Emirates sharply increases flight frequencies from the UK

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• Gary Sharp says:

  12 Aug12 August 05:05

  ” ‘upgraded flushing toilet’ which is presumably a novelty in Glasgow”
  Watch it Burgess!

  • Iain says:

    12 Aug12 August 07:39

    😂

• rowpott says:

  12 Aug12 August 05:53

  I have just got a sainsburys credit card but cannot tell from the small print whether fuel purchase at sainsburys counts towards the £400 spend. Does anyone know?

  • sjclub says:

    12 Aug12 August 06:22

    Yep, petrol is included along with purchases in Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu clothing and Habitat. (Although, Sainsbury’s cafes/Fresh Kitchen are excluded from the 2 points per pound spend and the £400 required spend in the first 2 months).

    • BJ says:

      12 Aug12 August 07:08

      I understood petrol was excluded. However, some could get round this by purchasing giftcards and using those if their local station accepted them for payment.

      • Craig says:

        12 Aug12 August 07:43

        Where did you see that petrol was excluded BJ?

        • BJ says:

          12 Aug12 August 08:07

          My application was a mess so I had to call. During that call I took the opportunity to ask and was told petrol was included. I had my doubts though so I called again and this time I was told it was excluded so I decided to avoid. Some readers must know for certain from experience which is true. My PFS took the gift cards so that was safer route for me.

        • Craig says:

          12 Aug12 August 08:12

          Interesting, the T&Cs on the website have several exclusions but not petrol. My statement also doesn’t differentiate between groceries and petrol as far as I can see?

        • Nick says:

          12 Aug12 August 12:25

          It may not show on your card statement but banks can definitely see when it’s a petrol station – they go through a different payment flow. And petrol is one of those sectors with additional data reporting requirements too, so your bank will be told exactly how many litres you took.

• Wally1976 says:

  12 Aug12 August 06:04

  Another question about the Sainsbury’s credit card. Can I use it to pay off other credit cards and it counts as a purchase without fees if I use it behind Curve??

  • VerdantBacon says:

    12 Aug12 August 06:37

    Call them and ask

  • BJ says:

    12 Aug12 August 07:12

    The earning rates is so bas for purchases outside Sainsbury’s group that it would make little sense unless you had no other options.

    • Wally1976 says:

      12 Aug12 August 07:27

      Yes but it’s 0% on purchases for the first year…

      • BJ says:

        12 Aug12 August 08:12

        Correct, but there remains a downside with the scale need to make it worth the hassle IMO but then I am lucky to have Hilton so that might be colouring my perspective.

• Blair says:

  12 Aug12 August 06:17

  Emirates aircraft allocation still too much in flux to rely on. MAN was promised the A380 all summer and never happened. The risk of getting the substandard 777 biz cabin (Premium Economy Plus IMO) is still high.

  • Waddle says:

    12 Aug12 August 07:05

    Wonder if the 777s with the first suites will ever be used outside of Stanstead.

    • Blair says:

      12 Aug12 August 07:26

      It’s very odd. The Stansted first ‘experience’ begins with the apalling security line and then a corner of the Escape Lounge in lieu of a standalone EK lounge. It hardly sets people up positively for the on board experience. Having said that I’d rather the A380 on any routes I’m using till the 2-3-2 cabin is euthanised. Finding First availability on the 777s out of the UK can be patchy.

      • ChrisW says:

        12 Aug12 August 08:09

        Yeah the Stansted situation never made much sense to me. Fly their best product to their worst UK airport. If having their new F seat was so important on this route why not build a lounge there?

• VJ says:

  12 Aug12 August 06:36

  Can I do use Nsi/Curve payment with this CC?

  • John says:

    12 Aug12 August 07:09

    Call them and ask

  • Brighton Belle says:

    12 Aug12 August 07:35

    Give me your card number and pin and I’ll try it.

    • Mike says:

      12 Aug12 August 10:54

      VJ – don’t !

• Andrew says:

  12 Aug12 August 07:34

  I’m seeing 2 daily BA flights to DXB throughout September, October, November. Those have been in place since at least when the Amber announcement was made as that’s when I started checking prices etc.

  • Blair says:

    12 Aug12 August 07:49

    Dreadful Avios availability too I note; defaulting to 2 stops including Amman for me. Dublin via Doha with Aadvantage it is so! $20.70 ‘taxes’. I’ll live with that.

• Jordan D says:

  12 Aug12 August 07:55

  Didn’t know there were two Jordan D’s who visit the site… Congratulations to the other one!

  • Alex W says:

    12 Aug12 August 10:35

    Aw comiserations mate!

• Stuart says:

  12 Aug12 August 08:09

  “holidays in Dubai are back on the agenda this Autumn for anyone who is fully vaccinated, with no quarantine required”

  I wonder how long this will last, I am double vaccinated and became very ill on Monday, did five lateral flow tests over two days all negative but I knew something was not right so did a pcr test and I’m positive.

  I know six other people this week who tested positive also double vaccinated.

  • C says:

    12 Aug12 August 08:15

    You’re not the only one – I caught a full case from my [infant] daughter, and was completely wiped out for the best part of a week with all of the usual upper respiratory symptoms (thankfully nothing significant on the lungs). My second AZ dose had been over 3 weeks prior.

    • RC says:

      12 Aug12 August 08:22

      Be thankful you both had the vaccine or it could d have been much worse.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        12 Aug12 August 08:59

        Yes or it may have been exactly the same.

        • John says:

          12 Aug12 August 11:43

          What are you trying to say, you might die but maybe you won’t so don’t get vaccinated?

        • TGLoyalty says:

          12 Aug12 August 20:35

          Do your own personal risk assessment…

  • Kevin says:

    12 Aug12 August 08:19

    Sorry to hear that snd wish you getting well soon

  • Roger W says:

    12 Aug12 August 08:25

    Luckily you had the vaccinations then. Until everyone is jabbed it will keep swirling around. Could have been a trip to ICU otherwise. Get well soon.

    Thus the need for testing on travelling/ cruising. The Lateral Flows are for monitoring for COVID in well workers and pretty rubbish at that. What a waste of tax payers money.

    • ChrisBCN says:

      12 Aug12 August 09:38

      It’s going to be swirling around for ever, even at 95% vaccination

      • TGLoyalty says:

        12 Aug12 August 19:39

        People can’t grasp that though.

      • Dave1985 says:

        12 Aug12 August 22:17

        Testing to go abroad isn’t going anywhere for a couple of years at least either

      • Alex Sm says:

        13 Aug13 August 10:14

        But it will be more like flu and not a threat to the NHS or public health in general, so life will get back to normal

  • lumma says:

    12 Aug12 August 08:37

    If you have symptoms you’re not meant to use lateral flow tests you’re meant to get a PCR anyway.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      12 Aug12 August 09:00

      This.

    • J says:

      12 Aug12 August 16:03

      Last time I checked that was only if you have the old symptoms (fever, cough, taste/smell) not the updated primary Delta symptoms (headache, sore throat, runny nose). I had Delta a couple of months ago but wasn’t allowed to get a PCR test without perjuring myself on the booking website.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        12 Aug12 August 19:39

        So you’re sure you had Delta without a test to confirm because you had all the symptoms of a cold?

        • J says:

          12 Aug12 August 21:12

          No. I was finally allowed a test after a close contact had tested positive. I had by that point spread it to a number of other people (before I had symptoms) who then spread it to even more (after I had symptoms). Had I been allowed a test when I first had symptoms, I could have alerted those contacts and they would have isolated and tested preventing the exponential spread.

  • Zed says:

    12 Aug12 August 15:41

    I’d like to fly this Autumn half term. My daughter is 11 and will turn 12 a few days before the half term. As a 12 year old does she have to be fully vaccinated as I cannot see how that would happen in time.

    • Rob says:

      12 Aug12 August 15:51

      No-one has to be vaccinated to go to Dubai from the UK. You DO need PCR tests to get in, even if vaccinated.

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