You can now transfer ‘pending’ Tesco Clubcard points to Avios or Virgin Flying Club

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• ArnoldG says:

  20 Jan20 January 21:51

  OT: My wife and I are trying to use Avios to book TPE > KUL on Malaysia. When I search the day in question, only 1 seat is available (business). If I change the search to Taipei to Penang, which is via KL (TPE > KUL > PEN), the availability switches to 5 business class seats. I would like to go to KUL only, do I have any options here by calling in? Or is this just the way the seat allocations are made. Seems strange though.

  Thanks

  • Lady London says:

    20 Jan20 January 22:00

    You will often find availability if the fare you seek continues past a hub on BA. Works same with Uk regional destinations. Grrrr as I usually want to stop in London too.

    I didn;t know it worked in places like Malaysia. But it makes sense that I would do.

    if it’s a one way you could dump the last flight if you’re naughty, or just do what I did and book the last flight for 11 and a half months time. Then pay £35 to move it back to a date you can use it. Unless it’s a married segment (where the 2 flights can’t be rescheduled separately) it should let you do it.

    • ArnoldG says:

      20 Jan20 January 22:06

      It is a one-way and I wouldn’t mind dumping the last flight, but we are flying to Asia from Canada and will have checked luggage 🙁 The luggage would checked through to Penang.

      I didn’t understand booking “last flight for 11 and a half months time and paying 35 quid to move it” I am looking to fly on a specific day, if there is no availability on that day, I am out of luck I suppose.

      Is it possible to call in after booking the trip to Penang and tell them I want to terminate at Kuala Lumpur and have them adjust the ticket? Probably not….

      • Peter K says:

        20 Jan20 January 22:42

        Hi ArnoldG. What is meant by “book the last flight for 11 and a half months time. Then pay £35 to move it” is that often on a flight with a connection you are asked if you want a long stop-over.
        Some people will stay in the first destination (connection airport) for few days/months then fly on. If you are able to do this then they will then unload your luggage here.
        You still have the option to fly the last leg if your want however. At some point you may want to travel KUL=>PEN, eg on a holiday. If you ask for the long stop-over to be 11.5 months then it gives you a long time to use the extra leg. If you decide you want to use it in say 8 months time instead, you can pay the £35 charge to change the date and use it then.

      • Lady London says:

        21 Jan21 January 21:26

        *Wordpress put my reply to this much further down…. sorry

    • ArnoldG says:

      20 Jan20 January 22:25

      Would I be able to “request” them that I would like to collect my bags in KUL instead of through-check to PEN?

      • ArnoldG says:

        20 Jan20 January 23:19

        Thanks for the replies Lady/Peter. I am not getting the stopover option when I try and make this booking online. Do you think I would be able to get it if I booked over the phone?

        Thanks

    • Callum says:

      21 Jan21 January 00:38

      Thats relevant to cash tickets, not at all applicable to reward flights.

      Malaysian are using something called married segments (many airlines use it, including LATAM I have recently discovered much to my annoyance!). You can’t just schedule the flight for 11 months time, you either fly TPE-KUL-XXX on the immediate connection they offer, or you won’t see TPE-KUL availability at all. There’s no way around that as far as I know, unless you fly hand luggage only and pay for the connection you don’t want. You can request that they only send your luggage to KUL, but they might say no. Though in that event I assume you can just refuse to take the connection and get your bag offloaded – may have a bit of a wait however.

• Lady London says:

  20 Jan20 January 21:57

  I did my “first First” ex-SEA on BA at Christmas. After Iberia messed up my flights bought with the 90,000, it was the only way to get home.

  i have to say I was really quite impressed. The general view of posters here was compare it to QR J and you won’t be disappointed. On the physical environment and food it was close enough. I would say posters here were spot on, on that.

  But what did make the difference and make British Airways First = to “QR plus half a point” was the crew. Really really professional. Top of their game. And yet friendly. And they all seemed to manage to spend at least half the flight sleeping, including one just behind me. At least half of them were relatively young as well, the way that team of mixed ages worked in First was a credit to BA.

  Not sure where I’m going to get my next 100,000 miles from to do it again! Seriously though I think for me this will turn out to be a once in a lifetime experience.

  If anyone’s just choked on their coffee because I’ve just said something nice about BA, well I’m as surprised as you are.

  • BJ says:

    20 Jan20 January 22:08

    You mean you don’t churn and refer amex? 100k avios from that is easy enough. If you are going to redeem First, particularly during high season, then paying 1p+ pa also justified, e.g. economist. I rend to think the BA bashing is just a bandwagon. Flew about 30 Airlines in Business over the years and BA not so bad. People have a tendency to magnify small differences between carriers into something huge.

    • Rob says:

      21 Jan21 January 09:38

      The difference in seating between WestJet and BA Club World is huge, especially for solo travellers.

      • BJ says:

        21 Jan21 January 12:24

        Here’s the problem, huge is subjective 🙂

  • Polly says:

    21 Jan21 January 08:09

    And you can self refer to churn, if ness, so you can easily get another 100k plus by referrals and spend bonus…try pre paying those utilities, phones etc etc to hit the bonus spend too….and the store odd gift card to ensure hitting the spends. F is absolutely comparable to QR J, as we have discussed here many times. The crew are nice generally too.

  • xcalx says:

    21 Jan21 January 09:05

    “I did my “first First” ex-SEA on BA at Christmas. After Iberia messed up my flights bought with the 90,000, it was the only way to get home.”

    What happened with Iberia ?

    • Lady London says:

      21 Jan21 January 21:32

      Long story I’ve bored everyone enough here recently.

      I will report after it goes to me suing Iberia. The claim has got huge. I do hope I can arrange to give Iberia their just desserts.

      Clock ticks over to sue them in another week or two. Marked in my calendar.

      Be very wary everyone. Iberia thinks their internal procedures override European statute.

• Tom says:

  20 Jan20 January 22:30

  OT:

  Do you no longer receive Starwood points for spend at W xyz at Aloft? Recently bought several drinks at Aloft London and while paying, the barman said that they no longer give points for spend? Find it a bit strange

  • Genghis says:

    21 Jan21 January 05:46

    SPG points no longer exist. However, Marriott points are available
    “ii. Charges incurred by the Member, without a stay in a guest room, for food and beverage (excluding alcoholic beverage where prohibited by law) at restaurants located within or adjacent to Participating Properties that offer this benefit if:

    A. the restaurant permits guests to charge food and beverages on their folios;

    B. the charges are greater than $10 U.S. dollars (excluding taxes, service charges, and gratuities);

    C. the food and beverages are not in connection with a banquet, meeting or other function that is excluded from Qualifying Charges as provided in Section 2.1.b. and

    provided the Member provides his/her Membership Number at the time of payment. Elite bonus Points will not be awarded on charges incurred by the Member without a stay in a guest room under Section 2.1.b(ii). Earning at restaurants without a stay is offered at all Participating Properties and Brands, except for Marriott Executive Apartments and ExecuStay, in Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, as well as at the following Participating Properties and Brands in United States, Canada, Europe, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, South America, Middle East, and Africa: St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Sheraton, Le Méridien, Westin, Tribute Portfolio, Four Points, Aloft Hotels, and Element; or”
    https://www.marriott.co.uk/loyalty/terms/default.mi

• John says:

  21 Jan21 January 07:32

  On the other hand If you can find a cheap business fare it’s 160 TPs rather than the usual 140

  • John says:

    21 Jan21 January 07:34

    Oops this refers to DUB-HKG flights, reposted in the correct place.

• Brian says:

  21 Jan21 January 09:12

  O/T:
  just received my Virgin Atlantic Cards.
  Does Virgin Money really not have an Android/iphone app??

  • Rob says:

    21 Jan21 January 09:29

    There is one launching very soon, some people have offered a beta trial IIRC.

    • Mark says:

      21 Jan21 January 14:50

      yep I’m on the beta trial so it is coming!

• Joanie Mitchell says:

  21 Jan21 January 12:56

  OT: Is it (still) possible to use Amex at PayPoint (specifically at Co-Op) – wanting to pay Council Tax this way if poss?

  • Genghis says:

    21 Jan21 January 13:00

    Yes. If you can pay your council tax for your own council by paypoint then this is possible. For my council, they print a barcode on the bill when you cancel any DD in place. Others provide a paypoint card.

    • Joanie Mitchell says:

      21 Jan21 January 14:42

      Brill – thank you!

      • Polly says:

        22 Jan22 January 10:43

        And Joani, you can ask for PP cards from most utilities, BT affinity etc plus prepaymobile ph bills.. my CTX absolutely refuse to accept credit cards, but curve works fine.

• Lady London says:

  21 Jan21 January 21:24

  Best way to do that is to make sure there’s an overnight stop in KUL – ideally of 8-12 hours. then they shoiuld ask you at the airport when you check in your bags (choose manual bag drop with person) if you want your luggage in KUL for your overnight stop, or if you want it checked through to Penang. Try and wait for them to ask you when you check your bags in, rather that asking for it before they ask you i f you can. If you’;re not planning on flying the last leg, the last thing you should do is tell them.

  If you phone up to delete the last leg they’ll reprice your ticket and probably not to your benefit.

  • Lady London says:

    21 Jan21 January 21:38

    *Above for @ArnoldG

• Melonfarmer says:

  25 Jan25 January 13:44

  Thanks for highlighting the Tesco-Uber benefit. Does anyone know if there’s a similar discount opportunity in the USA?

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