Happy Christmas! Head for Points returns on Tuesday

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• Peter K says:

  25 Dec25 December 14:52

  Hi Rob. I see you took my message off from yesterday about your “test” that’s ongoing. I’ll leave it at that as it seems you don’t want it public yet but sounds exciting and I think we can all look forward to more good things from this site next year! 🙂

  • Rob says:

    25 Dec25 December 15:34

    Yes I did, nothing personal! My fault for leaving the title visible ….

    • Peter K says:

      25 Dec25 December 15:45

      No insult was taken 🙂

• Zoe says:

  25 Dec25 December 16:17

  Merry Xmas Rob and all HFPers. Used a 241 to Atlanta, quick visit to University of South Carolina (daughter studying there this year), road trip to Washington DC to see the sights for a couple of days. Now with old friends in New Jersey, had an afternoon of skiing and then Xmas Eve seeing the lights in New York.
  The whole points and miles game makes it easy to do it all in comfort. My daughter left it late to decide she would come back to the UK for a flying visit, so economy back for her whilst we are all in Club 🙂

• Liz says:

  25 Dec25 December 16:20

  Merry Christmas Rob and to your family and to Anika – thanks for another great year of tips and deals! Two USA road trips booked for next year! Thanks to everyone else for all your comments and advice? Looking forward to a great 2017!

  • Alan says:

    25 Dec25 December 17:18

    Enjoy the roadtrips, Liz – am sure you’ll have a fab time! Was in Chicago a few weeks ago (combined with trip to Ottawa – week away in Club and lovely hotels for under £500!!) and saw the Route 66 sign again, brought back memories!

• Andrew says:

  25 Dec25 December 17:33

  Last night I booked my Virgin Upper Class return to Johannesburg using my miles – took a bit of effort as the VA App is still not behaving ! I have been on a salary of £19k for the last ten years but still manage to book an UC return to JNB or Montego Bay every 18 months or so thanks to online shopping ! After I empty the account , I always think I will never be able to do it gain but somehow I do! Thanks for all the tips Rob. Happy Christmas to you and all HFP readers.

• Mohammed says:

  25 Dec25 December 18:05

  OT

  @Raffles

  I posted a question on FT about using someone using my companion voucher who’s got the same name as me. Do you go by the username raffles there also?

  If so, thanks for having my back! Some of those guys r so hypocritical

  • Rob says:

    25 Dec25 December 18:08

    Yes, that was me. You’ll be fine.

    • Mohammed says:

      25 Dec25 December 18:24

      Do you think it’s possible? When u book what exactly do they ask for?

      • the real harry says:

        25 Dec25 December 19:51

        I could see this going on for 20 posts!

        Possibly it’s possible, Mohammed, what do you think?

      • Rob says:

        25 Dec25 December 22:48

        Do a test booking. If your date of birth is forced in then it won’t work. If it isn’t, you’re fine – passport details can be changed online later. Date of birth can’t be changed though.

        • Mohammed says:

          25 Dec25 December 22:51

          Thanks for your input guys

  • Nick says:

    25 Dec25 December 19:29

    Flyer talk was how I came across HFP’S when raffles started up his site so yes.

    • the real harry says:

      25 Dec25 December 21:29

      I came across Raffles on a different thread, where the die-hard posters can make more in a morning (ie 20-30000 Avios equivalent) than we think decent 🙂 – when the deal is there

      they buy hard! then often do stuff to off-load it & realise the gain

      does take a certain effort

      • Crafty says:

        26 Dec26 December 12:12

        Out of interest, where are these opportunities discussed? Flyer talk?

        • Anon says:

          26 Dec26 December 12:34

          I’ll guess paidtoshop, that’s where I first said hello to Lord Raffles.

  • Mike says:

    26 Dec26 December 20:04

    They can be brutal at times but it comes with the territory I’m afraid. The up side is there’s a wealth of information on that site, so hang in there

• the real harry says:

  25 Dec25 December 21:07

  Here’s an Xmas request to Raffles – could we possibly have a light hearted Xmas —>NYE thread in the next couple of days where travellers spread tips?

  Eg I’m watching UK TV live legit right now on filmon.com – no need for VPNs – established site like Radio Caroline – I’m in Europe

  what other connectivity tips do people have?

  • Genghis says:

    25 Dec25 December 21:29

    Kodi. Great for films

    • the real harry says:

      25 Dec25 December 21:33

      I got 2 kodi boxes & they both went wrong n the first week so went back

      • CV3V says:

        26 Dec26 December 00:04

        I use kodi on fire TV stick, have read that you can take the stick and use in hotel TVs but with mixed success. So I’m using Tunnel Bear VPN app on iOS which has worked so well I leave the VPN on all the time when abroad.

  • Alan says:

    26 Dec26 December 00:26

    They’ve also got a channel/app on Roku boxes, handy for watching live TV

    • Jovanna says:

      26 Dec26 December 06:09

      I’ve got a slingbox. I can watch my own TV anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

      • the real harry says:

        26 Dec26 December 07:43

        that sounds interesting – does it have to be a smart TV?

        • Jovanna says:

          26 Dec26 December 08:06

          No. It sits between whatever AV feed you have (Sky, Freeview etc) and your TV. It’s also connected to your router. There’s some kind of fiber optic cable that comes from the slingbox that you position in front of your Sky / set-top box, which is how you control what you want to watch remotely. If you don’t have a set-top box then you’d just connect it the same way you would a VCR or DVD player and position the fiber optic thing in front of the TV infrared receiver.

          http://www.slingbox.com/en-GB

        • Alan says:

          26 Dec26 December 14:36

          Haha not quite fibreoptic, just an IR blaster, so electrical control or infrared LED 😛

          They’re a good system (esp being able to watch recordings abroad) but with streaming services and not subscribing to Sky at home I’m hardly using it now. Used to beta test stuff for them though, was great fun about 10y ago when they first started!

        • the real harry says:

          26 Dec26 December 08:31

          Hellsbells, I will have to get one of those!

          [Today’s experiment out here was going to be to try to stream NowTV —> Sky Sports through VPN to watch the football matches on today! All good fun trying to game the system…]

        • Alan says:

          26 Dec26 December 14:39

          That’s possible too, I used my Now TV box in Oz for a year over VPN 🙂

        • the real harry says:

          26 Dec26 December 08:41

          Raffles: I reckon you have got the perfect target mkt for Slingbox – how about giving them a ring —> another competition?

      • Alan says:

        26 Dec26 December 14:33

        Same, but handy for those with poor upload speeds or those that don’t still have a place in the UK.

• Neil says:

  25 Dec25 December 21:15

  Merry Christmas guys from sunny Bogota in Colombia! We’re staying in the Hilton Bogota for three nights and were upgraded to a suite courstey of our diamond status!! Of course, all of this wouldn’t have been possible without this site and everyone who inputs daily. We got here on a 241 as well :)….Merry Christmas

• Ronster says:

  25 Dec25 December 21:26

  A very Merry Christmas to Rob, Anika and the whole of the HfP family.

  Thank you to Rob and Anika for their excellent articles and for everyone else’s contribution.

  Many thanks again and best wishes to you all

  Ronster

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