The HfP chat thread – Saturday 3rd July

This article is closed to new posts. Discussion continues in the HfP Forums.

• CarpalTravel says:

  3 Jul3 July 09:46

  Silly one but is there a guide or link to the mark-up code that can used for this comments section? Be nice to be able to use italics/quotes/ and possibly the odd smilie.

  • Andrew says:

    3 Jul3 July 09:49

    You can use smiles 😀

    • CarpalTravel says:

      3 Jul3 July 09:52

      The mainstream ones I have kind of guessed at, that and the ;-). That’s about it!

      • Peter K says:

        3 Jul3 July 11:35

        What keyboard are you using on your phone? I’m using gboard and it has an emoji section that works with wordpress 🙂🙇⛄

      • QFFlyer says:

        3 Jul3 July 14:18

        I think emojis work natively, I’ve just typed these using my Mac’s Touch Bar…(they appear as I type this, guess I’ll see once I post it!)…🎠😂👌🏻😍🐴🦄🦓

        • CarpalTravel says:

          3 Jul3 July 14:25

          Ah, gotcha, thanks! I more often than not I am browsing HFP on my desktop/laptop computer.

        • fivebobbill says:

          3 Jul3 July 16:42

          If you’re using windows, right click on the bottom task bar, then click on “show touch keyboard button”. It adds a virtual keyboard to your bottom task bar and will give you access to all the smileys you’ll ever need 😜👍

• CarpalTravel says:

  3 Jul3 July 09:52

  Or not…

  • CarpalTravel says:

    3 Jul3 July 09:53

    That was meant to be a reply to myself above ^^^. Replies not working properly again. 🙁

• Vin says:

  3 Jul3 July 10:05

  Didn’t think I’d ever wax lyrical about a HIX but the one in Derry city centre ticks so many boxes – central location within walking distance of the walls, 13k points a night, breakfast better than other HIX I’ve stayed in on ‘the mainland’, and IHG have finally got some things right in the new version of HIX eg plug points where you actually use/need them and updated decor with clever storage space. Derry itself is a lovely city for a staycation short break, steeped in history and plenty to do and see in the vicinity.

  • fivebobbill says:

    3 Jul3 July 16:46

    Londonderry

  • John says:

    3 Jul3 July 17:52

    Antrim one was pretty good too

• BuildBackBetter says:

  3 Jul3 July 10:17

  Ten European countries have bowed to pressure and unilaterally said they will accept the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca jab at their borders amid mounting anger from Britons who unknowingly received the vaccine.

  • BuildBackBetter says:

    3 Jul3 July 10:18

    Those countries include Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Slovenia and Spain, and Iceland and Switzerland.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    3 Jul3 July 10:29

    Bowed to what pressure they already recognised it before the telegraph “broke” their BS scaremongering story.

    No one is checking batch numbers at borders.

  • ChrisBCN says:

    3 Jul3 July 10:59

    What a strange distortion of reality! This was never a thing.

    • David says:

      3 Jul3 July 11:39

      Indeed. BBB doesn’t seem to be able to engage in critical thinking and simply accepts BS pushed by the right wing little englander press.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        3 Jul3 July 14:44

        Doesn’t building back better mean taking more British holidays. Surely it would have been better for them not to accept the 5m …

      • BuildBackBetter says:

        3 Jul3 July 15:18

        Lol, I just copy pasted the relevant text as it was discussed here last few days.

    • The Savage Squirrel says:

      3 Jul3 July 11:41

      Is this entire story just to let some little-Englanders feel they have scored some sort of “victory” over Europe?

  • Harry T says:

    3 Jul3 July 11:45

    This was never an issue – it was only a frail attempt to whip up angry xenophobic gammon sentiment and get a few page views. And I subscribe to the telegraph, before anyone calls me an Islington apologist 😊

    • Jonathan says:

      3 Jul3 July 14:50

      No, they bowed to Boris’ threat to send gunboats to Vienna, Berlin, Bern & Madrid & to personally smack Angela Merkel’s bottom with his wiff waff bat next time he saw her.

• Anon says:

  3 Jul3 July 10:21

  Got through on the Amex resale for Wimbledon tickets but kept getting a 5005 error when trying to pay (card details incorrect). I checked my card details and they were all right. Is it just the website being unable to cope with demand?

  • Waiting2go says:

    3 Jul3 July 11:05

    I’ve tried every day this week to get tickets…. is there a technique?

    Did you make it through to payment?

    • Sam G says:

      3 Jul3 July 12:22

      have you been checking the link from inside myWimbledon? I’ve frequently seen tickets there all week seemed a bit random on times so worth keep checking. Could have got today but decided to stay home for the football instead!

      • Sam says:

        3 Jul3 July 15:51

        How do you get access to this Amex resale? Is it via MyWimbledon on the official Wimbledon website?

        • Rob says:

          3 Jul3 July 16:57

          MyWimbledon has more at the moment inc No2, No3 etc. Just need to keep checking every hour for the ‘drop’.

• Vit says:

  3 Jul3 July 10:32

  Not sure if this has been covered but there is Sainsbury 10% cb via smart reward on MBNA. I wonder if we can tag along a few giftcard in store.. Would like to hear if anyone have tried.

  Cheers,
  Vit

  • Sukes says:

    3 Jul3 July 11:32

    I haven’t got sainsburys but I do have 10% at costa, subway, harvey nicks & europcar. The offerings seem to be improving.

  • Andrew says:

    3 Jul3 July 12:11

    You can indeed. The fund return is based entirely on the statement entry, not what you purchased.

    I’ve got 5%>

  • Andrew M says:

    3 Jul3 July 12:26

    I believe it was mentioned a couple of days ago and I didn’t have it on my card at the time. I just checked again and I have it now, so thanks! It’s the first MBNA offer that I will be able to use.

  • Andrew M says:

    3 Jul3 July 12:32

    Maximum return is £30 so probably a $300 gift card for me. Expires on 25/07 and you have to register first obviously as you do with Amex.

    • Andrew M says:

      3 Jul3 July 12:32

      £300 not $300!

• Sandra says:

  3 Jul3 July 10:32

  Email from Qatar this morning saying if you enter the promo code UEFA when searching a flight & booking it by 23/7 you can get UP TO 15% discount for travel by 10/12/21. Not tried it but if you are intending to book with them in the next couple of weeks it might be worth giving it a go if you’ve no other promo code. Says you must enter at search stage and if accepted it will notify you at the time.

• Rh says:

  3 Jul3 July 10:33

  I just spend an hour and 5 mins on hold to the 0344 493 0747 BA executive number and then they cut me off! Grrrr

  I need to cancel and get a refund for an avois flight only in 5 days time, can anyone recommend another number I can call where I might get though please? I remember loads of previous comments on this but when do a search I can’t seen to find…..thanks.

  • Anna says:

    3 Jul3 July 11:46

    Send them a message via Twitter, I did this recently and over about 24 hours the whole thing got sorted.

  • QFFlyer says:

    3 Jul3 July 14:19

    PM to BA Refund Helper on FlyerTalk.

    • Jonathan says:

      3 Jul3 July 14:54

      They’re not active anymore.

      • QFFlyer says:

        3 Jul3 July 15:35

        Oh really, that’s a shame, they were really good. They recently helped me out maybe 4-5 months ago.

This article is closed to new posts. Discussion continues in the HfP Forums.