Getting a membership around London is tricky and I've found the variety way more fun.
Plenty more on the list to tick off - and planning a golf trip to Northumberland. Any recs welcome!
Been gaming an XR 16 driver for 5 years now. Works well enough but starting to wonder if I'm missing out on a decent amount of extra distance and forgiveness.
Is there a big difference between the XR and 2026 drivers? Has anyone made a similar upgrade?
My current plan is to keep this until I can hit my driver extremely well (if that day ever comes) and then upgrade. But by then I doubt I'll actually want to change anything.
Edit: Swing it at c. 103 mph, 17hcp at the moment
Doing a big points redemption and managed to grab Q Suite seats from Tokyo via the Qatar website for the exact date I needed it. Super excited to try them - watched too many YouTube videos on them.
The seats were saver rate which was c.80k avios one way per person which I thought was super reasonable.
Did I get super lucky or is Qatar much better for business availability? (Assuming you have enough avios and not looking to burn a voucher)
Feels like there is a lot said about redeeming on BA (companion vouchers, call centres for hard to get business seats etc) - but I hear relatively little about redemptions with Qatar.
What are your tips/biggest wins with Qatar redemptions? Are there still routes that are impossible to get or is it much easier all round?
What have people's experience been bidding for business class? Every time I do I don't get it, and that's not always bidding minimum.
For flights where it worked:
- What route?
- What did you bid?