The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 13th July

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• Anna says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:06

  Does the IC Park Lane have twin rooms (or can the King beds be made up as 2 singles)? Only 1 bed and suites coming up when I search in September.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:23

    yes unfortunately I found out they do have twin rooms that they do stitch together as uncomfortable “kings” just emial them to enquire

    some old defunct preference setting in the IHG profile that you couldn’t change but the hotel could some how see. got that sorted via twitter in the end as no other bugger could change it

    • Anna says:

      13 Jul13 July 10:25

      Thanks TG!

      • TGLoyalty says:

        13 Jul13 July 14:12

        No worries this was a refurbished Mayfair room too

    • Save East Coast Rewards says:

      13 Jul13 July 15:20

      There is some setting in my Hilton profile saying I prefer rooms with just a shower rather than a shower over the bathtub, that is no longer exposed via the website. That used to be my preference, every house/flat I’ve had in the UK has had a bathtub with a shower in it so it was nice to just walk into a shower in the hotel. My place in Italy only has a shower so I now love a room with a bath. In most hotels it doesn’t seem to matter, but some hotels have rooms of the same type but some have baths and others just showers.

  • Andy says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:25

    Has been a while since I last visited, but used to stay quite often for work and from memory the beds had king mattresses rather than 2 singles. Also the bedframe and headboard was usually a king frame rather than 2 single frames you could roll around the room. But to be fair I never asked for a twin room

• Mikeact says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:12

  Had an email overnight from a US colleague, who on booking a Hilton through their site, added on a credit card fee ? Things to come over here maybe.

  • Peter K says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:17

    It’s illegal in this country to add on a credit card fee, so no it won’t happen.

  • Rob says:

    13 Jul13 July 13:52

    Illegal in the UK though.

    • SteveJ says:

      13 Jul13 July 20:34

      Not illegal? AFAIK it’s illegal to profit from it, not illegal to pass on the cost

• 747_Brat says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:20

  Per eBay T&Cs:
  You can create vouchers in 500 point increments, up to 40,000 points (£200) per voucher.

  Question: Can you use multiple £200 vouchers to buy something off eBay or is the use of voucher restricted to a maximum of £200 per transaction?

  • RD says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:23

    You can definitely use multiple vouchers in one transaction – i used multiple £200 vouchers earlier this year when buying an iphone

    • 747_Brat says:

      13 Jul13 July 10:35

      Thanks

• Oli says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:22

  I will use a Lloyds upgrade voucher for 2 people on a one-way RFS flight (yes i know, not the best use of it, but we don’t want to fly outside Europe). We will be 4 to travel – any idea if we can be booked all 4 on the same PNR when I call to use the upgrade voucher (the other 2 people will also buy Avios tickets)? I’m asking because then we’d all 4 benefit from my BA Silver benefits.

  • Anna says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:27

    Lloyds voucher bookings are done manually so it’s very likely they CAN do this, you might just need to find an accommodating CSA. I had to call avios.com last week and got through straight away around this time.

• Tony Soprano says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:36

  Hi guys sorry a very basic question this morning.
  If my dad has an AMEX Business Gold card is he still eligible for the new cardmember offer on the personal AMEX Gold card (he has not held one previously).
  Just wanted to confirm before I refer him, many thanks!

  • Rob says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:43

    Yes

  • Peter K says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:48

    Yes, if he has not had any other personal amex card of any kind in the past 24 months.

  • Tony Soprano says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:57

    Perfect, thank you Rob and Peter

• MattB says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:37

  Regarding taking a voucher from BA if we want to cancel, I have a one way flight which I paid in Euros. If i were to request a voucher would that only be valid against another booking which would also have to be in Euro?

  Cant get through to ask and online FAQs just say you can combine vouchers of different currencies

  • Bagoly says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:51

    Highly unlikely to be restricted by currency – many airlines (although not BA as far as I remember) allow you to choose currency of payment as part of the payment process.

    That FAQ suggests to me that it is 99.9% certain that you could use it for a booking originating from a non-EUR country.

  • Andy says:

    13 Jul13 July 13:17

    Not in my experience, I had some travel vouchers in euros and they simply converted them into the currency of your new booking when you call to use it (presumably the same for evoucher but in my case they were travel vouchers so had to do it via phone). I also used two separate EUR and GBP vouchers a few months ago for a new GBP booking, and it wasn’t an issue

    • Ikaz says:

      13 Jul13 July 15:08

      Same experience as Andy, they convert the voucher to the new booking currency when you rebook, I have used EUR and GBP vouchers interchangeably

  • John says:

    13 Jul13 July 18:42

    They will all be converted to the currency of the flight you book at the IATA exchange rate

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    14 Jul14 July 00:38

    I’ve just used an EUR eVoucher online to book a flight in GBP. My voucher was converted to pounds and the change was issued in pounds. In my case the change was around £7 so nothing major, but it’s worth noting if your eVoucher is worth more than the new flight the subsequent eVoucher is in the currency of the new flight.

    Voucher was EUR106.97 and was worth £91.47 Google says it’s worth £91.24 so the exchange rate was reasonable

• Josh says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:39

  Any recommendations for best places to stay in Mykonos for late september? 4 days –
  IHG plat members/120k hyatt points to spend

  Any decent redemptions? Would airbnb/cash be better value given that it’s late Sept?

  Thanks!

• Simon says:

  13 Jul13 July 10:40

  Anyone want a £520 BA evoucher for £475?

  • Mrs_Fussy says:

    13 Jul13 July 11:46

    When do they expire Simon ?

    • Simon says:

      13 Jul13 July 13:55

      April 2023 !!

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