The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 1st December

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• James says:

  1 Dec1 December 14:12

  Looking to book a Maldives trip for March. Could anyone recommend a good travel agent? Looking at around £6000 all in for 2 people all inclusive.

  • Number9 says:

    1 Dec1 December 14:16

    Trailfinders

  • ashraj says:

    1 Dec1 December 14:27

    I have used Trailfinders in the past and can recommend them. Also worth getting quotes from Best At Travel & Turquoise Holidays

  • LST says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:25

    In my experience Maldives’ specialists like purely Maldives and simply Maldives are very knowledgeable and normally can’t be beaten on price

  • AviosNewbie says:

    2 Dec2 December 08:25

    Book direct – Kanuhura have a great blackfriday deal still running. I just booked it for 01-08 March! What dates are you traveling?

• Crafty says:

  1 Dec1 December 14:28

  Anyone managed to get anything out of Kimpton (Clocktower in my case) for forced cancellations? Was surprised that my lengthy voicemail message (cancelling 3 stays) didn’t throw a token 5,000 points in.

  • Jerrry Butler says:

    1 Dec1 December 14:50

    I find that emailing the hotel and head office does the trick, or posting something mildly negative on their corporate Facebook page. You haven’t missed much at the clocktower though, as its a bit two bob.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:25

      Why not email Boris directly and him for compo instead.

  • Anna says:

    1 Dec1 December 14:56

    I loved it – they are VERY generous with the social hour (2 hours of free flowing wine and beer) and bar coupons (we got £20 for one night). Make a bit of noise when you turn up for a re-booked stay and they’ll probably throw loads of stuff at you. Also Emyr can get you the breakfast and $100 credit which is worth nearly as much as the room rate for one night!

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Dec1 December 15:19

    Seriously? They are being FORCED to close and you expect them to compensate you?

    • xcalx says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:18

      +1 A serious case of DYKWIA

    • Crafty says:

      2 Dec2 December 08:54

      They’re not being forced to close for the dates I have booked. It’s a commercial decision.

      Although I don’t feel entitled to anything, I’m surprised because if they’re bothering to spend money on somebody ringing me, normally a hotel would throw in a sweetener, even if with a catch (e.g. here’s £20 bar credit for your next stay with us).

• Mike says:

  1 Dec1 December 14:39

  Amex Hilton promo (Spend £200 or more, get £50 back) only applies to certain hotels in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, UK etc. Are they really strict about this? If I book online for a hotel in Turkey for example, how will they track?

  • Rob says:

    1 Dec1 December 15:00

    Each hotel has its own merchant code (because, remember, each hotel is a separate business – it’s not owned or in most cases even run by Hilton).

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:26

    All Hilton hotels outside of the USA bill their own stays through their own system/card machines.

  • James says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:27

    Re this offer – Hilton spend £200 get £50 back. Is it £200 for one booking or will several £60 stays at different hotels (in qualifying locations) trigger it too?
    The terms are unclear.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      1 Dec1 December 17:55

      Works cumulatively.

    • Rob says:

      1 Dec1 December 17:59

      Cumulative is fine, done it myself with the current £50 offer.

      The Costa at Hilton Olympia on Kensington High Street counts towards this offer by the way, although they don’t sell gift cards.

      • James says:

        1 Dec1 December 18:25

        Thanks.
        Did you stay at the Hilton Olympia Rob? I was looking at that, stayed a lot in the past. Do they have bar / restaurant open?

• BuildTheWall says:

  1 Dec1 December 14:56

  Tesco trying to keep customers engaged after news of avios withdrawal? Double points on 2 shops and quite a few items given 25 points each. Every little helps.

  • Ben says:

    1 Dec1 December 15:15

    I’ve had the double points, and 25 point bonuses for the past three quarters now… After nothing for about 4 years!!

  • Genghis says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:25

    My first coupons for ages. V easy items too so that the items are effectively free.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:27

    I got spend £5 get £5 back

    • Steve S says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:55

      I got free mince pies

      • Sandra says:

        1 Dec1 December 19:24

        Free mince pies for me too plus a couple of extra points vouchers & double points on 2 shops. Mind you have been using Lidl a lot recently with just top ups in Tesco of stuff Lidl don’t sell/Tesco do better, so that might be why rather than the demise of Avios

    • 747_Brat says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:57

      Where can I find this £5 off £5 offer please?

      • TGLoyalty says:

        1 Dec1 December 17:56

        If you have it will be in the coupon section of the Clubcard app

• ashraj says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:01

  Is it worth activating the 10K spend on the AMEX BA PP now or waiting until closer to my anniversary date which is June next year. I think i read in the comments a few days ago the 2-1 Vouchers currently being issued are for 30 months?

  Thanks

  • BuildTheWall says:

    1 Dec1 December 15:10

    You are paying roughly £100 more for triggering the voucher in June instead of Dec, assuming you’ll be downgrading or cancelling the card. If you are going to keep the BAPP, makes sense to wait.
    But are you sure if the voucher issued in June 2021 will also have an expiry of 30 months?

    • ashraj says:

      1 Dec1 December 15:34

      Yes that was my thinking to put all expenses in the short term on the AMEX and then
      downgrade after its triggered. I still have a FT voucher to use for cancelled flights this year.

      No idea if the June 2021 voucher will be for 30 months! – but i don’t think its likely.

• Sloth says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:53

  Curve…£10 back when spending £100 or more at Amazon…

  Says valid for next 14 days but imagine will be pulled before then

  Credit to hit your account by 17/12

  • Allan says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:03

    Where are you seeing this?

    • AndyGWP says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:10

      I got an email from them – assume Sloth did too

    • Zana says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:15

      I didn’t get an email but when I opened up my app earlier today, the offer showed up as a pop-up. Once you close the pop-up, the offer can’t seem to be found anywhere else in the app.

• Craig says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:55

  A positive update from my ‘Christmas at Kew’ event which I couldn’t attend because of the tier system. The ticket supplier has now agreed to refund minus the £1 a ticket booking fee. A positive result for all because I’ll now keep my membership even though I only visit about twice a year.

• Jane says:

  1 Dec1 December 16:02

  anyone having issues or success topping up Revolut today ? I keep getting a text code through to enter and then a blank screen with the verification not going through.

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