🤔 Needing relationship advice or excuses for taking an upgrade
Feb 27, 2024, 1:20 pm
#31
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Feb 27, 2024, 1:32 pm
#32
Join Date: May 2005
Programs: BA Gold, AA PLT PRO, AGR, Strawberry (Nordic Choice), Marriott Bonvoy
Posts: 4,261
Let me recommend spending the money on a romantic break to Granada instead: BA don’t fly there direct and (having read reviews, not personal experience) I wouldn’t recommend Vueling who do from LGW so you should take Iberia via MAD which has the benefit of extra TP.
GRX doesn’t have a lounge, it’s a pleasant airport to travel out of and has a little cafe near the four (five?) gates.
If you want a nonstop flight you could fly to AGP, which is about 60 miles away and if you want to make this into a TP-collecting extravaganza you could fly LHR-HEL-AGP round trip in business class for 440TP total, although it’ll increase your cost dramatically.
The Alhambra is wondrous, and you can stay in Hotel Casa 1800 Granada and enjoy their delighful courtyard for not much money per night.
https://www.hotelcasa1800granada.com/en/rooms-suites/
Southern Spain is warm right now and delightfully cheap compared to London or New York.
GRX doesn’t have a lounge, it’s a pleasant airport to travel out of and has a little cafe near the four (five?) gates.
If you want a nonstop flight you could fly to AGP, which is about 60 miles away and if you want to make this into a TP-collecting extravaganza you could fly LHR-HEL-AGP round trip in business class for 440TP total, although it’ll increase your cost dramatically.
The Alhambra is wondrous, and you can stay in Hotel Casa 1800 Granada and enjoy their delighful courtyard for not much money per night.
https://www.hotelcasa1800granada.com/en/rooms-suites/
Southern Spain is warm right now and delightfully cheap compared to London or New York.
Last edited by salut0; Feb 27, 2024 at 1:41 pm
Feb 27, 2024, 1:57 pm
#33
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: YVR
Programs: AA
Posts: 887
Shaun you are not my son... are you? 
I'm going to pass on this one at the moment... as mentioned the flight is very short plus I have a good bulk head aisle seat which appears to have a blocked seat next to mine... but the real kicker is when I texted her about this.... she gone silent on me!
Only thing worse than the silence is when she utters the most frightening words known to man "we need to talk" 😨
I will console myself in the fact that I don't need the tier points, I can usually sleep in a WTP seat and I will have saved £800+
..... until I get to check in and lose all sense and reasoning 🤣
.... or I tell her the devil made me do it!
I'm going to pass on this one at the moment... as mentioned the flight is very short plus I have a good bulk head aisle seat which appears to have a blocked seat next to mine... but the real kicker is when I texted her about this.... she gone silent on me!
Only thing worse than the silence is when she utters the most frightening words known to man "we need to talk" 😨
I will console myself in the fact that I don't need the tier points, I can usually sleep in a WTP seat and I will have saved £800+
..... until I get to check in and lose all sense and reasoning 🤣
.... or I tell her the devil made me do it!
Feb 27, 2024, 2:40 pm
#34
Join Date: Feb 2022
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Feb 27, 2024, 6:57 pm
#35
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 490
Flying WTP tomorrow PHL-LHR.
Upgrade cost is £829 to fly Club Suites
Financially, I can afford it (or at least AmEx can
)
But what do I say to Mrs IntVic when she asks about this charge on checking the credit card statement?
One excuse is that I can claim the taxable element against HMRC as it is a work trip where I'm reimbursed for WTP. I think she's cottoned on that it ain't all that though
Also got to be careful because my son is a flyertalk member, and very close to his mother, but I don't think he knows my user name. He will report to his mother!
Upgrade cost is £829 to fly Club Suites
Financially, I can afford it (or at least AmEx can
)But what do I say to Mrs IntVic when she asks about this charge on checking the credit card statement?
One excuse is that I can claim the taxable element against HMRC as it is a work trip where I'm reimbursed for WTP. I think she's cottoned on that it ain't all that though
Also got to be careful because my son is a flyertalk member, and very close to his mother, but I don't think he knows my user name. He will report to his mother!
Feb 27, 2024, 7:24 pm
#36
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Feb 28, 2024, 12:21 am
#38
Join Date: May 2021
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Feb 28, 2024, 2:58 am
#39
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,322
Flying WTP tomorrow PHL-LHR.
Upgrade cost is £829 to fly Club Suites
Financially, I can afford it (or at least AmEx can)
But what do I say to Mrs IntVic when she asks about this charge on checking the credit card statement?
One excuse is that I can claim the taxable element against HMRC as it is a work trip where I'm reimbursed for WTP. I think she's cottoned on that it ain't all that though
Also got to be careful because my son is a flyertalk member, and very close to his mother, but I don't think he knows my user name. He will report to his mother!
Upgrade cost is £829 to fly Club Suites
Financially, I can afford it (or at least AmEx can
)But what do I say to Mrs IntVic when she asks about this charge on checking the credit card statement?
One excuse is that I can claim the taxable element against HMRC as it is a work trip where I'm reimbursed for WTP. I think she's cottoned on that it ain't all that though
Also got to be careful because my son is a flyertalk member, and very close to his mother, but I don't think he knows my user name. He will report to his mother!
Feb 28, 2024, 4:07 am
#40
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Posts: 542
Update.... for those concerned about the state of my relationship with Mrs IntVic... we are good (nearly 40 years married and counting- not giving exact anniversary so my son does not cotton on if he reads this thread🕵️)
This thread was made with tongue firmly in cheek... just wanted to be a bit different from the usual is it worth the money?
Spoke to Mrs IntVic yesterday and I agreed with her that the upgrade was not worth purchasing.
But this morning, on checking expertflyer I see that my WT+ seat is now free, and my boarding pass has updated and I'm upgraded into CW... 🥂
This thread was made with tongue firmly in cheek... just wanted to be a bit different from the usual is it worth the money?
Spoke to Mrs IntVic yesterday and I agreed with her that the upgrade was not worth purchasing.
But this morning, on checking expertflyer I see that my WT+ seat is now free, and my boarding pass has updated and I'm upgraded into CW... 🥂
Feb 28, 2024, 4:18 am
#42
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA GGL, BA Amex Prem, Amex Plat, Hilton Diamond, Sir Crazy8534 de l'ordres des aides de Pucci
Posts: 4,536
Good decision and well done.
Although I am chuckling at the idea that any of our sons would have a scooby-do what year wedding anniversary we were up to....
Feb 28, 2024, 4:52 am
#44
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Location: OSL
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Feb 28, 2024, 5:02 am
#45
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cheltenham
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Update.... for those concerned about the state of my relationship with Mrs IntVic... we are good (nearly 40 years married and counting- not giving exact anniversary so my son does not cotton on if he reads this thread🕵️)
This thread was made with tongue firmly in cheek... just wanted to be a bit different from the usual is it worth the money?
Spoke to Mrs IntVic yesterday and I agreed with her that the upgrade was not worth purchasing.
But this morning, on checking expertflyer I see that my WT+ seat is now free, and my boarding pass has updated and I'm upgraded into CW... 🥂
This thread was made with tongue firmly in cheek... just wanted to be a bit different from the usual is it worth the money?
Spoke to Mrs IntVic yesterday and I agreed with her that the upgrade was not worth purchasing.
But this morning, on checking expertflyer I see that my WT+ seat is now free, and my boarding pass has updated and I'm upgraded into CW... 🥂
Fabulous ! So you have saved £852 which you could use towards your next upgrade .