MSE News: Costs to soar in Airmiles revamp: use points before they devalue

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chiefdave wrote: »

has anyone got experiance using airmiles for non flight rewards? Can't get seats on any dates I could potentially used for flights so I'm looking at other options, had a look at the selection of package holidays on the airmiles site but they all seem like last minute deals and not particularly great offers.

Yes - I booked one a few months back for next Spring. Not perhaps a particularly cost-effective way of using Airmiles (flights are better value for the moment) but we had a lot to use.

My aim now is to get rid of what we've got and ditch Airmiles altogether for something that offers better value. It was once a great scheme, but they've got greedier and greedier and ripped the heart out of it.

Avios_company_representative

loates123 wrote: »

hi thanks for the reply

rang airmiles but no luck with the dates i wanted next summer just like the website keep trying, asked about cuba just said to keep checking but they did not say they did not fly to cuba

also do you think virgin will release any flights

also if u go to the airmiles site and search cuba i get this
London Heathrow Apt - Havana Apt

british airways so well confused

Hi loates123,

You can book flights to Havana on the Airmiles website on Iberia Airlines and Air Canada.

Malkie76 is correct, the British Airways flights you found are actually operated by Iberia.

As I'm sure you're aware, Virgin Atlantic is not affiliated with the Airmiles scheme so I can't comment on their availability.

Thanks,
Stefanie

Avios_company_representative

ratkarth wrote: »

1 don't fly cubana make sure you go virgin if going to cuba

2 does anyone know what happening with booking cruises etc through airmiles?

thanks

daryl

Hi Daryl,

Yes, you'll still be able to book cruises with some of the UK's leading cruise companies.

For more information, please feel free to call our Customer Contact Centre on 0844 49 333 49. We're open Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Stefanie

loates123

Airmiles_company_representative wrote: »

Hi loates123,

You can book flights to Havana on the Airmiles website on Iberia Airlines and Air Canada.

Malkie76 is correct, the British Airways flights you found are actually operated by Iberia.

As I'm sure you're aware, Virgin Atlantic is not affiliated with the Airmiles scheme so I can't comment on their availability.

Thanks,
Stefanie

thanks for the reply
i have serched every flight till the end of august 2012 and yet been able been to book cuba with airmiles i would prefer manchester but checked london too and still no flights

do u think i should hang on and keep looking

also finding it hard looking at other places flying virgin or fly emirates really hope flight get released before the nov cut off online date or could see me booking somewhere i dont really want to travel too

cartesian

Hi Stefanie from Airmiles, as I understand it, I can currently add an infant under two without a seat reservation to my Airmiles booking for 10% of the normal miles, and no taxes or fees. Is this correct?
Will infant fares be changing under the Avios scheme? How much will it cost to add an infant to an Avios booking (i) for a European flight with adult taxes and fees capped at £27, (ii) for a non-European or non-BA/Iberia flight?

Blow_2

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me here. I'm saving airmiles and have been for ages in the hope that one day I can get a flight to Australia.
Now that its changing I'm hoping to buy some miles off ebay to get the required amount of points for the flight. How easy is it to merge accounts please?
Thanks a lot,
Al

gardner1

Blow wrote: »

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me here. I'm saving airmiles and have been for ages in the hope that one day I can get a flight to Australia.
Now that its changing I'm hoping to buy some miles off ebay to get the required amount of points for the flight. How easy is it to merge accounts please?
Thanks a lot,
Al

you can only merge accounts if both people live at same address

Blow_2

Ok, so why do people buy accounts from ebay, can you change those details to the same address once you have bought them? Thank you.

gardner1

Blow wrote: »

Ok, so why do people buy accounts from ebay, can you change those details to the same address once you have bought them? Thank you.

you can change login/email/address but not the name of account holder

richardw

Blow wrote: »

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me here. I'm saving airmiles and have been for ages in the hope that one day I can get a flight to Australia.

How many airmiles have you got at the moment.