The new HFP chat thread – Thursday 9th July

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• BP says:

  9 Jul9 July 13:36

  https://cybernews.com/security/tesco-coupons-easily-faked-to-save-750-on-hotels-com-bookings-worldwide/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=traffic_interests&utm_campaign=research&utm_content=tesco

  • New Card says:

    9 Jul9 July 15:08

    Could this explain why Hotels.com was taken off for a long while as a redemption partner?

    • Grant says:

      9 Jul9 July 15:54

      “Tesco temporarily suspended Hotels.com from its Tesco Clubcard partnership until the issue was satisfactorily resolved.”

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 15:15

    This is great, thank you.

    • Anna says:

      9 Jul9 July 18:33

      Why, are you going to try it?!

  • bsuije says:

    9 Jul9 July 15:38

    Woah….

  • Connor says:

    9 Jul9 July 20:36

    Still hasn’t been patched.

    • the_real_a says:

      10 Jul10 July 00:05

      I read that it had been back in March. What Tesco are asking people to do is check to see if their converted Hotels.com voucher have been used fraudulently. The string of letters and numbers are now fully randomised instead of the last 5 digits (!) and the maximum number of tries validation has been placed on the order form.

• louise says:

  9 Jul9 July 13:45

  I am looking to get to Hawaii next year using a 2-4-1 to LAX and Avios from LAX to Hawaii, ideally avoiding overnight stays.

  Would this be sensible:

  Dep LHR 09:55 arr LAX 13:05; dep LAX 18:04 arr OGG 20:43
  Dep HNL 08:00 arr LAX 16:25; dep LAX 21:35 arr LHR 16:05

  Both have GE. And wont be travelling until next summer, when fingers crossed its OK to fly again.

  • marcw says:

    9 Jul9 July 14:02

    I think it’s very sensible “connection” in normal times. The problem with booking so far in advance, we have no clue how the situation is in 10-12 months, sadly. Not only could there be border restrictions, but your flight(s) could face schedule changes and even cancellations. I would book it, but for the LAX-OGG I would either wait to book it – OR, I would book that flight, and maybe a flight also the following day, so in case the LHR-LAX gets rescheduled by 3-4h, you always have the option to fly the following day. You can always cancel the Avios booking and pay only £35.

• OP says:

  9 Jul9 July 15:01

  For anyone interested, the W Barcelona has a flash sale with higher-tier rooms (City view – Fabulous room) at ~200EUR/night at a flexible rate with breakfast until the end of their calendar. These are usually 500EUR+/night on summer weekends.

  • Harry T says:

    9 Jul9 July 15:27

    Cool Corner Suites are about half price too (428 vs 760-800 euros) if people are feeling decadent!

    • BJ says:

      9 Jul9 July 15:47

      I wonder if they will throw in a suite at Turnberry for 14 nights for those of us returning to Scotland.

      • Harry T says:

        9 Jul9 July 18:29

        One can dream!

• BJ says:

  9 Jul9 July 15:03

  Looks like a Nectar/ Agoda partnership has been launched but no need to get excited, states up to 2000 bonus points per night. Nothing about spending.

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 15:14

    Thanks

• Grant says:

  9 Jul9 July 16:06

  Apologies if this has been covered already, but potentially good news for those of us that live in the provinces. Blue Islands take over some Flybe routes after £10m loan from Jersey Govt.

  https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/blue-islands-take-over-flybe-18567352

• Sunguy says:

  9 Jul9 July 16:47

  This has probably been answered elsewhere – but Im confused ….

  Is the information in this article still current ?

  https://headforpoints.com/2019/09/06/what-are-the-cancellation-fees-on-an-avios-booking/

  When I look, at ba.com, it tells me there is a £35 per person fee to cancel.

  If I book an avios ticket at £2+xxxx avios – will I be charged £35 per person to cancel the ticket (i.e. I pay £4 +10k avios for tickets then cancel – do I just lose the £4 and have the 10k avios credited, or will it actively charge me £66) ?

  • Andrew says:

    9 Jul9 July 16:52

    If you want the avios back you need to pay the £35 per person. It all needs to be cancelled on the phone now.

  • MarkH says:

    10 Jul10 July 00:08

    I recently (2 weeks ago) cancelled an avios booking where I’d paid £1 cash.

    Called up to cancel as the website is still trying to force vouchers on people and got all my avios back and BA kept the £1.

    • Polly says:

      10 Jul10 July 09:03

      Tnx for that update. Maybe you got a kind agent. Am looking at avios tkts to dub, but didn’t fancy paying 35 each way to cancel.

• Barry says:

  9 Jul9 July 17:40

  Where have the chat threads from previous days gone? Trying to refer back to something that I read in yesterday’s one but the thread is gone!

  • BJ says:

    9 Jul9 July 18:24

    Hiding! under ‘general’ in the ‘filed under’ part at bottom of the article 😀

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 19:22

    They haven’t gone, they’ve just been hidden from the home page. Click on ‘General’ in the categories list, either in the menu or under today’s post, and all the ‘General’ articles will appear including old chat threads.

• MonkeymaN says:

  9 Jul9 July 17:55

  Question re Amex platinum travel insurance.
  I had Ryanair flights booked at the start of the yearfor travel in July. The flights were not cancelled, but I did not want to travel against the then current government advice,
  The flights were booked using by BA amex, rather than my platinum card. I was under the impression I was covered if booked this way, but my claim was rejected as it was not paid for on the platinum card.
  Were Axa correct in this or was I not covered booking with the BA Amex?

  • the_real_a says:

    9 Jul9 July 23:54

    No. You need the definition of “card account” in the full terms and conditions and challenge the decision if this was the sole reason for rejection.

    “Account” or “Card Account” means your consumer and small business cards issued by American Express in the UK, excluding corporate cards and any American Express cards issued by bank partners

    https://www.americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/uk/pdf/insurance/platinum-insurance-documentation-april19.pdf

    • the_real_a says:

      9 Jul9 July 23:56

      By using your BA AMEX you have fulfilled the requirement to make the payment via your “card account”

      • MonkeymaN says:

        10 Jul10 July 06:49

        Thank you very much for that. That was my understanding also, so I will challenge them.
        I really appreciate the collective knowledge, experience and helpfulness of the HFP community.

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