SriLankan Airlines to increase London Heathrow services

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• Louise says:

  1 Mar1 March 09:34

  OT saw this tweet from
  Virgin today
  Great news for Flying Club members- spending miles just got even easier. You can now use miles plus money for a discount on Flight + Hotel, Flight + Car, hotels and car hire, whether booking separately or as part of a package. Isn’t that lovely?

• Louise says:

  1 Mar1 March 09:38

  Another OT: Email from Tesco bank

  Collect 2,500 Clubcard points
  If you’re a new Home Insurance customer with a Clubcard you’ll collect 2,500 points when you buy a combined buildings and contents policy direct from us by 17/05/2019 and quote FEB9P and your Clubcard number. This offer is not available if you get a quote or purchase from any price comparison websites.

  • Rob says:

    1 Mar1 March 09:53

    Yes, saw this. I think Anika is dropping it onto Shopper Points and then I’ll mention it here too.

  • Peter K says:

    1 Mar1 March 10:55

    Boo. Renewed mine 2 days ago. Ah well, you win some you lose some.

    • The Original Nick says:

      1 Mar1 March 11:57

      Cancel it and renew?

  • Grant says:

    1 Mar1 March 11:00

    Any requirement to be a Tesco Bank customer?

  • the_real_a says:

    1 Mar1 March 14:04

    If you are a clubcard holder you get a genuine 20% off the online quote – in my case it was even cheaper than the comparison sites. No idea if these offers stack.

• TokyoFan says:

  1 Mar1 March 10:13

  The BA twitter account has just announced a 747 (G-BNLY) in the Landor livery too, arriving next month.

  • DavidK says:

    1 Mar1 March 12:37

    Very excited for that. My favourite livery ever.

    • Alex says:

      1 Mar1 March 14:30

      Is that a figure of speech or you are genuinely excited? I mean – you cant even see the livery when you are on the plane…

      • Shoestring says:

        1 Mar1 March 16:24

        Live & let live, they *do* get genuinely excited about these things and plane types etc.

        I don’t expect anybody else to get excited about me spotting orchids or other interesting wildflowers on my walks!

        Just take it at face value for what it is: an innocent hobby or interest.

• Sussex Bantam says:

  1 Mar1 March 11:00

  OT – help needed – a friend of mine has just started a job which needs her to be in London one day a week. She is looking for a “lounge” option as working in a coffee shop isn’t very practical.

  I know there are various cards/accounts which give access to Regus, Virgin lounge etc but I’ve never had the need so haven’t paid much attention.

  Can anyone point me in the right direction to start looking ?

  • Peter K says:

    1 Mar1 March 11:46

    The virgin Atlantic (and I assume any Virgin money) card gives access to the virgin money lounges.

  • Nick M says:

    1 Mar1 March 12:32

    Would she qualify for IoD membership?

    • Rob says:

      1 Mar1 March 12:59

      IoD is terrible these days. I am there once a month for Aviation Club lunches. The lounge is a bun fight without a seat.

      Best option if near Piccadilly Circus is the Virgin Money lounge, which is permanently free with any Virgin Money product inc the VS credit cards. If she only wants it for a few hours this is fine. They won’t want her doing 9-5 there though.

      The base level WeWork membership gets you 1 day per month and you can pay for more. The N26 bank account is cheaper and gets you free WeWork membership for 1 day per month included.

      Regus is pretty soul destroying to be honest. A Gold card lets you use the lounges at any of their centres but often there isn’t much space given over to the lounge.

      Try AndCo. This is FREE. They have deals with various restaurants which are empty in the day and you can work out for them for no charge, on the grounds that they can flog you the odd coffee or snack.

      • Sussex Bantam says:

        1 Mar1 March 14:08

        Thanks all !

• nick@mwas.co.za says:

  1 Mar1 March 11:05

  Just been charged the new £450 fee on my Amex Plat.

  I am unsure if thats for the full year just passed, or for the next 12 months ahead.

  In any event, if I were to cancel next month, would I get 11/12ths of the fee back?

  • Jay H says:

    1 Mar1 March 11:14

    12 months ahead and yes it would a be pro rated refund

    • Andrew M says:

      1 Mar1 March 19:44

      Is the refund calculated on a daily or monthly basis?

      • Rob says:

        1 Mar1 March 21:43

        Amex has gone to monthly now hasn’t it?

  • Rob says:

    1 Mar1 March 13:00

    Ahead, and yes.

• Steve says:

  1 Mar1 March 11:05

  O/T: is there an article that cover the differences in BA F by aircraft, I think some planes have refurbished cabins but struggling to find a good comparison online. I am looking to book a few holidays throughout the year and quite flexible on destination/date, would be good to hear how HFP-ers rank A380, 747, 777, 787

  • Grant says:

    1 Mar1 March 11:17

    The BA section of Flyer Talk has a very useful dashboard section which covers First class in different aircraft – plenty of photographs, etc.

    • Steve says:

      1 Mar1 March 18:22

      Thanks found it!

  • Mark2 says:

    1 Mar1 March 11:47

    I think that you will find that the refurbishment state depends on the tail number rather than the type.

• Flying Misfit says:

  1 Mar1 March 11:10

  OT – Revolut back on the front pages?

• Chris says:

  1 Mar1 March 11:36

  Why do aircraft regulations prevent the upper side of wings being painted red?

  • SimonW says:

    1 Mar1 March 12:11

    To make flames more visible? To make search and rescue easier?

  • Mark says:

    1 Mar1 March 12:39

    Good question. It obviously does not apply to the Red Arrows!
    But seriously, if looking down on an an a/c nearer the ground, white wings are far best for visibilty reasons. Red might be OK in practise, but I guess there’s a general rule.

    • Russ says:

      1 Mar1 March 14:17

      It doesn’t. Red Arrows are flown under military flight rules, commercial aircraft civilian rules. That’s why you won’t fly upside down 50 metres above the ground in a commercial aircraft then barrel roll into LHR 🙂

      • Mark says:

        1 Mar1 March 15:06

        Plus of course that the wings would literally break off if you tried it…

      • Alex Sm says:

        1 Mar1 March 19:24

        In case of Gibraltar they sometimes do!

  • Russ says:

    1 Mar1 March 13:13

    Heat.

    • Mark says:

      1 Mar1 March 14:21

      Also true. And high-vis patterns of white and say red stripes would create differential heating issues too. So for most aircraft it’s white or white – with occasionally coloured wingtips allowed for extra visibility.

      • Russ says:

        1 Mar1 March 20:12

        @Mark Pigment in paint is heavy. Red is the heaviest.

        @Alex Sm. Indeed!

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