Norwegian drops lounge access for flyers in the Norwegian Premium cabin

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• Nick M says:

  15 Jan15 January 11:08

  OT – I’ve just spotted a new Virgin Life Insurance promo on the Red app… 20,000 miles for 6x £5pm minimum

  • Nick M says:

    15 Jan15 January 11:10

    Ignore that… I’ve just clicked though and you need premiums of £50+ to get the full bonus

  • Roger C says:

    15 Jan15 January 11:26

    Sadly not – £5/month brings in only 1500 miles…

• Anna says:

  15 Jan15 January 11:14

  OT – great excitement as I just discovered PoundLand takes Amex (sorry if you all knew already). Gonna be a big shop to hit that sign up target…

• r6mile says:

  15 Jan15 January 11:53

  Can I ask a bit of an off-topic question?

  I have around 100,000 Avios in my BA Household account, of which roughly 65,000 in my name and 35,000 in my wife’s name. I also have approx 60,000 Amex Rewards points.

  I am looking to make an Iberia redemption for 120,000 Avios. I have on many occasions transferred Avios between my BA and Iberia accounts, with relatively few problems. Is there any way to utilise the Avios in my wife’s name for this redemption? Ie is it possible to transfer Avios between BA household members (and from there to Iberia), or another solution?

  Between my Amex and my Avios I have enough for the redemption, but obviously I would rather use my wife’s Avios instead of the Amex rewards points if there is any way to do that.

  • Alan says:

    15 Jan15 January 11:56

    If you’re in a BAEC household account then it automatically draws the Avios pro rata from each account.

    For example say you had 150k Avios between you, 100k in your account and 50k in your wife’s. You then make a redemption for 60k. It would take 40k from your account and 20k from hers. No extra action or transfers required on your part. So if you already have 100k between you then just transfer 20k from Amex to your account and as you’ll then have 120k in your HHA you’ll be able to make the redemption 🙂

    • Alan says:

      15 Jan15 January 12:11

      Apologies read it as you wanting to make a BAEC redemption rather than doing it in Iberia!!

  • Rob says:

    15 Jan15 January 11:58

    No, no way of doing this unless you pay for the transfer between the two BA accounts. (I’m assuming she is not Gold which would allow a 27k free transfer.)

    • r6mile says:

      15 Jan15 January 12:07

      Thanks Rob, that’s what I suspected!

• Anna says:

  15 Jan15 January 11:57

  Sorry, just seen this. Yes it would be good if there was a way of donating avios etc (though even better if people could get their treatment in the UK!)

  • TripRep says:

    15 Jan15 January 12:09

    I think it’s the lack of time, the NHS waiting list for this treatment is high elsewhere in the UK.

    Anyhow I made a ££ donation and referenced HFP, so please don’t be shy in following suit or offering Avois, VS Miles.

    Rob – feel free to give your airline/hotel contacts the chance of a great PR promo.

• Michael C says:

  15 Jan15 January 12:53

  OT with a tenuous connection to Premium Economy flights!
  We’re looking at LHR-LAX in Oct. I know AIr NZ always received rave reports, but I understand their wacky seating has now gone?
  The prices are similar, with BA working out slightly cheaper.
  Is ANZ so much better that we should go for it, or just stick with BA and accrue the miles?
  Thanks!

  • The Original Nick says:

    15 Jan15 January 13:25

    @Michael C, I’ve booked my Mum and her friend for March out to LAX (Vegas trip) on ANZ Premium Economy. Used the Amex £200 off £600 offer for this so worked out well. From what I’ve looked at I think the ANZ product will be nicer. They also had the option of booking for £50 exit seats which will be nice for them both as they’ve had hip replacements. There’s also an option to upgrade to Business via there bidding option. You can credit the miles to VS accounts. It’ll be a change for my Mum as she normally uses BA. The wacky seating has pretty much all gone now AFAIK.

    • Roberto says:

      15 Jan15 January 14:01

      Saw some cheap(er) Ba WT+ LAX flights out of AMS and DUB advertised over the weekend. Looked to be lots of availability.

      • Michael C says:

        15 Jan15 January 14:59

        Thanks to both!

      • BJ says:

        15 Jan15 January 15:41

        Also cheap PE exUK on both AF and LH.

      • The Original Nick says:

        15 Jan15 January 20:12

        @Roberto, LHR-LAX Return Premium Economy worked out at £559 for my Mum with ANZ via Amex travel.

• Joeb says:

  15 Jan15 January 13:31

  Rob, any idea if stays at the new IHG principal hotels count towards the “staying at three different IHG brands” target…no mention of this new acquisition in the terms. Thanks,

  • mutley says:

    15 Jan15 January 15:12

    Not sure if you’d want to, I stayed at the Met in Leeds recently for two nights, it wasn’t great certainly not a four star Hotel IMO but, as it only cost £73 for two nights triggering a freebie anywhere (in theory) in IHG’s portfolio I lived with it!

    • Brian Webb says:

      16 Jan16 January 00:51

      +1

      I stayed at the Met in Leeds on Sunday night for £45. I was shocked at the lack of alterations made before rebranding as an IHG brand, very dated feel at this hotel. I’ll stay once more to trigger the free night voucher but it’s not a 4 star for sure.

  • Rob says:

    15 Jan15 January 15:56

    No, I don’t think they will.

    • Hugo says:

      15 Jan15 January 19:13

      I e-mailed IHG and they said the met would count as one of my four brands

      • Hugo says:

        15 Jan15 January 19:13

        quote from e mail

        I appreciate the opportunity to assist you today. I’d like to inform that the ‘Discover our Brands’ offer requires 4 different stays at 4 different IHG brands so I’m glad to inform that your upcoming stay at ‘The Met Hotel Leeds’, shall be counted on the offer:

      • Rob says:

        16 Jan16 January 09:05

        Want to bet?

  • pommy ray says:

    15 Jan15 January 16:48

    no sorry does not I asked them !

    • tom1 says:

      15 Jan15 January 21:17

      it’s an IHG hotel – they even have a label saying “New to IHG” so can’t see how IHG can deny it’s not an IHG brand. The question is which brand!

• John says:

  15 Jan15 January 14:46

  OT Rob or Anika

  Since this piece – https://headforpoints.com/2016/12/19/earn-avios-with-your-caffe-nero-coffee-and-other-high-street-retailers/ – I’ve been happily collecting Avios when paying by MasterCard instore at Caffe Nero.

  Initially they credited to avios.com, and from late last year to BAEC shopping portal. But the Caffe Nero logo has now vanished from the BA site. Old transactions (+45 days) still being credited, but Nero says they don’t know if the offer is continuing.

  Pending reply from query to BA, does anyone know if this hassle free way of earning a few miles has gone?

  • No name says:

    15 Jan15 January 22:25

    The logo is still there today for me

• James says:

  15 Jan15 January 14:47

  OT:
  I’ve got the Amex Platinum & applied for an ‘additional’ card for myself, therefore I have a supplementary card under my own name. The agent told me that this is the fee free card which is included in the fee (You get one supplementary plat free). Is this correct? It doesn’t really make sense to have the fee free supplementary in your own name in that case?

  • Alan says:

    15 Jan15 January 14:54

    No, the secondary card for yourself doesn’t use up your free Amex Plat supplementary card.

    (OT sent using free onboard WiFi with Norwegian – also have exit row to myself, pretty decent for £45 positioning flight!)

    • James says:

      15 Jan15 January 15:00

      How should I raise it up with them as they say it does? I also received a priority pass with it which I’m guessing is not supposed to happen.

      • Alan says:

        15 Jan15 January 15:04

        Hmm that does sound like they’ve processed in a funny way as you shouldn’t get a 2nd PP. Did you request it online and just put relationship ‘other’ or do it some other way? If you know who you want to have the proper supp card you probably need to call them with those details and explain this one is only meant to be an Additional Card (if done properly it will have A.C. on it after your name) to help you categorise spending.

      • james says:

        15 Jan15 January 15:09

        Yeah, I did it online, using my same full name and ‘other’ as relationship. When I tried adding it to my app account, it asked me for new phone number and all those new details, making me suspect it is supplementary rather than an A.C. The card doesn’t have A.C either on it – What does the card look like on the app? On mine it says ‘The Platinum Supplementary card’

        • Alan says:

          15 Jan15 January 15:16

          Mine says “The Platinum Additional Card” so looks like something has definitely gone wrong! If you can get through to the Brighton team (I wouldn’t bother with webchat) they can hopefully resolve it for you.

      • James says:

        15 Jan15 January 16:03

        Thanks Alan, I gave them a call and they saw the mistake immediately (unlike webchat as you said) They have requested that the card type be changed to the additional card. Should be done by next week.

        • Alan says:

          15 Jan15 January 16:52

          Great news and thanks for reporting back!

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