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

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• AndyW says:

  30 Aug30 August 07:57

  OT – for those that went for the SundayTimes Travel magazine some three years ago.. I have had just had a direct debit come out, despite previously cancelling it (and of course cancelling the subscription in year 1). I had problems with them last year as well, as did others, and they had massive IT issues, so might be worth checking accounts.

  • Robert says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:45

    I had similar Sunday Times Travel Magazine issues Andy. I phoned them yesterday and guess what – their IT system was down. I was asked to email them at sundaytimestravel@subscriptionhelpline.info

    • AndyW says:

      30 Aug30 August 09:01

      Thanks for that, was just looking for the contact.

• Nick_C says:

  30 Aug30 August 08:03

  “If you don’t have a credit card with 0% foreign exchange fees, your best option for paying is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold which offers double points – 2 per £1 – when you book flight tickets”

  There have been comments on here recently that buying air tickets with PRGC in a foreign currency gets you triple points, the additional points for air tickets and foreign currency stacking up.

  • Rob says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:16

    If anyone has a screen shot showing that please do email it across – rob at headforpoints.co.uk

    • Doug M says:

      30 Aug30 August 08:28

      I can and will shortly do that for an AA purchase. My memory of the comments at the time was that it rather seemed to be airline specific as to whether you got 3MR or only 2.

      • Steve says:

        30 Aug30 August 09:15

        Not got a screen shot but I got triple points when I had to purchase domestic ticket on Jal at Haneda Airport.

        • Roberto says:

          30 Aug30 August 10:36

          I can confirm the triple MR deal buying BA flights in Euros on my UK Gold. Will ping you a screen shot if I can find one as the cards have tended to have been cycled.

        • Rob says:

          30 Aug30 August 11:11

          Not necessary, I’ve had a couple from other readers. Seems to be a thing.

• Joe Green says:

  30 Aug30 August 08:17

  Do supplementary cards on business platinum or gold cost?

  • New Card says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:21

    And is it really for every supplementary? Not just the first…?

    • Rob says:

      30 Aug30 August 08:24

      I specifically asked Amex and they said yes. I don’t have a Business card so I cannot confirm the wording on the site though.

      • Freddy says:

        30 Aug30 August 10:02

        Up to 99 free cards on the biz gold

        • Roberto says:

          30 Aug30 August 10:31

          Its 3000 per sup. I have quite a few, none of which have ever been used.

      • James says:

        30 Aug30 August 17:52

        Is this only applicable to supplementary card ordered during the signup process?

        I already have a Plat Business but sign of any offer in relation to supplementaries when logging in. Can’t remember what the fee is but think it’s 25 or 50 quid and might cancel the bonus our.

        More interestingly though – the referral and signup bonuses look to have been super charged

        “You’ll receive 27,000 Membership Rewards® points for each approved friend.

        You can earn up to 270,000 Membership Rewards® points by referring your friends.

        They earn 60,000 Membership Rewards points if they spend £6,000 in their first three months of Cardmembership.”

• Nick (not “The Original Nick” aka Arrogant Nick) says:

  30 Aug30 August 08:20

  “If you don’t have a credit card with 0% foreign exchange fees, your best option for paying is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold which offers double points – 2 per £1 – when you book flight tickets“

  Rob – I suggest a better option with American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is to book on American Express Travel website which charges in £GBP and for which you will harvest 3 reward points per mile spent.

  • Rob says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:25

    Usually doesn’t work with QR as fares are often not available off their own site. If Amex is not weighting the FX then I agree this would make sense – although the issue is that Amex has to deal with any cancellations etc for you.

    • Aston100 says:

      30 Aug30 August 12:41

      The summer 2020 date I just checked (ARN – BKK) was cheaper with Amex Travel (about £100pp cheaper), was in sterling and you get I believe 3 MR per £.
      Shame I need to spend a few more £k on my BAPP to hit the 241 threshold as otherwise this would have been a no brainer for me.

  • Doug M says:

    30 Aug30 August 09:09

    Also, if you’re doing something a bit complex the airlines are just better. I don’t do TP runs, but I am quite happy doing what many would consider silly routing to up the TP, and those itineraries are always best with an airline, ideally the one most of the flights are with. If you’re heading west AA typically a much more flexible website than BA for multi city options, albeit you lose some Avios.
    I have found Amex Travel OK, but AA will make lots of schedule changes and it’s always easier to deal with that directly than through a travel agent.

  • Waddle says:

    30 Aug30 August 09:13

    The Amex travel portal doesn’t always have the best fares. If the fare is no more than 3% more expensive than the regular fare direct from the website when FX converted then yes I would say booking via Amex with the Gold card is a good idea.

    However booking direct with Gold can also make sense. If you count your spend towards the 10k MR point annual bonus after £15,k you are earning 1.67 MR per £ plus 1 extra for airline and 1 extra for foreign spend thus netting 3.67 MR per £ which effectively cancels the 2.99% FX fee.

    • BS says:

      30 Aug30 August 14:22

      You also get S75 protection on the gold card when it is booked direct (assuming it is the credit card gold card). You wouldn’t get this through a travel agent like Amex travel.

      • Aston100 says:

        30 Aug30 August 14:44

        Do Amex Travel have similarly high levels of customer service as the rest of Amex?
        If so, I would imagine they wouldn’t muck you around very much unlike many smaller OTAs?

        • RedEyeDonkey says:

          31 Aug31 August 08:48

          I booked a flight for my parents with AA out to the US quite a way out to take advantage of the (usually) good one world fares 6+ months out in business class via AMEX Travel and the usual dreaded AA schedule change came leaving them an awful long layover. A quick reply from them to the email from the AMEX travel office asking them to find a better option led to it all being sorted the next working day with a much more sensible connecting flight so I’d be confident in not having any major issues booking through them.

• Spurs Debs says:

  30 Aug30 August 08:43

  O/T .., if I book a Hilton reward room and I have to cancel it do I get points returned?

  • Rob says:

    30 Aug30 August 08:44

    Yes, instantly

    • Spurs Debs says:

      30 Aug30 August 08:59

      Thanks Rob

  • Marc says:

    30 Aug30 August 09:36

    In the vast majority of cases (probably around 99%) yes, but on days of very high demand you might not.

    We were in Madrid on the night of the Champions League final, positioning in for MIA-MAD the next day thanks to the crazy Iberia promotion last year. Not being interested in football didn’t realise it was on until I saw the lack of hotel availability, or through the roof rates.

    I was very pleased to snag Hilton Madrid Airport for 40,000 points as it was selling for EUR4,655 cash! The reward booking was non refundable though, but that didn’t matter!

    • Spurs Debs says:

      30 Aug30 August 11:18

      This booking is for Tottenham game against Bayan Munich in CL. Think I’m going with paying for hotel which will be my second stay of the Hilton promotion which will trigger my bonus plus double points. Unless I change my mind of course!

      Thanks everyone for advice.

  • Dave says:

    30 Aug30 August 10:29

    Keep an eye out that there have been reports of reward stays being non-refundable after a certain date recently.

  • John says:

    30 Aug30 August 11:07

    Occasionally, you will have to wait 2 months and call Hilton 10 times before your points get returned.

• BA-Flyer says:

  30 Aug30 August 08:49

  I signed up for Monese and three weeks later I was still waiting for my application to finish processing. (Never had problems getting accounts with high street banks). Customer service was non-existent – each time I contacted them they just told me to keep waiting. I spoke to the company reps at the HFP summer party and they didn’t seem interested in my experience. Starling is far superior in my opinion.

• LST says:

  30 Aug30 August 09:01

  Hi. Just wanted to say thank you for the heads up on the Emirates Skybox redemptions. Managed t9 book 4 seats for the family to go to the game v Bournemouth for my son’s 7th birthday. We only really garner points from spending, Emirates economy flights and Marriott vacation stays so the 96k points leaving our various accounts was painful, but it gives us the chance to use them for something I doubt my wife would have ever let me spend money on (the closest equivalent Arsenal package is £600 per person, which is steep when two of the guests are 5 and 7!)
  I guess we are atypical in that we don’t use points for flight upgrades, but the advice on this site (and the comments section) about other redemption offers and bonuses etc has been invaluable.
  Cheers!
  LST

• Martin says:

  30 Aug30 August 09:07

  We have over 300,000 HSBC rewards points but cannot see anything about the 25% bonus? How do we get this?
  M&m Jersey

  • LST says:

    30 Aug30 August 09:13

    Hi. I just logged in and like you can’t see any bonus option, it only offers converting to Avios at 2:1. Is it a targeted thing? I don’t have a BA account.

    LST

    • LST says:

      30 Aug30 August 09:15

      Forgot to add, I would probably ring the Premier line and ask, they are usually very helpful.
      LST

      • Jonathan says:

        30 Aug30 August 09:51

        A recurring theme is the lack of advertising for this. Some people get e-mails and occasionally it appears as a banner advert in online banking. Either way, it has never been an offer you have to register for, just make the transfer & it will automatically be applied. HSBC are also good at resolving issues over the phone if they arise.

    • Sam Bessey says:

      30 Aug30 August 09:57

      Update: I’ve just checked my BAEC account and the points posted yesterday with a 25% bonus included… Happy days 🙂

  • Sam Bessey says:

    30 Aug30 August 09:47

    I didn’t see it either, but I did the conversion… I did the conversion and will wait to see what shows up on my Avios account. If you speak to HSBC please let us know what they say.

    • Genghis says:

      30 Aug30 August 09:57

      At the start of the month, I logged in and saw the 25% bonus banner on online banking. Made the transfer and the 25% bonus posted with the rest of the point in 2WDs. When Aug points landed made another transfer with the same. Painless (for HSBC)

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