The HfP chat thread – Friday 7th May

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Chris says:

7 May7 May 16:37

Sorry for a question I’m sure has been answered a hundred times but can’t find via search

what happens to excess taxes and miles if booking via an FTV? Got a CW and considering using for CE so obviously huge decrease in both miles and miles
- Rob says:
  
  7 May7 May 18:03
  
  You get another FTV unless the ‘change’ is nominal.
  - Chris says:
    
    7 May7 May 19:18
    
    I actually got an instant refund of the additional miles and a refund back to my original payment for the taxes. So weirdly worked out as a nice way to get £1000 back from BA
    
    I didn’t even ask, that was their default position
Roger W says:

7 May7 May 16:46

Any views on BA extending the 2-4-1 vouchers again, I have one expires Aug 2022 but do not anticipate needing it before. If I do not do the ‘Book & cancel’ for a FTV am concerned that BA will not extend and also stop the option of the cancelling avios trips for a FTV keeping it alive for April 2023.
- Benilyn says:
  
  7 May7 May 18:40
  
  No one knows, they might even stop doh g FTV…
  - Benilyn says:
    
    7 May7 May 18:41
    
    Doing*
- Lady London says:
  
  7 May7 May 20:41
  
  do a short shorthaul with current ftv, give it a week, chop it in for another ftv apr 23
  
  Make hay until the sun shines. BA will dump ftv-issuing at the earliest opportunity. And I don’t blame them.
Stagger Lee says:

7 May7 May 16:50

Not sure if anyone will remember but I had a hotel worry about a non refundable booking on the night of the Rammstein gig in Coventry which has now been shifted to next year.

Just had an email from the Novotel offering to move the booking to next year for the same price. Obviously I took them up on the offer.

Really good service to pre-emptively arrange this ahead of when the rooms are due to go on general sale.
Pete says:

7 May7 May 17:14

Wait, just Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel on the green list?
- The Lord says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:15
  
  Thought he said 12 countries but only named 3 of them
  - Pete says:
    
    7 May7 May 17:16
    
    Ah, yes, I am hearing Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Iceland and Brunei too.
    - Pete M says:
      
      7 May7 May 17:19
      
      I feel so sorry for the people from India and Pakistan spending two weeks in Turkey so they wouldn’t have to hotel-quarantine here…
      - Roger W says:
        
        7 May7 May 17:59
        
        I don’t!
      - bafan says:
        
        7 May7 May 18:23
        
        I don’t. Bending the rules and they get caught out.
        
        Although I think the Turkish already have the Indians in dormitories whilst quarantining…
  - Jonathan says:
    
    7 May7 May 17:18
    
    Perhaps bigger news is Turkey & Maldives going on the Red List.
    
    Will scupper a lot of people’s plans to do a cheap & easy “quarantine” in Turkey.
    - Pete M says:
      
      7 May7 May 21:15
      
      Roger and bafan – they are doing the right thing, quarantining. They could have been staying for a night and continuing to the UK. What more do you want?! Most of people don’t have £1,800 lying around…
bafan says:

7 May7 May 17:17

Going green: Portugal incl. Azores / Madeira; Australia; New Zealand; Singapore; Brunei: Iceland; Faroe Islands; Gibraltar; Falkland Islands; South Georgia / South Sandwich Islands; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; and Israel.
Red: Turkey/Maldives/Nepal

From Paul Charles on Twitter.

About time Turkey went on – all those people using it as a transit hub from India / Pakistan.
- Mart says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:22
  
  Paul Charles has credibility today
  - bafan says:
    
    7 May7 May 17:23
    
    Agreed. Glad I didn’t book USA, any Med Islands etc 🤣.
    - meta says:
      
      7 May7 May 17:33
      
      Whoever classifies some of these places on the green list as countries don’t have any credibility in my eyes…
    - Mart says:
      
      7 May7 May 17:41
      
      What was he thinking tweeting that?
      Ruined his credibility,doesn’t know anything more than the rest of us!
Stagger Lee says:

7 May7 May 17:21

Surely UEFA have to move the Champions League Final to the UK?

But knowing them they will insist it carries on in a place no one can realistically travel to while it is in lockdown!!!
- Doommonger says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:27
  
  It should be played at Villa Park, but Wembley is more likely.
  
  The Doomster
  - Stagger Lee says:
    
    7 May7 May 17:41
    
    Wembley isn’t available as they have the Championship Play-Off Final on that day
- Harrier25 says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:36
  
  If the players travel to Turkey they’ll have to self-isolate for 10 days in a covid hotel….not realistic 12 days before the start of the Euros. So if UEFA want the Final to take place on the 29th then they’ll be forced to change the venue.
  - Stagger Lee says:
    
    7 May7 May 17:43
    
    I’d forgotten about the Euros so no chance at all of the game going ahead in Turkey then
  - Jonathan says:
    
    7 May7 May 18:36
    
    Is there any kind of exemption for elite athletes?
    - Stagger Lee says:
      
      7 May7 May 19:30
      
      That really depends on the policies of each country wants to be.
      
      Australians who were at the now cancelled IPL in India have not been given any exemption to return. I think most are holed up in the Maldives until they are allowed back.
- Alan says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:56
  
  I imagine it will boil down to how much the English FA is prepared to pay Turkey to agree to relocating the match.
  - Harrier25 says:
    
    7 May7 May 19:41
    
    It’s UEFA that will be paying Turkey any compensation, not the English FA as they have no say in the matter.
The cyclist says:

7 May7 May 17:25

Great do Easyjet fly to Tritan Da Cunha?
Pointless as already mentioned, try getting into Australia or New Zealand as a tourist before 2022. Traffic light system means F all, as the decision as to whether we enter the countries is wholly dependent on them and not the UK
- meta says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:34
  
  Before 2023 as announced today!
- ChrisC says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:45
  
  If there was an airport there they might.
Ross says:

7 May7 May 17:26

Is there confirmation of the Amber List?
- Pete M says:
  
  7 May7 May 17:28
  
  Everywhere that isn’t red or green?
  - meta says:
    
    7 May7 May 18:05
    
    Here’s the full list
    
    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england#amber-list
    - Ross says:
      
      8 May8 May 08:03
      
      Thank you, much appreciated