British Airways launches additional Bengaluru flights

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• Dan says:

  3 Mar3 March 09:35

  OT – BAPP Companion Voucher. Last week I triggered the voucher and it is in my BA account but I recently got a refund which is taken me below the £10,000 limit. Will my voucher get taken away until I trigger it again? I could do with an extended expiry date 🙂

  • Rob says:

    3 Mar3 March 10:31

    No.

• Keith says:

  3 Mar3 March 09:59

  How long to MRP take to show in Bonvoy?

• Ant says:

  3 Mar3 March 10:05

  OT: I booked avios seats on the extra flight to Cape Town a few weeks ago. Just now got email advising flight cancelled (BA44) and moved to the other flight (BA58). Which is not a problem as it is only 10min difference. But i cannot accept the change online so need to call. Been on the phone for 30min!!

• Nelson says:

  3 Mar3 March 10:16

  OT Amex business gold to plat upgrade. What happens if I got 2 supplementary cardholders and would like to upgrade? Are they going to charge me for second supp or can I choose which one to keep? Does 20000 points Spend bonus still apply? Anybody got a link?

• Harry T says:

  3 Mar3 March 10:25

  Currently in the Langley. Hard product is indeed lovely and everyone has been delightful thus far.

• Janet says:

  3 Mar3 March 10:31

  OT: I need recommendations for reliable worldwide annual travel insurance to include a 60 day trip (most only cover up to 31 days). Looked at Virgin Money & Asda, but they get terrible reviews. In the current climate seems wise to use a company who will provide a good service if the need arises. Seem to remember a while back LadyLondon(?) suggested avoiding AXA, but can’t find the article now.

  • BJ says:

    3 Mar3 March 11:19

    According to MSE the two best travel insurers are LV and Direct Travel Insurance. Both cover pre-existing conditions if disclosed, and LV premium policy covers up to 90 days per trip. I don’t recall how many days Direct Travel Insurance cover but they certainly used to cover long durations when I was with them previously as I was sometimes away for two months.

    • Janet says:

      3 Mar3 March 11:29

      Thanks BJ that’s really helpful.

      • BJ says:

        3 Mar3 March 11:38

        FWIW, i plan to go with LV when our current policy expired. I found the premium quote worth the extra but like you we need it anyway for 32+ days. Suggest you do a dummy quote for a hypothetical person similar to yourself in first instance to get ideas.

        • Harry T says:

          3 Mar3 March 11:56

          I’m with LV. I haven’t had to claim but I’ve heard they are excellent.

        • Janet says:

          3 Mar3 March 12:18

          Thanks. I’ve done a few “dummy quotes” and am finding it a minefield! Sheila’s Wheels have a very easy medical screening – only needing to be informed of any hospital treatment during last 12 months, whereas most say 2 years (I had an op. 21 months ago), but not sure they are to be trusted. Think I may have to pay more and go with LV.

        • BJ says:

          3 Mar3 March 12:39

          Following medical issues last year resulting in two conditions, inpatient stay and surgery, LV quoted me £164 for a premium annual coupke policy which I though was excellent. I imagine oremiums have now shot up considering what is going on.

    • Lady London says:

      3 Mar3 March 13:13

      I would look at BJ’s first now. MSE has come up with useful comments too. Look at the underwriter as well as brand feedback as well as the TS and C’s. Look at who is providing any assistance service, such as Mondial Assistance or other specalists, if good TS and C’s and they do corporate contracts (such as IIRC SOS Asstce), I would look favourably. I personally wouldn’t take a travel policy underwritten by AXA too many not too good stories trickling over the years but YMMV. I’d give consideration to taking a very high limit for medical coverage rather than unlimited. If you’re looking at Sheila’s I guess you’ve already got a list of names of providers to trawl through courtesy of voldesitez.

      • Janet says:

        3 Mar3 March 15:56

        Thanks for your input Lady London – thought I remembered you having issues with AXA. Looking like LV will be the best.

        • Lady London says:

          3 Mar3 March 19:58

          Put it this way. I’ll be checking out LV first the next time I take my usual annual travel insurance (I don’t bother insuring trip by trip).

  • Eli gold says:

    3 Mar3 March 15:19

    Pretty sure that the AXA travel insurance that came with my upgrade to Curve black, says trips of up to 90 days

  • reds says:

    3 Mar3 March 18:53

    I booked with insureandgo for my son a few days ago. It was a multitrip annual travel insurance with each trip up to 90 days.

    • Janet says:

      3 Mar3 March 19:28

      I have gone with LV who gave me a good price including medical condition. Thanks for everyone’s advice.

• Ian says:

  3 Mar3 March 10:41

  I don’t have enough Bonvoy points transferred to pay for my booking today – is there a way I can make the booking then pay the points when they are transferred from Amex so I secure today’s rate?

  • Grant says:

    3 Mar3 March 10:55

    IIRC under the old points advance system that would have worked, but now the rate is set at the time when the points are taken.

    Depending on short you are and what the difference will be with the new rate, does it make sense to buy the points from Marriott today to secure the lower rate?

    • TGLoyalty says:

      3 Mar3 March 13:09

      buying online takes a few days. not sure if phoning they can do it instantly but i’d doubt it.

  • Harry T says:

    3 Mar3 March 11:04

    You will pay the rate at the time of payment with points. Unfortunately Marriott has made points advance much less powerful, in this regard.

    Buying points could work but be aware that the bonus points anecdotally take a few days to post after the main points, during the current buy points promotion.

  • BJ says:

    3 Mar3 March 11:30

    The above replies are correct. If you plan a 5 for 4 redemption then explore the option of buying points as Grant suggests. If you are not doing 5 for 4 then break your booking into single or multiple night staps to confirm bookings you can with points you have. Lock the other night(s) required in using pointsadvanceas. Explore points and cash options too yo see if whose work for you, do this as minimum two night stays.

• rams1981 says:

  3 Mar3 March 11:16

  OT Amex SPG. Having made a formal complaint about my points not remaining at 3 per £ spend as I’ve only had the card one month I’ve logged into my avcount today to see this banner 🙂

  “We no longer offer the SPG® Credit Card, as it has been rebranded to Marriott Bonvoy™. We will write to you in June about migrating you to this new product. You will continue to enjoy your existing benefits including 3 points/£ on all eligible spend, 6 points/£ on spend at Marriott properties.”

  Case closed.

  • Phil G says:

    3 Mar3 March 11:30

    I have the same banner but without making a complaint, same situation had card less than a month.
    Just have to wait and see if they correct the points totals for transactions since feb 25th or if they need a little push.
    At least given the screen shot of this banner i can’t imagine much persuasion will be needed.

  • BJ says:

    3 Mar3 March 11:45

    Did you make the complaint in writing, via chat or what? My partner applied for SPG last week under old terms, but got Bonvoy under new terms which naturally we knew nothing about. Not yet decided how to address the issue.

    • rams1981 says:

      3 Mar3 March 11:55

      I raised it via chat when I noted the lower earnings rate. The agent escalated to a manager who said those who got the card after december (I think) not affected by this change. And tried to say the change was nothing to do with AMEX and about Bonvoy/Marriott rebranding. I said they Marriott alone don’t decide to cut the earnings rate and AMEX had done this I had only had the card one month (not even charged the membership fee at that point). Manager kept going on about it not being their issue despite me pointing out I had the card for less than a month and them not allowing to change the terms without notice. Bored of going round in circles I asked to raise a formal complaint which i received email confirmation of.

      • BJ says:

        3 Mar3 March 12:08

        Thanks, I am in the same position as you and Phil I think and I see the banner on my account so hopefully will be handled smoothly now. Interestingly though there is no banner on my partners account and he got the ‘new deal’ despite applying for the ‘old deal’ last Thursday. So his compkaint is essentially applied for A got B so what are amex going to do about that? Looks like nothing so far so the decision is to wait and see or go after the issue now.

    • EwanG says:

      3 Mar3 March 12:04

      @BJ If your partner applied and was accepted under old terms but when the card was issued it contained the new terms, Amex should be able to put it into the SPG wash-up group and adhering to the terms for the old card, otherwise they could do a manual adjustment at the end of the notice period which they would have needed to give if they had put your partner into that group.

      • BJ says:

        3 Mar3 March 12:19

        Yep, but there is a complicating factor in that he needs to decide whether to hit the £1k spend in hope of a lucky bonus or let it go. Will probanly try that first to see what happens and mop up afterwards. Btw, the shop idiot is on the kiosk today so if you are after more benefits at M best avoid him, pick up a plastic one and check yourself out.

        • EwanG says:

          3 Mar3 March 12:32

          I don’t think that is a difficult complication – if you can prove you applied under old terms (which I’m sure you will have screenshots, and otherwise Amex could check timestamps) to get the bonus points for £1k of spend rather than £3k, they should honour that too!
          Thanks for heads-up on kiosk, but I only tend to fill up monthly!!

  • Grant says:

    3 Mar3 March 11:47

    I have the same thing despite having the card for months and having received the letter about the changes to the earning rate. I was going to cancel both our cards this week but perhaps I’ll hold on to them for a couple of months now.

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