British Airways Centenary documentary starts on Channel 5 tonight

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• AndyGWP says:

  5 Sep5 September 08:59

  OT – is is still possible to enter the BA and Amex competition detailed here:
  https://headforpoints.com/2019/08/15/100-prizes-to-be-won-by-british-airways-american-express-cardholders/

  I’m getting a “Your registration has been unsuccessful, unfortunately you are not eligible for this offer”

  Not sure if it’s just me :/ (and know there’s no point asking BA!)

• Lee says:

  5 Sep5 September 09:49

  Not sure I would agree about the Virgin app.

  It is outdated and you can only have one card in it.

  Not helpful if you have both Virgin cards (virgin money and Virgin Atlantic)

  • Liam J says:

    5 Sep5 September 11:14

    Agreed. It also requires you to input debit card details every time for payment, including name and address.

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      5 Sep5 September 12:11

      The app is an absolute nightmare, keep having to go on to desktop to pay my bill

• Jonathan says:

  5 Sep5 September 12:08

  Has anyone managed to link their CoT card to Revolut?

• Spaghetti Town says:

  5 Sep5 September 12:46

  What are Virgin like giving credit limit increases?

• Tom Cook says:

  5 Sep5 September 12:55

  OT

  We’re flying CW from Gatwick to Vegas at the start of October. Having not flown from Gatwick since I was a child what lounge would people recommend? We have a Plat so can get into the lounges covered by PP also.

  • Genghis says:

    5 Sep5 September 12:58

    Go to the Grain store for some proper grub / stock up with PP (if supp = £15 x 2 x 2 = £60) then BA galleries is pleasant.

    • Tom Cook says:

      5 Sep5 September 13:03

      Thanks Genghis – just the two of us so that sounds like a plan!

  • Rob says:

    5 Sep5 September 17:26

    BA lounges are the best by far (very rare you can say that!)

• Spaghetti Town says:

  5 Sep5 September 13:34

  SS – Can you give us a low level breakdown of what this is?

  • Rui N. says:

    5 Sep5 September 13:40

    Hear hear. Just posting the same thing all over again without any explanation just looks like a get rich scam – I’m sure that it’s not the case, but more background is needed.

    • Genghis says:

      5 Sep5 September 13:45

      Not exactly rocket science. It’s a Daily Mail competition. And the penny stock strategy is pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain. I.e. National Grid isn’t exactly going to grow hundreds of percent in a week…

• Shoestring says:

  5 Sep5 September 14:53

  100 free Nectar points! https://www.oxfamapps.org.uk/secondhandseptember/nectar.html

  Every week 11 million items of clothing end up in landfill. Throwaway fashion is putting increasing pressure on our planet and its people – it’s unsustainable. Now there’s something you can do to help. Join Second Hand September and pledge to say no to new clothes for 30 days.

  Talking about throwaway, I wouldn’t use your real email address or you’ll get spammed for 2 years

  • Rob says:

    5 Sep5 September 17:24

    Erm …. but Oxfam is paying for your 100 free Nectar points ….

    • Shoestring says:

      5 Sep5 September 17:50

      Don’t you think they got Nectar to contribute the points?

      • Rob says:

        5 Sep5 September 17:55

        No. Nectar is absolutely not a charity. It comes out of the Oxfam marketing budget.

        • BJ says:

          5 Sep5 September 20:22

          Presumably they think it is worth it though, even if they are paying the full price, because it’s effectively cheap advertising? Their brand will be visible to a vast number of people, far more than the number they will have to stump up 100 points for. I don’t think Harry or anybody else need worry about their conscience on this one.

        • Shoestring says:

          5 Sep5 September 20:27

          @BJ they use your email address to try and get future donations

        • BJ says:

          5 Sep5 September 20:33

          @Harry, no worries, I have multiple email addresses and there is always the mark as ‘chopped pork’ option.

        • BJ says:

          5 Sep5 September 20:35

          And come to think about it, I would not put it past them to sell the email addresses too.

        • Lady London says:

          5 Sep5 September 22:00

          And some people would say Oxfam is not like you would imagine a charity either.

    • Cat says:

      5 Sep5 September 19:02

      You could sign up, get the 100 free nectar points, then donate some clothes to Oxfam…

      • Shoestring says:

        5 Sep5 September 19:19

        my conscience is clear, I read a lot so am always buying books from the charity shops, another £8 worth already this week 🙂

        plus as you suggest, I’m always giving hardly worn (teenagers’) clothes & shoes to one particular charity shop, maybe not Oxfam but it all evens out

        • Harry T says:

          5 Sep5 September 19:36

          Yeah, I’ve given plenty of clothes to charity this year, so my conscience is clear.

        • BJ says:

          5 Sep5 September 20:28

          Do you give the books back to the shop too? I used to buy used best sellers on amazon for 1p, read them and hand them in to charity shops who then sold them for a more reasonable price.

      • Freddy says:

        5 Sep5 September 20:49

        Oxfam probably desperate for some cheap advertising after the recent PR disasters in the news about their employees. Take the points and run!

  • Andrew says:

    5 Sep5 September 21:50

    Interestingly, in Oxfordshire (where Oxfam is based) no domestic waste goes to landfill.

• Matthew says:

  5 Sep5 September 16:19

  OT. Got a Lloyds upgrade voucher to use on one-way SYD-LON route. Now the process has changed and can’t be booked online, I’m concerned the seats will have gone by the time Avios.com ‘opens’ in the morning, having called BA initially. Any ideas how to get round this? I know with BA you can snag them at 1am the call to link to companion voucher and get the refund of Avios. But with a lloyds voucher I believe this idea isn’t possible. Think I’ll just have to hope they don’t get snapped up. I’m hoping the Lloyds voucher expiry date is book by rather than use by too! Thanks 👍

  • Anna says:

    5 Sep5 September 18:12

    Yes book by. But I used my last Lloyd’s voucher by calling BAEC, so I don’t see why in theory you couldn’t go via one of the overseas call centres in the early hours as presumably they have the same access to your account. My concern would just be that it would be very difficult to get them to understand what the voucher actually is!

    • Matthew says:

      5 Sep5 September 18:55

      Good point, thanks Anna. Worth a try for sure!

    • BJ says:

      5 Sep5 September 20:11

      I don’t believe it works this way. When you call BA and mention the Lloyd’s voucher they put you through to another team (probably just the avios team), and unless I am mistaken they are probably only open their usual times. If so, calling the Japan number or wherever isn’t going to help. Still, no harm in trying in event I’m wrong but J’ve called about Lloyd’s voucher to BA a few times and call was always transferred.

      • Matthew says:

        5 Sep5 September 22:16

        Ok thanks for the info. Prob makes it impossible to snag the seats I’d like!

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