The new HFP chat thread – Sunday 29th March

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• pking says:

  29 Mar29 March 14:34

  I can’t find any posts yesterday mentioning going to the shop for beer, but as he’s not in the UK and not subject to the UK ‘lockdown’, how is it anyone’s business but his own if he decides to go to the shop for beer? Good for him.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    29 Mar29 March 14:50

    for me it’s not only not their business but they continue with childish personal insults, getting boring.

    Let’s stick to general chat people.

    • Nope says:

      29 Mar29 March 14:57

      It’s everyone’s business when they were specifically told not to travel, to ensure the safety of other UK residents.

      • pking says:

        29 Mar29 March 15:00

        How can someone leaving the country, before the lockdown, have any effect on UK residents ? This is just childish bullying.

        • Nope says:

          29 Mar29 March 15:09

          Seriously? After all the speeches daily by the members of the government about the importance of social isolation, this was before the lockdown, about how important it was to avoid being in contact with others, you don’t see how going through a busy airport could affect other people. Bullying, do me a favour.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        29 Mar29 March 15:07

        no one is banned from leaving the UK and I’m assuming he wasn’t banned from entry to the country he’s in so it really isn’t your business.

        • Nope says:

          29 Mar29 March 15:18

          I’m not banned from coughing my way around Tesco, that doesn’t mean it’s not inconsiderate and dangerous. When it’s something that affects everyone, it’s everyone’s business, banned or not.

        • Nope says:

          29 Mar29 March 15:19

          Johnson said he hoped people behaved like adults and didn’t need to be babied into doing the right thing by banning them. Guess he was talking straight to people like you.

    • ChrisBCN says:

      29 Mar29 March 15:29

      The PJ’s are definitely a better thing to talk about! Maybe this deserves its own article!

      • Cat says:

        29 Mar29 March 15:33

        Indeed! Rob et al, do you have enough PJs to compare and contrast and do a definitive top 5 airline PJs list?

      • ChrisBCN says:

        29 Mar29 March 15:40

        Complete with photos and ranked on comfort, fit, durability, style….

      • Cat says:

        29 Mar29 March 15:53

        …not to mention sweat wicking ability when feverish, suitability for day or night PJs and smell after wearing them for 3 days straight!

    • Colin MacKinnon says:

      29 Mar29 March 18:11

      Just found my old paint-stained BA First PJs.

      Remember the look on the cabin crew’s face when I said:

      These ones have First on the front of them, they must be my wife’s. Mine will have Second on them!

    • David S says:

      29 Mar29 March 18:18

      1st place- Etihad First PJs
      2nd place- Qatar First PJs
      3rd place- BA First PJs

      • philco says:

        29 Mar29 March 18:22

        For me (these are the only PJs I have had):
        1). Cathay Pacific (and these are quite a bit above the rest)
        2). Etihad
        3). ANA
        4). British Airways

      • Miyagi says:

        29 Mar29 March 18:23

        1st Swiss
        2nd Cathay
        3rd JAL

        M&S beats them all though!

      • Lady London says:

        29 Mar29 March 20:34

        Only ever had 2:
        1. Qatar Business – 4 pairs. Still going strong after many washes.
        2. Old BA First. They disintegrated…literally disintegratedin the first wash. I had to pick the pj
        ‘s off the filter of the washing machine.

        I love Calida and wish some airline would do a deal for their pj”s

      • Cat says:

        30 Mar30 March 00:17

        1st Cathay beige
        2nd Cathay green
        3rd Lufty
        4th BA
        5th Virgin

  • Aston100 says:

    29 Mar29 March 15:57

    Even worse, the mods here seem to be deleting comments that dare criticise dear old Doctor Shoestring (has happened to some of mine last few days), yet his dangerous views on his so called ‘pussycat virus’ are allowed on here.

    • Miyagi says:

      29 Mar29 March 16:08

      https://twitter.com/cycleprawn/status/1244206244266676224/photo/1

      • Dave Johnson says:

        29 Mar29 March 16:31

        😂

    • Unsavage gerbil says:

      29 Mar29 March 16:34

      Interestingly, I posted an innocuous message yesterday that I felt sorry for him, and that got deleted………I wonder why?

      • Rob says:

        29 Mar29 March 16:41

        Because comments are threaded, so if a comment above yours get deleted then everything below it has to go as well.

• Chabuddy geezy says:

  29 Mar29 March 14:45

  There must have been a new record for amount of posts that had to be deleted this week. I feel sorry for Rob…

  • Doug M says:

    29 Mar29 March 17:56

    Rob is paying the price for allowing one person to dominate the comments with a lot of posts which are little more than trolling. Others get angry and counter, some of which are just expletive insults. But the truth is the one poster does as much as possible to encourage this sort of response, he feeds on attention. I’m guessing a great many of his posts are alcohol fuelled.
    Rob’s site, Rob’s rules. But you don’t need a ‘big brain’ to see where the problem really lies.

    • Pangolin says:

      29 Mar29 March 18:56

      Well said.

    • ChrisBCN says:

      29 Mar29 March 22:18

      Agreed Doug, spot on

• Matthew says:

  29 Mar29 March 14:49

  Another voucher/flight credit question I’m afraid.

  I booked a roundtrip with Expedia from DUB-LAS via LHR as a single itinerary with Aer Lingus and Virgin Atlantic. The tickets are issued on Virgin stock. The flights have now been cancelled by Virgin and Expedia offered me a voucher which I have accepted but not yet received. Their holding e-mail says the voucher can used for future travel with “the airline”. I presume in this case the airline is Virgin as they ticketed the whole itinerary?

  Also does anyone know if I can book future travel with Virgin that includes sectors on other airlines (like the original itinerary) as long as Virgin can ticket the whole itinerary?

  Finally if there are any other Expedia customers awaiting vouchers, how long did this take after receiving the holding e-mail to say a voucher would be sent separately?

  Any knowledge on this would be appreciated.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    29 Mar29 March 19:12

    I think the lack of advice here will be because it’s a very specific scenario that I think only Expedia or Virgin could answer.

    You were entitled to a full refund though as they cancelled your flight which might have been more simple.

• Peter Taysum says:

  29 Mar29 March 14:56

  Had flights NCL to LHR just cancelled. More than 72 hours ahead but I phoned. BA Gold answered on second ring. Offered refund immediately “but it will take a long time”.

  Holiday to AGP flights and Car hire; same offered refund immediately.

  So am reassured. Am waiting for next ones to be cancelled otherwise will accept Voucher.

• Lewis King says:

  29 Mar29 March 15:33

  Waiting on a refund from Qatar for two weeks now. Is this usual? How long usually, does anyone have any first hand experience?

  • J says:

    29 Mar29 March 16:16

    How long it takes usually might not be a helpful guide to how long it is taking now. But I think every airline right now is taking their time to process refund… You’ll get it eventually, and you’re in a much better situation with Qatar than Lufthansa, BA etc. No idea how long I’ll have to wait for my LH refund as they’re not processing refunds until further notice

  • Rob says:

    29 Mar29 March 16:43

    Virgin is quoting 90 days at the moment to get a cash refund ….

  • Genghis says:

    29 Mar29 March 16:57

    I cancelled 12 March and still waiting. Takes up to 28 days. If nothing after that I’ll call them and then contact Amex.

• Stephen says:

  29 Mar29 March 16:30

  Be careful if messaging Virgin on WhatsApp and text.

  They didn’t reply to my request on WhatsApp for over 24 hours to transfer points to Hilton. I saw some people had more luck with SMS, got connected to someone who transferred the miles. I sent a message on WhatsApp saying this has been resolved, please don’t transfer the miles again.

  Woke up this morning to a message on WhatsApp saying they have also transferred the miles.

  Does anyone know if its possible to get them reversed?

  • Axel says:

    29 Mar29 March 17:17

    Have you checked your account balance. Mine were reduced straight after confirmation by Virgin on WA.

    You still need to pass security to get the miles transferred btw.

    • Stephen says:

      29 Mar29 March 17:18

      Yep two transfers of 150,000, rather than just be one

      • Secret Squirrel says:

        29 Mar29 March 19:37

        Sorry to say but I think once points leave your account you cannot reverse the transaction.

• Benilyn says:

  29 Mar29 March 17:30

  Speculative, but what are people doing with their Avios stash? Worried about a deval, so brainstorming what to do. I guess could book something for 2021, or what’s is the best way to get them to Hilton?

  I have 300k, used it on a 2-4-1 but refunded due to flights cancelled. All earnt from cards and none from flying so maybe a bit more emotional about them given could’ve earnt in cash / non-airline points instead.

  • philco says:

    29 Mar29 March 17:43

    I am not sure why you are worried about a devaluation with Avios. Historically loyalty programs have been more likely to devalue in good times not bad times. Points are a great way for airlines to “sell” distressed inventory without trashing their cash prices too much. And they are likely going to have quite a bit of distressed inventory over the next year or two. I would say for those airlines/programs that make it through this that there may be quite a few good opportunities to use your points. It is the silver lining I hope in the cloud of losing some of my points when certain programs go under.

    • Secret Squirrel says:

      29 Mar29 March 18:03

      I believe also that in previous bad times that Tesco offerEd AVIOS bonuses on conversions.
      Another good reason to hold onto clubcard vouchers.

    • Benilyn says:

      29 Mar29 March 23:49

      Interesting point. I’m pretty new to this tbh, less than 2Y so was leaning on a deval being conservative.

• Henry says:

  29 Mar29 March 17:49

  But yes i agree with you if you have money to invest its always been a good time to put some to work when prices are down 40%

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