Earn 12.5 Avios per £1 at eBay on Wednesday

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• zapato1060 says:

  17 Apr17 April 04:28

  Regarding eBay offer: Those that are that way inclined, the £300 “item of clothing” has worked for me for the last 2 promos.

  • zapato1060 says:

    17 Apr17 April 04:30

    Sorry, but only if £1 FVF is in play.

    • John says:

      17 Apr17 April 06:49

      80% off fees also works doesn’t it. On a £300 item fees would be £8 for £30 of nectar

      • Mikeact says:

        17 Apr17 April 08:02

        80% off is usually weekends only, and then only when Ebay decides to run it.

        • John says:

          17 Apr17 April 08:51

          It has been running every fortnight like clockwork except for over Christmas. I’ve never received a £1 fvf offer except on an account I opened for shill bidding 🙂 I prefer 80% off anyway as I almost never sell anything over £50

• John says:

  17 Apr17 April 06:04

  On the peripheral issue of the Delta FFP..

  I don’t think it’s a bad program. Yeah, Skypesos aren’t as valuable as Avios.

  But status thresholds are reasonable, First Upgrades and Comfort+ upgrades are nice if you fly short routes and can’t justify paying for premium cabin.

  Most importantly, though, Delta’s IRROPS handling for Plat/Diamonds is superb. Day and night if I compare to BA. I’ve had Sky Club agents work for hours on end just to find me a new routing in case of major disruptions. Refunds, missing-points claims, and such are handled much better and quicker as well.

  I do think BA and VS have nice staff. But DL is better, particularly on the ground and via the call center.

  • Jim Utd says:

    17 Apr17 April 06:56

    Tend to agree ref DL with @John. I’m Platinum, redemptions are generally reasonably priced domestically and I’ve already had lots of free upgrades to first. Upgrade to comfort is automatic as soon as you’ve booked main cabin. Gets me into the clubhouse at LHR as well when flying premium or economy and the customer service is really good. Went for this option over Virgin Gold and not regretting it at all. Wouldn’t redeem internationally though, mad prices. Certainly for US to Europe and VV

  • newbie says:

    17 Apr17 April 15:23

    Skypesos are absolutely useless. Transatlantic routes in business class at 375,000 one-way? Partner redemptions are the only remaining sweet spot.

    Free upgrades to J clear very rarely, unless you take a flight that leaves at 6am in the middle of the week. Which is not different from other airlines in the US – I’m also a United 1K and my upgrades rarely clear because premium cabins are full. It’s not unusual to have 10 1Ks on the upgrade list and just one seat available for upgrades.

    Delta app and handling of IRROPS are excellent. Agents have much more flexibility and discretion. Fully agree on this one.

    • Michael says:

      17 Apr17 April 18:53

      Totally agree. Delta is a slick operation (or at least was, I think they’ve had their problems recently). Generally very reliable, and when IRROPs hit, their app handles most things very well. The station manager at DUB thanks each passenger for their business on boarding (or for their premium
      Boarding anyway!) – a small touch but better than attitude from BA ground staff.

      BA have used “Heathrow” as an excuse for so long it feels they aren’t even trying anymore. Yes, Heathrow runs at full capacity so small delays quickly create big problems, but as has been mentioned, other carriers don’t seem to struggle in the same way. Apart from the US carriers and Virgin Atlantic, BA’s sister Aer Lingus generally manages to run a decent operation on the Irish routes while BA’s punctuality and reliability are diabolical. My most recent trip resulted in a missed connection despite leaving the gate early at DUB and having an initial estimated arrival of 30 mins early which evaporated mid-air. The icing on the cake was BA blocking their own aircraft from accessing the gate at LHR for 15 mins with another of their own!

      • Nick says:

        17 Apr17 April 19:07

        Is this the Aer Lingus that has had such bad operational performance that they’ve been desperate enough to hire in Wamos, surely the last resort for any self-respecting airline? Everyone has difficulties from time to time.

• vol says:

  17 Apr17 April 06:19

  OT: Spend £30 get 1000 Avios at Prezzo just appeared on BAPP card.

  Weird offer term “orders taken via tablet or iPad do not count” –

  So if a staff member turns up with an iPad or a tablet to take my order, am I to insist they use some other method?

  I don’t understand anything anymore 😩😄

  • lumma says:

    17 Apr17 April 06:50

    Having worked in restaurants that use waiter iPads, I can’t imagine there’ll even be an alternative way of placing an order. I think it must be one of two things, either they’re using something called “Sunday” which allows you to scan a QR code to settle your bill on your phone and processes the bill differently or they have kiosks for takeaway/settling bills but you can still pay at the table.

    I remember an Applebee’s in NYC which just dumped a tablet on my table for everything a waiter does and still wanted a 20% tip…

    • Londonsteve says:

      17 Apr17 April 12:58

      They want a 20% tip for handing over your coffee at Starbucks. US tip culture is out of control. Quite apart from the cost involved, the pressure to tip for everything, all the time is enough to put me off visiting the US as a tourist, even if the Dollar become much weaker.

      • Rob says:

        17 Apr17 April 16:13

        Pay at an indy grocery store with a credit store and the machine offers you a choice of 5%, 15% or 25% tip on the groceries you just bought.

• David Cohen says:

  17 Apr17 April 07:18

  My last JFK was two hours late, mainly due to G-STBD having a broken APU and BA not sourcing ground power to start it up at LHR. Also had broken internet. Some two weeks later, both still aren’t fixed according to a friend who flew the same aircraft. For their premium route both are unacceptable and typifies the current state of the airline.

• Harry T says:

  17 Apr17 April 07:30

  BA are going to struggle with punctuality because they screw up basically every piece of the process.

• Simon says:

  17 Apr17 April 07:39

  JFK news is terrifying. Already last week my flight to LAX was 1.55hrs late, plane swap because our plane was ‘needed for another route’… presumably this will only get worse as they aim to impress on one route to the sacrifice of many others.. (but never far enough for compensation!)

• VP says:

  17 Apr17 April 07:57

  OT: Apologies for OT but just wanted to share in case anyone finds this useful.
  The Barclays Upgrade Voucher (and the avios) are not deposited instantly in your account if your account. I had a booking over the May bank holiday weekend and saw a much better timed flight having Club Europe availability so I cancelled my existing flight but the voucher (and avios) was redeposited after 18 hrs during which those seats were snapped up!! As I was resigned to booking expensive , Economy cash fares, the seats appeared again (probably some cancellation !!). Also, I had to keep checking every now and then to see if the voucher is available. All in all very stressful period (though all fine in the end) and had I known the voucher is not deposited instantly, I wouldn’t have cancelled it.

  On another note, I never saw the my original tickets released back in Avios inventory. Not when I cancelled and not when I booked with Voucher. Of course there may be some timing issue as well but just thought of sharing my experience.

  • VP says:

    17 Apr17 April 07:58

    The Barclays Upgrade Voucher (and the avios) are not deposited instantly in your account if *you cancel your tickets*

• Catalan says:

  17 Apr17 April 08:09

  This punctuality drive is going to be very difficult for BA to achieve with a space and slot restricted Heathrow airport. It just takes one passenger to be late to the gate for a flight to be delayed whilst their bags are removed from the aircraft hold. The knock on effect can be enormous.
  BA also has staff resource issues and a need a complete culture change in order to consistently achieve this target. I wish them luck.

  • Luca says:

    17 Apr17 April 08:39

    It’s not a Heathrow issue. AA and DL both manage to get away promptly while BA still farts around 35 mins after scheduled departure.

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    17 Apr17 April 15:47

    BA need to enforce doors close and other rules

    Perhaps setting confrmance at 45 mins rather than 35 might help people get from check in to the gate on time as well.

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