The HfP chat thread – Thursday 22nd October

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Clive says:

22 Oct22 October 17:58

Anyone having problems logging in to FT with the cookie selection hanging?
- Mike says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 22:33
  
  I’ve had issues with it as there’s two pop up boxes with the cookie one over the op of the first, if I manage to clear the first one then the cookie window works ok. If I don’t make it in time, refresh, try again.
dezbez says:

22 Oct22 October 18:04

Bit of excitement at the Bath Indigo today – large film crew/set on site to shoot scenes using the hotel for the new season of this:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-08/mcdonald-and-dodds-itv-air-date-trailer-cast/amp/
- Rob says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 18:09
  
  Rhys saw that filming on the Royal Crescent when he was down at The Abbey Hotel.
- BJ says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 18:46
  
  More exciring in Glasgow, they have been filming the next Batman movie there.
  - EwanG says:
    
    23 Oct23 October 10:00
    
    For the Brooke Shields fans you have a Netflix film being shot at Dalmeny House!
Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

22 Oct22 October 18:17

Can someone help me understand why the cash portion of an Avios redemption for an infant is pricing higher when using a 241 voucher?

LHR-TJS in J, 2 pax 1 infant:
‘Classic’ RFS price: 3.4k + £5.90
With 241: 3.4k + £27.11
- Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 18:17
  
  (TFS, sorry!)
  - Anna says:
    
    22 Oct22 October 18:32
    
    With the 241 you only get the RFS price, whereas without it you get a variety of cash options – but of course that doesn’t explain why the avios required is the same (but 3.4k doesn’t sound like the right RFS avios price for TFS?)
    - Charlieface says:
      
      22 Oct22 October 20:59
      
      17,000 each way x2 and infant pays 10% so total 3,400 for infant.
      
      Do infants get RFS at all? I don’t know.
      Looking at ITA Matrix it seems £27.11 is the correct full taxes net of base fare. Not sure where £5.90 comes from.
      - Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
        
        22 Oct22 October 23:03
        
        £5.90 is what the infant prices up at if I book without the 241
- ChrisC says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 20:03
  
  You should have a look at the detailed fare breakdown to identify which element or elements have changed.
Nick_G says:

22 Oct22 October 18:56

Can I add a return segment on a ticket booked using BA companion voucher after booking the outbound ticket? If yes, please can someone guide how to do this online.
- Jonathan says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 19:04
  
  You need to have enough Avios to book at full price then call up & they will refund half the Avios but leave taxes & fees as if 2 one ways (better for Japan & Hong Kong, worse for USA). Otherwise you need to call & they will book return leg on phone with taxes & fees corrected as if it was a return booking.
  
  There’s no way to do it fully online.
  - Nick_G says:
    
    22 Oct22 October 19:10
    
    Thank you very much mate. This is very valuable information.
    Cheers.
    - C says:
      
      23 Oct23 October 11:14
      
      Doesn’t always work like this. They insisted on amending the outbound to a return and recalculated the taxes for me last week.
Optimus Prime says:

22 Oct22 October 19:20

Accor and BNP Paribas launching a cobranded card in France in 2021. To be rolled out to in Europe later. https://press.accor.com/accor-bnp-paribas-english/?lang=en
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 19:30
  
  So probably creation in the uk?
  - TGLoyalty says:
    
    22 Oct22 October 19:34
    
    ALL – VISA Pulse card intended for Millenials, an ALL- VISA Explorer card for customers with high personal or professional mobility and, finally, an ALL-VISA Ultimate card intended for super-premium customers.
    
    Sounds like it’ll possibly be more than just points back (so really € back) and perhaps some status or other perks thrown in.
Baresi says:

22 Oct22 October 20:48

Evening all, I am planning on booking flights LHR-OSL-DOH-BKK
I will fly BA on the LHR-OSL leg and Qatar Airways on the OSL-DOH-BKK legs. Do BA through check-in my bags to my final destination at BKK? even when booked using separate tickets…..
Cheers 👍
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 20:55
  
  Only when booking on a single ticket. Qatar will on the way back.
- ChrisC says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 22:03
  
  On separate tickets (i.e ticket 1 = LHR-OSL and Ticket 2 = OSL-DOH-BKK) BA will only tag bags as far as OSL where you will need to collect them at baggage claim and then check them in with QR so hopefully you’ve left / will leave sufficient slack between flights for you to do that and meet the QR check in close time.
roberto says:

22 Oct22 October 21:30

Hot food reported back on long haul from 25th October

https://www.facebook.com/629791557432504/posts/996301190781537/?extid=0&d=n
- roberto says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 21:31
  
  Ba flights……
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  22 Oct22 October 22:21
  
  Step in the right direction.
  
  No change to First or Club Europe though must have a backstock of crappy boxes to get through.
SammyJ says:

22 Oct22 October 22:08

Is it worth visiting (if possible?) the T5 Plaza Premium lounge early Sunday morning before a 7am flight? i.e. have they got a decent breakfast selection? Buffet or table service? Got a few Dragonpass credits but won’t waste them unless there’s a decent offering! Heading to GIB as a family of 4… never been so excited to be getting on a plane!!