Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines return to Heathrow Terminal 3

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• BuildBackBetter says:

  6 Jul6 July 04:06

  Amex gold card – 1 additional point per £1 upto 1000 points.
  Also the Wheely and Gett offers are back.

  • Harry T says:

    6 Jul6 July 06:30

    Thanks

  • janolabs says:

    6 Jul6 July 10:57

    Is Wheely/Gett any good? I’m using Uber/Bolt and, to be honest, want to get from A to B for the lowest price. Thanks!

    • Rob says:

      6 Jul6 July 11:09

      If that’s your goal, then no.

      Wheely is chauffeur driven Mercedes (doors opened for you, free water, you pick the music etc). Gett is normal black cabs.

    • LS says:

      6 Jul6 July 21:17

      I used Wheely on an old offer, which reduced the price to below the Uber option. It was very pleasant, clearly a better class than uber. In reality I am not the type of person to need the extra luxury to justify the usual price premium.

• Ancient says:

  6 Jul6 July 05:14

  Stayed in the Liverpool Pullman a few weeks ago. Our first time to Liverpool and we had a fantastic stay. The “exec floor” is the 2nd floor, with open mini bar, including alcoholic options. They also ran out(?) of check-in drinks vouchers, but reception just told me to let the bartender know my room number and we got our complimentary G&Ts on our first night :). Lounge wasn’t open during my stay.
  The location could be better, unless you’re visiting for the exhibition/concert hall, to which the hotel is directly connected. The Hilton is probably better location generally, but the short walk to Albert Dock along the Mersey in the glorious Spring Bank holiday weather was no bad thing.

• YC says:

  6 Jul6 July 07:20

  SQ deal – Is it just outbound by 31 Dec?

  • Rob says:

    6 Jul6 July 07:40

    I know no more than you.

  • Louie says:

    6 Jul6 July 07:45

    No. From the T&Cs at the bottom of the page linked to above:
    “The Redemption Transaction must be for tickets issued within the Promotion Period, for travel between 06 July 2021 (0000 hrs GMT+1) to 31 December 2021 (2359 hrs GMT+1) (“Travel Period”). If (i) any part of the itinerary is confirmed after the Promotion Period; (ii) or falls outside the applicable Travel Period; and/or (iii) contains an ineligible flight, the entire itinerary will not be deemed to be an eligible Redemption Transaction under this Promotion.”

    Note also that no changes are permitted. Risky.

    • YC says:

      6 Jul6 July 08:03

      Thanks. While no changes I was assuming the 50/75SGD cancellation fee would apply as per normal redemption tickets. Not booked this before so just googling this morning – I could be wrong

      • Sam G says:

        6 Jul6 July 08:09

        No – these promo tickets are no changes / no cancellations (T&C at the bottom of the page)

        There is a slightly ambiguous statement here

        For (i) any flights cancelled by SIA, or (ii) where a SQ-operated flight was removed from a Participant’s booking due to Covid-19 regulatory or governmental restrictions, even if the relevant flight is still operating, the miles redeemed in the relevant Redemption Transactions will be refunded into the relevant Participant’s KrisFlyer account and no additional fees will be charged for such refunds. However, requests to amend any booking details, or to retain the ticket for future use will not be granted.

        So if you couldn’t enter your destination then SQ would “remove” the flight from the booking and refund you?

        The only destination here worth booking for this year is Phuket, pretty much no chance on the rest

        • Axel Heyst says:

          6 Jul6 July 09:28

          There is a slim chance Jakarta will allow entry on the new Nomad Visas to help kickstart tourism by christmas

        • Sam G says:

          6 Jul6 July 10:46

          More likely they’ll follow the Phuket model first and want you to arrive directly into Bali I think, surprised that wasn’t included in the deals

• Save East Coast Rewards says:

  6 Jul6 July 09:29

  “Emirates is presumably stuck in Terminal 4 until the UAE is removed from the ‘Red List’.”

  The red list terminal is for arrivals only, the aircraft will go to its stand and then passengers will be bussed to T4, so EK could move back to T3 for departures and regain access to their lounge or stay in T2.

  Those airlines that are usually based in T4 look likely to have to wait until the red list becomes a thing of the past.

  • Rob says:

    6 Jul6 July 09:47

    Fair point!

  • ADS says:

    6 Jul6 July 18:40

    Anybody know what the bussing experience is like to the plague terminal – do they have loads of buses so you aren’t crammed in ?

    • LS says:

      6 Jul6 July 21:19

      No. You are crammed in. Everyone on one bus together. And you have to wait whilst others arrive from other flights. A friend had to wait 1 hour on a bus with loads of others, and wasnt allowed to wait just outside the bus.
      If you hadn’t had Covid from your red-list country, you will have had it once you spent ages on the bus. Shambles.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      7 Jul7 July 01:00

      You are aware it’s unlikely pretty unlikely they have it. And there more plague here than most of the destinations on the red list.

• Mark says:

  6 Jul6 July 15:28

  Supposed to be flying Virgin mid sept to LA, still unsure if it’s going to happen, at least we’ll now get the club house if it does.

• Tony1 says:

  6 Jul6 July 16:22

  Can Emir ? get any deals on the McGilvery Windsor ?

• LS says:

  6 Jul6 July 21:20

  And boring question: what happens to flight attendants arriving from red-list countries? Do they have to isolate for 10 days too? That must be pretty restrictive if so!

  • ChrisC says:

    7 Jul7 July 02:51

    Whole slew of requirements and exemptions depending if they live here or not

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules

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