Get a 15% discount on UK Aspire airport lounges

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• John2 says:

  10 Jan10 January 13:16

  OT.
  Heathrow terminal 4 with Priority Pass. Plaza Premium or SkyTeam lounge. Which is better?
  Thanks

  • G says:

    10 Jan10 January 15:28

    I normally have dinner in Plaza Premium then hop over to Sky Team for dessert

    • Polly says:

      10 Jan10 January 17:54

      And a massage

  • Dev says:

    10 Jan10 January 15:32

    SkyTeam lounge in my experience.

    • Benilyn says:

      10 Jan10 January 18:15

      Plaza Premium I have found, nicer food and much quieter. But there is free face massage available (get there, put yourself down for a time).

• Mark1980 says:

  10 Jan10 January 15:13

  OT but when will BA finalise their Summer 2019 regional routes (specifically Manchester)? Rob usually runs an article such as this one: https://headforpoints.com/2017/12/05/british-airways-finalises-summer-2018-routes-from-manchester-birmingham-and-bristol/ but I havent seen anything for 2019 – does that mean there will be no change? TIA

  • Anna says:

    10 Jan10 January 15:54

    I am wondering if it’s dependent on Brexit – these routes seem to involve flying between European destinations, e.g. the flight I took to Nice was then going on to Ibiza or somewhere similar. If what I have read is correct, this type of routing may not be possible after Brexit if we have no travel agreement. Rob seems to understand what it’s all about from one of his recent articles!

    • Remarkable says:

      10 Jan10 January 21:45

      Brexit? Do people still really think something is going to actually happen come March 29 ?

      • Alan says:

        10 Jan10 January 21:48

        I keep hoping not and that commonsense will prevail!

• AlexT says:

  10 Jan10 January 16:21

  OT: For anyone who has the 10% off TfL contactless pay-as-you-go spend on their AMEX, have you tried buying an annual pass with the card? I know what the terms and conditions say (contactless), but we all know how IT glitches work…

  • AlexT says:

    10 Jan10 January 16:27

    Or alternatively, has anyone with the offer done any non-contactless AMEX payments for TfL? I’ll try one myself tonight but not sure it will process before the offer expires on Sunday

    • TGLoyalty says:

      10 Jan10 January 23:21

      Only need to make the transaction before the deadline not actually post

• Voltron says:

  10 Jan10 January 16:52

  OT – Managed to get the xmas saver refunded insotre to CC points. CC points also showed up on my account. Couple of days ago got a call from customer services stating that this shouldn’t have happened and they will remove the CC points and send a gift card instead, you win some you lose some, was worth a punt lol

  • Nick M says:

    10 Jan10 January 17:36

    Thanks for the info… I need to use at least one of my vouchers before the end of Jan, but looks like there is little point in trying the refund route and so should just use it next time I’m shopping…

  • Steve-B says:

    10 Jan10 January 18:56

    Yes, that route is well and gruels dead unfortunately.

  • Alan says:

    10 Jan10 January 19:00

    Ah, shame. I’d paid via a mix of methods so ended up with refund onto debit card which was fine all things considered.

• Clive says:

  10 Jan10 January 17:35

  OT – My 10K VS miles just posted to my account for the Life Insurance.

  • Nick M says:

    10 Jan10 January 17:40

    Mine too – 7500 + 2500 for some reason…

  • Mikee says:

    10 Jan10 January 17:43

    Same here 🙂

    • Liz says:

      10 Jan10 January 18:43

      Whoop! 2 lots of 10k miles posted here!

      I transferred some MR pts to Hilton on 17/12 and they still haven’t arrived – umpteen phone calls to Amex and finally they manually came back to my MR account today so 2nd time lucky.

      • Alan says:

        10 Jan10 January 19:10

        No VS miles showing up for me yet, tho I did apply for it a few days after first announced, so might be delay because of that? Did you all apply when it was first mentioned here?

      • Genghis says:

        10 Jan10 January 19:14

        I’ve got mine too (applied on day of article) and only made 4 payments. Will pay 6 as VFC prone to removing points.

        • Alan says:

          10 Jan10 January 19:21

          Wow that took them a while to set yours up! I’ve paid 7 (last one came out a few days earlier than expected) but zilch.

      • Liz says:

        10 Jan10 January 19:43

        Took mine out 22/6 – paid 7 premiums up to 2/1

        • Alan says:

          10 Jan10 January 20:07

          @Liz – hmm, took mine out 21/6!

      • Mikee says:

        10 Jan10 January 20:05

        Had the same problem with MR to Hilton transfers just before Xmas and it also took ages to get sorted. Amex brought the points back and then resent them and they then credited within 24 hrs.

      • Liz says:

        10 Jan10 January 20:48

        @Mikee – fingers crossed my HH pts arrive tomorrow! Then I can cancel my Plat card.

      • AndyGWP says:

        10 Jan10 January 20:55

        Thanks for the heads up… just received the 10k too.
        Took my policy out on 21/6
        7th payment came out a few days ago

  • Graeme says:

    10 Jan10 January 20:39

    The points have arrived in one of our accounts (as 7500 and 2500), but not the other. I haven’t paid attention to what payments have gone out though.

    • Alan says:

      10 Jan10 January 20:51

      Called them earlier this evening and they’ve sent an email to marketing to chase.

      • AndyGWP says:

        10 Jan10 January 20:57

        21/6 was the day of the article Alan, so you were one of the first to apply too
        https://headforpoints.com/2018/06/21/10000-virgin-flying-club-miles-life-insurance/

        • Alan says:

          10 Jan10 January 20:58

          Yeah, dunno what’s happened to them. Virgin Money CS agent seemed pretty clued up though and could see a promo code attached – has promised me a call-back once he’s heard back from marketing dept.

• Nick M says:

  10 Jan10 January 17:39

  Very OT – hotels at Stansted… are the Hampton, HIX, Radison Blu and Premier Inn all walk-able (safely, with children) to the terminal?

  And a follow up – is it possible to book Hilton, IHG or Radison using points and pay the additional for a weeks parking? Or will it usually be best paying for a park and fly package regardless?

  • Clive says:

    10 Jan10 January 18:08

    Hampton and Blu are walk-able. HI and PI are shuttles

    • Lady London says:

      10 Jan10 January 23:08

      @Clive do you happen to know if they are paid shuttles?

    • Nick M says:

      11 Jan11 January 10:16

      Thank you

• SWwomble says:

  10 Jan10 January 18:25

  OT £200 credit on £600 Amex travel: has anyone had experience off gaining these credits for spend on the US version of the website? I ask as for some reason CGK (Jakarta) isn’t loaded onto the UK travel website but is on the US one. Even with a slightly higher price and If I was charged the 3% foreign exchange fee for $ to £ it would still be a decent saving. Thanks all

  • Voltron says:

    10 Jan10 January 18:54

    Terms and conditions state only UK website and must be paid in GBP

• Bach says:

  10 Jan10 January 19:42

  OT – Anyone tried using Curve to top up tax free childcare account? The gov website seems to reject my curve card, wondering if anyone else tried and failed equally… seems odd as hmrc works?

  • Alan says:

    10 Jan10 January 20:03

    Yep been mentioned a few times in comments here and in Curve Community – doesn’t seem to work. Different back-end system to HMRC tax payments.

    • Bach says:

      10 Jan10 January 20:30

      Ok thanks for confirming, will avoid wasting my time trying again 😉

  • Rich says:

    12 Jan12 January 09:44

    It used to work. Now seems to have been blocked across both types of curve card

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