Air Malta adds a 2nd London Gatwick flight for Winter 2019

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• Cat says:

  28 Jul28 July 05:46

  Completely O/T, for those of you that wanted updates, I’m about to start day 2 of the TdMB. Day 1 went well, but I couldn’t do the high route variante that I wanted to do, because thunderstorms (and hail) made it unwise!
  Rest assured that the views were magnificent, nonetheless.
  Today is going to be a beast of a day – I have 1400m of ascent and 23km to cover. Wish me luck!

  • Sloth says:

    28 Jul28 July 06:20

    Best of luck Cat, I’m sure you’ll do yourself proud

  • Polly says:

    28 Jul28 July 07:14

    OMG..good luck girlie. And here l am trying to go back to sleep!

  • Lyn says:

    28 Jul28 July 07:17

    Best of luck Cat and remember that a lot of people here at HfP are wishing you well, and hopefully continuing to support your Macmillan cause as well. Please keep up your updates. Hope the weather is more cooperative today.

  • Concerto says:

    28 Jul28 July 10:39

    Whaaaat? The weather’s really bad around there just now, I’ve been around there since Thursday. And the Fête des Vignerons down in Vevey has been cancelled 3 days running.

    • Lady London says:

      28 Jul28 July 23:58

      That’s a pity @Concerto. Isn;t the Fete des Vignerons the one that only takes place 1 time in each 25 years?

• Amit says:

  28 Jul28 July 06:41

  Any family hotel recommendations for Malta?

  • Waddle says:

    28 Jul28 July 07:19

    Can’t speak from personal experience but OH and I stayed at Hilton Malta which had lots of families looking like they were having a good time. Children were allowed in the exec lounge. Main pool area is definitely family friendly.

  • Steve S says:

    28 Jul28 July 07:58

    Stayed at the Grand Excelsior recently. Joined “Iprefer”scheme prior to arrival got upgraded to sea view and free WiFi.

    • Nick says:

      28 Jul28 July 10:07

      Any hotels in Malta that definitely aren’t family friendly? (As in, where can I stay if I want to avoid brats?)

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        28 Jul28 July 11:05

        At home?

      • Lady London says:

        28 Jul28 July 11:36

        I think where possible this is always a good thing to mention for those of us who may be particularly exhausted and preferring not to be surrounded by kids at any particular destination.

        I mean, look what Cat is doing! She spends her year with kids and now she is going up Mont Blanc to avoid them!

        • Cat says:

          30 Jul30 July 06:17

          Lady London 😂

  • Princess says:

    28 Jul28 July 11:36

    We were at the Radisson Blu golden sand 2 weeks ago.
    Definetely family friendly.
    Got upgraded to the one bedroom suite with lovely balcony and sea view.
    It isn’t a fancy hotel, but they have what I think is a really great spot in one of the few sandy beach of the island, that’s why I chose it
    Theyhave 3 outdoor pool, one adults only, one for really small kids (just 50cm) so perfect for my 3 y old twins and another really lovely big one. Plus an indoor pool in case you go out of season
    They also have a small kids club that we used twice and our boys were so happy that didn’t want to leave.

• Chelseafi says:

  28 Jul28 July 07:31

  OT want to book 2 cash returns with BA and only need one hold luggage, is it best to make two separate bookings one with hold and one without to save the £40 am I able to link the bookings? we are both on same Household account and blue level, would rather sit together as it’s a 4 hour flight, so not sure how this would work, thanks for any advice

  • Roberto says:

    28 Jul28 July 07:48

    I added one hold bag to a cash HBO booking a month or so after making the reservation. I have know idea of the best/cheapest way of doing it but was simple enough to do online.

    Was a single one way flight for 2 pax , we only needed one bag.

    • Shoestring says:

      28 Jul28 July 07:59

      the difference between HBO and Economy Plus is £12 each way, so cheaper to buy 1x HBO ticket and 1x Economy Plus ticket, than to buy 2x HBO and add on baggage later

      which means you won’t get seated together but have a decent chance of moving the Economy Plus seat next to the HBO seat at T-24

      or ask at check in desk

      no point ringing to get the 2 bookings linked, it won’t work

      • Shoestring says:

        28 Jul28 July 08:53

        make that move the EP passenger next to HBO at T-48

      • Lady London says:

        28 Jul28 July 11:40

        If it’s only £12 then i might think about paying it anyway by not having an HBO ticket just in case.

        • Chelseafi says:

          28 Jul28 July 13:42

          It’s coming up £40 pp more for checked bag option on return flight, so not sure

        • Lady London says:

          29 Jul29 July 00:00

          Not sure if I was clear but that;s why paying £12 more for a ticket that already has 1 luggage included is a better bet… if you find out you need that extra luggage it’s something ridiculous like £65 in Europe isn’t it?

  • Rob says:

    28 Jul28 July 09:28

    You’re guaranteed to be sat together even if you’re on the same ticket, so no issue booking both separately.

• Claire says:

  28 Jul28 July 08:01

  Just to say thank you to Head for points for the heads up on the Hilton Family day at the McLaren technology centre. It was a great day and very much worth the 25k points! Highly recommend to anyone, if Hilton do this again!

  • Robman says:

    28 Jul28 July 08:29

    I agree. What a great day, interesting, well-organised, lots of things to keep busy, satisfying lunch, great cars and history of Racing history. Would recommend to anyone who may get the chance. Thanks Hilton and Head for Points.

    • s879 says:

      28 Jul28 July 09:40

      Totally agree. Had a fab time with my family! I did wonder how many HfP people were there! Thanks Rob.

      • Rob says:

        28 Jul28 July 12:04

        All of them. We sold every set of tickets.

        • Peter K says:

          28 Jul28 July 13:30

          Not all of them were technically HfP. I heard one guy on the table near us explaining how he bought 3 sets of tickets after reading about it on HfP and gave them to his friends, including those he was talking to.

• Roger says:

  28 Jul28 July 08:13

  BA 241

  Can I book return leg of a 241 voucher after booking and flying OW ticket?
  Hope the voucher does not expire when booking just a single OW trip.

  • Genghis says:

    28 Jul28 July 09:23

    Not after you have flown one way.

  • Anna says:

    28 Jul28 July 10:05

    Voucher doesn’t expire as such, but after booking a one way it no longer shows in your BAEC account and you have to call BA to add the return leg (but before you fly the outbound, as Ghengis points out!)

• Shoestring says:

  28 Jul28 July 08:17

  just seen that Economy Plus (cash) seats are advertising: Free seat choice from 48 hours before departure

  Is that new? Always used to be T-24.

  Not that it helps us as I guess Avios redemptions will stay at T-24

  • Nick says:

    28 Jul28 July 10:10

    It’s been 48 hours since Plus fares were first introduced.

• Tom1 says:

  28 Jul28 July 08:24

  O/t BAPP.
  Is the sign-up bonus once in 24 months now?
  Seem to remember there being something different about the BA cards but can’t find the details.
  ( I cancelled my last one almost 12 months ago, but still have plat charge)

  • Harry T says:

    28 Jul28 July 09:01

    Yes, you cannot have held a BA Amex for 24 months if you want to be eligible for a BAPP sign up bonus.

  • MarkH says:

    28 Jul28 July 09:29

    Yes it’s 24 months without any BA card to be eligible for the sign up bonus.

    When applying for BAPP only BA cards affect bonus eligibility. I.e. it’s irrelevant if you’ve have an MR, SPG or Nectar card

    • Tom1 says:

      28 Jul28 July 10:23

      Ok, thanks Harry&Mark.
      Think I’ll wait to see what Marriott bring. They need to do something different re sign-up bonuses I think/hope.

      • Harry T says:

        28 Jul28 July 10:36

        Yeah, I agree. I’ve just gotten the BAPP for the sign up bonus (not had a BA Amex before). Then I’m hoping the Marriott rebranding will correspond with a new sign up bonus I will be eligible for.

    • Grimz says:

      28 Jul28 July 11:27

      What’s the story with SPG bonus? What cards do you have to be without for 2yrs?

      • Rob says:

        28 Jul28 July 12:00

        All of them!

• IslandDweller says:

  28 Jul28 July 08:51

  Air Malta actuality serve three of London’s airports. A small number of flights from Southend too.

  • Mikeact says:

    28 Jul28 July 09:18

    It seems to me that Malta is becoming even more popular as a destination as a place in the sun, hence AirMalta increasing flights. Trying to get Avios reward seats is getting a bit like Australia, very lucky. I’ve managed to get two, CE seats, obvious cancellations, thanks to RewardFlightFinder…(monthly subscription) for a few weeks time, but coming back ? We might have to end up paying as we only want about 10 days or so ! Not quite the end of the world if its Easy Jet.

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