The HfP chat thread – Sunday 16th May

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Aston100 says:

16 May16 May 21:59

Has the IHG flash sale started early?
Literally every IHG booking I made between end of this month through to end of August has dropped in price.
Bookings at HIX, HI, CP, Indigo and Voco – all a fair bit lower now.
I think the points prices have also dropped, but can’t confirm for sure.
- Sandra says:
  
  16 May16 May 23:19
  
  Thanks Aston 100 – I have just checked, cancelled & rebooked a July stay saving £30 on my original 3 night booking. I’ve been checking prices weekly since I booked about a month ago and they’d gone up quite a bit so it has to be the flash sale pricing
- ChrisC says:
  
  16 May16 May 23:44
  
  One of my bookings dropped on Saturday but I think that was too early for it to be a sale drop
  
  None of the others have changed yet. Will look again in the morning.
Pete says:

16 May16 May 22:17

Anyone else having issues with lack of Customer service from Hotels.com? Absolutely abysmal!
- Aston100 says:
  
  16 May16 May 22:19
  
  It might be better if we started a list of companies that are giving consistently good customer service.
  The comments here and elsewhere suggest everyone is bad at present.
- Kyle says:
  
  16 May16 May 22:34
  
  I suggest to reach out via Twitter. After going back and forth in the emails for a week, Twitter team sorted an issue in a day.
- Amy carpenter says:
  
  17 May17 May 04:26
  
  Yes, totally crap.
Morris says:

16 May16 May 23:09

Do non-USD purchases on an ICC dollar card accrue points? Looking at my points this month vs. purchases, points seem to be missing for a small ~$10 charge in non-USD (yes, yes aware of the 3% FX fee…).