Flybe flights from Newquay are moving to London Heathrow

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• Stu N says:

  25 Nov25 November 10:29

  OT: Any recent experience of moving Marriott points between accounts? We have an SPG sign-up bonus (so about 36k points) in my partners account and an unfunded booking in my account. Do I need to call to move points, and is it only 1k increments or can I move any number?

  • Mark2 says:

    25 Nov25 November 13:29

    I have always rung Cork I think on 020 7012 7312. She needs to ring.
    1,000 point increments as usual and the booking only matters if it takes you over the annual limit.

    • Stu N says:

      25 Nov25 November 15:16

      Perfect, thanks very much.

• rams1981 says:

  25 Nov25 November 11:17

  OT Amex and missing Marriott 20k bonus points.

  Made many complaints. The last of which I have a letter saying they agree my wife is missing the 20k points and they will post wigin 15 days. Don’t be fobbed off

  • Dave says:

    25 Nov25 November 11:55

    In exactly same position. 2x formal complaints, multiple calls, online chat etc. Complaints team phoned in Sept to agree that 20k are owed and promised to post as soon as system issues sorted. Now almost 3 months ago. Second formal complaint closed without any action. Been told points are coming in Dec but no longer believe it. How did you get a letter? Did you complain by post? Do keep us updated.

    • Lady London says:

      25 Nov25 November 20:23

      Wonder if Resolver website has a template letter already available for complaint to Marriott? some of their template stuff is excellent.

      • Lady London says:

        25 Nov25 November 20:25

        Just remembered as apparently their template for Amazon is auto-directed at Amazon to someone who can actually put things right if formal complaints, multiple calls and online chats have not worked for Amazon. Who knows perhaps Resolver could perform the same for Marriott?

      • Alan says:

        25 Nov25 November 21:42

        Not for this issue but TPs, I’ve had contact back from Marriott CEO’s PA but still not resolved yet – they’re pretty slow to reply to emails!

• Dave says:

  25 Nov25 November 11:58

  EXCELLENT news RE Heathrow/Newquay – thanks for the info Rob. This is exactly what I hoped for, but thought highly unlikely.

  Flights not appearing on Flybe site as yet – any idea when bookings open?

• NIck says:

  25 Nov25 November 12:14

  OT bit… has anyone had their bonus Avios from the recent Tesco conversion? If not, can you remember how long they said it would be?

  • Genghis says:

    25 Nov25 November 12:37

    No. I’ve diarised 15 Dec

    • nick says:

      25 Nov25 November 12:42

      Thanks G

  • Sandra says:

    25 Nov25 November 16:46

    No, I’ve also got a diary note for mid December as I can’t remember how long after 30 Nov the t & c’s said they could take to credit!

    • Genghis says:

      25 Nov25 November 17:57

      “The Promotional Period is 00:01 on 2 October 2018 to 23:59 on 15 November 2018.”
      “Bonus Avios will be credited to the Eligible Participant’s BAEC account within 28 days of the campaign ending.”

      • Sandra says:

        25 Nov25 November 19:33

        Thank you – that’s obviously why then I put a diary BU for mid Dec!

  • Alex Sm says:

    25 Nov25 November 19:36

    Just got standard ones, not the bonus

• Dominic Barrington says:

  25 Nov25 November 12:24

  Of course, NQY/LHR news is just putting it back to how it used to be. I used to have a summer job in mid Cornwall for a number of years, and often flew Brymon (anyone else remember them) in and out of LHR. Eastbound was a non-stop flight, but heading west it stopped in Exeter for ten minutes. It was a real blow when (under FlyBE I think) the flight got moved to Gatwick.

  • Shoestring says:

    25 Nov25 November 20:54

    When I used Bristol Airport in the 80s it was basically a shed for boarding pass stuff. You could park 5 mins away.

  • David says:

    26 Nov26 November 18:36

    Actually Brymon used to land at now-closed PLH. The last time I tried to fly LHR-PLH-LHR for the day, low cloud diverted us to NQY outbound and the same low cloud meant a bus transfer from PLH to EXT on the way home. BC was very proud of its Cornish roots (and routes!).

• Doug M says:

  25 Nov25 November 13:34

  Anyone have experience of being proactively contacted by Curve if they do block your card?

  • Dan says:

    25 Nov25 November 15:40

    No, but would surely depend on why they had blocked it?

    Had you been putting through large volumes of cash / business services through the curve card? Or just spending as normal and it suddenly stopped working?

    If the latter, suspect it’s just a glitch, but if the former perhaps something more proactive on Curve’s part, that you wouldn’t be notified about immediately

    • Doug M says:

      25 Nov25 November 23:39

      The answer would depend of your definition of large volumes of business services. As I see it Curve were expecting some of this, without this what real use is a Mastercard that can act as if it’s another Mastercard, it’s seemingly useless. Now it’s true they recently added the ability to avoid foreign transaction fees, but for months previously there was no feature that really made Curve worthwhile beyond ‘business services’. The idea you could carry this one card was a non-starter, it’s always been unreliable, sure it works a lot of the time, but it fails far more frequently than a regular Mastercard/Visa, and you could never have relied on it.
      They’re not a company I’d rely on, sure I’ll extract benefit where possible, but they’d never be a goto financial organisation, poor record on delivering product to meet the marketing.

  • Anna says:

    25 Nov25 November 19:24

    I have odd days here and there when my card just won’t work. Never been contacted by Curve and the one time I contacted them they couldn’t explain it. It’s usually back to normal the next day.

    • Doug M says:

      25 Nov25 November 23:32

      Yeah I saw you said that before. The thing is it’s now failed 5 or 6 times for amounts as small as £4.95 in places like Pret, Sainsburys and Costa, and that across 5 days without working. Sure it’s blocked.

      • Alan says:

        25 Nov25 November 23:33

        Is it like this for all the cards you’ve got added or just one?

      • Doug M says:

        25 Nov25 November 23:40

        IHG Prem and Virgin

      • Doug M says:

        25 Nov25 November 23:41

        Both cards work fine used directly. I’m pretty sure they don’t like how I’ve spent, see post above.

• Alan says:

  25 Nov25 November 13:38

  OT Bits – have others noticed the Amex app (on Android at least) only shows the bonus points – e.g., for referrals, using Amex travel, etc. and not the base points? I’ve found that for both my Plat and BAPP accounts. Lookings like a coding bug where they’re only pulling through one of two fields. Twitter team unable to help, told me to call, got a non-Brighton call centre who weren’t much use but have now submitted screenshots via Document Centre! Bit of a hassle but it would be nice to get it all in-app!

  • Tilly says:

    25 Nov25 November 17:13

    Yep. Same issue here. Not asked about it though.

• Rich says:

  25 Nov25 November 16:37

  Flybe use the EMB at Gatwick so switching to the Dash 8-400 qt is a real downgrade IMHO.

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