Emirates removing free chauffeur cars on Emirates Skywards reward flight bookings

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• Anna says:

  8 Jan8 January 13:43

  OT – Card conundrum! OH referred me from his Platinum on Jan 1st for MR gold and Jan 3rd for BA blue. Neither application got an instant decision. He’s had one set of referral points and today my blue card arrived. Still no word on the gold card even though I applied for it 2 days earlier. I’m reluctant to start chasing it up at this stage in case the “g” word gets bandied about but am perplexed that the later application has seemingly been dealt with first. Any ideas?

  • Polly says:

    8 Jan8 January 14:24

    They should arrive, but next time maybe leave a month between apps…

    • Anna says:

      8 Jan8 January 14:52

      Ideally I would but OH needs to close Platinum before 1st anniversary! We only refer each other and stick to the Ts & Cs as we’d hate to spoil the hobby for everyone…

      • Crafty says:

        9 Jan9 January 01:26

        Although arguably referring your spouse repeatedly is gaming.

• Scallder says:

  8 Jan8 January 14:23

  The 10% perhaps, however I can’t see how Morrisons (or Tesco/Superdrug et al) would be able to recognise the revenues for gift cards sold at the full value. So if Morrisons sold a gift card for JL for £50, I would expect that they could only recognise the cut they take on selling the 3rd party gift card. So say it’s 2% then they should only be able to recognise £1 of revenue, and not the full £50. All based on IFRS 15.

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 14:27

    Yeah fair point, GCs won’t have driven revenue quite as much but I know I bought more in store at the same time. Would be interesting to know how much went through on that offer across the UK though!

    • Victor says:

      8 Jan8 January 18:37

      Pennies.

• Tom says:

  8 Jan8 January 14:42

  OT: has anyone claimed back APD for a teen ticket, for tickets booked through Amex travel portal, need to book tickets using Amex £50 off for £200 spend but no option to book teen ticket! Am getting nowhere with Amex chat.
  Any advise would be appreciated.

  • Anna says:

    8 Jan8 January 14:53

    What are the options for booking? I would have thought speaking to Amex travel would be the best option though.

• kovacsi76 says:

  8 Jan8 January 15:05

  O/T re flight delay comp: Was flying home from Budapest to Gatwick on Saturday, and our flight was around 4 hours delayed due to snow at BUD. If I remember correctly, this by itself is a straight no for compensation.

  However, I think most of the delay was due to that Easyjet was checking the boarding passes so slowly. Incoming flight was slightly late. We were scheduled to leave at 12:20pm, gates closing at 11:50am. At 12:15pm they started to check the speedy boarding queue, there was about 20-25 of us, and once through the check, we were waiting on the bridge for about 10 mins. During this time only 2-3 more people joined us on the bridge. Around 12:25pm they opened the doors and we walked to the plane. The rest was slowly trickling in, about 4-8 people per min, I guess at the speed they were checking the boarding passes. Only shortly after 1pm did they finish boarding the plane. After a while we were told the runway was shutting down and had to be cleared, and meanwhile we’d get deiced so we could take off when the runway opened again. But once we got deiced, the runway shut down again. Before that, the BA scheduled at 12:30pm managed to get into the queue and take off around 1:45pm. The runway opened and shut a few more times. It stopped snowing around 3pm, but only around 4:25pm did we start to move (I guess the backlog built up even more).

  Somebody said BA might have gotten out earlier, ’cause they prioritise larger airlines. True?

  Otherwise, any chance on claiming that the large delay was due them missing the queue in the first batch to take off, because they were boarding people so slowly? I guess even with hard proof, only when hell freezes over 😀

  More O/T: Tried to drop off some of our hand luggage at check-in, as we had some fluids in them. Airlines used to be happy for volunteers, especially on full flights. However, now they refused and would only take it if we paid their fee, or they could probably take it at the gate. Later we heard some passenger on the plane telling someone that they were asked at check in if they would like to check in their hand luggage! Gotta love Easyjet!

• Tom says:

  8 Jan8 January 15:06

  All above 11 years are considered adults. I was wondering if claiming back APD is possible after the flight.

  • Anna says:

    8 Jan8 January 15:58

    A quick scan of the internet suggests you have to claim it back from the airline. But after nearly 3 years I don’t see how travel companies can still justify charging it in the first place!

• 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).

• 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.

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