The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 13th October

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• Scott says:

  13 Oct13 October 15:31

  Marriott related (sorry for the question as I have never booked one of these rates before.)

  If I book a rate that includes a 50 GBP hotel credit daily but I don’t eat at the restaurant or incur any other incidental, will this still be applied to the final bill meaning my room rate will be £50 less than advertised?

  • Rob says:

    13 Oct13 October 15:52

    No.

  • Ja says:

    13 Oct13 October 16:16

    I have just come back from Athens. I stayed at the Grande Bretagne. Most of my expense was for drinks. Never got to 50 euros a day so they just took off the total that I had spent.

    • Ben says:

      13 Oct13 October 17:37

      Shame – you should have used it all up on food/bevs/minibar/spas etc!

  • Scott says:

    13 Oct13 October 22:30

    Thank you both

• mark says:

  13 Oct13 October 15:33

  Just bagged club suites A350 Tokyo-Lhr for 3 pax in May for 112k Avios and £70 in taxes, Fab if it opens up in time.

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    13 Oct13 October 15:51

    I hope so… We’ve booked Japan for May!

• Fred S says:

  13 Oct13 October 15:40

  Any informed or, rather, considered opinions about which countries will come on/off the quarantine exemption list on Thursday?

  • J says:

    13 Oct13 October 15:45

    Would not surprise me if Germany comes off the exemption list based on the recent sharp increase in cases (even if from a low-ish starting point and less than NL, UK, FR, ES, etc)

  • Anna says:

    13 Oct13 October 15:57

    At this point I’m just hoping I can still travel out of my borough by then 🤦‍♀️

• Tom says:

  13 Oct13 October 15:51

  Virgin Atlantic vouchers, is it possible for me to use one of my Virgin 2-4-1s for my Mum and Dad (me not travelling) either by giving the voucher to them or booking for them? My Mum has 200,000 points but no voucher… Same registered household address if that makes a difference.

  • BLT says:

    13 Oct13 October 17:20

    From my understanding the 241 has to include the person who earned it. I’m not sure if you can use the upgrade for someone else?

  • dezbez says:

    13 Oct13 October 23:05

    Whilst there is generally a lot of flexibility with Virgin, I’m not sure they’d be able to accommodate this type of request. All you can do is ring and ask though – queues are 1hr+ during the day, but I called the other day after 9pm and got through in 20 mins (closes at 10.00)

• Kevin says:

  13 Oct13 October 16:03

  Does anyone know if there was any other phone no. apart from 0344 49 33349 to call avios for flight booking using lloyds voucher?

  Currently the website shown phone no. disconnected automatically after the greeting.

  • Bigsi says:

    13 Oct13 October 17:12

    I just got through on that number about an hour ago. Also kept cutting off but eventually got in the queue and was answered after maybe 15 minutes. I think they are really busy there as this is the last day to use 50% off Avios offer

    • Kevin says:

      13 Oct13 October 20:27

      I got through after 5 and waiting on the line till 6pm with no one picking up the phone 🙁

      • BigSi says:

        13 Oct13 October 20:37

        Sorry to hear.

• Josh says:

  13 Oct13 October 17:07

  Called Amex and asked about a retention bonus on my Amex Plat and because the annual fee will be charged on my next statement – I was given 35k points. I was given 15k a few months ago when calling – so 50k in total this year.

  Didn’t see the marriott offer on my offers – so 35k makes up for that.

  • Super Secret Stuff says:

    13 Oct13 October 17:58

    Atyy, well done! A good result

• Anna says:

  13 Oct13 October 17:14

  Interesting – I just checked on The George’s website re it’s opening date and it says there is now a Club Lounge! It sounds very nice indeed, I am going to email and ask how much it costs!

  • Anna says:

    13 Oct13 October 17:22

    They are now charging £468 pn for a junior suite on the weekend we are staying so our £80 pn night upgrade feels like a real bargain!

    • Harry T says:

      13 Oct13 October 17:44

      You’ve done well, I hope the experience is enjoyable. Do let us know how the club lounge is.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    13 Oct13 October 17:46

    I don’t think there’s a club lounge as such.

    They offer the club intercontinental experience. Which is breakfast, afternoon tea and drinks/canapés in the printing press. I believe park lane is doing the same at the moment.

    • Anna says:

      13 Oct13 October 18:11

      Still sounds good. Though it seems to be included for anyone in a superior or better room so it may be quite busy. Rates appear to have increased to reflect this!

      • TGLoyalty says:

        13 Oct13 October 19:19

        Does sound very good. I was wondering why no rooms included it on the app. Perhaps updates haven’t made their way through.

        Hopefully the no booze lockdown as finished by your stay

        • Anna says:

          13 Oct13 October 19:59

          If it hasn’t we may have to smuggle our own supplies across the border.

• Aston100 says:

  13 Oct13 October 17:14

  Am I being unrealistic, or does £24 per person for breakfast at a Crowne Plaza (Muscat / Oman) sound a bit pricey?
  The Intercontinental in that city charges £28pp which I suppose is more plausible.

  I’m going to be booking on points, so cannot add breakfast at a discounted rate.
  Is Oman an expensive destination, or is the Crowne Plaza taking the mick, or am I out of touch?

  • Steve says:

    13 Oct13 October 17:16

    Why is 28pp more plausible than 24pp?

    • Grant says:

      13 Oct13 October 17:23

      Because IC is considered a more upmarket brand than CP?

      • Aston100 says:

        13 Oct13 October 17:31

        This.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      13 Oct13 October 17:23

      IC’s are usually considered to be better properties with what’s likely to be a better spread

      Not always true ofcourse

  • TGLoyalty says:

    13 Oct13 October 17:22

    Oman is an expensive destination.

    Best deal Bustan would give me was £24 each but also upgraded me to an ocean view in main building because I took it.

    it was a large spread but on balance I should have paid the walk up rate a couple days and had room service the rest and I probably would have been at worst par for £ and room service would have been less hassle.

  • marcw says:

    13 Oct13 October 19:32

    Oman is not a cheap place to visit. Beautiful country, but don’t expect it to be cheap.

    • Jonathan says:

      13 Oct13 October 22:08

      I concur. Food & drink is expensive in general & especially in hotels. The IC isn’t the best whereas CP gets very good reviews so I’m not at all surprised by the small differential you’ve found.

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