Great deal: book £1,050 British Airways Club World business class flights to Durban

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• George says:

  26 Feb26 February 13:03

  OT: Want to book a hotel for my OH for a weekend using my reward points. Are there any chains who are particularly amenable / cause particular trouble around this? Not hugely concerned which chain I use, only that I find somewhere nice that doesn’t cause her any trouble.

• lee says:

  26 Feb26 February 13:42

  Just tried to book my UK Spg Amex free night certificate but cant use is as its saying it will be past the exp date .

  I thought you could use it as long as it was still valid at point of booking is this not the case ?

• John2 says:

  26 Feb26 February 13:46

  Virgin points.
  Can you transfer between accounts?

  • Mark says:

    26 Feb26 February 13:58

    only if gold, but can pay for whole sectors of a booking from different accounts.

    • John2 says:

      26 Feb26 February 14:06

      Thank you Mark.
      So if I have enough for redemption for me and OH has enough for her, can we link bookings if we make them separately?

      • Rob says:

        26 Feb26 February 14:51

        Why would you need to do that? The only reason to do this on BA is free seat selection for all but that isn’t an issue with VS.

        Only reason would be if you did 2 x oneways to North America when a return would be cheaper in taxes, in which case ringing to book by pooling the miles is cheaper.

        My understanding is that you don’t even need complete sectors in each account, but don’t quote me on that.

      • Mark says:

        26 Feb26 February 15:07

        my latest booking said there has to be enough for a whole sector form each account but I believe some people have spoken to CSA who will pull the number of miles from any account to make the booking so depends who you get.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        26 Feb26 February 16:46

        Still think a booking with more than 1 person is less likely to be bumped but also less likely to be upgraded I guess.

  • Rob says:

    26 Feb26 February 14:05

    No, but if both people are travelling the call centre will mix and match between accounts.

• Harvey says:

  26 Feb26 February 14:23

  PAYE
  Anyway to earn points by paying it?

  • David says:

    26 Feb26 February 16:59

    Curve?

  • Vivian says:

    26 Feb26 February 17:40

    Only if you are also required to do self-assessment, then any underpayment could be settled by Curve when you file.

• Paul says:

  26 Feb26 February 14:26

  Is there an expiry on Hilton points? Expecting a baby soon so wondering if it’s worth buying the points to save up for a future trip to the Maldives.
  With the caveat that points could change, Is it still worth me maxing the offer just for me now, which is 100%?

  • Genghis says:

    26 Feb26 February 14:38

    How far in the future? I wouldn’t buy now for a speculative redemption in a few years’ time. 100% bonus is not that uncommon. There could be further devaluations etc. Keep the cash.

    • Paul says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:41

      Probably around 2 years or so.
      Thanks, have kept the cash and will keep an eye out for future

  • bsuije says:

    26 Feb26 February 15:26

    There is an expiry, yes. I think it’s 1 year, but can be refreshed by e.g. buying a handful of points.

    • Paul says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:42

      Thanks – decided to keep the cash for now as it will be probably a couple of years out.

• Polly says:

  26 Feb26 February 14:56

  Just checking in, saying hello, from the new Malaysian Golden 1st Lounge, on our way home. Didn’t go to CX lounge. It really is a huge improvement on the old lounge. And very silent as reported.
  On the good old A380, very sad to see them go. Great use of our 241. Trying to guess who our fellow pax will be in F. What a hoot…hope for good weather in the morning in T5.

  • BJ says:

    26 Feb26 February 17:06

    Are BA operating an a380 to KUL? A bit confused by reference to 241 as I thought at first you were referring to MAS.

  • Nick_C says:

    26 Feb26 February 18:23

    She was in Hong Kong, and is currently flying back on a BA A380.

    KUL is currently operated by a 789 on BA or an A350 on MAS

    • BJ says:

      26 Feb26 February 19:56

      Thanks, now I make sense of it. I thought MAS had put one a380 back on LHR, I guess that was short-lived.

  • Enjoy says:

    26 Feb26 February 19:57

    Are you using the A380 wifi? I used it on the same route last week.

    • Polly says:

      27 Feb27 February 11:44

      Yes, just wi fi for a little while tho.. useful if you need to work tho…

• Canuck says:

  26 Feb26 February 16:47

  Double Marriott points question… I have a large reward booking coming up soon. If I book a cheap local room before this stay, will my reward night now count for double points on all the incidentals / room charges? Thanks in advance to anyone who knows.

  • Rob says:

    26 Feb26 February 16:50

    Need to see the T&C’s which won’t be available before 5th. It is PROBABLY OK. However, I can’t believe that your incidentals bill would be so big that you could even begin to justify it.

    If you value a Marriott point at 0.5p and your mattress run is £50, you’d need to earn 10,000 bonus points to break even which would require $1,000 of base spending in the hotel (I think).

    • Canuck says:

      26 Feb26 February 17:02

      Thanks Rob. Appreciate the insight. I’ll keep my eyes open for the terms. I have an upcoming stay at Calgary airport before my trip which I’m considering switching to Marriott, should the price justify it, as you point out.

• Lewt says:

  26 Feb26 February 17:04

  OT: I am a very small spend from hitting my 241. Is it possible to book outbound and return in different travel classes on a voucher? Does aBA IT support it? I.e. out in F return CW

  • Genghis says:

    26 Feb26 February 17:15

    Yes

  • Rob says:

    26 Feb26 February 17:19

    Yes, not an issue but must be booked by phone.

    • Genghis says:

      26 Feb26 February 17:25

      I’ve done it online many times. The only circumstance I foresee the requirement to call is to mix and match F and Y.

  • Anna says:

    26 Feb26 February 20:21

    I’ve booked out in CE and back in ET online several times, and also booked my upcoming trip to NYC, which is out in F and back in J, online. As Ghengis says, the only issue might be combining F and Y, which you can’t see on the same page!

    You have to call up to book a BA holidays package in different classes but flight only can generally be done online.

    • Polly says:

      27 Feb27 February 11:47

      We had to call in to mix Y and F tho..
      Anna, are you planning to upgrade to F if you get the chance?

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