Get a special British Airways Valentine deal when two people travel

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• BJ says:

  11 Feb11 February 14:12

  OT: 80 years after Laithwaite BoJo and friends approve yet another SnailRail embarrasment that will almost certainly fail to see a train run between Leeds and London before a plane takes off from Heathrow’s third runway.
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51461597

  • Anna says:

    11 Feb11 February 14:21

    I’m not a business person or a rail commuter but can shaving 30 minutes off the journey possibly be worth that amount of money? The Daily Mash (a hilarious take on every day events), has pointed out that this would fund 23 missions to Mars!

    • KevMc says:

      11 Feb11 February 15:18

      The whole ‘it’s only going to save x minutes? what a waste of money!’ argument is a massive failing of everyone involved in the project, as shaving times off the journey is not the main aim.

      The main aim and advantage it is to move this direct traffic off the existing lines in order to help free up capacity which would allow faster and more frequent local services. Unfortunately, this has not been well communicated since the inception of the project.

      • Rui N. says:

        11 Feb11 February 17:00

        Hear hear. The real rationale of HS2 is to add more rail capacity. To do that you need new lines. If you are building new lines the way to go is to build on a new right of way, not use the existing right of way, that was suited for Victorian times, but might or might not be suited for now. And as your building a new line, you should build to highest possible spec at the most reasonable cost, which is most of the case is a high-speed line, as it costs slightly more, but has much more potential to attract passengers. So, speed, is the last of the considerations.

      • Anna says:

        11 Feb11 February 18:58

        That does put a different slant on it. But most services seem to suffer disruption round these parts from drivers and conductors not bothering to show up for work. Apparently the problem is particularly bad at weekends for some reason…

• marcw says:

  11 Feb11 February 14:23

  Another Avios airlines goes bankrupt: Air Italy.

  • Lady London says:

    11 Feb11 February 14:26

    Meridiana’s gone? Such a pity.

    • marcw says:

      11 Feb11 February 14:44

      Yep.

      • lebron 23 says:

        11 Feb11 February 15:31

        shame, still fondly remember their lgw-florence service, which was discontinued few years ago.

        took it many times, including sitting next to batistuta on one occasion

        • Peter K says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:48

          Oh wow! 🤩

        • Shoestring says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:52

          can’t be bothered to look up who batistuta is/ was

          doesn’t figure

        • Simon says:

          15 Feb15 February 23:06

          Batigoooooooooollllllllllll 🙂

• Nick_C says:

  11 Feb11 February 16:28

  OT but no Bits. Just had an email from Monese closing down my account. I hadn’t really been using it much, but I hadn’t really been abusing it either.

  “Dear …

  We just need to let you know that we’ve completed all the checks that we’re required to perform in order to keep your account open.

  Unfortunately, because we couldn’t gather enough information, your account will now be closed.

  We’d like to give you some idea as to why we’re unable to continue servicing your account at this time.

  At Monese, we need to make sure that the use of your Monese account is compliant with certain legal requirements as issued by our regulator, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). These are rules that we are required to follow in order to service you as a customer.

  At this time, we haven’t been able to verify that your account activity falls in line with these FCA rules.

  Please note that we’re now unable to provide you with financial statements and we’re unable to reopen your account.

  In addition, any Direct Debits, payrolls or subscriptions linked to your account will be discontinued due to closure of your account. If funds have recently been transferred to your account but have not yet arrived, they will be returned to the sender.

  You do not currently have any funds on your account and your account will be closed without any further action.

  *Important: Unfortunately, we are now unable to reopen your account. If you do have any queries, please contact our Customer Services team. Do not respond directly to this email. *

  For more information, you can visit the FCA website:

  https://www.fca.org.uk/about/the-fca

  We’re very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

  Kind regards,

  The Compliance Team”

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    11 Feb11 February 16:30

    And N26 pulling out of UK and closing all UK accounts. Blaming Brexit.

    • Lady London says:

      11 Feb11 February 16:39

      Would that be more likely to be wider problems that N26 is using the UK thing as an excuse for? I will take a bet they will be cutting in other places too with different excuses.

      • Rob says:

        11 Feb11 February 16:43

        Almost certainly. Until a trade deal is finalised they are fine to operate. Revolut has an EU banking licence too, so they are in exactly the same position and don’t seem to be going anywhere. It may be that N26 did not think it was worth the expense of getting a separate UK banking licence, should one eventually be required.

  • Lady London says:

    11 Feb11 February 16:37

    What did you do to upset them? This out of the blue looks really harsh.

    • BJ says:

      11 Feb11 February 16:44

      Nothing about Monese surprises me, they’re nuts.

    • Nick_C says:

      11 Feb11 February 17:59

      10 Amex Top Ups totalling £1150 over 6 months. A couple of debit card top ups (£600). 3 small transfers in from my current ac totalling £250. Ten on line payments out. A couple of cash withdrawals at ATMs. One real world debit card attraction. So they weren’t making any money out of me. I had £30 sign up and referral bonuses and bought £250 of gift cards for £200.

      They didn’t contact me to ask for any info.

  • mark2 says:

    11 Feb11 February 16:48

    Did they ask you for any information, or is this just a standard email?

    • BJ says:

      11 Feb11 February 17:53

      I think they might just be a total shambles Mark. As far as I can tell from your reports everything has worked smoothly for you. By contrast I have zero confidence in my account because I don’t know what I’ll be able to do with it from one day to the next. Sometimes I cannot top up, sometimes I cannot withdraw cash, sometimes I cannot make payments, all despite the fact I keep a few hundred in the account at all times and use it for regular day to day transactions when it allows me. Worst of all, they take weeks to respond to email support requests. Sent them one informing them that I’m giving it to the end of the month to settle or I’m closing it, unless they do so first ofcourse.

      • Anna says:

        11 Feb11 February 19:00

        Would them closing an account have an impact on a customer’s credit rating?

        • BJ says:

          11 Feb11 February 20:41

          Shouldn’t do, there’s no credit facility on Monese (at least not in ghe sense we usually understand that).

• sdconniechan says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:46

  Is there a calendar to show the discounted fare dates? I have no idea what dates are available for this BA promotion. Do I have to manually search?

• Dr Doo says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:50

  OT: Anyone get their point from the Tesco Pet Insurance offer that was on here?

  • Shoestring says:

    11 Feb11 February 17:58

    far too early [If you cancel your policy within the first 35 days, you will not collect the Clubcard points. Clubcard number must be provided during quote if prompted. The Clubcard must be in your name and the Clubcard points will be added to a future Clubcard statement.]

    • Dr Doo says:

      11 Feb11 February 20:37

      ok thanks, my CB was also declined, did you have any luck?

      • Shoestring says:

        11 Feb11 February 20:54

        only declined because you went for the option that didn’t include illnesses (probably)

        or did you include illnesses & still get declined?

        • Dr Doo says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:04

          Couldn’t see an option for illness

        • Shoestring says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:10

          yes – that explains it – you needed Standard cover as a minimum to get the points (ie plus illnesses)

        • Shoestring says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:11

          and to get the bonus

        • Shoestring says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:22

          you have plenty of time to go for it again

        • Dr Doo says:

          12 Feb12 February 05:35

          Thanks what an annoying thing

• Liam says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:21

  OT — Can you use non-UK cards with Curve? I have a low-five-figure student loan balance I’d like to pay off and I’m interested in using a US-registered Visa via Curve to do it, if possible.

  • Dr Doo says:

    11 Feb11 February 21:00

    Seriously doubt it as it probably wouldn’t let you add it, if it does however it might work

  • Moktar says:

    11 Feb11 February 23:05

    Yes, I have a European bank card (with non uk address) on my UK curve account

    • TGLoyalty says:

      11 Feb11 February 23:18

      However, curve works in Europe (the EU)

      Only reason I could see it failing is via address verification. It would probably be the zip. Is there a way for zip codes to be made to look like a uk postcode?

    • Bagoly says:

      12 Feb12 February 09:56

      Thank you very much for this. I have just added an EU credit card which has EU address.

      I thought I tried doing that last year and could not because it would not allow different addresses(countries) for different cards.
      Not sure whether they have expanded the functionality or my memory is wrong.

      Less positively, even as Legacy Black they seem to be charging a spread of 1.5%-2% on foreign spend during the week, so I am using only within currencies.

  • Liam says:

    12 Feb12 February 01:49

    Card added to Curve successfully (including verification). I’ll make a purchase tomorrow and see if it all goes through correctly.

• Taylor says:

  11 Feb11 February 19:12

  OT: is it possible to use the Concorde Room at T5 if flying F from T3 and then go back to T3? Is CX lounge better than Concorde?

  • Stu N says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:17

    Nope. You won’t get airside in T5 without a T5 boarding pass.

    The Cathay F lounge is very pleasant though, and if you don’t like that there is the Qantas Lounge and BA F lounge to try, plus AA if you’re desperate. The George’s Vesselle champagne was drinking really well on Friday… hic…

    In fact, why not take in two or more?

    • Shoestring says:

      11 Feb11 February 19:31

      is it 6 you can try?

      BA F & J
      Cathay F & J
      Qantas
      AA

      • Shoestring says:

        11 Feb11 February 19:33

        and AA is admittedly a bit bare/ oldish/ dull

        but has self pour JD’s etc & the food wasn’t bad as such

        • Matt B says:

          11 Feb11 February 20:27

          Which as the best drinks…champagne/cocktails in particular if flying BA F? I assume Cathay F?

        • TGLoyalty says:

          11 Feb11 February 20:55

          Depends on your tipple I like the Qantas gins and cocktails

          Cathay J and F both have cocktail I don’t recall F champagne but most rate it.

        • Genghis says:

          11 Feb11 February 21:58

          Went to the AA T3 arrivals lounge for the first time on Monday. Not a bad space and a tasty eggs royale cooked to order.

• Nicky says:

  11 Feb11 February 20:06

  Hi, no bits but 2-4-1 related. I have flights and car booked on 2-4-1 in September, if I had to cancel in next two weeks what would I lose money wise? (Had to pay taxes etc up front for flights). Thanks for any replies

  • BJ says:

    11 Feb11 February 20:21

    Cancellation fee is only £35, you get all the avios and voucher back. I don’t know about the car sorry.

  • Anna says:

    11 Feb11 February 20:24

    You can’t book the 2 4 1 as a package so I assume you mean you have a separate car hire booking? There’s no issue cancelling the flights, you would just pay £35 pp cancellation fee which is retained from the taxes/fees you have paid and you’ll get the avios and voucher back (with original expiry date). The car booking depends on the terms when you booked it, it’s not usually refundable as far as I know.

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