Save 15% on BA Wine Flyer purchases with American Express

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• Marko says:

  3 Sep3 September 10:24

  Regarding the Wheely offer: Back in March I had to call AMEX to manually add the offer to my Gold card, as it was not showing (probably as I was already using the service). They were happy to do so.

  I just called them again to see if I can get the latest promo added, but they said I can´t because I already had the one in March. Will have to wait until next year to be eligible again for the promo.

• Aston100 says:

  3 Sep3 September 10:59

  O/T: regarding flying longhaul out of INV to cut costs. I did some comparisons versus LHR – flying to JNB.
  The difference seemed to be about £114 less pp for APD/Taxes/whatever.

  Am I therefore right in assuming that it probably isn’t worth starting a longhaul journey from INV if you live nearer to LHR to begin with? i.e. the cost saving in APD etc versus the costs and inconvenience of repositioning to INV?
  Or have I misunderstood something?
  If it helps, was thinking about using a 241 next summer to South Africa.
  Thanks.

  • BJ says:

    3 Sep3 September 11:31

    For one person it is not worth it but for a couple or more it is worth considering.

    Apart from the cost saving, other reasons to consider it are extra TP if you are chasing status, or the opportunity to take a short break in Inverness and have the cost of that offset by APD saving.

    BUT, you need to be aware that hotel prices in Inverness are sky high during peak season and sometimes at weekends offpeak to, so factor that into your decision.

    • Rob says:

      3 Sep3 September 11:59

      I struggle to see the value, which is why we don’t recommend it – although it would obviously let me write clickbait headlines saying “£800 tickets to XXXX” which were really £1000 tickets but required you to get to Inverness to pay £800 …..

      • GRIMZ says:

        3 Sep3 September 12:12

        It is if you stay in ABZ!

        • Shoestring says:

          3 Sep3 September 15:40

          doesn’t work from Newquay either, for a different reason – there’s no APD on flights to/ from LHR but that’s where the APD concession stops, ie no good for the onward flight

• Dave says:

  3 Sep3 September 11:58

  OT – Do supplementary cards have to be settled each month by the primary card holder or can they be settled by the supplementary card holder? So essentially can they be treated as individual cards in terms of payments.

  • Anna says:

    3 Sep3 September 12:13

    IME anyone can make a payment to a credit card, but it may have to be via the primary cardholder’s account.

  • Mark2 says:

    3 Sep3 September 12:51

    The supplementary holder would be able to pay into 30-00-00 account 00200476 with the card number as the reference. I have no idea whether it should be the main or supplementary card.

  • RussellH says:

    3 Sep3 September 13:35

    Of course the supplementary card holder can pay off their bill. Give them sort code 30-00-00 and a/c no. 00200476.
    The only thing I am not sure about is whether the payment would be properly credited if the quoted reference were the supplementary card number rather than the manin card number.
    To be absolutely safe you would need to ensure that they quote your card number.

• ee says:

  3 Sep3 September 12:04

  OT – HSBC visa rewards. Has anyone received cash back yet from the 10% offer that started on 24th August?

• AJ says:

  3 Sep3 September 12:11

  OT – reporting back from my test purchase paying off CapitalOnTap balance with Curve recharging through to Virgin Atlantic card.. despite the MCC code coming through as 6012, virgin is treating it as a purchase and no cash-advance fees/interest. Time for some double dipping on points!

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    3 Sep3 September 12:31

    Best not to broadcast otherwise you’ll kill the trick…

  • Rooster says:

    3 Sep3 September 13:44

    What no triple dipping…

    • Freddy says:

      3 Sep3 September 16:37

      Can’t think of a 3rd card to use, IHG… Virgin, any others?

      • Rooster says:

        3 Sep3 September 20:00

        They declined me for a random reason so I can’t take advantage but will say there are options out there for those that try!

• RussellH says:

  3 Sep3 September 12:31

  There seems to be more than one wine offer.
  If I click through on the link in the article above, then I indeed get the offer described.
  But, if I follow the link from the offer on my BA Amex, I get a different one – 2 bottles for £54.99 rather than £69.99, but only 1000 avios.
  With the 15% off, that comes to £3.895 and get 83.33 avios a bottle, or £4.96 and get 166.67 avios a bottle.
  If an avio is worth 1p, then the two offers work out at £3.06 and £3.29 a bottle.

  The problem for me is that a lot of the wines come from the southern hemisphere, and I do not want to encourage wine shippers to transport anything over that sort of distance.

  • Lady London says:

    4 Sep4 September 22:20

    Hey RussellH

    Would you really deny Australians French Champagne due to food(drink) miles.

    And New Zealanders Scotch whiskey.

    Curious as IMO you’re not into virtue signalling.

• Hg333 says:

  3 Sep3 September 12:56

  O/T

  Two separate questions:

  1) Does a BA Silver flying IB from MAD get to bring 1 guest (on a diff booking) through MAD security fast track?

  We got turned down last week (and were on the same booking) by both Iberia counter and random guard at fast-track saying “Sapphire can only go in themselves, and Emerald can bring 1 guest” (which by the looks of the website is complete nonsense, though it only talks about Iberia tiers, and not BA ones – but looking for data points, as I have an upcoming flight soon and am pondering the best way to communicate it to stubborn staff – printout maybe?).

  2) Further to the point above, the whole experience of flying with them last week was dismal. First they arbitrarily changed our seats to separate ones during check-in, then didn’t give us the fast-track + 1, then made us wait while a cushion was literally drilled onto one of the seats we had chosen (there was no seat, and I have a picture of it).

  Question: Given the current climate of chaos with BA strikes, and IB general shoddiness, is there point for a formal complaint and compensation request? It really was a terrible experience (and begs the question why achieve status in any of these airlines…). Wouldn’t want to waste any time, and not sure how many (if any) Avios would be reasonable to request.

  Thanks all.

  H

  • BigSi says:

    3 Sep3 September 14:05

    Hg333 I’ve never got anywhere complaining to Iberia. They are beyond useless in my view at dealing with customer service issues. Also, found their rules on fast track almost impossible to decipher but I think your trying to use fast track with someone on a different booking is pushing it and they were probably right.

  • Paul says:

    3 Sep3 September 14:48

    I’ve also been refused taking guests through fast track at MAD, even when travelling with a non-status companion on the same booking

  • Pablo says:

    4 Sep4 September 07:31

    You can only bring a guest through fast track security at MAD as an Iberia Platinum (not even OWE).

    • Lady London says:

      4 Sep4 September 22:08

      Silly policy

• jc says:

  3 Sep3 September 13:30

  O/T: assuming my mortgage lender accepts debit card overpayments, am I safe to make them through Curve card without getting hit as a cash advance by the underlying credit card? Equivalently: what MCC would be relayed from Curve -> CC in this situation, and what MCC(s) are the ones credit card companies treat as a cash advance?

  • Anna says:

    3 Sep3 September 20:15

    Some mortgage providers only take direct payments from bank accounts so you probably need to check what the situation is with your lender first, then explore the options!

    • jc says:

      3 Sep3 September 22:29

      But my question started ASSUMING that it’s a lender that accepts debit card (it is). Want to know the Curve/MCC/cash advance implications..

      • EwanG says:

        3 Sep3 September 22:53

        Suck it and see!

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