Book good Qatar Airways business class flight deals from Scandinavia to Asia

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• Jon says:

  30 Aug30 August 04:59

  Talking of the travel insurance with HSBC Premier – does anyone have any suggestions/advice/experience of annual worldwide travel insurance policies that will *definitely* cover you for journeys that start and/or end somewhere other than your ‘home’ country?

  Reason I ask – it turns out you’re only eligible for the HSBC Premier policy if you both live in the UK and are physically in the UK at the time of applying. I’m tax resident in the UK but live overseas (yes yes I know, I’m doing it wrong aren’t I? 😉

  It’s a bit vague from the policy wordings I’ve read from the various providers I’ve been researching, but most of them seem to say that you must start and end your travel in your ‘home’ country (where the policy is bought), presumably based on your ticket? (Otherwise not sure how they’d know.) Which for anyone who saves money by doing ex-EU trips, or similarly in my case, ex-HKG, or who tends to have overlapping ‘reverse direction’ return tickets, might make it a bit of a grey area, and hence perhaps not guaranteed to be covered, which defeats the whole point of course… Any tips?

  • guesswho2000 says:

    30 Aug30 August 05:58

    Amex Platinum, their insurance covers you wherever you are and wherever you live. Speaking from experience, I’ve claimed, I live in Australia, my card was a UK Platinum Charge, Amex knew I lived overseas.

  • Paul says:

    30 Aug30 August 07:27

    I have no experience of HSBC however Amex cover journeys ex EU and elsewhere. I live in the UK but buy tickets originating in the EU and elsewhere.
    In all cases I must originate in the UK as I have to get to the place where any ticket actually begins.

    I think Amex limits trips to 90 days. I recently had a claim for a trip that originated in April that allowed free long stopovers in Europe. I flew the first sector and stopped over until early August – as far as the ticket was concerned.
    A separate ticket brought me home.
    In August I flew back to the stopover point and continued the journey. Amex requested copies of all E-tickets as part of the claim which they paid in under a week.

    My claims history with Amex is such that I would advise that Platinum charge card insurance is outstanding but keep e-tickets and receipts for everything. They will not accept boarding passes.

  • Jon says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:06

    Thanks both. Shame the Amex Plat fee is so high these days – very hard to justify, but will ponder re the insurance. Realistically though, it would be cheaper to buy two separate top-tier annual insurance policies – one in the UK, and one where I live… 😉 And probably even a third one for Hong Kong lol.

  • luckyjim says:

    30 Aug30 August 11:12

    I wasn’t aware of this but it does not affect those of us who book long haul flights ex-EU as the ex-EU bit only applies to that specific flight.

    I sometimes fly from Dublin to the US but my ‘trip’ starts with my separate short-haul flight to Dublin the night before so the whole trip is covered. It does not matter how many flights you take or where from. You can only ‘start’ a trip from outside the UK if you live outside the UK or are away for a long time.

• guesswho2000 says:

  30 Aug30 August 05:56

  OT Amex – Looks like the ARCC is now included in the referral programme, referrer gets 4,000, referee gets 5,000. Min spend 2k.

  • John says:

    30 Aug30 August 07:43

    Can you refer from a BA free amex?

    • Polly says:

      30 Aug30 August 17:54

      Yes 4k avios

  • Rob says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:18

    Thank you!

  • LewisB says:

    30 Aug30 August 09:46

    Nice! This could be an easy few referrals once my clock resets.

• Vas says:

  30 Aug30 August 06:29

  Is the HSBC conversion offer a targeted one? I cannot see it on the HSBC website when I log in…

  • Rob says:

    30 Aug30 August 13:44

    Not targetted, at least for UK customers.

• Paul says:

  30 Aug30 August 06:35

  I hope your readers family doesn’t mind rain! Bali is very wet in December.

• Martin says:

  30 Aug30 August 06:37

  OT had two emails yesterday from Loungekey saying chargeable visits increasing. One said to $28 the other to $32. Anyone know which one it is? Currently pay £15 for guests so a significant increase.

  • JD says:

    30 Aug30 August 07:03

    Mine said €28 and $32. Didn’t receive a sterling figure.

• @mkcol says:

  30 Aug30 August 07:30

  Anyone having trouble paying Brighton with IHG? Declined twice in 2 days.

  • Mark2 says:

    30 Aug30 August 14:14

    You may have trouble if more than £200

• Chelseafi says:

  30 Aug30 August 07:39

  OT I’m looking at flights to Vancouver for my son and few mates for Feb 20, BA flight via Netflights is coming up best, I usually only book directly on BA but the price difference is BA site £607 and same flight and same luggage option is £540 via Netflights. Is it as safe to book via Netflights and seems a big price difference? Thanks

  • IndiaCharlie says:

    30 Aug30 August 07:55

    Ba do a price promise so I’d book the ba flights then screenshot the netflights page showing the cheaper price with same options. Send it to ba and they’ll refund the difference.

  • Andrew says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:34

    Have you considered Seattle instead?

    It’s often considerably cheaper. Amtrak have a cross-border service. There are pleny of coach options too.

    • Chelseafi says:

      30 Aug30 August 09:34

      Thanks for the replies, as I’m booking for my 21 year old and his 3 other friends, I just didn’t want to complicate things, they want direct flights as only going for 7 nights and crashing at friends house in Vancouver. The price promise won’t really work as I’d end up with BA credit that I’d then need to pay to each traveler. So just wanted to know if many people use Netflights and no issues with them? Thanks

      • Martin says:

        30 Aug30 August 11:20

        We have used Netflights many times with no issues. You can add the 6 digit reference code inManage My Bookings immediately after booking.

• John says:

  30 Aug30 August 07:47

  OT hotels.com introducing a charge to redeem reward nights €4 or US$5, not sure of GBP figure, unless you use the app.

  When companies want you to use apps it may be because they want to avoid affiliate sites. They certainly paid me a few pounds on my last reward night although it was based on the extra payment amount, so not really sure what the problem is.

  • Andrew M says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:19

    £4 per email received.

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