The new HFP chat thread – Monday 3rd August

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• pin perl says:

  3 Aug3 August 16:25

  Hi Rob,
  I’m not finding an answer to my question so pls be so kind to answer,
  Is there anyway to cancel an avios short haul flight for 50 pence.
  The only option i’m getting is the voucher or losing all money and only avios refund?
  thanks

  • Jonathan says:

    3 Aug3 August 17:27

    When you say lose all the money, is that because you’re being quoted £35pp cancellation fee? I’m afraid that’s the standard these days. The 50p (£1 for a return booking) was a temporary quirk which it seems BA has now eliminated.

    • pin perl says:

      3 Aug3 August 19:07

      Yes Jonathan,
      When did that come into effect??
      shame…..
      Thanks

      • Ryan says:

        4 Aug4 August 01:05

        I cancelled one last week. Got all the avios back immediately, and just got charged the 50p (well £2 as it was 4 tickets).

  • Rob says:

    3 Aug3 August 19:34

    You’d need to call and see what the agent decides to charge!

    • pin perl says:

      3 Aug3 August 21:47

      35 pounds

• William R B says:

  3 Aug3 August 16:59

  Re: BA European flight cancellations

  Does anyone have an idea of the notice period given by BA for flight cancellations – or of the shortest acceptable one? I have not been able to discern a consistent pattern. In his statement last week Willie Walsh stated that if a flight was uneconomic they would cancel it. However they might not know this until the day before if they are still waiting for bookings.

  • ChrisC says:

    3 Aug3 August 17:09

    To be honest it would depend on the date and the route.

    Also they will look at loads on the return flight

    In normal times they were more likely to cancel a flight where they had multiple flights that day to the same day to maximise revenue and minimise refunds.

    • William R B says:

      3 Aug3 August 17:17

      Thanks, Chris, but I am really trying to get a handle on the period of notice (days, weeks?) before cancellation. As always there are ancillary arrangements to sort if a flight is cancelled at short notice.

      • ChrisC says:

        3 Aug3 August 18:41

        as I said it can depend on the route rather than just being a standard period for all flights

        Post the route are you flying and you might get a more speficic answer.

        • William R B says:

          3 Aug3 August 18:45

          LHR-BSL early Sept out for 4 day stay.
          Had to change from Easyjet LTN – they gave one months notice of cancellation

  • Aaron C says:

    3 Aug3 August 18:07

    They seem to be inconsistent. For example they operated 2 TFS-LHR on Saturday despite each being <50% load according to the crew.

    • ChrisBCN says:

      3 Aug3 August 22:36

      You need to look at the out and the return load, not one way….

• Yorkieflyer says:

  3 Aug3 August 17:36

  Is it still the case that you can cancel for a full refund inside 24 hours of booking BA? Including Avios bookings?

  • BJ says:

    3 Aug3 August 17:41

    Yes.

• Anna says:

  3 Aug3 August 18:51

  SeatSpy and RFF both showing no direct flights from MAN to Europe after June 2021. BA system playing up so I can’t check there but this doesn’t sound good for the regions!

  • Lady London says:

    3 Aug3 August 19:41

    Well you are still quite close to thr 355 days. So on I would say you will see later flights appearing but not yet as there are Winter seasom covid flying scheduling for them to sort out first.

    • Anna says:

      3 Aug3 August 20:16

      It’s very odd they are showing up till the end of June then as that’s well into the summer season! Just nothing for July, other routes are showing up to July 20th.

      • Plane Spotters Rule says:

        3 Aug3 August 20:22

        It may be because BA are contemplating abandoning MAN as they have LBA

• Jtz says:

  3 Aug3 August 19:24

  Does anyone know if you get charged to withdraw the normal £200 on curve blue, hilton underlying? Or are they still free?
  Thanks

  • Connor says:

    3 Aug3 August 20:58

    Should be free. Even after withdrawing £3,000 in cash on a credit card within a week I’ve never been charged their “2%” fee.

• Colin says:

  3 Aug3 August 21:26

  There’s been a bit of talk about the 50% off food offer here.

  You can use it for takeaway meals too. Just say you’re eating in and then sneak it out. Was easy enough in McDonald’s 😎

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    3 Aug3 August 21:41

    “If a customer is dining in and then takes away the remainder of their meal, the discount will still apply”

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-more-information-about-the-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme/get-more-information-about-the-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme

    Not supposed to be for takeaway orders but nothing is stopping you from ordering for eat in and then taking it away.

• Connor says:

  4 Aug4 August 10:27

  Yes, they did this for me with 2 separate Hotels.com bookings no problem.

• Jimmy says:

  6 Aug6 August 10:43

  Anyone know how long it takes for a transaction to indicate if it will accrue charges/cash advance fees on ihg creation?

  • Optimus Prime says:

    6 Aug6 August 10:49

    You won’t know until the next statement is generated.

    • Jimmy says:

      6 Aug6 August 16:59

      Ok. No problems. I thought it may show in ty W recent transactions section

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