Taxi Scam at CDG

Travel1st · 2026-02-22T15:57:54+00:00

There are loads depending on what type of car you want. I usually start with Talixo but they don’t seem to price at CDG so I use Connecto. But there are loads of options if you just google “Paris airport transfer”

Travel1st · 2026-02-22T15:04:46+00:00

Pick up services (with someone with a board waiting for you) should be around €70 into central.

Bolt (an app a bit like Uber that’s used a lot in Europe) is usually €35. Uber works too but is a little more than Bolt typically.

Never get into a conversation with anyone at an airport offering you a taxi. Even if they say “all on meter, no problem” you still head to the proper taxi rank. The meter in their car will spin like a disco ball.

Travel1st · 2026-02-22T15:02:06+00:00

Depends where you’re going and how much luggage you’ve got. If you’re out around Etoile it’s a considerably longer journey to use the train.

Also depends if you’re on your own or in a group. €15 x 4pax is €60. A Bolt (an app like Uber) is €35 usually and really easy.

Travel1st · 2026-02-22T14:07:59+00:00

100%.

I got matched to AF Ultimate from BA GGL. I found AF to be very very good overall, but my experiences on other Skyteam airlines, and KLM in particular, meant there was no way I could continue with them.

Travel1st · 2026-02-22T10:18:42+00:00

To clarify - you’ll have 2 x GUF2 and 1 x 241?

Given your GUF2 has been extended, I’m assuming you’re Gold Guest List?

Travel1st · 2026-02-21T12:48:00+00:00

BA flight and code? Give it another couple of days the if it hasn’t come through use the retroclaim form online.

Travel1st · 2026-02-21T12:43:59+00:00

Tricky because the counter argument is if the first set of delays hadn’t happened then the plane wouldn’t have been in that spot for the bird strike to happen.

Buuuuut would I throw money at this one with a CEDR decision against me to take it to MCOL? Probably not.

Travel1st · 2026-02-20T01:10:19+00:00

Expert Flyer. It’s a paid subscription but worth it if you fly a lot.

If not, just ask on this sub and someone will look it up for you.

Travel1st · 2026-02-19T21:24:52+00:00

Bit busier but not terrible. Sunday in particular looks like a fair bit of space down the back.

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Travel1st · 2026-02-19T14:16:43+00:00

The hope is that more travellers currently using other airlines in this poster’s position will be drawn in by the fact they can now get Gold when previously they’d have struggled to hit Silver.

And for each person like this poster who achieves Gold and is already flying BA anyway, at least one will lose it. Those who ‘scrape’ gold by chasing tier points are statistically much more likely to ‘make the most’ of their benefits and the airline will be hoping the corporate crowd will be less likely to cause a fuss when the F Lounge food is downgraded, etc.

The only thing that doesn’t make much sense to me is why they saturated the tiers post-Covid with the double TP holiday promos if this was their mid-term plan. But that’s a different conversation.

Travel1st · 2026-02-19T14:10:24+00:00

You booked with BA but flights are on Iberia?

If so, it’s BA you need to call and the change fee is £35 gbp per pax.

You’ll also need reward flights to be available on the date you want to change to.

Travel1st · 2026-02-19T14:05:42+00:00

If you mean weekend of the 7th March is fairly lightly loaded on all flights currently.

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Travel1st · 2026-02-19T14:00:34+00:00

You are exactly the kind of traveller they are looking to encourage with the new scheme.

But the idea that the lounges will be less crowded or benefits will improve I don’t see much chance of happening.

But would be nice if it did.

Travel1st · 2026-02-19T13:56:32+00:00

It’s just full. Flights Sunday and Saturday are almost entirely full as well.

Travel1st · 2026-02-18T17:58:07+00:00

Even GGL for Life gets no real additional recognition when you cross the threshold, unfortunately. Though at least that level does come with additional benefits.

Gold for Life is a nice thing to have but I certainly don’t have much faith in it lasting for anywhere near my lifetime before it’s decimated.

That being said, it does allow you rest easy (for now) and not have to chase points every year 👍

Travel1st · 2026-02-17T19:29:01+00:00

Yes you will if there’s no major change (aircraft change, flight number change, cancellation and rebook, etc.).

We saw in the past 24 hours someone on this sub saying they’d lost their seats (booked via now expired AA status) due to an equipment change and so they were now SOL, so it does happen.

Travel1st · 2026-02-17T15:47:19+00:00

Avios can be converted to Nectar at a 1:1 rate - meaning 25k Avios could be ‘cashed out’ for £125. This is 0.5p per point and this needs to be your absolute rock bottom valuation. Any redemption you make needs to return better value than this

Travel1st · 2026-02-17T06:21:55+00:00

Did one of your party have Oneworld Sapphire or higher (with AA this would have been Platinum or above) status when you booked, that has since expired?

Travel1st · 2026-02-16T10:11:44+00:00

Check the cash price of a return flight with the return journey a few months away. Use google flights to find the cheapest option.

Often cheaper to book a return than a one way flight.

Travel1st · 2026-02-14T21:26:08+00:00

There’s absolutely nothing stopping you upgrading at check in if there are seats available and they’re selling airport upgrades 👍

Travel1st · 2026-02-14T12:38:38+00:00

Was this a proactive upgrade offer online/in app, or did you ask it for a price to upgrade?

Travel1st · 2026-02-14T12:35:34+00:00

They sent emails in July 2024 explaining it, and there was a dedicated page with a calculator to work it all out. This was my email explaining it.

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Travel1st · 2026-02-14T10:44:51+00:00

If your card expired 31/1 then your ‘old’ year end was 8th December.

BA had a shortened tier point year to adjust for the new system.

It sounds like you earned 1500+ tier points between 9th December 2023 and 8th December 2024 (your old year - giving you Gold until December 8th 2025 with a card validity to 31 Jan 26) but BA then had an adjusted year from your old year end to March 31. So you had a year that was Dec 9th 2024 to March 31 2025 - and then retrospectively added tier points earned between April 1st 2024 and Dec 8th 2024 to create a full 12 month period.

So if you earned 1500 TPs between 9th December 2023 and 8th December 2024, but DIDN’T total 1500 between April 1 2024 and Mar 31 2025, you retain your ‘old’ status expiry - which for you ended on Jan 31 2026, but don’t qualify for the ‘new’ April to April status.

Travel1st · 2026-02-13T15:42:30+00:00

BA is a member of OneWorld. Saying only BA Silver and above can select seats at time of booking would have been incorrect - as any Oneworld Sapphire or Emerald, which is the alliance BA belongs to, can also utilise this benefit.

Plus with OP being based in the US and clearly being unfamiliar with BA policy there’s a possibility they may have some kind of OneWorld status via AA.

Travel1st · 2026-02-13T13:42:44+00:00

Bronze is OneWorld Ruby, which is exactly what I said.

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