Get up to 40% off No 1 Lounges – an easy way to avoid the airport crowds this Summer

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• David2910 says:

  6 Jul6 July 08:50

  On the topic of cheap exEU australia dates, anyone know of any business class deals currently available towards end of year for under GBP 2k pp? That’s usually my target. Have searched through Google flights etc but there’s nothing fantastic there really.

  • Lady london says:

    6 Jul6 July 09:51

    Air Chinz / Southern Chinz do regular offers well under that. Deoends if you want a long enforced stop in Beijing. Can have lots of mainland Chinese on thr plane. Dépends how keen you are to be cheap.

    • Dahokolomoki says:

      6 Jul6 July 10:08

      If you fly British Airways, you might have lots of British people on the plane.

      Not sure why it’s worth mentioning this, but clearly important to Lady London.

      • John says:

        6 Jul6 July 10:21

        Mainland Chinese (tends to be tour groups) are rude, loud and have poor personal hygiene. I am glad my great grandparents managed to escape before the communists ruined everything. Is this a racist comment? Sure, but Chinese are the second most racist race on Earth 🙂

        • Shoestring says:

          6 Jul6 July 10:52

          First being the Thais? They’re pretty racist but in a factual way & perfectly pleasant about it. Friendliest country in the world, so just proves that racism need not always be full of hate. Just pointing out the differences between races/ ethnicity. Not that it works in a multicultural world.

  • BJ says:

    6 Jul6 July 12:30

    AirAsiaX now started flying to Australia from Bangkok DMK so combining a cheap exUK to BKK with one of these might be worth considering as it gives option of a decent nights sleep at Anari DMK to break the journey.

• matthew Bennion says:

  6 Jul6 July 09:11

  Seems the code isn’t valid for Clubrooms Luton…

  • Shoestring says:

    6 Jul6 July 09:30

    Rhys could simply add the word Luton yet another time to make it clear to all

    The problem is that [LUTON] Clubrooms is NOT accessible via Priority Pass, Lounge Club or LoungeKey.

    • Rob says:

      6 Jul6 July 10:20

      Will clarify!

• Kevin says:

  6 Jul6 July 09:47

  Tried to look at the price from MAS and comparing with travel agent one with the Amex promo code but it doesn’t work.

  General experience travel agent will always give better deal than book direct via MAS.

  • Jovanna says:

    6 Jul6 July 10:32

    The website, on various browsers, wouldn’t work for me.

    • Jon says:

      6 Jul6 July 10:51

      One of my biggest frustrations with Malaysia Airlines is their web site. I don’t know whether they have an incompetent IT team or are stuck with a platform that doesn’t let them do what they should be doing. Either way, so many basic usability and functional errors.

      For several days a few weeks ago, I couldn’t even get the “Book Now” button to work…

      Their mindset seems to be stuck in the web design of the late 1990s – it’s as if they think it’s purely for marketing and no-one would ever want to book (or research fares) through it. They keep making cosmetic updates and refreshing the look and feel, but do nothing to improve ease of use, especially in the booking engine (in some ways it has got worse recently). It’s almost easier to use ITA Matrix to find a fare, and that’s saying something!

      A shame, as they’re otherwise a really good airline to fly with.

      • Polly says:

        6 Jul6 July 23:20

        Agree. I had to resort to skyscanner to get our intra Asia flts sorted. We have never used their wrbsite successfully apart from when they offer an upgrade bid. Then it’s no problem!

• David says:

  6 Jul6 July 10:54

  Is there a trick to getting the MAS Amex website to load after you search for flights? Tried on Chrome, Firefox and IE and it’s just stuck on Page is Loading

  • Pareet says:

    6 Jul6 July 11:10

    Having the same problem on phone and laptop – on the verge of giving up if this difficult to buy a ticket, can you imagine the hassle if trying to resolve any problems!

  • Aston100 says:

    6 Jul6 July 12:46

    Same here

• Harry T says:

  6 Jul6 July 11:22

  OT
  Going to be visiting Vienna, Bratislava and Prague for the first time from 16th July to 28th July. I’m trying to hit the bonus on my new Virgin Rewards + card without paying excessive FX. I do have Halifax Clarity, Monzo and Starling for back up.

  My current plan is to either use Curve or Revolut during the week with Virgin card. On the weekend, I understand both charge a fee – can I avoid this by exchanging money into euros etc on revolut before the weekend?

  Also, would appreciate if anyone could advise how common card acceptance is in these destinations, so I can plan when to withdraw cash on Curve/Revolut. Thanks.

  • Mark says:

    6 Jul6 July 13:15

    I can only speak for Curve. It worked perfectly for me at ATM’s and retailers in Cuba and Vietnam, so I don’t expect you’d have any problems in Europe. Card acceptance is much the same as UK.
    Check for yourself, but IIRC the Curve exchange fee at weekends only is low anyway (? about 1.0% ?) so may be no worse than normal exchange rate fees.

    • Harry T says:

      6 Jul6 July 14:08

      Thank you – worked well for me in Amsterdam last month too. Think Curve will charge me 1.5% for paying in CZK when in Prague at the weekend, so will try and use an alternative approach.

  • John says:

    6 Jul6 July 15:31

    Yes you can exchange to whatever on weekdays using revolut. The pound has dropped in the past week so really you should have exchanged in may. if you go to shops and restaurants they should take card, only small stalls might not.

    • Harry T says:

      6 Jul6 July 15:34

      Thanks, John. I agree about exchanging in May but I’ve only just got Revolut and it’s a bit of a last minute holiday. Will bear that in mind in future.

• Memesweeper says:

  6 Jul6 July 11:43

  OT:

  First, thanks to whoever recommended IC Marseille in a comment a week or so ago — now booked, looks amazing. If you are at the party on Monday I’ll buy you a drink.

  Second, zero Amex offers on my Green sup (new) or Plat (recently upgraded to metal). I’ve removed the Plat and re-added it to the online account. Any other tips? Even the ‘refer a friend ‘ pseudo offer isn’t showing which makes me think it’s broken.

  • meta says:

    6 Jul6 July 13:36

    It’s no good re-adding it to same account. You need to create a totally new account for each card. I’m doing separate online accounts for all cards (incl. supp ones). Only this worked for me.

    • Memesweeper says:

      6 Jul6 July 14:15

      Thanks!

• Bob says:

  6 Jul6 July 12:00

  On the topic of lounges, seems to be a new option opening this month in T4 LHR – Art and Lounge https://www.prioritypass.com/en/lounges/united-kingdom/london-heathrow/lhr22-art–lounge

  Any reviews / info regarding this lounge at all?

  Thanks

  • AlexWlkr says:

    6 Jul6 July 12:36

    That view makes me think it might be the old Air India lounge.

  • Rob says:

    6 Jul6 July 14:24

    Good spot. I will have a dig.

    EDIT: Had a dig. Looks like El Al has thrown in the towel.

    • Gringo says:

      7 Jul7 July 00:41

      Hi Rob – where did you see that? I use the King David lounge at T4 quite regularly. Thanks

      • Harvey says:

        7 Jul7 July 01:06

        That is the ELAL lounge

• Ben says:

  6 Jul6 July 12:33

  O/T – How does creation deal with Revolut top ups? Is it classed as a purchase?

  • rams1981 says:

    6 Jul6 July 14:11

    That’s what I find

    • Ben says:

      6 Jul6 July 14:50

      Thanks!

  • Mark2 says:

    6 Jul6 July 15:45

    Not in my recent experience

  • Jonathan says:

    6 Jul6 July 15:59

    You won’t get charged, but it counts as a cash transaction so limited to £300/day £700/week and there seems no way to increase it.

    • MarkH says:

      6 Jul6 July 16:06

      I’ve never managed to get more than £250 through per day.

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