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• Hsergio10 says:

  5 Apr5 April 10:38

  Quick Question
  I have 5k accords points
  If i take advantage of the Economist offer i.e 12000 points, would i be eligible to get platinum status? (12k+5=14k>14k)

  • Hsergio10 says:

    5 Apr5 April 10:40

    (12k+5=17k>14k)* , platinum status threshold is 14K.

    • Hsergio10 says:

      5 Apr5 April 11:13

      Got my answers in another thread. Thanks Sean and Rob.

• Larl13 says:

  5 Apr5 April 13:07

  OT: Tier or status points (Not Avios, I think I have this one understood!) please can someone clarify if I can get the tier points, say with BA (assuming BA or partner flight) if the flight is booked:
  1. via a travel agent
  2. via a site such as Expedia
  3. as part or a package holiday
  Seems I am having trouble finding out the answer. I believe that for 1 above I need to supply my membership number on booking. Is it the same for 2 & 3?
  Thanks

  • Adam says:

    5 Apr5 April 13:43

    Yes, You should be able to. As long as you know the booking reference you can add it via manage my booking (For BA flights this works easily for some partners I have had dificulty – for example LATAM will not allow you to add a non LATAM number after booking.)
    In any case you can claim the points after the flight via BA.com (the same applies for Tier points as for Avios)

  • Rob says:

    5 Apr5 April 14:31

    Yes to all 3. You can add your number via Manage My Booking if you have the 6-character booking reference, or at check-in as a last resort.

• Anna says:

  5 Apr5 April 16:21

  OT – brain picking. I’ve miss-timed my current 2 4 1 and will have to use it for a short haul trip next Spring. OH doesn’t fancy Moscow. Another option would be the Madrid flight with the flat beds. Anyone got any tips on getting really good value out of it? Thinking also about Rome/Vienna. Would Sicily be an option? We’ve done all the zone 1 places e.g. Paris, Prague, and need to fly from LHR as connecting from MAN.

  • JamesB says:

    5 Apr5 April 17:48

    Cairo? Awesome city 🙂

    • Stu N says:

      5 Apr5 April 18:02

      Madrid could work, there is a regular daily 777/787 rotation so you get Club World seats. IIRC it gets back into LHR pretty late though so you may struggle to connect to MAN that evening. I don’t think you can use the 2-4-1 on the Iberia A330/340 rotation that is a bit earlier but that might be worth checking. For Spain, Seville is brilliant too but it’s an LGW flight – train from Madrid is superb so you could do MAN-LHR-LGW-SVQ, train to MAD and back MAD-LHR-MAN.

      Otherwise there are the eastern Mediterranean destinations – Cyprus, Beirut and Tel Aviv might appeal if JamesB’s idea of Cairo doesn’t appeal.

      Or go somewhere proper wintry – HEL or TLL, both wonderful cities – in my view TLL edges it but weather could be brutal rather than charmingly wintery.

      • Genghis says:

        5 Apr5 April 18:21

        I wouldn’t focus on getting the “best value”, rather somewhere you actually want to go. Went to Israel last year and thought it was great (apart from the interrogation and full hand baggage search on leaving the country due to me visiting many Muslim countries)

      • Stu N says:

        5 Apr5 April 20:30

        But then you might find somewhere you love – we only went to Tallinn on the cheap Finnair codeshare deal and can’t wait to go back. Friends similar with Tel Aviv…

    • Anna says:

      5 Apr5 April 21:11

      I would but OH not keen.

  • Ant says:

    5 Apr5 April 18:45

    Istanbul?

    • Anna says:

      5 Apr5 April 21:22

      Thanks – OH is extremely risk averse so it’ll have to be Europe (yes I know Europe isn’t that safe these days but there’s no arguing with him!) We’ll only have 3/4 days so don’t want to change airports too often. I’m thinking possibly Lisbon or Athens?

      • Leo says:

        5 Apr5 April 21:24

        Both are great. Lisbon flies from T3 so you could do the lounge hopping thing!

      • JamesB says:

        5 Apr5 April 21:36

        What about 4 days in an Eastern North American city? Montreal and use one day to visit Qubec City. Not unusual for people to go to the likes of NYC or Boston for a weekend.

      • Tilly says:

        5 Apr5 April 21:38

        Absolutely love Athens! The city will keep you very busy for 3 or 4 days and the food is just delicious!

      • Tilly says:

        5 Apr5 April 21:39

        What about Toronto? Boston is lovely too!

• Andrew-a says:

  5 Apr5 April 19:55

  O/T advice required.
  I am planning a trip next June, EDI to JFK in F for 3 people, using a 2 for 1 and avios for the third person. I intend to make this open jaw with flights back from MIA or MCO in J. Am I able to book just the two people back using the 2 for 1 and make the third booking separately with a Lloyds upgrade voucher? Basically what I mean is can we all travel out on the one booking but only two come back on it?
  Thanks in advance

  • Rob says:

    5 Apr5 April 20:07

    If using the Lloyds voucher it will need to be 2 bookings as one is via BA.com and the other avios.com

  • Genghis says:

    5 Apr5 April 20:39

    Note cannot use Lloyds voucher for F

    • Andrew-a says:

      5 Apr5 April 20:46

      Thanks Genghis I realised that. I was going to use avios on the way out for F and only use the Lloyds voucher on the way back for J, although David ( see below) reckons you need to use the Lloyds from the UK.

      • Anna says:

        5 Apr5 April 21:17

        I’m not sure about that. I used one Lloyds voucher for 2 one-way flights to IAD, then called avios.com to use a 2nd voucher for the return from BOS. In the end they made them into 2 upgraded return flights as this made the taxes lower, but there was no suggestion that I couldn’t use the voucher just to get us back from BOS.

      • GB74 says:

        5 Apr5 April 21:28

        No problem using a Lloyd’s voucher commencing outside the UK – either EU-LHR-XXX to lower taxes or XXX-UK to get back home from somewhere. So much more flexible than BA 241’s (if you aren’t flying F).

      • JamesB says:

        5 Apr5 April 21:48

        If both the Lloyds voucher and 241 is in your name then you have a problem because yoo would need to be on the booking for both I think? Or can the 241 voucher holder book for any two others? Lloyds voucher holder definitely needs to fly when it is used for 2x one way.

      • Andrew-a says:

        5 Apr5 April 22:00

        Thanks all. The 2 for 1 is in my wife’s name so she will book for her and our daughter. The Lloyds voucher is in my name so should work out ok, fingers crossed. It’s a while away but want to make sure I know what I’m doing.

• Andrew-a says:

  5 Apr5 April 20:17

  Thanks Rob,
  I assume then I would make a 2 for 1 open jaw booking, a separate F booking one way all on BA.com then a single Avios.com booking for one return leg of the journey ( therefore only using half of the upgrade voucher)?

  • David says:

    5 Apr5 April 20:42

    I believe the Lloyds voucher needs to be used departing from UK

    • JamesB says:

      5 Apr5 April 22:12

      No, not the case.

      • David says:

        5 Apr5 April 23:41

        indeed – it would appear so.

        I believe it used to say otherwise. And I think, there were – at least initially – reports exUK was enforced.

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