The HfP chat thread – Monday 9th August

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• AndyF says:

  9 Aug9 August 08:54

  I know Malta Airport and the lack of Lounge access was discussed last week.
  As a data point, I flew out of Malta on Saturday evening on a Club Europe rewards flight and I had lounge access in the La Valette Lounge.

  • Blair says:

    9 Aug9 August 10:16

    How busy was the lounge? And what time of day were you there please?

  • David says:

    9 Aug9 August 10:58

    You are supposed to email to book 24hours before info@valetteclub.com – always nearly empty but at table service atm.

    • Andyf says:

      9 Aug9 August 20:23

      An 8pm flight and it was jam packed with table service. Possibly 40 plus people there. I sat in a side room which had its own fridge, so I could get up and help myself to drinks rather than queue.
      I didn’t realise you had to book. If you are accessing the lounge with priority pass you will definitely need to book. I wouldn’t be as worried if its part of a ticket as I am assuming once you check in BA will tell the lounge on your behalf.

• Pete M says:

  9 Aug9 August 08:59

  Has anyone flown to Copenhagen recently, please? What’s the arrangements on the ground regarding this weird orange/red categorisation they’ve put in place for the UK?

• JanM says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:15

  Is the referral part of the Amex website still down? It’s still not working for me this morning.

  • Chris says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:27

    works for me, just checked and still got the 70k points offer, despite the splash screen on login suggesting otherwise

• Paulinio says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:18

  Does anyone know whether the 100£ off 300£ spend at Maybourne hotel would be triggered at the Claridges Restaurants?

  I know the deal says Room Spend only but curious to see if anyone has had any experience with this?

  • Ivanka says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:54

    no, didn’t work for us at the Berkeley

    • meta says:

      9 Aug9 August 10:29

      There is a separate offer for F&B.

    • Paulinio says:

      9 Aug9 August 10:33

      Ah thanks for that Ivanka, I was just at the Davies and Brooke on saturday and was a little gutted when I found out I could have potentially used the offer but feel better knowing it wouldnt have triggered anyway.

      Thanks!

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    9 Aug9 August 12:02

    If the hotel is willing to play ball, ask them to set up a virtual room that you can charge expenses to. This tends to work better if you are planning to visit multiple bits of the hotel (e.g. restaurant and spa). You’ll settle up at check out and it should go through as room spend.

  • JDB says:

    9 Aug9 August 16:47

    It may be a bit late, but I have new offers on my BAPP card today for Firmdale Hotels one for hotel only, the other £25 off £75 restaurant/bar spend. The hotels aren’t Claridges, but still very chic + the food is significantly better and better value.

• Ben says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:21

  Hi. I have booked flights with BA (avios) to and from Spain but I booked them on separately so they have different ref numbers. Is there any benefit in calling to merge the booking (ie if one leg gets cancelled etc) or does it not make a differance?

  • ChrisC says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:38

    Separate bookings can’t be merged into one.

    If say your outbound was cancelled it does not affect the inbound so changing that would be a voluntary change requiring avios availability on the new flight plus any change fees.

• Blindman says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:28

  Amex
  Has Live Chat been closed?

  Not appearing as an option when I’m logged in.

  Mrs B added me as a Supp but did not get the 3000 MR points.

  • Chris Heyes says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:51

    Blindman change country it Ireland it will be there

  • Ashraj says:

    9 Aug9 August 10:16

    I used the live chat through the app yesterday. Maybe try there

    • Blindman says:

      9 Aug9 August 10:25

      Cheers
      Using the APP as it is there

      Muppet at the other end seems to be confused

      Trending towards saying there is NO extra 3000MR points for adding a supp.

      Funny that as I got the extra 3000MR for adding her to my account.

      • Aston100 says:

        9 Aug9 August 12:11

        Amex live chat (Philippines) are useless.
        Always better to phone where possible, and hope to get someone from Brighton answering.

• ledcran02 says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:34

  Have a BA Holiday booking for Mykonos at end-Sept – is it possible to change the flight booking by one day but leave the hotel booking intact without having to rebook the entire trip? Got a great price for the package originally and looks like the price would be substantially higher for rebooking the holiday as a whole, but want to add an extra night (and tacking on an extra night booking direct w the hotel looks reasonably priced vs what it’s showing on the BA site).

  • John says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:36

    Call them

• DZOO says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:45

  Have seen Expert Medicals Day 2 (fully vaxxed) discussed on here a few times as the cheapest option – anyone had any issues adding to cart recently? Have tried multiple browsers to no avail… TIA

  • peter says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:47

    they sell out quickly, but also make sure all possible checkboxes are checked, and fields filled correctly as the website doesn’t highlight problems well, just stops working

  • Simon says:

    9 Aug9 August 10:07

    Yes, tried for 3 days. Just bought 4 from Randox instead. Painless experience, worth the extra 7 quid to move on and forget about it….

    • MM says:

      9 Aug9 August 15:41

      The best experience by far every time. not worth saving few quids and not knowing what is happening. At least in London easy drop off locations and results next day every time

  • LS says:

    9 Aug9 August 10:53

    Yup, just abandoned the Expert medicals one now. Went with Randox. Remember there are codes floating around for discounts.

    • Pete M says:

      9 Aug9 August 11:14

      Talking about Randox… https://twitter.com/ppaulcharles/status/1424478083332124677?s=24
      (I do still think they are one of the better options, probably!)

      • Sam G says:

        9 Aug9 August 11:24

        Picked up by the press now too…. why don’t the govt just add a ~£20 charge to the PLF and give them out at the border with a royal mail label on – they’ve got plenty of testing capacity!

        • Simon says:

          9 Aug9 August 11:48

          What is the cost to these companies of getting a government license/authorisation ? Seems too easy…..

    • Harry T says:

      9 Aug9 August 13:10

      We’ve had good experiences with randox. Just received another two tests very rapidly via DPD too.

      • Pete M says:

        9 Aug9 August 13:32

        I think in this case, Simon, Randox are a victim of their own success.

        • Simon says:

          9 Aug9 August 13:54

          Agreed on Randox, we have used them twice and cant complain about the service. But they are obviously suffering with too much business now and cant/wont turn it away. So my question is, how low is the bar to be accepted as a government supplier…… Why arent Amazon, the Post Office, BA, etc etc etc getting involved who have proven logistics abilities – even if in different areas.

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