New British Airways business class lounge at New York JFK airport about to open

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• Tim says:

  26 Apr26 April 05:33

  O/T is anyone having issues registering to top up on the Tesco mobile website?

  I keep getting the same message of check your details are correct and you should only register your payment details on one account.

  My card has not been registered before and the details are correct.

  • BJ says:

    26 Apr26 April 06:32

    I think most have found it best just to ignore the website and the app. Call 282 to add your clubcard number, after receiving text to confirm this call 4444 to top up.

    • Liz says:

      26 Apr26 April 07:41

      2nd batch of 2k pts out of 5 have posted today! I followed your instructions!

      • BJ says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:11

        I’m going to wind up with sims 11 & 12 today so 115k avios for £480. Much more than I have been in the habit of paying for avios but with collection opportunities diminishing and cash fares creeping up I decided to take this opportunity. Now, if only we could get a Tesco conversion bonus 🙂

      • Liz says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:18

        Currently using up some of the data bought on our caravan travels. Feeling very high tech as I have tethered 2 devices to my phone for the first time! 😂

      • Grant says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:22

        Quite a haul, BJ. How many sims are you putting through per account? Presumably you’ve been sticking to x2 per card, but interested to know if more than x2 per account works ok.

      • Shoestring says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:31

        attaboy BJ, I don’t have that many Tesco a/cs so could feasibly have got it 4x & kind of regret missed opp, a la IB 90K I guess but you don’t need reminding about that!

      • BJ says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:39

        @Liz, it has always worked well for me, so much so I’ve never used a sim in my 4.5 year old LTE tablet.
        @Grant, all 4k points across 10 clubcard accounts. Today will be my first day chancing 4k+ on one account but at least two people have now reported that works.

      • Grant says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:42

        Thanks BJ – I’ve just found an old clubcard which is still attached to my account so I’ll try another 2 sims.

      • Nick_C says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:53

        Just to confirm it works on multiple cards per account. I’ve done 4 sim cards on four Club Cards in one account. All worked ok.

        Separate club card numbers for each debit card (2) credit card (1) and the original one that I got for shopping.

        I’ve stuck to one sim per clubcard though in case the second one triggers a manual check. It’s obviously not in the spirit of the deal as after two SIMS I’m clearly no longer a new customer.

      • BJ says:

        26 Apr26 April 09:05

        @Harry, I am trying to make the right calls this year after a number of bass ones last year, so far so good. Have 5 family clubcard accounts at my home and another 5 at my parents home. No longer required really but they were useful in the good old days.

      • BJ says:

        26 Apr26 April 09:10

        Thanks @Nick. When using the debit card where do we find the clubcard number? Is it just the 16 digit card number itself?

      • xcalx says:

        26 Apr26 April 09:13

        BJ I’m going to wind up with sims 11 & 12 today so 115k avios for £480. I am not understanding this. Have you put £40 on each sim.
        We have eight clubcard accounts with 1 sim registered on each and applied £20 voucher on each. I picked up another 8 sims and £20 vouchers yesterday . Am I correct in thinking I use the same 8 clubcard accounts again. £320 for £960 off an RCCL cruise, maybe

      • BJ says:

        26 Apr26 April 10:05

        @xcalx, no, sorry for the confusion. I was thinking of my own clubcard accounts. Ten sims across 5 accounts with 2 Sims per account with £20/SIM on each account, and plans to add a further 2 Sims with £20 each to one of those accounts today. That I have done the same with 5 accounts for my parents was lost in translation sorry.

      • xcalx says:

        26 Apr26 April 13:08

        @ BJ Thanks. I have now put the other 8 x £20 vouchers onto new sims using the 8 clubcard accounts. Was able to use the saver vouchers from last year.

    • Nick_C says:

      26 Apr26 April 08:45

      Just text “Clubcard” to 28578 and then reply to the SMS

    • Nick_C says:

      26 Apr26 April 09:56

      @BJ – ClubCard number is printed on the back of the debit card. Bottom left. Starts 634004…

      • BJ says:

        26 Apr26 April 10:07

        Thanks Nick.

    • the_real_a says:

      26 Apr26 April 13:52

      IF you are allowed to keep them… People should read up on the history of these offers and then take a view if the risk is worth it.

• ChrisC says:

  26 Apr26 April 05:36

  For clarity the photo with the oval light fitting in the ceiling is of the food court area – as per the BA website – rather than the lounge.

  But it’s good this is all finally finished after starting in January last year. It’ll have a 5 year or so lifespan before BA moves to T8 and T7 gets demolished.

• Anna says:

  26 Apr26 April 05:50

  I’m flying back from JFK in CW at the beginning of June so will look forward to visiting the lounge, thanks for the heads up!

  • BJ says:

    26 Apr26 April 07:39

    OT @Anna, not sure if you caught it but Simon added a comment late last night that selreferral going in the BA basic-BAPP direction worked for him.

    • Anna says:

      26 Apr26 April 08:38

      Thanks yes, sadly it definitely didn’t work for me!

• BJ says:

  26 Apr26 April 06:36

  Isn’t the Laithwaites offer cummulative? If si it could be triggered with two introductory offers and something else costing at least 2p.

• Cat says:

  26 Apr26 April 06:47

  Ah, Tesco Wine – once I used a 1500 bonus avios offer to order 6 bottles of Château Phélan Ségur. Despite the order being just for 6 bottles, Tesco Wine somehow managed to process the order twice, charged me twice and sent me 12 bottles, and over 3000 avios. When I phoned them to point out their mistake, they offered to refund me 50% of the cost of the second case, rather than collect.

  That was a serendipitous bargain!

  I miss Tesco Wine!

  • Anna says:

    26 Apr26 April 07:18

    +1 – no-one else stocks my favourite Jacktone Ranch merlot; I am now down to my last case which is being drunk extremely sparingly!

    • Cat says:

      26 Apr26 April 08:35

      We have the last bottle of Phelan Segur waiting for a special occasion!

• xcalx says:

  26 Apr26 April 07:56

  IB have extended MAD-SJU from summer only to Yearly.

• Delbert says:

  26 Apr26 April 07:57

  Would appreciate some advice, please.

  Flying to Bangkok via Zurich this weekend and wondering how it works with duty-free at LHR T2.

  Will my boarding pass from LHR to ZRH pick up as an international flight (rather than European) when I purchase duty-free at LHR.

  Many thanks in advance.

  • BJ says:

    26 Apr26 April 08:17

    Years since I’ve done it but they used to put it in a marked and sealed duty free bag that you could carry through to your final destination. No idea if that’s changed.

  • Anna says:

    26 Apr26 April 08:48

    As long as you’re travelling straight through to Bangkok (i.e. no stopover in Zurich), it should be fine. I have done this when travelling long haul from MAN via LHR. If you will have to go through security again at Zurich, however, you will very likely need to have any bottles in the correct sealed bags, which Duty Free staff don’t supply automatically. I would also suggest checking the policy at Zurich to make sure the Swiss authorities allow sealed items to be carried in hand luggage.

    I have previously circumvented restrictions by putting duty free alcohol bought before a connecting flight into a carry-on case then checking it in prior to the last flight.

  • BJ says:

    26 Apr26 April 09:15

    I should add, take care not to exceed your Thai allowance otherwise you could find yourself in big trouble. If there is more than one of you then each absolutely must carry their own allowance only to avoid problems.

  • Delbert says:

    26 Apr26 April 09:23

    Thanks BJ and Anna.

    Yes, straight through to BKK with no stopover. I’ll go for it, get sealed bag(s) at LHR and split allowance between my wife and I prior to arriving in BKK to circumvent any allowance issues at Swampy. We travel twice a year to BKK.

• Mark says:

  26 Apr26 April 08:03

  Was in the jfk lounge last night. Food was fantastic. I got a sneak peek in the new lounge, alas I wasn’t aloud to take any pictures, but it’s very smart and very much like the mock up pictures.

  They’re just waiting for the various authorities to stamp their aproval on it and it will be open.

  Gutted I missed the full opening by a few days.

  • Anna says:

    26 Apr26 April 08:50

    Really looking forward to this – I’ve got my first F in May for my birthday, travelling back in J so both legs should be quite a treat!

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