[AviosNovice]

RonnieB wrote:

What’s gonna be the impact of the Trump presidency to the UK traveller?
More security at the border – longer queues?
Tariffs on consumer goods – increased prices in shops etc?
Strengthening dollar – increased costs everywhere?
Law and order issues – more lunatics on the streets?
Overall any positives – clear US Customs in Greenland perhaps? 😉

I’m not a particularly political person, but it was Biden who left us locked out the US for a year longer than our covid numbers were lower than their own, so he was no fan of ours. Not to mention his anti-British, pro-IRA leanings.
And given Trump’s heritage, and Scotland-based business interests, I wouldn’t imagine we’d be high on his list of targets.

Also, anyone who is a frequent flyer to the US should be signed up for Global Entry/TSA Pre-check anyway. It would be reckless not to be.

In terms of lunatics on the streets, you just have to take your chances in the US on that front. They’re everywhere.
But the Republican party is supposedly the ‘law & order party (and the cities of Seattle and Minneapolis don’t give a great advertisement for Democrat crime policy) so, in theory, it should be better.
But look at our own country now, too many people to police, no deterrents, and no money to change it.
So just take your chances and don’t think about it.

The prices will be dreadful until such time as the Pound goes back up. And that doesn’t look likely right now.

[AviosNovice]

Can someone please advise –

I’m in the US on holiday and the Amex travel line closed at 5pm uk time.
I’ve had to go to a medical facility and they’re running blood tests on me. Which they will charge me for.
It’s not life threatening, but would’ve been reckless to delay.

On the Amex page it says ‘all treatment must be approved in advance’ or similar.
So will I be reimbursed for this, or am I looking at bankruptcy?
I feel like if they’re not available 24/7, that’s a very prohibitive rule. But mainly posting for some reassurance from others who may have had a similar situation.

Thanks in advance.

[AviosNovice]

Perfect, thanks for your responses. Very helpful.

[AviosNovice]

OK, thanks 👍

[AviosNovice]

Anyone else have problems linking their card with Boingo?
I have the £160 card but, when I put the number in on the site, it says ‘technical difficulties – check your site administrator email’ (or something similar) and to ring the number on the back of the card.

Did you all manage to register without this hassle?

Thanks

[AviosNovice]

I just emailed the address above and got an auto-reply to say that address is no longer in use.
Will be interested to hear if/how anyone else resolves this and receives the avios.