Lounge news: Aspire lounge at Luton Airport opens 4th August, Eurostar opens 3rd August

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• Fred says:

  24 Jul24 July 04:31

  Checked avios.com (Aer Club) and can see no avios reward flights showing on BHD-EDI route

• Fred says:

  24 Jul24 July 04:38

  How much are domestic taxes on a reward flight booking on the BHD – EDI Aer Lingus (Stobart) route?

  (The linked article only references long haul)

  • ECR says:

    24 Jul24 July 10:36

    I can’t see any flights loaded on that route yet, but assume the Aer Lingus tax and charges will be in line with their other avios flights from the respective airports, i,e, BHD (to LHR) is £35.92 one way and EDI (to DUB) is £41.91 one way. Assuming it is the same you could expect it to be just under £78 return for the tax and charges alone.

• Roger Everitt says:

  24 Jul24 July 07:50

  This may be a bit convoluted, but bear with me.
  To book to Belfast on the Stobart flight, I am taken to the Aer Lingus booking page.
  As Aer Lingus are a One World partner, can I now use a Avios for the Stobart flights. Can I now earn Tier points?

  Just a thought

  • ao40 says:

    24 Jul24 July 08:28

    Aer Lingus is not part of Oneworld. BA might get a codeshare on these routes though, then you could earn tier points if you book under the BA code.

  • ECR says:

    24 Jul24 July 08:30

    Aer Lingus are not in oneworld so you will not earn BA tier points but will earn avios booking on Aer Lingus. It is possible that the flights may become available on British Airways site as a BA codeshare, in which case if booked under a BA code they will earn tier points, however, for other Aer Lingus booked on a standalone basis the price under a BA code is generally so inflated it is not worthwhile.

• Frankie says:

  24 Jul24 July 08:08

  Does anyone know if a lounge is open in AMS for BAEC silver? I’m flying AMS to LHR on Sunday with BA but can’t find ouT online if the lounge is open. BTW, I was in Galleries south yesterday from 1pm to 3:30pm. The place wasn’t too busy. Order at table only with app. No champagne on menu. Only sparkling wine. I didn’t ask for any but I didn’t see any. Good food and service though the staff didn’t know the table numbers and were constantly walking about with trays looking for the right table. The numbering WAS odd with table 41 next to table 451 (for example). Nothing to take away. Not even crisps. Overall an enjoyable experience. Though I did miss being able to pop a few Speedbirds in the bag for the hotel room.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jul24 July 08:57

    It was shut earlier in the week.

    • APPL says:

      24 Jul24 July 11:35

      It’s still closed, but there were some people moving stuff around today. Next door Aspire is open if you have Priority Pass. Overall it’s very quiet and plenty of places to sit in the terminal. No queues for security and passport control either. Very pleasant experience.

• ECR says:

  24 Jul24 July 08:33

  I wouldn’t get excited about being able to use avios for the new Belfast flights, as Aer Lingus does not use Reward Flight Saver, and their tax and charges short-haul are generally so extreme that it is rarely worthwhile.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jul24 July 08:55

    Given these are monopoly routes in many cases you may find they are pricey.

    • ECR says:

      24 Jul24 July 09:32

      Easyjet fly from BFS to EDI, MAN and BHX. A random date I selected for Aer Lingus from BHD to EDI was under £30 one way, albeit still a couple of pounds more than Easyjet. There is no competition to Exeter, but LBA and EMA are close enough to MAN and BHX to have some limited degree of competition from flights to those airports.

• Gavin M says:

  24 Jul24 July 08:44

  Eurostar lounge question. Due to travel from Ebbsfleet to DLP in a couple of months, wife and I are both Amex Plat holders but will be travelling with our kids 6 & 8. Does anyone know if we would be able to use the lounge or do the kids count as guests?

  • Rob says:

    24 Jul24 July 08:53

    Kids count as guests but I have talked the lounges at quiet times into allowing our two.

    • Gavin M says:

      24 Jul24 July 14:13

      Thanks Rob. Good to know

• Peter says:

  24 Jul24 July 10:38

  A little help please.
  I have an avios return booking for TXL booked for a long weekend in September. Booking was made last November. I know TXL is effectively closed.
  BA have cancelled the outbound and moved in my flight a couple of hours. I have only been offered a voucher, does it work OK with avios? Or can I take the refund based on BA cancelling?
  Still want to travel to Berlin, next September 2021 instead, wife is running Berlin Marathon (hopefully)
  Thanks

• ChrisC says:

  24 Jul24 July 12:31

  So if the Eurostar lounge is open what’s the likely hood of them starting food / drink on the trains?

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