British Airways announces long-haul economy flight improvements

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• ali says:

  4 Feb4 February 10:55

  Qatar £80 off £800 Amex Offer:
  T&C’s say GBP spend departing ex-UK only
  Does anyone know if there’s a way of getting non-GBP fares to charge in GBP on the Qatar website?

• Tony says:

  4 Feb4 February 11:01

  Travelling inbound to UK on BA in first today. Flight is delayed 1h + 40m. Do I need to check in according to original flight time or later delayed flight time?

  • Stu_N says:

    4 Feb4 February 11:44

    Original time, unless they text you and explicitly tell you you can check in later.

  • Lady London says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:44

    Always original time to CYA even though it’s very annoying.

  • Polly says:

    5 Feb5 February 05:59

    More time to enjoy the F lounge too…

• Ming the Merciless says:

  4 Feb4 February 11:26

  OT – I’ve requalified for IHG Spire. from memory there was a 20,000 bonus, how do you claim it. iI think it was one of the “benefits”. any idea where id find it in my account?

  Thanks in advance

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    4 Feb4 February 11:31

    It will show in your account messages or offers and you should receive an email also.

  • Rob says:

    4 Feb4 February 12:15

    25k. It is in your online account as one of the menu options (not very helpful I know!). However when you log in it should say on the welcome screen ‘You have x unclaimed benefits’ which link also works.

    • Ming the Merciless says:

      4 Feb4 February 15:24

      Strange – nothing received since 2018. thanks for your help -I’ve raised it as an issue with IHG

• Chris says:

  4 Feb4 February 11:32

  OT: Looking to book first to SA with a companion voucher. What’s the best route (Cape Town or Joberg) for better planes/seats/availability if anyone knows please? TIA

  • Rhys says:

    4 Feb4 February 11:39

    Joburg gets A380s, Cape Town 747 and Durban 787. Take your pick!

    • Harry T says:

      4 Feb4 February 12:56

      Usually no availability to Cape Town in First. You can fly to Jo’burg and catch a Comair flight to Cape Town with Avios. Or pay cash.

    • Chris says:

      4 Feb4 February 21:52

      Ooh amazing! Think I’ll take the A380!

  • Qrfan says:

    4 Feb4 February 18:00

    Cape town is ex T3 (no Concorde lounge but good alternatives) and antique 747s if that makes any difference.

• Stu_N says:

  4 Feb4 February 12:21

  Has anyone used the summer regional BA Cityflier services? Considering Edinbugh – Florence; the timings work for us and saves changing in LHR.

  Is it normal BACF service, i.e. snack and drinkies in Y and decent hot food and drinks in J? J is not much dearer and the tier points might just about make it worthwhile.

  • Harry T says:

    4 Feb4 February 12:24

    Usually good value for Avios redemptions because the cash prices are high. Haven’t flown it but have looked into it. I’m not convinced club is worth paying extra cash or Avios for on that plane but if you need the tier points…

    • Stu_N says:

      4 Feb4 February 14:32

      Agreed – normally very little to recommend CE on City flights especially if you have BA status. You get a drink and it’s 2+2 seating anyway – but the TPs would be useful and it’s only about £50.

      Annoyingly, EDI-FLR is >1,000 miles but only 40TPs.

  • Michael says:

    4 Feb4 February 13:31

    Are Cityflyer flights processed in the same way as BA? i.e. will Cityflyer flights booked with BAPP trigger 3xAvios?

    • EvilDoctorK says:

      4 Feb4 February 13:53

      Yes – posts as a normal BA.com transaction to your Amex card – no difference at all to regular BA flights in terms of how it hits your card.

      • Michael says:

        4 Feb4 February 14:03

        That’s good to know, thank you.

• Paul Stevens says:

  4 Feb4 February 13:27

  Just had the email confirming my flight from Narita is cancelled and rescheduled to Haneda. I don’t mind. But when I try and click to accept the rescheduled flight BA’s amazing IT system gives me an error.

• Spurs Debs says:

  4 Feb4 February 13:34

  O/T. For those people with flights booked out of Narita to London from March 28th BA are stopping flights and changing to Haneda.
  I had email with my flight being changed, new flight back is depart 13.00 hours arrive LHR 17.25

• Secret Squirrel says:

  4 Feb4 February 14:44

  Saw this in my BA Amex account today:
  BA Companion ticket standard tier bonus – 0 pts.
  Does this mean for definite I have triggered the 241 companion voucher as a transaction straight after is being refunded & my target bar states £244 needed to spend for a Companion voucher?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    4 Feb4 February 18:49

    You get an email when it appears and the companion voucher shows when you go to book an Avios redemption.

    • Secret Squirrel says:

      4 Feb4 February 19:16

      Thanks TG, have had a 241 before but wasn’t sure i have already qualified or not based on the circumstances. Line in Amex account gives impression I have spent the required amount for the 241, my target bar states different?

      • TGLoyalty says:

        4 Feb4 February 23:44

        In my experience the voucher is triggered as soon as you have £10k of transactions clear on your account but the counter will show whatever your total to date spend is. So if it went above £10k for a day then a refund took it back under the next I’d say it’s triggered.

        Personally I’ve never cancelled a card without £10k spend cleared on it because even if I do take the p1ss I can say it was within the rules 🙂

        • Secret Squirrel says:

          5 Feb5 February 09:53

          I got the email today of the 241 voucher available so data point is, If you see the line in your BA Amex account then yes, you have the voucher regardless of any refunds processing or target bar stating otherwise.

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