Get Rugby World Cup tickets with Emirates Skywards miles

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• Robin says:

  18 May18 May 04:56

  I can only see RWC packages that include the flag bearer opportunity. The article implies that there are some packages just offering tickets but I am unable to see these – is there a specific page for this?

  • Nog says:

    18 May18 May 06:08

    Skybid tickets are at the top of the page

    • Robin says:

      18 May18 May 06:24

      Even within the Skybid section, I can still only see packages offering flag bearer opportunity (except the final).

      • Marco says:

        18 May18 May 07:02

        They are all flag bearer packages, even the final, the flag bearer package includes between 2-4 tickets

        • Zed says:

          18 May18 May 09:06

          I only need a single ticket for the Semis and final. Anyone want to go halves on an auction?

  • Rob says:

    18 May18 May 09:19

    Have amended.

• vol says:

  18 May18 May 05:18

  “BA drops Kiev”

  It’s okay BA, there’s a 5 second rule

  • Jamie says:

    18 May18 May 06:12

    The thing with BA is that you have to buy the breadcrumbs and garlic sauce separately.

  • Bill says:

    18 May18 May 08:10

    Ryanair operate it

    • Lottie says:

      18 May18 May 08:59

      We flew with Ryanair to Kiev last December , first time we have flown with them for years. BA’s flights were so expensive we could drive to Stansted, stay overnight in a hotel and still save half. Flight was packed both ways.

• The Original Nick says:

  18 May18 May 07:04

  Photo above of the Qatar seating if First Class seating not Business Class.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    18 May18 May 08:44

    Looks like Q suite to me

    • Steve says:

      18 May18 May 09:08

      Definitely F, Q suites have doors

      • Steve says:

        18 May18 May 09:08

        Doh, Rob’s swapped the pic

    • Rob says:

      18 May18 May 09:16

      It was F but an easy mistake to make (my excuse!). Switched.

• Christian says:

  18 May18 May 07:30

  Shame about LED, I have been doing this route for years. Always busy in J on a Monday and Thursday / Friday. Often the same people. Just booked the last return flight back, the station manager has been there for years and dispatched nearly everyone of my flights.

  As well as a lot of wealthy Russian traffic on the Monday flights you see a lot of tourist groups, yes the visa is a pain but it isn’t stopping people.

  Now it will be SU from LGW. The DME/SVO connections on BA are crazy money and take too long.

• Joe C says:

  18 May18 May 07:38

  Rob, Qatar have retired all of their A340-600’s now

  • Rob says:

    18 May18 May 09:17

    Thanks, will tweak.

• Alex Sm says:

  18 May18 May 08:16

  It’s a big shame and a shortsighted move by BA re KBP and LED. I flew on both routes several times. On both BA had no direct competition from LHR. Perhaps, this backfired on BA, as fares are crazy. I’m going to St Pete in June and BA direct economy return was £600+ and I got LH business return via Munich with similar timings only for £420.

  Also, I can accept that sanctions and visas could be an impediment in the case of St Pete. But Kiev has none of these in place and its fate is still the same… so, it might be some crazy person at BA who simply doesn’t like Eastern Europe and decided to drop the routes instead of thinking how to develop them

  • LewisB says:

    18 May18 May 09:34

    Flew to KBP with BA myself last year, both legs were packed. Paid cash too, fare was around £120 return with no bags. On the return however we were all met by border control and I got heavily interrogated on why I was in Ukraine. They wouldn’t even let us leave the air bridge!

• Judge says:

  18 May18 May 08:20

  Very surprised by LED and KBP. Flights always busy and seats not exactly cheap. Would not have expected these routes to be loss making. As far as LED is concerned, Rob is right about the visa being a major barrier to travel (though essentially we suffer from reciprocal measures in response to Western requirements for Russian citizens), but if there were no visa they would have needed several flights a day given this one was already busy.

  • Judge says:

    18 May18 May 11:02

    It always seemed that much of Club Europe (which I’ve seen as much as ~12 rows back to LED) was filled with North American passengers travelling via LHR. That will be lost premium traffic too, as presumably these passengers will travel from North America via CDG, AMS or FRA in future. All very hard to understand.

  • Mr. AC says:

    18 May18 May 16:31

    Same here. Very surprised and sad about both. Fly KBP often and was considering LED, will have to change plans a bit maybe before they are gone…. Has anyone flown Ukraine International? Is it, well, safe?…

    • ankomonkey says:

      18 May18 May 22:13

      Flew them over Easter for first time. Felt safe. No complaints, although they are basically an LCC. They had by far the best flight times for the trip we were making and were 2/3 of the price of the next cheapest option.

• Louie says:

  18 May18 May 08:32

  OT: What are Amex’ rules about refunds of spending contributing to making sign up bonus targets? I have recently taken out a Platinum Amex and am about to buy an Avios ticket, with the associated fees which will probably take me over the spend threshold. However the Avios ticket is insurance against a waitlisted SQ ticket, so if the waitlist clears I will cancel the Avios ticket. What – if anything – would happen to the Amex MR bonus points?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    18 May18 May 08:47

    The bonus is linked to the transaction if you have a refund that takes you back under the bonus you lose the points.

    So either spend however much you expect to be refunded on other things or close your card before the refund hits.

  • Rob says:

    18 May18 May 09:16

    You lose it

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