The new HFP chat thread – Friday 31st July

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• pin perl says:

  31 Jul31 July 13:34

  Hi Everyone,
  Can anyone help, regarding canceling an Avios booking for 50 pence as in the past?
  The only option I’m getting is a voucher and when calling up it’s costing me 17 pounds 50 pence?
  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    31 Jul31 July 14:57

    That’s correct. If you ring up BA tries to impose the full £35 cancellation fee. The £1 fee only works for online cancellations but they have been disabled since March.

• Jason says:

  31 Jul31 July 13:48

  Does anyone know the latest offering on board for club Europe and the terrace lounge at Heathrow thanks

  • Rob says:

    31 Jul31 July 14:56

    The lounge menu is pretty much still as per our menu a few weeks ago, and the Club Europe food – at least from what I saw last weekend – is also the same as in our recent article, ie the cardboard box.

    Key change is that the North lounge opened yesterday.

• Andrew says:

  31 Jul31 July 14:49

  Hilton Honors Points with Disney

  According to an email that’s just arrived from Hilton, that’s 2,000 Honors points for taking out a monthly Disney+ subscription and 4,000 for taking out an annual Disney+ subscription.

  • Rob says:

    31 Jul31 July 14:54

    Decent deal for a month – effectively makes it free and you can binge watch all their best stuff before cancelling!

    • Wally1976 says:

      31 Jul31 July 16:01

      Only problem – if you have kids – they get hooked on it then won’t let you cancel!

  • Dave says:

    31 Jul31 July 16:59

    6 months free Disney on o2 priority

  • Martyn Ford says:

    1 Aug1 August 14:26

    Well worth it just to watch Hamilton.

• Nigel W says:

  31 Jul31 July 15:16

  Quick q, does Curve work with uploading £ to HL at all?

  • Axel says:

    31 Jul31 July 15:21

    Worked for me last April with HSBC underlying

  • TGLoyalty says:

    31 Jul31 July 18:08

    It did but not with curve.

    Had issues the other day but not tried again.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      31 Jul31 July 18:11

      Let me correct that.

      It didn’t with IHG cards until Curve switched from Wirecard, it seems to for now.

      Also just topped up as this reminded me and it’s working fine.

• Secret Squirrel says:

  31 Jul31 July 15:34

  BA0001 been axed from LCY.

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    31 Jul31 July 15:36

    +0002+0003+0004 😣

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    31 Jul31 July 16:05

    Was a pretend BA 1 anyway. There was only ever one BA1, and it wasn’t flown by an Airbus

    • Nick_C says:

      31 Jul31 July 19:02

      It wasn’t Concord, but it was an amazing and unique experience. I will miss it.

• Wally1976 says:

  31 Jul31 July 15:34

  Can someone confirm for me please – if I apply for a supplementary Amex card for someone who lives at a different address to me, does the card get sent to their address or mine? Thanks

  • Rob says:

    31 Jul31 July 16:03

    Yours

    • Wally1976 says:

      31 Jul31 July 18:03

      Great thanks Rob

• Anna says:

  31 Jul31 July 15:58

  The IC Ambassador sign up/renewal offer. If the qualifying stay for the free night certificate has to be at an IC, Kimpton or Regent, is it actually going to be worth it? They seem very few and far between in the UK. Not sure I can make it work for me for a 40k free night.

  • Rob says:

    31 Jul31 July 16:02

    Not for a mattress run, no. It simply means you come out quits, since you’re unlikely to pay more than the £160 value of the points for the night.

    I saw some very cheap rates at the new Kimpton Barcelona but I doubt you’ll be there in a hurry ….

    • Anna says:

      31 Jul31 July 16:22

      Probably not, though at least I wouldn’t be breaking the law if I did – unlike if I was to jump over the fence into my next door neighbour’s garden (as of last night) 🤷‍♀️

      • meta says:

        31 Jul31 July 17:37

        Intercontinental Sofia has pretty cheap rates too.

        I was wondering whether I could renew beginning of Nov. Then book somewhere on an old Amb weekend night certificate which, along with my membership expires, 1 Jan 21. Would that work? Technically it’s a paid stay as you pay first night.

        • Anna says:

          31 Jul31 July 18:50

          The problem with making an overseas booking by 31/1 is that there’s no guarantee it will go ahead and then you’re stuck with flights and/or accommodation you can’t use!

        • meta says:

          31 Jul31 July 19:05

          That’s why you have Avios other miles. Amb weekend voucher is refundable too.

        • Martyn Ford says:

          1 Aug1 August 15:34

          I was at the IC Malta recently and the GM said he thought that the Sofia was the best IC in Europe.

• Terri says:

  31 Jul31 July 17:38

  Has anyone else had any success in confirming the revised booking offered for a LHR departure, rather than a LGW one? We want to accept but keep getting an error

  • meta says:

    31 Jul31 July 17:41

    Everyone. It will require a phone call.

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