News: £150 brunch compo, Air Canada lounge closes, Tesco / Amex cashback deal

News in brief:

Get a £150 voucher from BA if you’ve been served brunch

I’ve now had multiple readers contact me to say that British Airways is paying £150 per person compensation if you complain about the new brunch service (on Club World flights up to 11.29am) or the new evening meal panini service (Club World flights from 9pm).

To lodge your claim, you need to fill in the feedback form on ba.com after your flight. The money is paid in the form of a British Airways voucher.

Use the money to buy a takeaway meal to bring onto your next flight.

That said, I think the level of compensation now being handed out gives a good indication of how long we can expect these changes to last, given that you are receiving £150 to compensate for BA saving £2ish on your meal.

Air Canada lounge in Heathrow T2 closes for refurbishment

It’s the 10-year itch …. the Singapore Airlines and Aer Lingus lounges in Heathrow Terminal 2 underwent refurbishment this year and the Lufthansa lounge is currently closed for a refit.

Air Canada has now joined in.

The Maple Leaf Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 2 closed on Sunday. It is due to reopen on 13th December, give or take.

Eligible customers can use the Singapore Airways SilverKris lounge or the United Club lounge instead. These are also in the T2B satellite so it’s not much of a diversion.

Our review of the new Singapore Airlines lounge in here and our review of the new-look Aer Lingus lounge is here.

Our review of the Maple Leaf Lounge pre-refurbishment is here.

Save £5 at Tesco with American Express

Yes, you’re not getting rich here, but it is worth flagging that a Tesco cashback offer has appeared on some American Express cards.

My Business Platinum card, oddly, has it with £5 back on a £50 spend. It runs to 24th November. If nothing else you could pick up an Uber, Netflix etc gift card and use it yourself.

Weirdly only 2,679 people can register – and I had it on my Business Platinum supplementary card too, so that’s two gone.

A better value ‘£5 back on £40’ version is also available on some cards according to reader reports.

There is also ‘£10 back on a £100 spend at Battersea Power Station’ which covers a lot of brands you may be considering visiting. It is valid to 24th November.