Save 25% on Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy tickets when two or more travel

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• TGLoyalty says:

  28 Jan28 January 11:53

  Do you mean the money off coupon? It’s once per account but can be linked to and used on multiple accounts.

  Or do you mean for using points in general as that’s an awful return for your points.

• Bob M says:

  28 Jan28 January 12:13

  OT- Question regarding BA Amex cards.

  If you were to use the free BA Amex with card year starting in January, reach £10k spend in December and upgrade to trigger the 241 voucher with the BAPP card which you then want to keep for the following year. Would you then have to pay the £195 fee in the December, then pay it again the following month at the start of the next card year?

• Alex says:

  28 Jan28 January 12:53

  Must sound like a noob question, but still – how do I actually book Oneworld flights on BA website? I can see the flights I need on LATAM website (Santiago – Lima), but nothing there on BA.

  On a separate note, I have about 300K avios, 2 x BA 241 and 2 x Lloyds vouchers. What are my best options for Lima – there are no BA redemptions available for the dates I need. I could do London – Santiago via BA 24q, and then Santiago – Lima for cash, or are there better options (via Iberia, transferring points to LATAM etc)?

  Thanks.

  • John says:

    28 Jan28 January 14:15

    If you’re talking about paid flights you have to book with the actual airline or a travel agent, unless BA offers a codeshare which can be booked standalone (else it needs to connect to a BA flight).

    You book avios redemptions on oneworld airlines on the BA website

    You can’t transfer avios to LATAM

  • Lottie says:

    28 Jan28 January 18:02

    I decided on scl with my 241 plus using avios to book scl to Lima reward flights on late via the BA website. Can also do a return only using avios on Iberia they don’t work doing one ways. Baggage is strange on latm as it depends on the class and which part of latm is selling the ticket. I booked 4 internal flights and they all had a different baggage allowance. Free bag if you are BA silver

  • Tracy says:

    29 Jan29 January 00:12

    I have used my 241 for London to Lima, avois redemption on Latam for Lima to Cancun (5.5 hrs though), and return on the 241 for cancun to London. Gets me a 2 centre holiday with Machu Picchu (Avios redemptions Lima to Cusco and return) and a beach break in Cancun. I did book it all as soon as flights were released, not sure what availability is like closer to the time…….

• Waddle says:

  28 Jan28 January 12:53

  OT: Amex Platinum Supps
  I understand Platinum members can get one additional Plat then any combination of 4 Gold or Green cards. May I ask if there’s any difference between the Gold or Green cards? Does the Gold supp have any of the Gold CC benefits like double points on airline purchases? Or is the choice of Gold or Green purely aesthetic? I plan on getting my other half the Platinum supp and want to take out another supp but wondering if I should go for one over another.

  • Rob says:

    28 Jan28 January 12:55

    Aesthetic, as far as I know. You are NOT getting a Preferred Rewards Gold so no lounge passes etc.

• Jordan D says:

  28 Jan28 January 13:27

  Amex Travel Offer query – I’ve got the spend £600, get £200 back: can’t tell from the T&Cs but is cumulative spend (i.e. multiple flights) ok, or does it have to be £600 in one transaction?

  • Alan says:

    28 Jan28 January 13:41

    Cumulative is fine – lots of us have had success with this 🙂

    • Dale says:

      28 Jan28 January 21:46

      I’ve never had any success finding flights that aren’t more expensive on Amex Travel, totally negates the offer imho

      • Shoestring says:

        28 Jan28 January 22:11

        Exactly the same fare in my experience (European short haul).

        But T-330 days vs T-355 doesn’t help.

• rams1981 says:

  28 Jan28 January 16:08

  OT Lloyd’s upgrade voucher vs BA website. Have 2 vouchers in my name and Mrs name. Booked as two outbound with one voucher and the two return with the other. Seems to have led to a higher tax than pricing as a return x 2 passengers. Is this normal?

  • BJ says:

    28 Jan28 January 21:55

    It can work both ways depending on destination. Personally, I’m alwayshappy to pay a premium for 2x one way as it provides more flexibility.

    • rams1981 says:

      29 Jan29 January 07:59

      Thanks. And agreed

• John2 says:

  28 Jan28 January 17:43

  OT.
  I have made an Avios booking in the past. I have now made another booking for different people for the same flight, all part of one family. Can I somehow merge the bookings so they will all sit together?

  • Rob says:

    28 Jan28 January 18:02

    If you are Gold, yes. Call BA, it is called TCP (‘to complete party’). If not Gold, no.

  • Shoestring says:

    28 Jan28 January 21:34

    You can’t do the more formal TCP by right but you can phone & get the bookings ‘linked’. This always worked for us when as a family we had 4 Avios tickets + 1 cash ticket, so 2 different booking references – they did some kind of informal TCP or linking so that we sat together.

    [I guess it *was* TCP, tbh, not that I've got status. Just be pleasant on the phone, works wonders.]

    & stress the family aspect.

  • Pierre says:

    29 Jan29 January 09:35

    yup, link PNR would work as well for non-Golds.
    If less than 3 days before departure and you’re passing by an airport, you can also try to link them in the system (soft link mind you, you’d get the seating but keep the 2 PNRs)

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