Aerlingus AerClub/Avios

Not sure if the right thread but my flight is delayed about 90 mins. Understandable given the weather and associated delays earlier today.

App has not sent me any notification, relying on airport screens. Thankfully I have lounge access but seems like an easy thing to do. Should also pop up with my gate number when confirmed but doesn't. All very easy if there was a will.

I've always assumed that Go To Gate is triggered by the time before departure. At the very least, I've had a Go To Gate on a Ryanair flight subsequently turn into a two hour delay – on a 45 minute flight.

Anyone know how to get an invoice for a flight change fee from Aer Lingus?

I've had to juggle around a few flights recently and they don't seem to auto issue an invoice when you pay a fee to switch flights. 🙄

They are an absolute pain for expensing any change if you dont take a screenshot of what you pay at the time.

Anyone else had double credits (avios and tier points) recently and had the avios removed today?

Just checked and yes, have 3 reversals - not as good as the Supervalu days where we got to keep them.

Does anyone know when the new period starts to avail of free flights on credit card? I got a new card in April 22, hit 5k limit and received 2 free flights in July 22.

I need to make a big purchase which on its own will send me over 5k limit. I'm wondering when to make the purchase so I can get the flights. Anyone help ?

Thanks

As previous poster mentioned it's renewal date, it if you log into your Aer Credit Card it's on the dashboard along with the free lounge access vouchers etc

Is there any reliable way to book reward flights through the Avios website?

It seems to hang 8/10 times I run a search. Incredibly annoying!

Bargain basement price is a point of judgement - when you are booking it is possible to see the fare code which will apply to the ticket

You can check whether your fare is a Saver sale or promotional fare when booking on aerlingus.com. Once you have selected your Saver fare you will see the "About your fare" section and under Taxes, Fees and Charges, click the 'Fare Rules' link located at the bottom of the screen to view the Fare Basis Code. The fare class is the first letter of the fare basis code. The fare classes noted above earn 50% of the Saver award.

Quite normal unfortunately - you’d need to check the fare class at the final page before booking - if you want a fare class that’s not Saver you’d need to call them.

it’s hard to tell based on price honestly - better just to check the code.

It would be far better, but this is Aer Lingus you're talking about.

Anyway, it doesn't matter what points/credits you're supposed to get since there's at fair chance they won't be credited properly anyway.

I booked reward lights for my parents to CDG and after putting in my card details the website crashed. I tried it again the following day and same thing happened again. My card was charged twice and I’ve no confirmation of my tickets being booked. Anyone know what the least painful way to fix this is?

That is just brilliant! I'm convinced they employ a student to go through flight lists manually to add tier points. No other reason I can see that it takes so long and is often wrong!

I mailed them and they said they cant accommodate it as theyve used all the upgrades already. They said to try again no less than 3 weeks before I fly. I'm not sure if I should wait or ask for it for the other leg of the flight.

Account details need to be exactly the same for it work seamlessly in my experience (exact same address/name/date of birth).

Hi, just wondering how it works if you reach a status just before your anniversary.

As is, I'm probably about a flight short of reaching Concierge before my anniversary in July (excluding already planned flights). If I reach Concierge, do I only get a month or so at that level and then drop back to Platinum or do I get Concierge until July 2024?

From memory (although it's been a while since I was anything other than silver) you get the year but your anniversary date moves forward to when you go up a tier. So you dont get a year + whatever's left until your anniversary like some airlines.

its a joke! I usually call them and they admit its dog slow

The credit card APR and monthly fee are both dropping a tad. 22.7% and 6.50 a month, down from 26.6% and 7.99

Of course, if you spend money on what is a high APR, high free credit card to get Avios and actually need to carry a balance and pay the interest - you're an idiot, sorry. Get a cheaper credit card, you could save huge amounts more than you'll earn in Avios.

Reward cards only make sense when you pay in full, and it barely makes sense for me now that I'm no longer doing 8-15k of expenses/purchasing a year - just my own spending now. The fee reduction brings it a bit more in line to what the standard freebies are worth; as the 'free flights' are a faff. Although I did actually get a very, very good deal on some during peak last summer I don't think its usually that worthwhile!

They should add priority boarding or similar to the benefits like what most of the US cards do.

Morning all, flying out of Venice this morning, platinum status. Can I use the fast track there +1?

Thanks!

Did it work in the end? Sometimes if it’s an electronic gate computer says no…

Yup, no issues for me +1. Very handy as it turned out as there was about 5 touring juvenile sports teams in the security q at the same time along with a large complement of bewildered yanks.