ENDS TUESDAY: Get 2p per point when you book flights with ‘Part Pay With Avios’ for five days only

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• nick1066 says:

  8 Feb8 February 16:24

  I am hoping soon to use the “issued in error” Lloyds Avios Rewards from last autumn. Not sure if this deal is now better? Question: I have since spent the required £7000 on the card but have not heard about another voucher. Will they issue a second one in the same account year? Anyone had another? If so, how do I chase this up? Lloyds? Avios? Thanks.

  • John says:

    8 Feb8 February 16:48

    Once a year

  • meta says:

    8 Feb8 February 17:01

    I was issued one in error 2 weeks before my anniversary date (same one as you). I have spent then by beginning of January another £7k and got another voucher within 2 weeks. It arrived in the form of email from avios.com, there was no voucher number or anything. My avios.com account is closed since November and even though I have opened Aer Lingus account before closure I can’t see neither there. I called and they confirmed I have 2 vouchers. I have to use the error one before April and I have until end January 2020 to use the other one.

    • Dan says:

      8 Feb8 February 19:07

      I also had the same thing with a voucher issued in error around the time of anniversary (already earned one in the year). Just got another one after spending £7k.

• Lady London says:

  8 Feb8 February 20:29

  Yes.

• Mr(s) Entitled says:

  8 Feb8 February 21:19

  OTC (On Topic Comment) – what do they have against Nigeria?

  • Rob says:

    8 Feb8 February 22:19

    If you look at the actual rules, it says ‘not valid for Algeria, St Petersburg, Morocco, Nigeria’. However …. three of those places are not even long-haul routes! It’s like saying ‘not valid to Amsterdam’. Which only leaves Nigeria, which is long haul.

    • Ciaran says:

      9 Feb9 February 02:46

      ” All flights must be on BA aircraft, including any connecting flights.” plus Air Belgium for BA on Dubai flights. Just booked WT+ MAN-LHR-DXB for end of month. £100 off for 5k avios. Very happy. Thanks Rob !!

      • Andreas says:

        9 Feb9 February 09:33

        WT+ on Air Belgium?

      • Ciaran says:

        9 Feb9 February 10:06

        WT on air belgium on the way out, WT+ on BA on the way back .

• meta says:

  9 Feb9 February 07:12

  The offer is also not showing on long-haul to Moscow.

  • Rob says:

    9 Feb9 February 10:28

    I thought Moscow was almost always on short haul aircraft these days? It is treated as short haul in the BA system, hence 40 tier points for CE one way (and RFS available on redemptions).

    • meta says:

      9 Feb9 February 10:31

      There is one flight a day on long-haul and it priced in PE as £350, but sadly no discount.

      • Rob says:

        9 Feb9 February 11:50

        A long haul plane but on a short haul route!

        On that logic you could book Madrid on the 777 service and get £100 off.

      • TheSkintTraveller says:

        10 Feb10 February 08:42

        That will be the one they have or used to have First on, was the cheapest way of sitting in F or still is?

    • Doug M says:

      9 Feb9 February 13:12

      Both Moscow airports earn 140 according to BA. Don’t they call this mid haul, a sort of vague inbetween.

      • Doug M says:

        9 Feb9 February 13:17

        I’m sure Moscow is different Rob. You can book first on some flights. That suggests it’s legit long haul.

      • meta says:

        10 Feb10 February 01:06

        And funnily enough I also priced Amman which is exclusively on A321 and it is showing a discount
        in WT.

• Mikeact says:

  9 Feb9 February 08:42

  My son and his girlfriend have booked two seats to New York on this deal…£185 each + 10000 Avios, pretty amazing.

  • marcw says:

    9 Feb9 February 09:57

    It’s effectively cheaper than the previous £100 seats… unless you need baggage.

  • Rob says:

    9 Feb9 February 10:22

    As long as it is a bit warmer and not under 6 feet of snow!

    • Julian says:

      9 Feb9 February 11:44

      Is there anywhere else rather warmer like the Caribbean where a similarly good deal is available?

• Sue says:

  9 Feb9 February 09:40

  Hi Rob, Is it worth it？BA return to Beijing Outbound Premium Economy Inbound First Class at 116000 Avious + £735? Thanks

  • Mikeact says:

    9 Feb9 February 09:49

    I’ve just noticed this topic was posted by Anika…….welcome back !

    • Rob says:

      9 Feb9 February 10:19

      Her name has been on as much as ever recently but people rarely notice – it’s just that she’s not doing reviews at the moment.

      • Julian says:

        9 Feb9 February 11:33

        When is your new recruit taking over from Anika then? I thought she had got married and moved elsewhere to live with her husband?

        • Rob says:

          9 Feb9 February 11:47

          Not finalised yet, correct and correct, in that order!

    • Peter K says:

      9 Feb9 February 11:47

      That’s very off topic Mikeact and Julian.

      • Julian says:

        9 Feb9 February 13:03

        But not as boring as yet another post about the best way to churn an Amex card……

  • Lumma says:

    9 Feb9 February 09:51

    Surely that depends on how much the avios cost to earn – the taxes are around the same price you’d expect to pay for a premium economy ticket so you’re using £1160 worth of avios to upgrade one leg to first class.

    Maybe a cash premium economy ticket and upgrade to business using avios would be better value?

    Or fly Qatar business on a cash ticket for the value of the avios and taxes?

    • Rob says:

      9 Feb9 February 10:19

      That particular deal doesn’t seem too great. If you’re valuing the Avios at 1p then you’re “paying” £1900 in total. You could EASILY get a business class return flight for that given the deals around, possibly even saving a few hundred quid. That will make the outbound leg far more pleasurable, although you’d be missing out on F returning.

      BA F facilities out of Beijing are rubbish though, I’ve done it.

      • Lumma says:

        9 Feb9 February 16:27

        What’s the lounge? Air China first class? Can’t you access that with Priority Pass?

• Sue says:

  9 Feb9 February 11:02

  Thanks. How do you get this deal? Just checking BA the premium economy in cash is around £3200! Never mind business class return.

  • Sue says:

    9 Feb9 February 11:22

    My mistake – premium economy is actually £983 return

• Julian says:

  9 Feb9 February 11:21

  Yes it is very high time for a proper forum to discuss things and then the selfish ones who only want to ever discuss how to churn their Amex cards yet again (which I am quite sure will be banned at some point by Amex due to how much it is costing them with the constant aggressive churners) can be stuck in the appropriate place.

  Today’s thread hijacking was particularly bad and cynical as the BA £100 off Part Pay WIth Avios long haul offer was a particularly interesting one and the discussion should have been entirely about which routes have the cheapest World Traveller tickets where the £100 reduction therefore makes the biggest percentage impact.

  • Shoestring says:

    9 Feb9 February 11:49

    Most regulars generally stick an O/T comment in Bits threads – you can’t expect a new face to do that – if there’s no Bits that day, fair enough IMV to stick your comment anywhere it might be of interest to others

    • Julian says:

      9 Feb9 February 12:19

      Its actually Rob who’s responsible for the current situation by putting off implementing a proper discussion forum for so long and then also tolerating any amount of off topic posts in even specific topics rather than the Bits topics.

      But I really wish Amex would ban the churners as its obviously not a sustainable business model and it would be far more sensible to pay a more generous rate on spend on their Gold and Platinum cards and/or to introduce a flight class upgrade voucher with BA (or any other airlines it chooses to partner with) that either single people or couples can use and is comparable to the Lloyds one that is about to disappear.

      • Doug M says:

        9 Feb9 February 13:23

        Julian, what has your view on Rob’s model for the site and Amex policy got to do with 2p part pay Avios. I do with you’d stay on topic.
        I think Amex should reduce the earnings for high spenders, and increase the bonus for churning, ideally double bonus for self referral 😉

      • Mark2 says:

        9 Feb9 February 13:40

        +1

      • Peter K says:

        9 Feb9 February 13:57

        So Julian wishes that things were all changed to make it better for people like him and if it makes it worse for others then tough? Good to see altruism is alive and well 😉

      • Julian says:

        9 Feb9 February 14:51

        How does it make sense for Amex to ex-communicate Curve because people were using it for huge tax payments tp HMRC it doesn’t make money on but not to also ban constant Amex card churners who also don’t make it any money?

      • Mark2 says:

        9 Feb9 February 15:24

        The churning is entirely within the terms and conditions as laid down by American Express.

      • Anna says:

        9 Feb9 February 15:33

        Well, that’s Rob told. But seriously, Amex must be so glad to have someone fighting their corner against the aggressive and ruthless practices of pensioners and middle-aged public sector workers like some of us!

      • Callum says:

        9 Feb9 February 16:34

        Why exactly do you think Amex churning is unsustainable given Amex have been allowing it for years, specifically crafted their conditions to allow it (it’s not a loophole, they’ve specifically designed their programme to allow you to do this) and have remained profitable throughout?

        Do you not think the actual reason for your objection is that YOU don’t like it and you want everyone to conform to how you like things? With my previous interactions with you, I’ve genuinely been unable to work out if you’re just a selfish person or are unaware of how you’re acting.

  • marcw says:

    9 Feb9 February 13:43

    You should travel where YOU want to go (unless you are doing TP runs). There´s no point in telling me that with this deal you can get to NYC for £185 + 5000 Avios, if I have no interest in going to NYC.

    • Julian says:

      9 Feb9 February 14:48

      Where else can we get to for £185 + 5,000 Avios that is cold as NYC at this time of the year and.or how far ahead are flights bookable under this offer?

      • Julian says:

        9 Feb9 February 14:48

        I meant not as cold as NYC or indeed not as expensive hotel cost wise

      • SimonW says:

        9 Feb9 February 15:03

        Keep it on topic Julian. No one cares about your views on US city temperatures or relative hotel costs.

      • marcw says:

        9 Feb9 February 17:56

        The point is you need to look destinations where YOU WANT to go – and you should do your own homework.

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