The HfP chat thread – Sunday 8th August

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• Clive says:

  8 Aug8 August 19:32

  Advice please. Trying to book a next day Randox at Airport PCR test but none of the discount codes work that I have tried (BA, AF, FR etc etc) any suggestions?

  • JustLetMeFlyAgain says:

    8 Aug8 August 20:20

    BritishAirways43 just worked for me

    • Clive says:

      8 Aug8 August 20:44

      Which Browser and was it only for one person? This was for a airport test? Thanks

      • BigSi says:

        8 Aug8 August 20:54

        The codes don’t work for the airport tests. If from Manchester there is a link from website for £60 test. Maybe the other airports also have.

• David says:

  8 Aug8 August 19:33

  I think we can forget US travel this year with the Lambda variant emerging.

  • ianM says:

    8 Aug8 August 20:55

    Oh please give us a break, what will they do when the greek alphabet is ehausted?

    • Youllnever says:

      8 Aug8 August 21:04

      https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-variants-could-be-named-after-constellations-once-greek-alphabet-is-used-up-who-official-says-12376314

    • Blair says:

      8 Aug8 August 21:18

      The Andromeda Strain will be a real thing this winter. Up to now it’s just been how I refer to my own strained expression when I hear Andromeda’s mother call her dear daughter in Waitrose.

      • Chas says:

        8 Aug8 August 21:36

        😂

    • Billyk says:

      8 Aug8 August 22:24

      Yes it’s only 24 letters.

  • MisterE says:

    8 Aug8 August 21:56

    Having Googled around, I can see it’s out there. But what makes you think it’s impact Weill be that serious?

    • Paul Pogba says:

      8 Aug8 August 22:11

      Given the current vaccines are non-sterilising the current strategy could end up creating a super covid variant: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002198

      I’m not saying Peru/lambada is worse (from what I’ve read it probably isn’t) but the public health authorities are will need to be vigilant.

• Ukgeorge says:

  8 Aug8 August 20:05

  I have a flight booked where the outbound and inbound flight straddle my tier point year. Will the outbound post in one year and the inbound post on the next membership year?

  • Ben W says:

    8 Aug8 August 20:06

    Yes.

  • Ukgeorge says:

    8 Aug8 August 20:07

    Sorry I meant to say that is with BA.

  • ChrisBCN says:

    8 Aug8 August 22:39

    Yes, but if the inbound tier points would put you up a status level you can phone them and they will manually change it, provided the inbound is within either 10/14 days (I forget which) of the end of your last year.

• Ukgeorge says:

  8 Aug8 August 20:07

  Thanks

  • AJA says:

    8 Aug8 August 22:34

    If it helps you can request the flight in the new TP year is credited to the old year if the flight is within 2 weeks of the start of the year. You need to contact BAEC to do so.

• Mark says:

  8 Aug8 August 20:12

  I have an easyJet flight from Manchester to Tel Aviv next week. Due to entry requirements I won’t be taking the flight. So hoping they will cancel.
  1. How can I see if they are still flying the route, IE have they cancelled similar flights so I can expect them to cancel my flight.
  2. If they do cancel what can I expect. Full refund? Compensation?
  3. If they don’t cancel, can I cancel myself? Will I get a refund/ftv or do I have to change the flight to another booking?
  Thanks to anyone who can help

  • BigSi says:

    8 Aug8 August 20:59

    @Mark. They will email you if flight cancelled. Best case is if EasyJet cancel and then you can get a full refund or change flight for any date in the future free of charge. Surprisingly, the route has not been cancelled yet. If flight is not cancelled you can change to another flight but need to pay fare difference, calling them and explaining your banned from flying sometimes results in a free change to any date. No compensation, they will blame COVID.

  • Chas says:

    8 Aug8 August 21:38

    Check to see if you can still buy tickets for the flight. If you can’t there’s a good chance that the flight is cancelled, but they haven’t told you yet as they’re playing a game of chicken with you….

• r* says:

  8 Aug8 August 20:38

  Is lisbon terminal 2 always awful? Its totally full with ppl rammed in together -which is amusing as theres maintain distance posters everywhere – passport gates didnt open til 20 mins before gate was sposed to close (then only had 2 ppl manning it for 2 flights). Then it takes 50 mins and counting to go thru ryanair boarding pass checks and they are taking everyones phones to scroll thru the covid docs ffs. Plane shouldve taken off 15 mins ago, they are still checking ppls docs in the q lol

  • Pete M says:

    8 Aug8 August 20:53

    I am surprised they didn’t just take off and leave half the plane behind, that’s what they do in Berlin…

    • r* says:

      8 Aug8 August 21:04

      I think they probably wouldve but they seem to be struggling to find the plane.

      Ppl still in the q to board, but they arent having their documents checked atm due to staff being occupied with previously mentioned missing plane.

      Plane shouldve left 50 mins ago now, flight info says ‘boarding’. I think thats a liberal use of the word boarding 🙂

      • r* says:

        8 Aug8 August 21:55

        Woo am now on the plane.

  • Blair says:

    8 Aug8 August 21:06

    That was my experience in June in Terminal 1 with TAP too. I got hollered at by gate staff for expecting (reasonably I thought) that I didn’t need to queue on the economy boarding side to have my docs checked cos the biz class check in desk had done so and marked “Docs ok” on my boarding pass. Well after departure time, the first group of passengers was bussed to a remote stand. Quite some time after, further buses arrived. I got the impression overall that Portugal runs to its own pace of life and one could lose hours trying to fathom it.

• HBommie says:

  8 Aug8 August 20:55

  Holiday booked to Majorca next weekend and I’m dry testing the info.

  Health check form requirement, ok.

  The requirement of test or vaccination status is for countries/are of risk and the UK isn’t on this list?

  http://safetourism.illesbalears.travel/en

  Am I reading this right? The other issue have is the risk of being ‘pinged’ from the arrival flight via passenger locator form. The return flight wouldn’t be an issue as of the 16th of Aug and the double jabbed changes.

  • Rob says:

    8 Aug8 August 21:01

    Looks about right. May see you on the plane. Fill in the form and you’re done if vaxxed (unless you have a kid 12-18 as we do ….)

    As you say, the ping risk goes away on 16th hopefully.

• Iain says:

  8 Aug8 August 20:57

  Have Crowne Plaza started including breakfast? Just looking at Aberdeen airport and it says breakfast included for best available???

  • Blair says:

    8 Aug8 August 21:10

    Hmm interesting. CPs usually gift it to me in lieu of lounge access (I usually arrive too late for it to be of use) if I’m leaving early the next day. But not usually something included as standard. IHG rates (of which there are many) usually appear as 2 options per rate: one with breakfast, one without. As an aside the CP Terminal 4 is probably in my top 3 IHG breakfasts ever. They just get so much right that many other airport hotels get wrong.

    • ianM says:

      8 Aug8 August 21:15

      When you go to room selection it appears breakfast is extra, but the front page where hotels are displayed it clearly says breakfast included. A clear misleading statement.

      • Blair says:

        8 Aug8 August 21:23

        Screenshot it then ask the hotel after booking to clarify and produce the screenshot as backup if need be.

        • Iain says:

          8 Aug8 August 21:35

          I have 🙂
          I’m Spire, not that that counts for much, but club Room access would be good alternative, it’s a nice one.

        • Aston100 says:

          8 Aug8 August 22:32

          I tried this with the Kimpton Bangkok to no avail.
          They eventually removed the ‘breakfast included’ comment from the hotels results page.

      • xcalx says:

        9 Aug9 August 08:27

        It’s the same with the HI in the village of Tong (Leeds Bradford) Hotel states under the banner “What can you expect at HI Leeds Bradford” Q, Is breakfast included A, YES All guests receive free breakfast. Guests are charged for breakfast including children even though they also say kids eat free.
        Note. HI Leeds Bradford is nowhere near LBA.

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