Virgin Atlantic sale: Upper Class to Mumbai £1878, Tel Aviv £999 plus 10% off flight + hotel bookings

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• Waddle says:

  24 Aug24 August 05:39

  OT: Pre-paid hotel bookings

  I have a reservation at the Conrad Dubai next month which may be affected by the BA strikes. I booked a Honors Sale pre-paid rate on Monday 19 Aug for a stay at the end of September. I haven’t been charged for it yet. What do we think my chances are of cancelling the booking without being charged at all? What is my best course of action in this case?

  • Amit says:

    24 Aug24 August 06:49

    Would probably contact the hotel and ask them, it’s always worked for me. Or cancel the card used to make the booking..

  • Nick_C says:

    24 Aug24 August 08:06

    The CC company that sold you the flight is responsible for consequential loss under S75. You can claim back the hotel cost from them (even if the hotel was paid for using a different card).

    • 3742 says:

      24 Aug24 August 08:21

      Might not have been a credit card…

      Waddle, I would go through the terms and conditions of the booking. I know that Hilton Group hotels say that your pre-paid costs are forfeit/will not be returned if cancelled, but there might be a loophole that allows you to do what Amit said without then being billed/possibly pursued for a contractual debt if you cancel the reservation prior to paymebt being taken.

      What Amit said would definitely work, in terms of preventing payment being taken, but would not necessarily be the end of the matter. If you are going to do it, I would tell the card provider you’ve lost your card/need a replacement, rather than cancelling the card account. (Which may have been what Amit was saying anyway.)

• The Lord says:

  24 Aug24 August 06:42

  OT – flying to LAX in BA J, have about 6 hours before flying AA F to Honolulu. Understand that domestic F doesn’t get lounge access but will the fact we arrived in J help? Currently have no status

  • Matt says:

    24 Aug24 August 09:20

    Why stay in the airport, the strip is so close to the airport!

    • @mkcol says:

      24 Aug24 August 10:40

      What strip?

    • Martin says:

      24 Aug24 August 10:41

      You are confusing LAX with LAS

  • Nick_C says:

    24 Aug24 August 10:00

    Is it two separate bookings? If its a connecting flight on one ticket it shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve used the AC when connecting from international J to domestic first.

    • The Lord says:

      24 Aug24 August 10:32

      2 separate bookings. Does that make a difference?

      • Nick_C says:

        24 Aug24 August 12:37

        I’m guessing you will be OK.

        “Connecting between oneworld marketed and operated flights:
        First and Business Class customers connecting on the same day of travel, or before 6am the following day, can access the lounge when travelling between an international long haul (a oneworld international long haul flight is defined as an international flight marketed and operated by any oneworld carrier with a scheduled flight time longer than 5 hours) and an international short haul or domestic flight (and vice-versa).”

        https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=LAX

      • Lyn says:

        24 Aug24 August 14:20

        I think this would work at the BA/Qantas/OneWorld lounge in the International terminal so I agree with Nick_C above. Worth printing a copy of the rules to take with you. This lounge is much better than the AA lounge anyway for a layover (should work here too though)

        Turn immediately right – without exiting the building – after immigration / customs / rechecking bags to go back through security. Follow signs to the International terminal. Stay at the upper level (above the gates) for the lounge.

        Note they won’t of course show AA departures in that lounge. Allow for a 10 minute walk airside to the AA terminal.

        • Lyn says:

          24 Aug24 August 14:28

          You will need to show your incoming J boarding passes of course. We’ve done this at the Qantas First lounge (next door) connecting from Qantas when my husband was in Qantas First and we were connecting that morning to AA economy so I know the principle works.

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    24 Aug24 August 11:51

    In n out burger is near the runway @ LAX , best fast food i’ve had and ok to kill a few hours if you like watching planes

• Ben says:

  24 Aug24 August 08:41

  OT- anyone got a higher annual limit on curve than £100k? I’m rapidly approaching the mark and I’m keen to keep going, especially not that COT is almost dead.

  • Qwertyknowsbest says:

    24 Aug24 August 17:15

    Yes, but not for broadcast.

• Matt says:

  24 Aug24 August 09:06

  O/T 20k upgrade bonus green to plat landed last night. Saw other people have had success too.

  • Dean says:

    24 Aug24 August 09:08

    I tried to use the link yesterday to upgrade and kept receiving an error message. Any one know if the link is still active?

    • Matt says:

      24 Aug24 August 09:17

      This was the link I used back in June: https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/benefits/upgrade/platinum-charge/index.html

      • Dean says:

        24 Aug24 August 09:22

        Yep the same link I am using, maybe I will try in a few days. Thanks

  • Sandgrounder says:

    24 Aug24 August 10:50

    To anyone who has applied for the Plat since the change to metal, did you get the wooden block issued with the card in the US in the welcome pack? Or are we second class in the UK on blocks as well as benefits?

    • Keith says:

      24 Aug24 August 11:42

      No wooden block – where’s this £600 a year going?!

• ee says:

  24 Aug24 August 11:31

  OT but no bits. I have a one time 10% off at Morrison’s on my HSBC card. I think I read you can buy gift cards at the self scan but what I want to know is will it sell multiple in one transaction? Thanks!

  • thehornets says:

    24 Aug24 August 13:06

    You can buy as many cards as you want, but will likely need the help of a manager to approve the ‘unusual’ transaction. I have done 40 or 50+ (£25) cards in one go. Took a bit of time.so wouldn’t go at peak shopping hours.

    Also,I would not use the self check – the gift cards weigh almost nothing so the till gets confused when you buy something but it can’t sense the increased weight in your shopping bag. You then need the help of an assistant.

    HTH

    • ee says:

      24 Aug24 August 13:21

      Appreciated, thanks!

    • Mark2 says:

      24 Aug24 August 15:53

      Note that the HSBC offer is for only one purchase not multiple as Amex Platinum.

      • ee says:

        25 Aug25 August 08:31

        Yes, noted thanks. They had £100 amazon cards so didn’t need too many. Queues at the manned til were horrible so I risked self scan and although the scales were an issue the staff member just stood with me as I processed the cards.

  • ankomonkey says:

    24 Aug24 August 19:59

    I know the Amex Morrisons offers work when buying gift cards despite the Ts&Cs saying otherwise. Do we know if the HSBC offer will work for gift cards – also against their Ts&Cs. Got the HSBC offer for the first time yesterday 🙂

    • ee says:

      25 Aug25 August 08:35

      No instant confirmation email for the HSBC offer buying gift cards, but I think that’s normal. Think it’s been said before that the card issuer has no transparency on the underlying purchase other than the amount.

  • Shoestring says:

    24 Aug24 August 20:11

    get the Morrisons vouchers (their own vouchers) at the kiosk for 10% off petrol/ diesel

  • Rooster says:

    25 Aug25 August 00:10

    You can buy £1k no problem, some stores worry invade your a victim of a phone scam but apart from that they don’t usually care

• Ian says:

  24 Aug24 August 11:42

  Anyone got a Freetrade referral link?

  • AndyGWP says:

    24 Aug24 August 11:44

    Feel free to use mine 🙂

    https://api.freetrade.io/freeshare/?code=JWIUMZVFZS&sender=KUB57ZWv

    • Ian says:

      24 Aug24 August 11:45

      Thanks – got it.

• Ron says:

  24 Aug24 August 15:26

  Can anyone recall when the Virgin autumn flying club points sale was launched last year?

  i;m assuming they’ll repeat the points sale like they did in april.

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