The HfP chat thread – Friday 20th November

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Lady London says:

20 Nov20 November 11:42

Saw on foreign blog Amazon has moved Black Friday to 4th December.

not sure if UK/anywhere else
- Rob says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 11:46
  
  Not heard anything, and we have an advance feed of the offers.
- Louise K says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 11:49
  
  Their offers today are listed as ‘Black Friday week’
  - Rob says:
    
    20 Nov20 November 13:15
    
    There are 3 tiers. There are the early deals, which finished yesterday, there are ‘week’ deals which start today and then there will be some others on Friday.
- Dave says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 12:01
  
  Applies to France only.
Keely says:

20 Nov20 November 11:54

Morning all , can I apply a 241 voucher to an existing booking? I have economy flights booked for next year and might as well not waste the voucher .

Actually as I’m typing I’ve realised- I could perhaps do another ‘dummy’ booking with and then cancel for a FWC voucher to extend the date…..
- Anna says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 12:28
  
  You can do the voucher thing but they won’t usually apply a 241 to an existing booking (only to the return leg if booked separately), or you can cancel your original flight and re-book with the voucher (though that would entail calling BA at the moment … )
  - Keely says:
    
    20 Nov20 November 16:35
    
    Thanks Anna
- AJA says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 12:48
  
  You can’t apply a 2-4-1 voucher to an existing booking. You can only add inbound flights to an existing outbound booking made with the 2-4-1. But doing a booking then cancelling for FTV would work. When does the 2-4-1 expire? Remember the FTV is use by 30 Apr 2022 not book by.
  - Keely says:
    
    20 Nov20 November 16:35
    
    Thanks it’s expires aug 2021, so I could use for a booking in April 2022 , I wasn’t planning to travel then as already have stuff booked but seems a shame to let it go Zzz
Pete says:

20 Nov20 November 11:56

Just passing through T5. Only about 30 flights leaving this afternoon. Galleries North open and completely full. Self-service sandwiches and crisps/muffins, “bar” service for hot and cold drinks (inc booze).
- Lady London says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 16:16
  
  So no table service? I gather the Q-code thing and ordering in the BA North Galleries lounge was working really well.
  - Pete says:
    
    20 Nov20 November 19:07
    
    Table service is paused for the moment, yea.
MT says:

20 Nov20 November 12:11

Cathay Pacific Green Friday promo is launched. Worth a gander if there are 2 of you looking to travel towards the end of next year.
Michael C says:

20 Nov20 November 12:23

Looks like LoganAir have been awarded LHR slots…hopefully for IOM!
- Andrew says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 12:45
  
  Better still, EDI!
  
  Or maybe DDE?
  
  As a remote lifeline Highland airfield operated by HIAL (less than an hour from Edinburgh), there’s no departure tax to pay on flights.
  
  For people flying from Central Scotland code-sharing with Emirates, Qatar, Turkish, KLM, or United that could save £lots.
sam says:

20 Nov20 November 13:35

It’s not showing on my app, I recall it is a trial for some users only…
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 13:37
  
  Looks like it’s targeted.
Andrew says:

20 Nov20 November 13:43

It dropped off my app a few days ago.
AndyW says:

20 Nov20 November 13:50

Question for anyone who cancelled and rebooked during the 50% of avios sale, have you had a refund of the original payment yet? Still waiting here and forget what timescale they put on the refund.
- Ikaz says:
  
  20 Nov20 November 14:14
  
  No refund yet for me, my flight is next year so I am guessing that it hasn’t be re-ticketed yet, if this is the case then it should automatically get re-ticketed before departure and the refund will come then. I am not in a rush so won’t push, the refund was about £10
  - Nadeshka says:
    
    21 Nov21 November 00:13
    
    I have a flight for Feb that I booked on the last day of the sale – ticketed yesterday and refund hit today.