British Airways to launch new London Gatwick to Milan Bergamo flights and increases Cancun

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• Richard M says:

  23 Mar23 March 05:50

  Bergamo is useful for the lskes, as you say though this comes too late for the 2019 summer season, which will see Linate closed for 4 months for runway repairs.

  Of interest for Avios collectors is that Betgamo stands on the boundary between two Avios zones: will this route be 9000 Avios return, like the other Milan airports, or 15000 like Verona?

• Neil Donoghue says:

  23 Mar23 March 06:14

  97993 & 1,000 comments! It’s a shame it wasn’t for more positive reasons but great work Rob. The site ran very smoothly as well considering how quickly the comments were being printed.

  • Rob says:

    23 Mar23 March 08:20

    If you saw our monthly hosting bill (now £hundreds) you’d know why!

    • Alan says:

      24 Mar24 March 18:26

      But they key question is – are you paying the hosting bill with an Amex? 😛

      • Rob says:

        24 Mar24 March 20:48

        No, because it is in $!

        • Alan says:

          24 Mar24 March 21:55

          Ahh, damn 😀

  • ChrisC says:

    23 Mar23 March 12:29

    How many of those comments were basically people asking the same thing / repeating what someone else said?.

    • Darren says:

      23 Mar23 March 14:22

      “So if I have a 241……”

    • ankomonkey says:

      23 Mar23 March 16:15

      Or arguing with Julian?

• Mike says:

  23 Mar23 March 06:34

  Got to see the BOAC 747 on Sunday at LAX after I landed on a BA 787-9 from LHR, looks really nice indeed!

  • Alex Sm says:

    23 Mar23 March 08:18

    My partner and I managed to see all first three BA vintage liveries in one day last Sunday! (+Aer Lingus one)

    One from Staybridge Suites window in the morning and two from Hatton Cross in the afternoon. Pics here:

    https://twitter.com/win_and_fly/status/1107298972505436162

    • Nick_C says:

      23 Mar23 March 10:52

      Nice pictures. Love the old Aer Lingus livery.

      • Alex Sm says:

        25 Mar25 March 00:51

        Thanks! Yes, EI is cool, my friend spotted this plane in the Canaries yesterday 🙂

  • Lumma says:

    23 Mar23 March 09:29

    Flew back from Helsinki last week and we parked right next to the 1990s BA livery. Couldn’t get a decent photo out the window and there was no way of getting close to it after disembarking 🙁

• meta says:

  23 Mar23 March 06:51

  O/T I have two offers to earn extra points on next three stays with Marriott Bonvoy. Anyone knows if this is stackable? One is for 9k extra and the other for 30k extra on the next three stays. Could I earn 39k for the next three stays?

  • Rob says:

    23 Mar23 March 08:18

    Yes, will stack.

  • Matt says:

    23 Mar23 March 08:37

    Hey meta, can I ask how you are being sent/how you saw the Marriott promotions?
    Titanium elite but have got nothing the last few months apart from the boring “double points” offer.
    (Maybe my status is why I am being sent nothing)?

    • meta says:

      23 Mar23 March 08:46

      I am getting them via email. Maybe check the marketing preferences. I am only Gold Elite. However, my partner (also Gold Elite) does not get any offers despite getting marketing emails.

  • Si says:

    23 Mar23 March 12:34

    Where do you find offers like this please? Are they emailled directly to you?

    I’m new to Marriot points but have decided to go big with them, as i have spent £2,200 on an all-inclusive room and car deal in Mauritius from Marriott Vacations (which looked identical to Expedia although it came direct from Marriott website)

    I got the Amex SPG card (4 days before the sudden no welcome bonus rule) and put all the spend through on that to get the welcome bonus (33k plus the normal spend points). I’ve activated the double points promotion and booked a Heathrow Moxy room for £45 to make my £2,200 stay the one that attracts the bonus (however i think it may not be valid, as it’s a package deal…???).

    Where else could i find some easy bonus points to bolster my Marriot points tally please?

    • meta says:

      23 Mar23 March 18:02

      I’m afraid this is targeted. I got an offer beginning of February for 9k points emailed directly. I then logged in into my account and the button to register was there. Last night I got an offer of an extra 30k for three stays. I think this last one was targeted for those who linked SPG and Emirates accounts some years ago as the email had Emirates logo. So under promotions on my Marriott account I now have a tracker for three promotions – the public one for double points after 2nd stay and two targeted. I had two stays booked in the next two months, so they might wanted to lure me for a third stay or it is totally unrelated. It worked as I moved one IHG stay to Marriott.

• Annabelle says:

  23 Mar23 March 07:06

  Is it worth keeping gold reward card longer though? Some readers report they are emailed with platinum upgrade offer – is this usually a after the first anniversary?

  • Rob says:

    23 Mar23 March 08:17

    Upgrade offer is now dead unless you have the old Gold Charge. Cannot go Gold Credit to Plat Charge.

  • Shoestring says:

    23 Mar23 March 10:34

    my email upgrade to Plat invite was about 4 months into Year 2

• Nathan says:

  23 Mar23 March 07:53

  IMHO the Negus livery still looks fresh. A testament to good graphic design or, perhaps, my limited taste/knowledge of the area! I did see the BEA livery tootle past the T5 Plaza Premium lounge yesterday, which was a pleasant surprise, and that looked properly retro.

• The Original Nick says:

  23 Mar23 March 08:07

  OT, can anyone advise on the booking of a Hertz vehicle via the AUS website?
  I understand that I can do it but I’m Presidential Circle so is it possible via my Hertz account to also get the benefits?

  • EwanG says:

    23 Mar23 March 19:36

    You’ll need to book on the Aus site when logged out.
    There is a guide on FT about Adding a Hertz Reservation to a Hertz #1 account.

    • Charlieface says:

      24 Mar24 March 02:07

      Not true. You first login on .co.uk then go to the top and change country.

• Ralf says:

  23 Mar23 March 08:26

  Transport from Bergamo Airport to Milan downtown takes the same time and less money compared to Malpensa Airport

  • Lady London says:

    23 Mar23 March 09:22

    IIRC Other public transport is pour though. Although l havent been there for a while.

    • Jonty says:

      23 Mar23 March 11:00

      Bergamo has regional trains going all over the place, get there from the airport by taxi or by frequent public bus…buy tickets from the newsagents in the airport. You could do worse than spending a couple of days in Bergamo. The citta Alta is very pretty

    • RussellH says:

      23 Mar23 March 11:06

      Not true. Orio al Serio is at the end of one of Bergamo’s city bus routes, so you just get an ordinary bus at an ordinary fare direct to the rail station, from where you can get to anywhere in Italy easily. Perfect fo rplaces that you might well want to go to, but cannot fly direct. Fiend of mine used it just last week to get to Bologna from Manchester. Cheaper than a direct flight in her case.

      And Bergamo is well worth a visit in its own right anyway. Interesting town – the older, upper town on top of a large rock is connected to the older, new town by a funicular. I would probably prefer it to Milano, TBH.

      • RussellH says:

        23 Mar23 March 11:18

        Forget the second “older”! Sorry.

      • Lady London says:

        23 Mar23 March 18:40

        Yes i do recall that bus but IIRC unless you are willing to pay for a taxi IT dix not to Get me to Saturday night flight nor Sunday. Perhaps that has improved since. I do recall there is quite a good shopping centre right opposite and there is a walkway that gets you there on foot from thé airport.

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