A Flyertalk member of a Household Account has received an email which appears to indicate that BA are not going to allow transfer of BMI Diamond Club points to BA household accounts. I am greatly disappointed by this as I had hope to move my 200,000 bmi miles to BA on 3 July, when transfers start. However,…
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Yearly Archives for 2012.
Cashback on BA flights from the UK, via Quidco.com
I have written about Quidco before but they have just started offering a rebate – a rather small one to be fair – on all BA flights. It had been restricted to Club Europe flights in the past. Typically it won’t come off the taxes or fuel surcharges, but every penny helps. Remember Quidco charges…
Flying from Berlin on BA? Don’t panic!
The BA online Arrivals and Departures web page gave me a fright this morning. Checking on my flight before leaving for the airport I pulled up this: As you might imagine PANIC ensued! However, looking more carefully at the almost unreadable line – who chose blue ink against a red background? – you see that…
Earning Club Carlson bonus points – part 2 – Park Inn, Heathrow
I posted yesterday about my stay at the Radisson Blu Radisson, Heathrow as part of the plan to earn the bonus from Club Carlson. Today I look at the other hotel, the Park Inn, Heathrow. I have stayed at this hotel before, and know that some of the rooms are very small and noisy. When…
Earning Club Carlson bonus points – part 1 – Radisson Blu Edwardian, Heathrow
Several Boarding Area bloggers have written about the Club Carlson bonus points – Mummy Points, for example. With the time difference in London I did not have to wait up until midnight to register as some members living in the US did. I managed to register for all these bonuses but am only likely to…
Live in the UK, want to take a plane down your street?
As a spin-off from the latest BA Advert they have set up a web site which allows you to enter a UK address and then a portion of the ad is integrated with views of your street. There are two sections in about the middle of the ad. The BA web site for this is…
Cancelling an award ticket on United? There’s a trick!
I discovered today, that when cancelling an award ticket on United’s web site, there is a trick. Cancelling the booking does not automatically process a request for a refund. After you cancel the booking you have to open the reservation in the ‘Cancelled’ Tab of the Manage Reservations Page, Cancelled Options However, about half…
Using Nectar points with Expedia
Several retail shops and online merchants in the UK award nectar points. Most prominent of these is Sainsburys, a large food retailer. Several years ago Sainsburys awarded British Airways AirMiles. However, these were switched to Tesco, a competitor and so now Nectar has an arrangement whereby you can redeem their points via Expedia.co.uk. The redemptions…
The end of bmi – BA removes Gold Upgrades, earning on hotels, Europacar and Purple Parking
The latest decimation of bmi Diamond Club was notified by BA yesterday, and whilst we are unable to move our bmi miles to Avios, there are very few options for redemption available any longer. Note that in 2 days – Gifts and Treats will be gone too! The latest indignities for Diamond Club members: 1. …
BA changed my plane! And an unexpected upgrade.
Last week I was due to fly back from New York on the first evening flight to London, with BA. The day before BA in the US called my UK mobile phone and told me that the plane had changed from a 777 to a 747 resulting in me losing my nice, upper deck exit…
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