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• BJ says:

  1 Aug1 August 08:52

  OT: Azuma in Edinburgh starting today, some events going on today to celebrate. For now only one train per day in each direction. From what I read, I guess it’running on dirty power north of Darlington due to the signal issues.

  • Mike says:

    1 Aug1 August 09:18

    Is it replacing an HST diagram (either directly or indirectly)? If so then potentially it’s still much cleaner.

  • BJ says:

    1 Aug1 August 09:45

    Outwards from EDB us the Flying Scotsman service before 6am I believe do I guess not. Out from KGX us gge 17;30 IIRC so it will just be overnight in Edinburgh to operate the return journey.

    • RussellH says:

      1 Aug1 August 10:20

      0540 off Waverly, due Kings X 0940.
      Return Kings X 1730. Arrival time Waverly not stated in my source.
      Saturday it will be 0655 off Waverly and 1230 off Kings X
      Sunday 0900 off Waverly, 1430 off Kings X

  • RussellH says:

    1 Aug1 August 10:17

    The Class 800/1 sets were cleared for electric use to Darlington back in May; As Network Rail have been installing filters north of Darlington since then, I would assume that 1 Aug was chosen for the start date on the basis that installation would have been completed by then. It is two months…
    Hitachi are also retro-fitting filters on the trains themselves. Belt + braces.
    But there is nothing definite in what I am reading, so thery might have to start off Waverly in diesel mode. It is timed as a four hour run, which would be very very difficult if they had to run very far on diesel.

    • BJ says:

      1 Aug1 August 12:02

      Might take a day trip to Newcastle and York and catch the northbound service Honda to give it a try.

• Kip says:

  1 Aug1 August 09:09

  O/T: Aegean 50% bonus when purchasing miles until 8/8.

• Rob says:

  1 Aug1 August 09:37

  What’s the key word here? Oh yes, Turkish. This means he can’t buy Thomas Cook because he can’t buy a European airline.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Aug1 August 09:44

    I’m sure he can buy himself a Greek or Cypriot passport if he hasn’t got one already or be happy with a significant but less than 50% stake.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      1 Aug1 August 09:45

      * maybe not Greek lol but there are a few EU states that allow that with significant investment in the country.

      • Lady London says:

        2 Aug2 August 03:36

        There are other ways too. As I think you hinted TGLoyalty. And not just the two countries mentioned.

    • BJ says:

      1 Aug1 August 09:50

      Or Maltese, or British, not that the latter might be much use for anything much longer.

  • RussellH says:

    1 Aug1 August 10:32

    Maybe he does not want the airline, just the tour operation business. There are a significant number of Turks involved in UK based tour operation.

• Geoff says:

  1 Aug1 August 09:41

  Can someone state the June / Nectar / LNER offer please – I booked 2 tickets in June but only have the base points awarded.

  • EwanG says:

    1 Aug1 August 09:59

    1,000 bonus points when you book to travel with LNER, to celebrate the year of Azuma.
    Transactions between 20 June 2019 and 26 June 2019 for travel on an LNER service.
    Bonus points issued within 28 days of expiry of the offer.

    • Geoff says:

      1 Aug1 August 10:47

      Ah thanks – booked on 27th! That’ll be it.

• nick says:

  1 Aug1 August 09:47

  anyway to get a free breakfast on a marriott gold status?

  Do i have to get lucky and hope get upgraded to an exec room with lounge access to get some food on the house?

  • Alex W says:

    1 Aug1 August 10:00

    Very lucky I would say! Can be denied lounge excess even if upgraded to an exec room. No harm asking when you check in though.

  • Lee says:

    1 Aug1 August 18:31

    Almost impossible.

• pauldb says:

  1 Aug1 August 09:57

  I have a 25% conversion bonus showing on my HSBC card. Exactly the same as last year I think: valid 1-31 August,

  • New Card says:

    1 Aug1 August 11:53

    Where do you see this? I had a look in my account and couldn’t find reference to the bonus.

    • pauldb says:

      1 Aug1 August 13:12

      When I log-in to the website, it’s a banner in the bottom right. Not visible in the app.

      • New Card says:

        1 Aug1 August 13:57

        Thanks. Not showing for me but the link to the Ts and Cs from HfP 2018 article works and has been updated to 2019.

      • Paul says:

        1 Aug1 August 18:42

        Thanks for sharing the HSBC offer 🙂

• NICKA says:

  1 Aug1 August 10:09

  A real newbie question:

  On a BA Rewards Flight Saver -I am getting following options for a one way club europe flight:

  22500 Avios + £ 12.50
  20000 Avios + £ 25.00
  14600 Avios + £ 70.50
  12800 Avios + £ 80.50
  11000 Avios + £ 95.50

  How to value/judge this?

  Is the clear winner going for the 11000 avios + £95?

  • sean says:

    1 Aug1 August 10:26

    Really depends on how many avios you have/what value you ascribe to them.
    If 1p each then yes 11000+95 is the “winner”.

    At 0.75p though then 20000 +25 is a winner.

  • Rob says:

    1 Aug1 August 11:03

    The winner is usually the ‘old style’ option is 20k + £25 although in your case I agree that 11k + £95 is attractive.

  • Gavin says:

    1 Aug1 August 15:21

    I value Avios at 1p, so in my case the prices are:

    22500 Avios + £ 12.50 = £237.50
    20000 Avios + £ 25.00 = £225.00
    14600 Avios + £ 70.50 = £216.50
    12800 Avios + £ 80.50 = £208.50
    11000 Avios + £ 95.50 = £205.50

    I made a booking in Euro Traveller recently (LHR – BUD) and the least avios option was the best value in that case, too.

• Chris says:

  1 Aug1 August 10:53

  OT Hertz – the article (very good) written by charlieface suggests that Hertz are often OK with back to back rentals without returning to the counter between – key if you’re doing award rentals as they’re limited to a single week each.

  Any anecdotal evidence out there about what the actual success rate is? I wouldn’t much fancy being lumped with an 8 hour round trip in the middle of a break if Madrid said no, for example…

  • marcw says:

    1 Aug1 August 11:27

    Call the Madrid office 🙂

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