Earn 3,000 bonus World of Hyatt points with Small Luxury Hotels of the World

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

• BJ says:

  12 Dec12 December 05:17

  Unless things have changed in the last 12-18 months, £1000-1100 is/was the typical fare from most regional airports in Scandinavia outside Finland to most of their Asian destinations. Posted this here a few times in the past because it rendered waiting for Qatar Airways sales ‘pointless’ unless one was after the TP.

  • Harry T says:

    12 Dec12 December 07:49

    So what’s a good price now? I imagine Qatar business class is better though.

    • BJ says:

      12 Dec12 December 08:28

      Don’t know, I’ve stopped tracking. Imagine they have gone up though as the used to be around £1500-1600 from EDI but this year have been around £2000. Their sales also seem both fewer and less impressive these days. ExRegions LH group now seems to be the ones most worth tracking for good deals.

      • Lady London says:

        12 Dec12 December 14:45

        KLM too, I think for travel from the region’s. Seen some stonking deals this year Transatlantic and Asia. QR seems to have been kept out of Transatlantic by the incumbents unfortunately.

        • BJ says:

          12 Dec12 December 16:16

          AF/KLM is our go to airline for cash flights, not so good as LH this year but more connection options.

    • aston100 says:

      12 Dec12 December 10:31

      On Qatar, from ARN / GOT / OSL to BKK:
      £1250 – £1300 seems to have been the going rate for bookings made this year for travel in summer 2020
      Unable to find under £2k from the UK. In fact, for BKK in summer next year, the cheapest I could find was approaching £3k.

      • BJ says:

        12 Dec12 December 16:28

        There was an article on here a few days ago for LH at around £1350 exUK. Consider buying Alaska miles on sale for outward flight only or for return using AY or CX. Always seems to be sonebody doing really cheap one way business class flights back to Europe from BKK. Esoecially true of the less obvious carriers like Aeroflot, Oman Air, Kuwait, Sri Lankan.

  • Spk says:

    12 Dec12 December 08:50

    Not sure if that had something to do with GBP depreciation. Fuel costs are in USD, so airlines had to push fares up to retain margins. With gbp appreciating again, we might see fares moving lower.

    • Dev says:

      12 Dec12 December 10:59

      Might being the operative word. The UK market has not reacted negatively to the higher prices in sterling and the Middle Eastern airlines are flying with high load factors. So the chances of getting cheaper fares is low.

• The Original David says:

  12 Dec12 December 06:34

  That’s a niche Finnair image you’ve found: an A350 wearing a livery that was replaced in 2010, even though their first A350 wasn’t delivered until 2015. Can you not find anything more recent?!

  • Rob says:

    12 Dec12 December 08:44

    When they are in the system they rarely come out! That picture is very sharp (as CGI) which is why we use it.

• Adam says:

  12 Dec12 December 07:02

  OT as bits – Curve. I tried to withdraw 200 pounds from different ATM yesterday (London) for 6 times via IHG black and Virgin as the selected cards with no luck and no in-app decline notification. Was there a change in policy I missed? (I know that they “discourage” withdrawals from the credit cards in their T&C, but those went through in the past). I had about 450 pounds withdrawn via ATM from Curve in 2019 so far if it matters.

  • Anna says:

    12 Dec12 December 07:17

    I got a few ATM withdrawals declined when I first got Curve, though it hasn’t happened for a while. I would suggest trying again today or tomorrow. IHG especially are very strict about daily and weekly use limits so check you haven’t gone over the £200 per day/£700 per week.

    • Adam says:

      12 Dec12 December 07:57

      Thanks Anna. Could be the reason.

      • Lady London says:

        12 Dec12 December 14:48

        IIRC @Genghis was mentioning 200-200-300 to a max of 700pw seemed to go OK.

  • Rui N. says:

    12 Dec12 December 09:18

    Creation just totally blocked my card yesterday (along with access to my online account) over a £2.20 Curve transaction on a coffee shop. So, yeah, it might Creation being Creation? Funny enought they never blinked at ATM or Brighton transactions worth hundreds of pounds!

    • Lady London says:

      12 Dec12 December 14:49

      @Rui what was Creation’s explanation?

      • Rui N. says:

        12 Dec12 December 16:58

        They didn’t say. Just asked if it was me doing transaction of £X value a Y retailer using a Curve card (they specifically mentioned that the transaction was through Curve). I said yes, and that was it.

• Palti says:

  12 Dec12 December 08:56

  In regards to the EY sale if you use code AMXD0918 that will give you 15% off
  Works on all classes
  E.G. ARN-ICN in first for £2k

• Joseph’s mum says:

  12 Dec12 December 09:57

  OT – about to book a 2-4-1 redemption (my first!) , wanted to go Heathrow to Bangkok but outbound route is unavailable for the dates I need . Singapore and Kuala Lumper are available so we plan instead to stay a night there then fly into one of the Thai Islands (haven’t decided yet which) and do Bangkok on the way back. Any advice/ views please on which is the better option re both airports and things to do for a day/night? Thanks in advance!

  • aston100 says:

    12 Dec12 December 10:33

    Doesn’t BA use some of it’s worst aircraft for LHR – BKK?

    • BJ says:

      12 Dec12 December 16:37

      Changing to 788/9 from next July. A seat map for a 789 is loaded but F is blocked for both cash bookings and redemptions. The current 772s are getting the new club suite I believe but will likely be deployed elsewhere as BKK is showing 787 from July onwards.

  • memesweeper says:

    12 Dec12 December 10:48

    I did this, and hopped to Krabi airport from Singapore with what was then called Tiger (now part of Scoot I think), and from Krabi to a fabulous if remote island (Koh Jum). Need to leave enough time in Singapore in case your BA flight is delayed. Nicer planes on the Singapore route than Bangkok. Note a train to Trang is a good alternative to flying from KL (and a faff from Singapore) to the southern Thai islands.

    • Joseph’s mum says:

      12 Dec12 December 11:06

      Thanks . Looks like it’s Singapore then!

  • Darren says:

    12 Dec12 December 15:50

    If you want to save a few Avios check if Hong Kong is available, the flights to Phuket aren’t too expensive but Samui can work out a pricy connection. In Bangkok I prefer to stay by the river and there’s a good variety of hotels down near Taksin bridge which has good transport links to many places in the city.

    • Joseph’s mum says:

      13 Dec13 December 22:15

      Thanks I’ll take a look

  • BJ says:

    12 Dec12 December 16:53

    Delhi on BA plus Air Asia or another LCC could also work for you. Or consider Shanghai, it’s easy. Even Tokyo or Osaka on BA and then Air Asia X to BKK or JAL with avios or Flying Blue to BKK or HKT. You could consider redeeming First to Tokyo for example. Fon’t ve afraid if Air Asia, they are great.

    • Joseph’s mum says:

      13 Dec13 December 22:17

      Thanks BJ , I’ll look at Air Asia 🙂

• Suzanne Tait says:

  12 Dec12 December 21:05

  Amex have told me that you only get 2 points per £1 on foreign airline spend because it’s only one or the other. Can you point me in the direction of the T&Cs where it says otherwise ?

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    12 Dec12 December 21:36

    It’s not in the T&Cs – but that is how it has always posted for people.

• BigSi says:

  12 Dec12 December 21:40

  http://www.expedia.com/Activities special coupon valid today MYSTERY50, takes $50 off $100 spend on activities. Its expedia.com and you pay in USD but you can buy UK attractions (which include lounge passes). Some very good deals if you look around.

• Talay says:

  15 Dec15 December 03:57

  Etihad does offer ARN or OSL through LHR (or others) to Asia but critically you can route Asia to AUH to LHR and then …… not get the last leg 🙂

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.