LATAM abandons its planned joint venture with IAG

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• SHEIK YOUR MONEY says:

  15 Dec15 December 05:58

  Etihad Residence & Apartment where once very aspirational but with all the cost cutting I would not even send my camel or camels 🐪 🐫 on them.As for Business Studio I would not even send my mother-in-law on them.

  • meta says:

    15 Dec15 December 09:30

    I don’t know, but when I flew F Apartment in Spring they had brought back caviar service, had new amenity kits and the service was great. The only thing that was lacking was the lounge. The offer is dire compared to other F lounges.

  • Rob says:

    15 Dec15 December 11:26

    We’ve done Business Studio for our last two runs back from the Middle East (family of 4) and it remains an excellent product. Admittedly I didn’t reprice the wine list on those trips, which had become my biggest gripe.

  • Lady London says:

    16 Dec16 December 21:14

    Are you comparing your mother-in-law unfavourably to a camel ?

• Riccatti says:

  15 Dec15 December 06:04

  LATAM redemptions all but disappeared for the last two years.

  Flying to, and more so within South America remains expensive. More competition between IB and LATAM is welcome.

  It goes to humongous inefficiency of Iberia, who could do 5th freedom flights within SA and collect on intra-continental fares which are easily £400-£800. More than they collect from most economy passengers on Transatlantic!

• Sk123 says:

  15 Dec15 December 06:40

  OT: If your Amex platinum supplementary doesn’t arrive in time but your main card does, can you still get the password etc for the supplementary by calling Priority Pass to enable it via the app? Also do you need to show just the Priority pass (card/app) or the Amex as well.

  • David D says:

    15 Dec15 December 06:47

    Just the Priority Pass, unless you are going to a Delta Sky Club, some Plaza Premium lounges or American Express Centurion Lounge where you should only show your Amex card. You can cancel check via the Amex website or app, as to the entry requirements.

    • Sk123 says:

      15 Dec15 December 09:16

      Thanks. It’s still showing as a Green card online. Would it be fine to order the supplementary hoping that they’d actually send the platinum one given I applied 2 days ago?

      • Shoestring says:

        15 Dec15 December 09:20

        do it on the phone so that you get the right supp card

  • the_real_a says:

    15 Dec15 December 20:29

    It may be semantics here but you dont enter Delta, Plaza Premium, Amex lounges or Eurostar lounges on your Priority Pass. Its on the status of your Platinum card alone. No need to bring or show your PP in any of these lounges.

    • David D says:

      15 Dec15 December 21:42

      “unless you are going to a Delta Sky Club, some Plaza Premium lounges or American Express Centurion Lounge where you should only show your Amex card” is definitely semantics or possibly comprehension. The statement implies not to use the Priority Pass at all. Bearing in mind that some Plaza Premium lounges are accessible using the Priority Pass. I could have been clearer by stating only using the Amex Platinum card.

• Alex says:

  15 Dec15 December 07:22

  Where is the AA buy miles? I see Etihad and flying blue…… 🤷🏿‍♂️

  • Shoestring says:

    15 Dec15 December 07:29

    12,000 – 49,000 miles 30% Bonus miles
    50,000 – 99,000 miles 50% Bonus miles
    100,000 – 150,000 miles 70% Bonus miles

    • Rob says:

      15 Dec15 December 11:25

      Yes, apologies, I decided to run the Etihad offer instead to link to the piece above but forget to change the headline 🙂

      • Waddle says:

        15 Dec15 December 14:20

        Buying miles from AA with an Amex codes as airline purchase and FX so should get triple points on Gold.

• Shoestring says:

  15 Dec15 December 07:41

  Double dipping on Red Letter Days with your Amex offer (25% off) + XMAS23VC (23% off)

  eg Three Courses with Wine for Two at Prezzo £17.32

  lots of other possibilities

  (not worth triple dipping in my experience as they’ll catch you & decline bonus payout)

  • Amit says:

    15 Dec15 December 08:32

    GIFT40 looks decent code too if spending a bit more (40 off 120 spend)

    • Kevin C says:

      15 Dec15 December 09:07

      I think the RLD 25% Amex offer on some of our cards ends today.

      • Lloyd says:

        15 Dec15 December 10:12

        Does seem to be some very good offers, not my thing but did notice trips like the Orient Express (London to Venice trip for 2) with the discount code and paying with Amex reduced the cost from £5k down to £2,887.50. It does seem to be a genuine discount, at least compared to booking directly (was £5.1k) and a few other operators. Not interested personally, but does seem like a good deal if you are into that thing…

        • Peter K says:

          15 Dec15 December 15:37

          I’ve made good use of double dipping with this offer.

• Roger says:

  15 Dec15 December 08:29

  OT – BA Plus Fare

  Is BA Plus fare free flight change from 12:01 AM on day of travel applies only to BA operated flight or does it also apply to Iberia operated with BA flight number too?

  • Roger says:

    15 Dec15 December 08:34

    Just to expand more, this is a original BA Short Haul booking between London and Spain.
    Since Iberia has more flights that BA and most (All?) of these also carry BA flight number with much favorable time trying to see if I have a chance to change on the date of travel on IB operated with BA flight number.

    • memesweeper says:

      15 Dec15 December 22:24

      This *might* work, but it’s not supposed to on codeshares. Try in the mobile app, it has worked for me once.

    • Polly says:

      16 Dec16 December 10:12

      Roger,
      We had a long conversation with BA on this issue. Changing a HEL LHR leg to a Finnair operated BA flight number. Mid afternoon, packed peak flight. Took well over a half hour of back and forth “let me check this” etc etc we managed it, but not without a fight. Had to keep pointing out the t and c of the ticket. I always photo them now when booking.

• Rooster says:

  15 Dec15 December 08:50

  Any made an Amex Shop Small purchase, not got an email and then still had the credit?

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    15 Dec15 December 08:56

    I’ve only been credited for two transactions.

    Been to a couple restaurants last few days. Less than 50% generated an email…

    Split the bill with my wife (seperate account) and sometimes one of us gets the email and the other doesn’t.

    I’m sure the credit will come through and it’s just their email system playing about.

  • C says:

    15 Dec15 December 08:59

    Yes. No emails from 3 purchases so far. Had one credit from last weekend, and the others were in the last 2 days so nothing yet

    • Rooster says:

      15 Dec15 December 09:44

      Thanks, its a little odd that some retailers generate an email and some don’t, hoping to max the card out this week

      • Alex M says:

        15 Dec15 December 14:33

        Amex cs told me ot depends on the card machine retailers use, but was assured all purchases would be honoured.

        • Jill ( Kinkell) says:

          15 Dec15 December 18:21

          Let’s hope so. Did 2 purchases on different days with a retailer ‘on the map ‘ who was adamant they have never engaged with Amex. ( needed to go back and purchase additional bits!) So I will be dealing with CS to get my credits . ( Also will have got my virgin miles on the mc)!

        • Rooster says:

          15 Dec15 December 19:50

          Well if they show up then great, if not then i’m sure they will sort it by chat if it was listed.

          The retailer doesn’t need to opt in as i’ve been to some where they don’t even take cards and have a cash only sign in the window, as well as others who don’t take Amex or their card machine is broke. Funniest one was when a woman could see I had cash and tried to get me to pay in cash when the only reason I had gone in was to use the Amex card!

        • Peter K says:

          15 Dec15 December 20:48

          @Rooster at 19:50. I’m a situation like that I’d tell them I’m only buying something due to the special offer on my Amex and if they won’t accept it I’d leave.

        • Rooster says:

          15 Dec15 December 22:21

          Fortunately they did and it wasn’t even a cheap place!

• Sal says:

  15 Dec15 December 09:34

  o/t If i book a holiday through British Airways and say for example book a hilton hotel. Will i still get my hotel status from peoples experience or is it classed as a booking agency?

  • Benilyn says:

    15 Dec15 December 10:10

    Agency

  • John says:

    15 Dec15 December 10:34

    Can try asking front desk to add your HH number, but they are not obliged to do anything

  • Anna says:

    15 Dec15 December 11:49

    I took a BA holiday earlier this year staying at the HGI in Rome. After making the booking I asked Hilton to add my HH number to the booking, which they did. We got the gold free breakfast for 3 of us for the 4 day stay, but no points. The Hilton MAN airport also recognises status if booked through BA.

    LL – We booked a Homewood Suites near Washington DC through hotels.com a couple of years ago and our reception verged on belligerent (they were very keen to point out that we were entitled to nothing as we hadn’t booked direct), but in general I find the service in the US much inferior to what we get in the UK and Europe, probably due to so many status customers in America as been pointed out before (except for the Hilton Millennium UN Plaza in New York where we were treated really well, I would thoroughly recommend it).

    • Anna says:

      15 Dec15 December 21:29

      The one we stayed in (Alexandria) was actually very nice, well maintained one bedroom suites with a pleasant lobby with an attractive fireplace (which wasn’t it use in August lol). The free breakfast and 24/7 coffee were also very good and saved us a fortune. The only thing lacking was the staff attitude!

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