Aspire to manage the British Airways lounge at Belfast City Airport

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• Crafty says:

  6 Mar6 March 12:05

  OT: Now that Curve levies a fee, is Tesco debit card the next most beneficial way to pay HMRC?

  • Rob says:

    6 Mar6 March 12:10

    No, Lufthansa card.

• BlueHorizonuk says:

  6 Mar6 March 12:32

  BA has opened the tap on Club and First availability to Sydney!! GO, GO , GO!!!!

  • Qrfan says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:03

    … and buy a decent seat with Qatar for not much more than the ba surcharge.

  • Jeff says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:11

    No Club Suite

• Jane says:

  6 Mar6 March 12:35

  OT – since we are on the theme of best ways to pay things and earn points, I’m going to need to pay a builder soon (circa £5K so not masses) – I’m assuming debit and credit card’s won’t be accepted so do any other options work to transfer money to him ?

  • BlueHorizonuk says:

    6 Mar6 March 12:37

    Billhop is your friend

    • Jane says:

      6 Mar6 March 12:39

      Lovely, thanks. I had forgotten that name and was assuming Revolout would be the way forwards.

      • MD says:

        6 Mar6 March 16:38

        Revolut IS the way forwards. Absolutely no need to pay Billhop’s fees. Top up your Revolut with one of several points earning credit cards (might need to be gradually depending on the card, and be aware of recent BTL comments on cash advance fees). Then simply do a bank transfer from Revolut if your builder won’t take cards directly.

  • xcalx says:

    6 Mar6 March 12:41

    Most tradesmen will take card payments now. Just let them know from the outset that it’s how you want to pay.

    • Anna says:

      6 Mar6 March 13:16

      They rarely take Amex IME. I’ve got similar home improvements pending so will use Billbop with BAPP to trigger a 2 4 1 then downgrade to blue.

      • Lady London says:

        6 Mar6 March 21:08

        Humph! Every builder or plumber probably has Amex Gold or Centurion to spend on, they just won’t accept you paying them on yours 🙂

    • Spursdebs says:

      6 Mar6 March 14:38

      They might take cards in cities, but rarely in the countryside. Bill hop worked fine for me via Amex.

  • mark2 says:

    6 Mar6 March 14:03

    If you get a Monese card (£14.95 per month) you can load at Paypoint (Coop) from Amex up to £5000 per month and then pay builder into their bank account using FastPay.
    Then down grade to basic free Monese account. You may find a free code somewhere or use code MARKW642 to get £10 credit.

    • Rhys says:

      6 Mar6 March 14:04

      Or use ours for £20, ROBE820 🙂

    • RWJ says:

      6 Mar6 March 14:04

      Worth stating that this will trigger a cash advance fee though – won’t it?

      • mark2 says:

        6 Mar6 March 16:22

        Not in my experience

        • RWJ says:

          6 Mar6 March 17:39

          Good to know.

    • RWJ says:

      6 Mar6 March 17:40

      You can use the codes 1MONTHFREE and PREMIUMPLEASE to get 1 and 3 months of Monese premium free. Apply them in that order – wait for the first one to expire first.

  • Charlieface says:

    6 Mar6 March 15:17

    Often merchants claim they don’t take Amex when they do. Best is not to tell them, just stuff the card in.

    • RWJ says:

      6 Mar6 March 15:53

      Indeed – easy to do with Apple/Google/whatever Pay too, you can scan it and they won’t know what card is backing it really.

• New Card says:

  6 Mar6 March 13:31

  O/T – Could someone please remind me what the current process is to add a return leg to a booking and use a 2-4-1 voucher? I’ve booked the outbound flight using Avios already as a one way (without applying the voucher). I want to book the return (when it becomes available) and have my 2-4-1 applied to the booking.

  • New Card says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:55

    That should read – I’ve booked the outbound as a one way USING my 2-4-1 voucher. How do I add on the return @ 2-4-1 prices when the return leg becomes available?

    • Clive says:

      6 Mar6 March 15:46

      New Card this may help https://headforpoints.com/2019/11/22/odd-things-are-happening-when-you-book-a-british-airways-2-4-1-ticket-355-days-in-advance/

• xcalx says:

  6 Mar6 March 13:48

  OT I have a IB reward booking BCN-LHR-LBA on BA avios plus cash booking 5800 avios plus £51.17 cash Flight price has plummeted to £70.

  I know that canceling a IB reward booking is 25euro. is this per leg = 50 Euro

  Thanks. ?

• Paul74 says:

  6 Mar6 March 13:55

  OT I’ve used Gold Priority Reward to good effect before, in certain circumstances.
  I’ve identified three or four trips between now and August where it could come in handy (notwithstanding the virus knocking them on the head entirely).
  I know you need to book at least thirty days prior. My question is, if anyone could help please, if you cancel less than thirty days before, do you get the full double avios back? Has anyone ever done this?
  There are reasons not related to coronavirus that I’m only making flexible and semi flexible bookings at present.

  • Rob says:

    6 Mar6 March 14:27

    Yes, double Avios back.

    I often cancel late if standard priced Avios seats appear.

    • Paul74 says:

      6 Mar6 March 17:12

      Thanks Rob, that’s handy.

• AJA says:

  6 Mar6 March 14:21

  OT I see the Guardian is reporting that Norwegian shares have plummeted today.as analysts warned
  that the airlines’ cash reserves were slim.

  They opened this morning at €1.50 and are currently trading at €1.14 (a 27% drop!)

  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/06/norwegian-airlines-shares-plummet-as-coronavirus-hammers-travel-sector

• Anna says:

  6 Mar6 March 15:00

  BA baggage handlers now diagnosed with corona virus. It doesn’t specify where they work though.

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    6 Mar6 March 17:26

    @Anna:
    Heathrow

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