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Dec 27, 2018, 7:58 am

#1141

TPRun

Join Date: Sep 2017

Location: Berkshire / London

Programs: BAEC Gold, Nandos

Posts: 1,004

Quote:

Originally Posted by tenn_ace

exactly what I was hoping for. Where are we going? ��

Wow - use of the voucher AND I get to decide where we're going? This sounds too good to be true

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Last edited by TPRun; Dec 27, 2018 at 9:00 am

Dec 30, 2018, 2:16 pm

#1142

eugegall

Join Date: Mar 2018

Location: London(ish)

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 564

Just qualified for my first 241. Chuffed!

I want to use this with a return in First somewhere. Thinking JNB.

Are two First reward tickets hard to come by on this routing from your experience.

Cheers

Dec 30, 2018, 7:22 pm

#1143

Steve in Olympia

Join Date: Sep 2009

Posts: 2,828

Quote:

Originally Posted by eugegall

https://baredemptionfinder.com/

Jan 2, 2019, 7:01 am

#1144

Palty

Join Date: Mar 2018

Posts: 371

Hi all!
I have a question
I've got a 241 voucher but my friend wants to use it for him and his wife and I don't mind giving it to them is there any possibility of giving it over to someone else say if I add them to my account or anything like that?
and if yes how much is a 241 worth in points since they wanna pay me back in points
thanks in advanced

Jan 2, 2019, 7:04 am

#1145

fruitcage

Join Date: Apr 2017

Programs: BA Silver

Posts: 1,383

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palty

Afraid you cannot transfer the voucher at all.

Jan 2, 2019, 7:04 am

#1146

KARFA

Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend

Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: Leeds, UK

Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond

Posts: 42,888

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palty

No that’s not possible. One of the rules of the voucher is that the voucher holder must travel on the booking. I can’t see there would be any way around this.

Jan 2, 2019, 7:08 am

#1147

Palty

Join Date: Mar 2018

Posts: 371

Thanks guys
that's what I figured but just wanted to make sure
happy new year

Jan 5, 2019, 5:32 am

#1148

flyer200

Join Date: Jan 2016

Posts: 344

Bit of a straw poll advice please.

My wife and I both have BA Premium, I also have Amex Gold. I am BA gold and my wife and two children are silver.

Our spend is more than enough to trigger all bonuses.

However it's a little complicated right now

My wife is not super mobile due to illness so we are unlikely to do much long haul together for a while, though this might change
Due to 1. we have two companion vouchers, one expiring late August on my wife's account and one in October '20 on my account
We have the possibility of completing the spend on a third companion voucher in February on my wife's card but due to a mixup we are 3k spend to go so would potentially need to buy a fully flex ticket or similar to push over spend (monthly spend is generally 2 - 2.5k per month)

Given the situation with my wife's health my goal is to accumulate as many avios as possible in the bank and amex rewards whilst retaining Gold via Business travel. I'd also potentially like to limit my personal travel spend over the next 18 months to fund something else.

Questions

Would you downgrade my wife's BA Premium account to Blue?
Is it worth the hassle of spending fully flex or similar to accumulate another voucher we may not to get to use on 1st class or J redemptions?

I appreciate this is all opinion based but would love to hear some thoughts.

Jan 5, 2019, 9:53 am

#1149

toothy

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: Cheshire / Wherever they send me

Programs: BA Blue, Marriott Plat Life, UA Silver (thx Marriott), IHG Gold, Accor Plat, Hilton Diamond

Posts: 943

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyer200

Questions

Would you downgrade my wife's BA Premium account to Blue?
Is it worth the hassle of spending fully flex or similar to accumulate another voucher we may not to get to use on 1st class or J redemptions?

I appreciate this is all opinion based but would love to hear some thoughts.

My thoughts:

1 - Yes, you've got another voucher in any case which since it's premium lasts for 2 years.
2 - No, as you're not likely to use it from what you say.

I know that some people really don't like not using their vouchers, but I've often skipped (we tend to do long haul every 2 years for holidays). I just see the fee for the Amex as investment into next year's holiday.

I'd focus on your wife and whatever else you're looking at. Sounds like you've a nice stash of avios and another project to focus on in any case.

T

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Jan 5, 2019, 12:48 pm

#1150

pauldb

Join Date: Jun 2003

Programs: BA, IHG, 5C

Posts: 4,413

On the other hand I’d go for it, if you think it’s more than 50/50 you’d use the third voucher for a shorthaul trip. It would save you something between 9,000 and 40,000 avios. That’s a pretty good return on £3k of spend (+ the 1.5x normal avios) and £20 of annual fee. The fully flex thing is 10mins effort, or buy some supermarket vouchers.

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Jan 6, 2019, 1:49 am

#1151

flyer200

Join Date: Jan 2016

Posts: 344

Quote:

Originally Posted by pauldb

Thankyou. What’s the deal with supermarket vouchers. Can I go in store and buy 500 pounds of Waitrose vouchers or do I need to do it online?

apologies for the naivety of the question.

Jan 6, 2019, 5:22 am

#1152

umgowah

Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: London, UK

Programs: IHG Platinum; Marriott Silver; Avis president's: Hertz President's

Posts: 225

Quote:

Originally Posted by eugegall

I have found F there and J back usually no problem for JNB, but F both ways never comes up for me on or near dates we want.

Jan 6, 2019, 12:39 pm

#1153

sondra_finchley

Join Date: Sep 2008

Location: LON

Programs: BAEC - Silver, Virgin Flying Club, Delta Skymiles

Posts: 229

We have multiple 2-4-1 vouchers in hand at the moment and are planning to use one to get to the Masters in April. ATL is/has been unavailable for months, but we are open to going in via IAH (with a US domestic turn into ATL) which has J and F availability on our planned dates. Can anyone advise on the aircraft quality - looks like a 772 and 747 most days, two flights a day. We actually haven't flown Club World before, and I want to make sure we don't waste the points on a dog of an aircraft. Alternatives would be ORD, BNA, or some open jaw itinerary.

Jan 6, 2019, 2:06 pm

#1154

Alan Shave

Join Date: Sep 2018

Posts: 20

Need some help guys - really just need the benefit of everyone's experience. I may not see the booking through, but it'll be useful to know for future redemptions.

I'd been playing about looking at a Club World/241 redemption from Edinburgh to Punta Cana, but I'm slightly confused about the taxes/charges that are included when you do it from Edinburgh vs cutting out the regional leg and just going from London.

The Avios needed stays the same, which is as I expected.

The taxes/charges from Gatwick are £572.74, but with Edinburgh added are £686.32. If I was the book the Edinburgh to Gatwick flight separately, then the taxes/charges are only £50.

Is that normal?

Jan 6, 2019, 3:49 pm

#1155

mike&co

Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: North of Carlisle

Programs: BAEC Silver

Posts: 1,536

Quote:

Originally Posted by sondra_finchley

If it’s your first time in club world you’ll enjoy it irrespective of what aircraft it is.

For information, I booked outbound to Atlanta the weekend before the Masters (in August) but Nashville going back to the UK. Availability wasn’t that great when I booked due to the Masters demand. You’ll be very lucky to get something at this stage. We’ve managed to secure tickets for the practice day on the Tuesday (have two spares due to a call off). We considered changing our booking when direct flights to Charlotte opened up but availability dried up very quickly,