The HfP chat thread – Thursday 27th May

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• James says:

  27 May27 May 17:35

  Apologies if this has already been covered, but is the current BA Holidays x2 Tier Points deal a minimum spend of £2500PP when booking CW/CE?

  • James says:

    27 May27 May 17:41

    Another question… If my BA Holidays deal is now cheaper than when I booked it, do I have any options to claw back the difference in cost? Thanks.

    • Sam G says:

      27 May27 May 17:42

      Get an FTV and rebook

  • ChrisC says:

    27 May27 May 17:48

    There is no minimum spend on the double TPs offer which is a different offer to the one emailed today for access to the First wing and lounge,

    • James says:

      27 May27 May 17:55

      It doesn’t show the offer on the BA Holidays page when the price is under £2500PP, sneaky of them.

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        27 May27 May 19:35

        It isn’t sneaky it’s bizarre – you’re going to get the double TPs anyway but because they don’t tell you it isn’t going to influence your buying decision – it’s just handing value back after the deal is struck

        • James says:

          27 May27 May 23:04

          How can you decide what sways my decision making? I wanted confirmation that I would get the double tier points incase they tried it on after the holiday.

  • Rob says:

    27 May27 May 18:40

    No.

• CG says:

  27 May27 May 17:43

  I expect this has been covered many times before but I’m struggling to find it . I booked 2 first class flights to Dubai back in October in the 50% off avios offer using a 2-4-1 voucher. Flights were in May. They were cancelled rebooked for June. They were downgraded and have now just been cancelled. Spoke with BA and they said I can rebook first class flights but have to complete the flights by 5 October 2021 which is a year after I originally booked. Hotel is not honouring the original pricing when I booked if I change dates so will cost 50% more. BA say if I cancel I just get 68k avios and a voucher for the tax back (or cash).

  I’m effectively losing what was a pretty good deal on 2 fronts.

  Is what BA is saying correct? They said to speak to customer relations if I’m not happy.

  Thanks in advance

  • Asim says:

    27 May27 May 18:13

    Yes. Except you may be able to extend beyond 12months. If they don’t, get it in writing and then go through MCOL process (see previous days’ threads for detail on process).

    They will not be responsible for your hotel costs

    • CG says:

      27 May27 May 18:17

      Thanks I’ve had success with the hotel and they’ve agreed to hold the rates which is good. With BA if I can get flights beyond 5 October 2021 that would be really helpful. I’ll have a look at previous threads on MCOL process

• bafan says:

  27 May27 May 18:05

  June cancelations are rolling in!

  I had a LHR-CHQ-HER-LHR-ARN-LHR booked and the LHR-ARN flight has been canceled. I’m traveling for a birthday and being in Stockholm is essential on the date I booked. If I call BA do we think that they’d rebook my trip back to front (go to Sweden then down to Crete) or is that not in the rebooking guidelines?

  • bafan says:

    27 May27 May 18:06

    It’s all on one multi-city booking BTW.

• James says:

  27 May27 May 18:47

  What is the Hertz code for Amex Platinum members?

  • Rob says:

    27 May27 May 19:12

    https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2020/09/04/hertz-4-hour-amex-grace-period/

  • Rich says:

    27 May27 May 19:57

    ‘Selected European countries’ doesn’t appear to include Portugal. At least every booking I’ve tried in the last couple of weeks, unless there’s some get out clause during high demand.

    Has worked everywhere else for me, and saved me a small fortune

• Grant Blackshire says:

  27 May27 May 18:47

  Just had notification that my Heathrow Rewards account was accessed by fraudsters.
  Anyone else?

  • Andrew says:

    27 May27 May 19:50

    I thought Heathrow Rewards was dead?

  • Graeme says:

    27 May27 May 19:58

    Yes, my partner, at about 18:30 so I’m guessing at a similar time to you.

• David says:

  27 May27 May 19:06

  So, our EDI-LHR-LAS flights on 14 June returning on 28 June booked during a BA Sale, have been cancelled. When I try to rebook the flights for dates in Oct/Nov, it comes up saying that there are no flights available, and yet I know that such flights are bookable. Am I doing something wrong or is my only option to get my money back?

  • Lady London says:

    27 May27 May 20:10

    Call them. Before you do, find your seat in same cabin that’s selling for cash by searching as though you want to make a new booking for cash. When you’ve found it call and ask to “reroute” to that. As they cancelled your flight you have a right to that at no extra charge.

    You could wait till 3-7 days after you were notified of the cancellation and try to change it again yourself. Otherwise you have to call. Be polite and don’t take no for an answer. Call in core of UK working days/hours to maximise your chances of less hassle.

    • David says:

      27 May27 May 22:08

      Thanks for that. I’ll follow your advice.

• Andrew says:

  27 May27 May 19:50

  An exciting announcement coming from BA tomorrow morning at 9:30 according to TLFL – 50% Avios flights again?

  • Harry T says:

    27 May27 May 20:03

    I hope so because I have no chance of moving my cancelled 50% off Japan flights to feasible new dates.

    • Andrew says:

      27 May27 May 20:11

      I would imagine very few people actually got to take the flights they booked last time so maybe they are trying again.

      • Harry T says:

        27 May27 May 20:17

        Where are you seeing this TLFL comment, btw?

        • Ed says:

          27 May27 May 20:20

          If you go on tlfl look on the top story covering first wing access on ba holiday spend. Teaser there

  • Lady London says:

    27 May27 May 20:12

    Two for 1 seats? They have to fill planes.

    • ChrisC says:

      28 May28 May 00:15

      How about half price so us singletons can have a bargain as well!

  • ChrisC says:

    27 May27 May 20:37

    bank holiday weekend sale?

  • BJ says:

    27 May27 May 20:46

    I just hope they didn’t listen to their customers this time…!

  • Red Flyer says:

    27 May27 May 20:57

    Looks like a sale – biz seats down from £6k to £1.25k for my trip to EZE next year that I have been waiting for a deal to appear on before committing.

    • Rob says:

      27 May27 May 21:35

      No

      Gamechanger.

      • KBuffett says:

        27 May27 May 21:58

        Spill the beans Rob…..

      • BJ says:

        27 May27 May 22:07

        Return to zone based award chart as opposed to sector by sector?

      • Mouse says:

        27 May27 May 22:56

        Will hfp be posting a story at 9.30?

      • Aristeides says:

        27 May27 May 23:34

        On the spot covid test?

        • Guernsey Globetrotter says:

          27 May27 May 23:53

          Yup – reckon it’ll be the Pelican rapid test they’re trialling – COVID-19 test result in 25 seconds – like Rob said, if it works accurately & governments accept it for entry it is a game changer… that’s quite a few ‘ifs’ there mind you

• BJ says:

  27 May27 May 20:42

  Sorry if I have missed this in the comments already but I’ve just noticed thst we can now spend Nectar points at Nectar Hotels.

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