No British Airways Fast Track security at Nice Airport …..

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• Nick says:

  7 Aug7 August 08:29

  I have an Amex platinum

  Can I sign up for the Gold preferred awards Amex and get the 20000 membership points? Can I also self refer for another 18k too?

  • Lev441 says:

    7 Aug7 August 08:40

    No you wouldn’t be eligible for the bonus on the preferred rewards gold card..

  • TGLoyalty says:

    7 Aug7 August 13:17

    the 18k referral bonus also states the person being referred needs to be eligible for the bonus now

• J says:

  7 Aug7 August 08:44

  OT. Very low cost Virgin flights from Gatwick to Orlando. Just booked economy light return in January for £251. Classic would have been £311.

  • Rob says:

    7 Aug7 August 08:56

    You should book Delight if the maths works as you get a massive miles bonus which basically offsets the price difference much of the time.

    • J says:

      7 Aug7 August 10:17

      Think it was £431 for delight, with an extra 8k miles. Maybe worth it if travelling alone or as a couple, but I don’t value my kids’ miles as high as my own – they can’t top up with credit card bonuses, so any payoff is probably too far in the future to consider investing in now.

• Ant says:

  7 Aug7 August 08:48

  OT: apologies as I know it has been posted many times but does anyone have the link for the upgrade from Gold charge card to Platinum?

  Thanks.

  • KevMc says:

    7 Aug7 August 08:52

    https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/platinum-charge/upgrade/

• Gin and Tonic Please says:

  7 Aug7 August 09:02

  If anyone wants to check for a specific airport, here’s a thread from Flyertalk that lists out where BA does/doesn’t offer Fast Track security (and also priority boarding). It’s a wiki so obviously may not be 100% accurate/up to date.

  https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1540056-tracking-ba-fast-track-priority-boarding.html

• Nick says:

  7 Aug7 August 09:11

  OT – Any further rumours on the Marriott Travel Package conundrum at all please? My scenario is have a Cat 1-5 Certificate but realistically the places we’d be most likely to use it are Cat 7 old / Cat 6 new +, which is making me think I should continue the gamble and upgrade the certificate before 18th. Thanks

  • Rob says:

    7 Aug7 August 10:02

    Not a sausage.

  • Nick M says:

    7 Aug7 August 10:14

    I have a Category 6 certificate and the most likely hotel to use it at the moment would be a new Category 5 (more points from 18/08)… however we’ve lots of job/house changes going through so don’t want to commit to dates/extra expense until we feel a bit more settled… taking the gamble, but hoping we don’t end up regretting it!

    • Alan says:

      7 Aug7 August 14:25

      Ditto, have a cat 6 (old) hoping to use on cat 5 (new) – although if decent points offer instead then happy with that too! Will see how things are treated, but fingers-crossed. Been about a week and no miles yet shown up, not sure how long they’ll take.

      • Nick says:

        7 Aug7 August 19:13

        Alan – anecdote but the Virgin Atlantic miles I purchased posted within 2 days of purchase on 2 Aug. Virgin always seems quick in these things though (e.g. Clubcard processing times, e-rewards etc). Avios and others seems to take longer.

• Jason K says:

  7 Aug7 August 09:26

  OT – Is it possible to self refer from Amex Plat to BAPP and net the signup bonus as well as 18k referral bonus?
  I have the Plat and wife has BAPP, so trying to figure out the best plan for referral.

  • joe says:

    7 Aug7 August 10:00

    +1
    and also if there are any known risks that have happen because of it?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    7 Aug7 August 13:19

    It has been but you never know when AMEX will change their mind/change the IT.

    Referral from your wife is a guaranteed 9k avios where the 18k may or may not post. I’d probably take the risk but that’s me.

• Nick says:

  7 Aug7 August 09:51

  It’s an interesting dilemma for BA and I kinda feel a bit sorry for them… an airport sees a way to earn more cash from airlines and builds a fast track lane, saying ‘if you want to use it, pay us €€’. Passengers naturally expect airlines to jump at it, but the airlines weren’t expecting it, have never needed it before, and haven’t budgeted for it. The approvals process for spend in big companies is long and complex, and there’s no data (yet) on how bad the regular queues will become with the split, so they don’t even know if it’ll be needed. I expect BA will probably apply it in NCE at least at the start of next year. Smaller stations such as Valencia probably never.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    7 Aug7 August 13:23

    Does frequency of eligible customer really matter? surely it’s all about cost per customer?

    Would a club europe customer choose another airline to fly to London if they were now offered fast track? I know I personally would.

    Also Rob seems it remembers your details but not the tick in the box so the next reply doesn’t remember.

• Matthew says:

  7 Aug7 August 09:56

  OT – Irish Independent AVIOS

  For those people who took out an annual subscription just under a year ago for the amazing AVIOS deal.

  I have contacted Reach Home Delivery to cancel the subscription to try to ensure there is no automatic charge for renewal. They have now responded saying they are unable to cancel my subscription and that I need to contact them closer to end of the subscription. Since my subscription started on 31 August 2017, I think their response is ridiculous and indicative of an auto-renewal scam. Be careful!

  • Nick M says:

    7 Aug7 August 10:10

    Can you speak to your bank/credit card and ask them to stop it?

    • Matthew says:

      7 Aug7 August 10:21

      I’ve done so, but surely it shouldn’t have been necessary

  • KevMc says:

    7 Aug7 August 10:25

    Did you contact them via email, or did you speak to someone in a call centre?

  • guesswho2000 says:

    7 Aug7 August 11:46

    I contacted them last year, and they confirmed that they’d stop the auto renewal back then. Needless to say I’ve kept the email, just in case.

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