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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Apples 12 Days of Christmas starts today. Today Justin Timberlake
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:07 am |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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Yup. I downloaded the app, saw that and promptly wished i hadn't bothered.
_________________ He fights for the users.
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Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:28 am |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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It can go either way that. The first year they did it I got some quite good stuff. As far as I remember, last year I didn't actually download a single thing.
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Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:01 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Yes it does depend on what you like. Last year most was rubbish.
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:12 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Today's freebie is the 'Kalahari' episode of the BBC series 'Africa', which coincidentally is on BBC2 as I type this  .
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Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:12 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Did you have trouble downloading it?
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:54 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Didn't bother just watched it on the telly 
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Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:07 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I downloaded earlier on in the day. I did not know it was on. 
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:05 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:40 am |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:44 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Avios are having a sale if you have lots of those. Cheap flights to the USA, if that is of interest to you. I could get 5 flights to New York with what I have already. 
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:15 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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Better to use them to upgrade on flights than buy tyhem outright as you still have to pay taxes on the flght and the fare is only about £150 from UK to USA, world traveller to WT+ is 0.5x avios and you don't pay the additional taxes
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:34 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I am planning a trip to Houston at some point and was actually planning on use the flight as a way earn another 12046 avios, though will have to look into it a bit more.
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:04 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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Book your flight in 2 legs, Wherever - Dublin then Dublin - Houston
You can clear customs in advance in Dublin and save at least £300 PP usually , even if it just means you go Dublin - Heathrow first!
Also it's additional air miles and tier points if you're a BA Exec member
I've been looking at booking through ITA Matrix (ran by google) and I can get a fudged return journey going Newcastle to San Francisco then back from Vegas (World Traveller +) via Dublin each way for less than a return to Los Angeles from Heathrow on economy both ways (lax is cheaper to fly into/from but far less convenient for what I have planned)
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:45 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Yes that is looking cheaper. £520 via Heathrow with BA, £441 via Dublin with BA but £118 from Gatwick to Dublin with BA
I can get a much cheaper flight with Ryanair but will hit their luggage restrictions particularly on the way back. I was planning to do some shopping while there and might get a bag or two of things. Since I will need to get a better estimate of the weight of the luggage because what might be deal might not when the additional luggage is included.
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:20 pm |
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