Cathay Pacific to significantly boost Manchester flights

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• MarkZ says:

  14 Jun14 June 03:39

  Just to clarify the minimum spend level for the Heathrow Rewards dining offer, from the Ts & Cs:

  Extra Points offer is available to all existing and new Heathrow Rewards members who meet the minimum spend threshold of £25 or more …

  For avoidance of doubt, ‘spend threshold’ means the value of the total transaction after any store or staff discount(s) have been applied.

• BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

  14 Jun14 June 04:36

  Re IHG offer you need to be logged in for the 15% off rate to show.

  • davefl says:

    14 Jun14 June 04:48

    not via this link https://www.ihg.com/onerewards/content/us/en/redeem-rewards/nhop

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

      14 Jun14 June 20:20

      Staybridge suite Brighton showing 42k via that link.

      When logged in it’s 37.5k (with 42k crossed out)

      • davefl says:

        15 Jun15 June 00:43

        strange, I could see Bucharest with the crossings out on the same link

• davefl says:

  14 Jun14 June 04:47

  Bucharest with the 15% is 0.54p/point.

  The better deal is points and cash (also discounted by 15%) 10,925 points+80 EUR which is 0.67p/point and 5,925 points + 106 EUR which is 0.83/point

• Jetset Boyz says:

  14 Jun14 June 06:30

  “Because BA refuses to update its IT system, you won’t earn any Avios or tier points on ‘P’ class Business Class tickets on Cathay Pacific.”

  Cathay Pacific doesn’t display fare classes on it’s website or app, you only find this out when you receive the ‘ticketing confirmation email’.

  If you book and find out you’re in P class – you either receive zero Avios & tier points in Executive Club or have to contact Cathay and pay to upgrade to a higher fare class to get the Avios & tier points. This feels unfair and we’re being conned.

  (I’m well aware you can credit a Cathay P class flight to Qatar Privilege Club and earn Avios there.)

  Instead of just accepting Executive Club’s canned response (given by people working in the contact centres) of “CX P fare don’t earn anything in our program”… please will HfP challenge whoever the BA / IAG director is of Executive Club on this issue. 🙏

  If you can effect change and get this sorted, you’ll earn even more respect from your readers.

  • VALittleRed says:

    14 Jun14 June 07:26

    It’s very frustrating Cathay don’t display fare class prior to booking, has so much other information about the fare but not the class. I take it Cathay won’t downgrade you to a lower fare class free of charge after?

    • memesweeper says:

      14 Jun14 June 08:12

      ITA Matrix may show the fare class if you can find your route & fare. You can also search for specific fare classes, excluding those that dont earn. You’d need to call Cathay or use a travel agent to book.

      • Nick says:

        14 Jun14 June 08:28

        @Rob might want to check his facts about P class. Unless I’m misremembering, it’s CX’s decision not to make awards here. Airlines have to pay for issuing Avios, and under oneworld rules they can elect not to for cheap discounted classes. What they’ve arranged with QR is irrelevant to what they’ve agreed with BA.

        • Chrisasaurus says:

          14 Jun14 June 08:53

          That’s an interesting insight – that sort of bilateral deal seems at odds with the Alliance thesis to me?

        • Rob says:

          14 Jun14 June 08:55

          Cathay voluntarily decided not to give Avios and TP on its 2nd cheapest business ticket (but is ok on the cheapest) whilst happily paying Qatar Airways to award Avios and TP? I should run through the other oneworld carriers and see how many pay out.

          (EDIT: Just checked Malaysia and it pays on Cathay P class.)

      • Jetset Boyz says:

        14 Jun14 June 11:38

        If BA got this sorted, we wouldn’t have to call Cathay or use a travel agent.

    • Charles Martel says:

      14 Jun14 June 11:11

      Search the ITA Matrix using “f BC=J|BC=C|BC=D|BC=I” in the Extension Code box, copy and paste your preferred result into BookWithMatrix:

      https://matrix.itasoftware.com/search
      https://bookwithmatrix.com/

      • Jetset Boyz says:

        14 Jun14 June 11:41

        Charles Martel the point of my comment is to apply some pressure and get BA to get this issue sorted. We shouldn’t have to use ITA Matrix and call Cathay or a travel agent to book a simple itinerary that earns Exec Club Avios.

    • Jetset Boyz says:

      14 Jun14 June 11:35

      They can only do an operational downgrade, not a voluntary downgrade to a lower fare class (that earns Avios & TP) even if they have availability.

• SammyJ says:

  14 Jun14 June 08:02

  The Holiday Inn at MAN is excellent, I’ve stayed twice since it opened a few months ago. One of those that baffle me as to why they branded it as a HI and not something slightly more upmarket or quirky. I’m sure I’m not the only IHG regular that only chooses a HI if there is no other alternative!

  • Mike says:

    14 Jun14 June 09:26

    The alternative on the same site being an Ibis Budget (or the Radisson on the bridge). For anyone considering the Ibis the rooms are tiny and I’d only consider them if you are traveling alone or really can’t afford the extra approximately £20-30 to use the HI.

  • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

    14 Jun14 June 11:16

    How is pedestrian access from airport to hotel?

    • Mike says:

      14 Jun14 June 13:37

      The Holiday Inn and Ibis Budget are good for T2, you leave the hotel, cross the road, walk under the car park, into T2 and then lift up to departures. Literally 120-300 seconds depending on how speedy you walk and how long you wait to cross the road. T1/3 is much more of a hike, across into T2 as described, then the skylink past the Radisson, past the station, and on to T1/3.

      • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

        14 Jun14 June 14:04

        thank you, sounds manageable and for T1 probably simpler than the Doubletree which necessitates a walk along what can sometimes be a muddy path till you eventually reach a pedestian crossing. Then still further on outdoors through the car park area.

        • Mike says:

          15 Jun15 June 02:11

          Yes, at the Doubletree it makes more sense to pay the £2.50 pp and get the paid minibus, since the cheapskates scrapped the hotel shuttle. I’ve dragged my suitcase through the mud on a dark winter’s morning on many occasions. The other alternative is the Radisson although the HI and Ibis are significantly cheaper.

• David S says:

  14 Jun14 June 10:15

  Rob – a yes please for me on checking the other airlines. I can’t find anything on BA’s own web site saying that you earn anything in P Class. Would love an article from the Qatar perspective – what are the Avios and Tier point earnings from all other OW partner airlines, ie should we credit flights to Qatar instead as we can move Avios backwards and forwards. The issue I guess is tier points that can’t be similarly moved.

  • Rob says:

    14 Jun14 June 11:04

    We wrote this exact article a few weeks ago!

    https://www.headforpoints.com/2023/05/06/how-to-maximise-avios-flying-british-airways-partner-airlines/

    • David S says:

      14 Jun14 June 13:35

      Thx – must engage brain first next time as I’d forgotten about this

• Rizz says:

  14 Jun14 June 14:03

  Not sure Tashkent, Uzbekistan is Europe…

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