Emirates removing free chauffeur cars on Emirates Skywards reward flight bookings

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• Yawn says:

  8 Jan8 January 15:27

  OT: The new KLM lounge at Schiphol may be worth a HfP review? Was there on Sunday. Very fancy and a definite improvement on the previous lounge, but the food is as uninspiring (and vegetarian-unfriendly) as ever. Who thinks of chicken wings and mashed potatoes as an offering?

  • Rob says:

    8 Jan8 January 16:26

    It is only half-open at the moment, I thought I’d wait until it is finished. Overcrowding still seems an issue (not surprising as not fully one).

• BlueHorizonuk says:

  8 Jan8 January 16:54

  Seems like a flash sale on First Class on BA

  INV – JFK – £1,700

  More info here:

  https://youhavebeenupgraded.boardingarea.com/2019/01/yeah-british-airways-first-uk-usa-westkuste-2000-euro/

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 17:06

    A friend told me about it today – they were about to book but then deal ended at midnight. Not sure if it’s back or this article is just a fraction too late?

    • FlyUpTop says:

      8 Jan8 January 20:48

      It’s still on..

      • Alan says:

        8 Jan8 January 20:59

        Ah OK – sounds like before midnight they were down at the £1k level so were an even better deal!

      • AlexT says:

        8 Jan8 January 21:33

        Alan, think you may be referring to the business sale

        • Alan says:

          8 Jan8 January 21:50

          Ah, good point Alex – yep that’ll be it.

• Jim says:

  8 Jan8 January 17:18

  OT: I am considering to book an open jaw to the US in CE, and when I am looking at the taxes for two one way redemptions they price up as £400+ per person each way, which is almost the same as the total taxes for a non-open jaw booking. Is this the amount I will be paying if or will some of the charges be consolidated when I book the open jaw?

  • Jim says:

    8 Jan8 January 17:18

    Edit: CW, not CE haha

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 17:22

    No they’ll come down for open-jaw. Ex-US tickets have even higher charges (due to the massive numbers of Avios swilling about in the US) but open-jaw return will have costs more in-keeping with a standard return CW redemption from the UK.

    • Matt says:

      8 Jan8 January 18:50

      You need to book return open jaw on the phone.

      • Alan says:

        8 Jan8 January 18:58

        Agree – plus (if charged) ask to get fee waived given the website doesn’t support it.

• Cat says:

  8 Jan8 January 18:29

  Oh no, more drones!

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 18:35

    Assuming there actually are any – the last Gatwick saga seemed to involve lots of confusion as to whether there were actually drones or folks were seeing the police drones that had been sent up!

• Andy S says:

  8 Jan8 January 19:16

  presumably as this says “by invitation only” the invitation has to come from amazon or amex, and not this site 😉

• GRIMZ says:

  8 Jan8 January 21:05

  OT, Just canceled my BA card via the chat and i got this message:

  If you have earned a British Airways Companion Voucher, please be aware that Companion Voucher bookings must be made using the British Airways Card they were earned with. This is set in the Terms and Conditions on the Companion Voucher. Cancelling this Account may mean you are unable to redeem your Companion Voucher.

  • Anna says:

    8 Jan8 January 21:23

    I don’t see how the BA payment system can know which card corresponds to your companion voucher.

    • Alan says:

      8 Jan8 January 21:29

      Indeed – restricting to Amex I can understand (based on BIN), but can’t see them linking things up that comprehensively.

    • Mark2 says:

      8 Jan8 January 21:59

      It would be very simple.
      I expect that when Amex send details of the newly earned voucher they already include the card number. When you pay BA will just put the number on the form with no facility to change it. Simples.

  • C says:

    8 Jan8 January 21:35

    I didn’t cancel my card before using my companion voucher but I did downgrade to the free blue card a couple of months before and paid the fees for the booking with another Amex card that wasn’t even mine (wanted to put some spend through to hit a bonus on my partner’s card, it worked fine!). As far as I know they can’t take it away if you cancel the card completely, and you can pay with ANY Amex card, as much as they will tell you otherwise!

    • GRIMZ says:

      8 Jan8 January 21:58

      Yes i agree but i was surprised they state that it is in the terms and conditions.

      • Mark2 says:

        8 Jan8 January 21:59

        perhaps changes are in progress?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    8 Jan8 January 23:19

    They’ve always said this. It’s not the case. Ignore and reset the clock becuase any amex will do in anyones names.

    The voucher is valid for two and I could lose my card tomorrow and be issued with a new card I don’t think amex is updating them with card numbers every time this happens.

• JK says:

  9 Jan9 January 10:06

  Cheers Rob. Just booked ARN-SIN return for £1,282.80 via AmEx Travel, and stacked it with my “Spend £1,000 and get £400 rebate! offer.

  So 560 TPs for £882.80 is not bad at all, and just over a third of the way back to Gold.

  Now to go and book another round on using the wife’s same travel offer!

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