knowledge, just a bit of a mess for me as I tried to be too clever and talked too much. Tip: focus on shelved items as opposed to stuff behind CS counter to avoid unexpected inconvenience. And as always, probably makes more sense to go to Tesco st weekends when the ‘kids’ are in.

    • Scallder says:

      29 Oct29 October 15:06

      You did it all in the same day? I was planning on leaving it at least a few days…

      • BJ says:

        29 Oct29 October 15:26

        No, went to CS desk to get an iPad that was supposed to be in stock but wasn’t. Having told the lady at the desk I had saved all year for an iPad I didn’t have the nerve to go back and get a laptop or something so I’m back to square one 🙂 Came away empty handed, will try again Wednesday and avoid talking nonsense to the employees.

      • Shoestring says:

        29 Oct29 October 15:42

        all to play for still 🙂

  • Prune says:

    29 Oct29 October 15:24

    ? tesco money card?

  • BJ says:

    29 Oct29 October 15:51

    @Harry, lady today said underspend goes back into account. How do you read that? She appeared to know what she was talking about. I cannot decide whether best to go to somebody like her or one of the younger ones at weekend and try to encourage them along the appropriate path.

    • Shoestring says:

      29 Oct29 October 15:59

      LY they wouldn’t let me use a voucher for more than the cost of goods @ till or online

      Xmas saver vouchers could be different to normal vouchers in that respect

• Alex B says:

  29 Oct29 October 12:35

  OT – Is it possible to redeem VS miles against premium cabins on DL for US Domestic flights?
  I’m looking loosely along the lines of SFO/LAX/LAS > JFK/LGA/EWR and only seeing economy redemptions.

  If not VS then any suggestions for AMEX MR compatible carriers going east to west as above?

  Many Thanks

  • Rob MC says:

    29 Oct29 October 12:44

    Are you looking on the virgin website? If they are available they should come up when you select upper if there are any available. What dates are you looking at and I can take a quick look

    • Alex B says:

      29 Oct29 October 12:55

      Yes the virgin website is only showing economy for all of April 2019 so I’m not sure if its sold out or just not possible – Thanks

  • Richard says:

    29 Oct29 October 12:58

    Yes you can, but it is saver award availability dependant and on Transcon flights these are highly demanded so hard to find, esp. out of NYC

  • Rob says:

    29 Oct29 October 14:01

    Yes, I booked First Class from Atlanta to Washington in June, no problems.

• Lady London says:

  29 Oct29 October 12:37

  OT apologies if others have asked this – I still haven’t received my code after having signed up on the HfP link for Amazon Business – has anyone? I know Rob is doing his best. Hoping I will be able to use the code by the last date of validity which is Wednesday this week.

  If you’re also waiting for your code, did you receive it yet?

  • Rob says:

    29 Oct29 October 14:00

    Everyone has them – well, literally 1% do not who should have one. The rest are people who ticked ‘do not contact me’ when setting up the account and are now surprised that Amazon is not contacting them 🙂 I accept this is weird and should have been clear by them at the outset, they didn’t even tell me until Friday.

    If your AB account has ‘do not send me marketing emails’ ticked then you’re not getting a voucher. If you untick it there may be a way of forcing it through.

    If it is unticked then you are in the 1% and I will try to sort it.

    • Lady London says:

      29 Oct29 October 18:58

      I’ve just checked the communications section (which i hadn’t known existed on the account) and both mail (post) and email preferences had defaulted to my receiving them. So all well. I’m in the 1% I’m afraid – all looks ok.

      (I’ve literally just taken off the “send me stuff by post” flag. But I’ve left the “OK to send me emails” flags set on, as they were). Haven;t switched on the “invoice me” thing either.

      I’ve completely forgotten how one is supposed to receive the code. If sorted, will it come by email? or, do they put it on the homepage for when you login? my amazon business email the AB account is set up under is the veri**r email – not same as my regular posting email for HfP

      • Rob says:

        29 Oct29 October 19:28

        It is emailed. Send me an email reminder of your registered detail and I will forward it across. We are literally down to 0.75% though who haven’t had it (excluding a few people with the wrong privacy settings).

• Lady London says:

  29 Oct29 October 12:45

  Hum! Good news about Malaga – Helsinki. Let’s just hope that British Airways does not decide to move Malaga, like they moved Boston ! Am thinking part pay with Avios, if it’s available, might reduce the cost of getting the tier points.

• Owain says:

  29 Oct29 October 12:52

  The conversion bonus isn’t mentioned on the Tesco website, but is shown on the Virgin Atlantic site – https://www.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/flying-club/partners/shopping/tesco-clubcard.html

  • Rob says:

    29 Oct29 October 13:58

    Thanks. Wasn’t there last night!

• KevMc says:

  29 Oct29 October 12:58

  O/T Tesco Xmas vouchers…I cannot see these in the ‘vouchers’ section of the app; should they be there now, or do they only get sent out as physical vouchers through the post?

  • Genghis says:

    29 Oct29 October 12:59

    Xmas saver vouchers are in account for me and wife.

    • KevMc says:

      29 Oct29 October 13:02

      Thanks Genghis. It might be because I am in the US, as I know the app can be a bit funny about accessing it from outside the UK, but I have another ‘normal’ £2 voucher which I can see, so it seems to only be the Xmas ones missing. I will chase them once I get back at the weekend.

    • Scallder says:

      29 Oct29 October 15:08

      +1

      • Shoestring says:

        29 Oct29 October 15:27

        +1

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