British Airways cancelling flights to Northern Italy due to coronavirus

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• Grant says:

  9 Mar9 March 12:19

  OT 50% bonus on Avios purchases from BA – 9 March thru 22 March.

  • Anna says:

    9 Mar9 March 12:22

    So you can buy Avios but not check in for a flight? 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • Shoestring says:

      9 Mar9 March 12:55

      it’s the usual 200K = 100K = £3215

      you could have got them for £3000 on Iberia a few days ago

      • Shoestring says:

        9 Mar9 March 12:56

        *200K + 100K

• Benilyn says:

  9 Mar9 March 13:29

  OT: For Kurve – is it possible to add cards not in your name? I used to be able to (early 2019 maybe) and still have them on stored cards, but struggle for new cards which is annoying for 6mths+ now. Is anyone else the same?

  • Peter K says:

    9 Mar9 March 13:32

    Not sure I was ever able to add cards not in my own name to curve.

    • Roberto says:

      9 Mar9 March 14:02

      I did.. Wife and MIL
      No Problems.

  • Anna says:

    9 Mar9 March 14:31

    Yes and supps.

• Tanya Wade says:

  9 Mar9 March 14:22

  OT flying club world to jo’burg on Wednesday. Which lounge is best (I know they are all reportedly a bit rubbish). Also what are my chances of getting into the Elemis spa with so many flights being cancelled?

  • Stu N says:

    9 Mar9 March 15:42

    T5B lounge is best of the Galleries lounges. They won’t give you a gate number until an hour or so before but 90+ % of Long Haul flights go from 5B and 5C. You can walk back in unlikely event you go from 5A.

    You also have the best chance of getting a Spa treatment on a walk-up basis at T5B.

    • Anna says:

      9 Mar9 March 16:19

      +1 on T5 B but I wouldn’t bother with the spa treatment just now, don’t know who’s touched all those bottles of products!

      • Lady London says:

        9 Mar9 March 17:32

        You’re right @Anna. Do you think British Airways will be along soon to say that due to coronavirus they’ve suspended all spa treatments everywhere?

        • Jill (Kinkell) says:

          9 Mar9 March 18:46

          No loss, I find them a tad disappointing, or maybe Izvestia just been unlucky.

        • Jill (Kinkell) says:

          9 Mar9 March 18:47

          Oops… Izvestia?. = I’ve just been unlucky

        • Shoestring says:

          9 Mar9 March 18:51

          best one I’ve seen 🙂

        • Alex M says:

          9 Mar9 March 19:25

          Izvestia?! I can smell Russian collusion here…

• Aston100 says:

  9 Mar9 March 14:48

  Is there a limit to how much or how often you can use Amex through paypal to gift your friends & family without incurring any fees or causing aggravation?
  Thx.

  • Peter K says:

    9 Mar9 March 18:26

    I can’t give figures but PayPal are quite touchy from comments. A few hundred very occasionally (2-3x year) seems okay if you do numerous normal transactions.

    • Lady London says:

      10 Mar10 March 14:21

      Don’t risk anything with PayPal. They have improved but talking to trees is a lot better than if you happen to have to deal with PayPal’s centre in the Philippines.

• Heathrow Flyer says:

  9 Mar9 March 15:05

  Anyone been charged cash interest on Revolut top-ups recently (i.e. last 2 weeks)?

  Interested in hearing data points.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    9 Mar9 March 23:54

    Yes (creation charge it) but no (I’ve over paid my card so when the transaction hits it’s from a credit balance)

• Liam says:

  9 Mar9 March 15:50

  OT — I’m at the Centurion Lounge in PHX right now. I got here at 8.30am so maybe missed the morning rush but I’d estimate this place is about 25% full. It’s turned out to be a very pleasant place to do an hour’s work pre-flight, although I’m interested if it does ever get busy in here. The Centurion Lounge at DFW (a bigger airport, admittedly) was rammed when I went there on a Friday afternoon a month or two ago.

  • Anna says:

    9 Mar9 March 16:21

    I have visions of it being packed with J R Ewing lookalikes. I will probably be very disappointed if I do visit Dallas one day.

    • Shoestring says:

      9 Mar9 March 16:32

      central Dallas is actually very walkable, so different to a lot of US cities – very pleasant place to go bar / restaurant hopping etc – also I know it’s just one person’s experience but I found the locals very charming & welcoming, I’m not exactly a big fan of many aspects of the States but Dallas is well worth a visit

      • Doug M says:

        9 Mar9 March 17:54

        Did you go in the last 20 years? I first went in the early 80’s, and it was a dump to visit. Everyone lived in the ‘burbs, and downtown was a ghost town after 6PM and weekends. Then they had this big drive to reinvent it, and it’s now very pleasant. Brought residential back to the central area, and it’s a good visit. You can easily drive Dalles-Fort Worth – Austin – San Antonio. All good places in different ways. BBQ uuuummmmmmm

        • Polly says:

          10 Mar10 March 10:05

          Def better now. I also lived there early 80s, had driving lessons on Stemmons freeway..lived in the burbs, worked at Parkland Memorial ER. Downtown bare then, but much improved now.
          And Anna, you can even visit South-fork ranch! Due to visit there, en route to HNL, if we ever get there too! The lounge is full of Stetsons tho. They just love em.

• Nick says:

  9 Mar9 March 16:58

  Re: Travel insurance for Holiday in USA

  I have Amex Plat travel insurance- does not cover pre-existing conditions.

  One child has nut allergy – so plan to take another policy out.
  Do I need to list just one person on this additional policy? Or all travelling family members?

  bit peeved having to shell out another £180 on top of the Plat annual Fee!

  • the_real_a says:

    9 Mar9 March 18:43

    The rest of the family relying on the Amex Plat policy wont be covered for any cancellation/extension caused directly from the nut allergy of your kid. So it dependents if you need this element covered.

• meta says:

  9 Mar9 March 17:30

  O/T Hotels.com is back for Clubcard voucher redemptions. It might not be long…

  • the_real_a says:

    9 Mar9 March 18:45

    Unexpected, but very welcome. I may do a few speculative redemption’s.

    • Peter K says:

      9 Mar9 March 20:07

      Don’t forget that tesco/hotels.com redemptions are non-refundable, even if you book a refundable rate. You lose the voucher once it’s used and it doesn’t come back if cancelled.

      • the_real_a says:

        9 Mar9 March 21:15

        True…and the Tesco code once transferred to Hotels.com is only valid for 3 months (i thought it was 6) before a booking has to be made.

        • meta says:

          10 Mar10 March 00:00

          Is it not six? Last year when I did it, it was valid for six.

        • the_real_a says:

          10 Mar10 March 15:07

          My last exchange was the last day in Septemeber and expired the first day of January, i’m sure it was 6 months at one point.

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