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• Bea says:

  5 Feb5 February 11:20

  OT. Revolut top up.

  Shortly after Revolut recoded the mcc resulting in tip up charges being incurred they updated their FAQs to say that top ups MAY incite a cash transaction fee.

  Has anyone got a screenshot of the original where they state that top ups are treated as purchases?

  • idrive says:

    5 Feb5 February 11:25

    yes, I am sure many have screenshots of that. But some credit cards issuers refunded the fees as a goodwill gestures (at least VM did).

  • Grant says:

    5 Feb5 February 11:30

    I have a screenshot of the original

    Revolut didn’t shy away from the fact that they changed the FAQ when challenged though.

    If you submit a formal complaint to Revolut you *may* find that they refund the cash advance fees – they did in my case.

• AJ says:

  5 Feb5 February 11:38

  OT – can one still pay brighton using curve linked VA/IHG cards without incurring cash-advance fees? A little out the loop here and just seen the new MCC updates with revolut

  • Michael says:

    5 Feb5 February 11:56

    Yes, at least you can with IHG. Others will need to chime in on Virgin.

    • AJ says:

      5 Feb5 February 12:07

      thanks

• Aston100 says:

  5 Feb5 February 12:12

  OT: South Africa.
  I understand British Airways has some kind of domestic presence.
  Can you use Avios? Can you earn Avios & TPs?
  Some flights say BA but operated by Kulula – are these in-scope?
  Any links or guides to Avios in South Africa would be appreciated.
  Thanks.

  • Harry T says:

    5 Feb5 February 12:24

    You can use Avios on Comair.

  • Graham says:

    5 Feb5 February 14:28

    With Comair you can both earn and burn Avios.

    Kulula (owned by Comair) is a no frills spin off of Comair.

    When I booked Comair flights, I did it through the BA website as I’m fairly sure that Kulala flights don’t show on there.

    Worth bearing in mind if you need a hotel and/or car that you can book as a package on BA.com (but you don’t earn Avios on the overall spend – so flights only).

    Flew Comair twice in South Africa recently. Superior to BA European short haul. Snack and drinks included, great crews – even got an upgrade at the gate and their business class seat is very comfortable and has significantly more legroom that BA in Europe. Almost like going back in time to BA of 20 years ago!

    • Graham says:

      5 Feb5 February 14:32

      Forgot to add – you could earn Avios flying Kulala but this stopped quite recently.

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    5 Feb5 February 22:08

    Just back from SA:

    Used avios to book Comair (BA painted and BA uniformed but operated by Comair) from JNB to Vic Falls.

    Paid cash for Port Elizabeth to JNB – 141 avios and 5 tier points in economy.

• Matty says:

  5 Feb5 February 13:22

  OT: I’ve booked a ticket with Aer Lingus, travelling economy, between LGW-DUB return. If I enter my BA Gold card number into the booking, which lounges can I use at Gatwick and Dublin? I think it is the south terminal at Gatwick.

  • Lady London says:

    5 Feb5 February 13:55

    I don’t think you can enter a BA number into an EI booking and have it credit anything? EI is not in OneWorld. I think an EI Aer Club number works and I suspect a UA number might.

    • Rhys says:

      5 Feb5 February 13:59

      Aer Lingus isn’t oneworld but you can use some of their lounges with BA status: https://headforpoints.com/2018/05/23/using-aer-lingus-lounges-as-british-airways-silver-gold-status/

      • Matty says:

        5 Feb5 February 14:50

        Ta!

    • Callum says:

      5 Feb5 February 19:41

      Why wouldn’t you be able to? There’s an earning table for EI on the executive club website, am I missing something?

• Bob says:

  5 Feb5 February 13:35

  OT: Any idea when next VS Miles Booster promo may run (3x/4x)?

  Flying end of this month so would like to boost in next promo,

  Also outside of promos, all flights can be boosted upto 6 months after departure date isn’t it?

  Thanks

  • idrive says:

    5 Feb5 February 14:06

    6 months before and after

• BJ says:

  5 Feb5 February 14:11

  OT: Anybody know if all hotel bookings made at ba.com are charged by BA and therefore qualifying for the amex BA offer?

  • MattB says:

    5 Feb5 February 14:40

    Yes

    • BJ says:

      5 Feb5 February 14:53

      Thanks Matt, I need to spend another£55.

• Harry T says:

  5 Feb5 February 17:44

  OT:
  Need to spend £6 at BA to trigger the spend £300, get 3000 Avios offer. Any ideas? Thought I could book an RFS to somewhere domestic and then cancel for 50p after the points transfer to BAEC.

  • BJ says:

    5 Feb5 February 18:51

    No, if you do that the 3000 avios will come back off. Book one of their experiences, anything cheap. If your other spend was for flights then you could have added a FlyingStart donation to take you over £300.

    • Harry T says:

      5 Feb5 February 19:24

      @BJ
      Thanks, I’ll cancel the flights (within 24 hours) and rebook with a donation to charity.

      • BJ says:

        5 Feb5 February 19:44

        Don’t forget to check that the price hasn’t changed much before cancelling if these are revenue tickets.

        • Harry T says:

          5 Feb5 February 20:04

          Same price and BA got me to add the exact amount needed to push me to £300! Very thoughtful of them ;). Thanks for the tip.

  • Lady London says:

    5 Feb5 February 18:58

    Seat reservation on domestic? Prepay overweight luggage fee? Slightly increase the fare class of any paid fare? (You can’t do that online so you should not be charged phone fee, just the difference for a higher fare class which can be very small), book a domestic flight in Aus or US using avios and pay just the taxes, buy a BA gift voucher I have a vague idea they sell them. Pity it’s only £6… Not even sure a charity donation / carbon offset / avios purchase would actually be billed as British Airways…??

    • BJ says:

      5 Feb5 February 19:11

      Charity donation is definitely billed to BA. Although not the best way of giving, I add a small donation to every reservation as I like Flying Start. If you cancel a reservation then they deduct the donation from the refund so that the charity doesn’t lose out.

• Robert says:

  5 Feb5 February 18:04

  The bigger question is, where’s the 787 going?

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