The HfP chat thread – Monday 9th August

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• Richie says:

  9 Aug9 August 15:46

  A quick question about changing a BA avios booking through MMB on ba.com. If the booking is LHR-EDI, does ba.com show alternatives to choose that also include LCY-EDI if available, or does it restrict the iotions to just LHR flights? TIA.

  • Stu N says:

    9 Aug9 August 18:01

    It will normally only show other LHR-EDI flights, you’d probably need to phone to get rebooked to City.

    • Richie says:

      9 Aug9 August 18:35

      Thanks Stu N.

• RTS says:

  9 Aug9 August 15:49

  Has anyone managed to test the new virgin T&Cs with Curve yet? My statement isnt due until the end of the month, otherwise i’d try it myself!

  • Magic Mike says:

    9 Aug9 August 23:29

    T&c changes and IT implementation may not be aligned.

• Save East Coast Rewards says:

  9 Aug9 August 15:57

  I saw the lounge was missing on the description of the hotel so I asked them a few months ago about it. The lounge is indeed closed now and the space is used for something else, it’s not a COVID casualty as they had planned to close it in 2020

  The lounge was surprisingly good when I had to stay there a few times in 2019, a good selection of hot food rather than just things like chicken wings.

• Jonathan says:

  9 Aug9 August 16:00

  My understanding is you need to turn them into vouchers by today by either printing them at till or converting through App. Once you’ve converted you have 56 weeks to use.

  • CH says:

    9 Aug9 August 16:54

    Thanks. Yes, mine too. But only after I “requested” the vouchers (in the app) did I then realise my settings were to print at till (and wished I’d thought to check/change it to ‘load to card’ before pressing the “request” button!), so now wondering if I need to do a special journey today to collect the vouchers.

• Ryan says:

  9 Aug9 August 16:03

  *Honestly have searched*

  Do we know if we have to pay for a departure test for an Amber country? Or would an NHS Lat Flow count? Looking online it does say that rapid antigen tests are taken…?!

  • Rhys says:

    9 Aug9 August 16:04

    No, NHS tests don’t count.

    Do you mean departure FROM amber to UK or from the UK to amber country? The latter will depend on their local requirements.

    • Nick says:

      9 Aug9 August 16:48

      NHS tests totally count for departure from the UK for some countries. The rules on ‘UK departure’ tests comes entirely from your destination, as they’re really ‘pre-arrival’ tests!

      Of course, some (like Portugal) specifically ban them, but the rumours that every country needs a PDF certificate or a signature or a stamp or a passport number is not true. I’ve travelled plenty of times with just my NHS SMS result.

      • JDB says:

        9 Aug9 August 17:29

        Which countries have accepted your NHS SMS result?

  • Blenz101 says:

    9 Aug9 August 16:11

    The .gov website is pretty clear for almost all scenarios and you should be able to easily work out what you need. Good to become familiar with it as things may change between any answer worked out for you here and the rules in place when you actually travel.

• Reney says:

  9 Aug9 August 16:05

  For your 6 selected retailers it is 1%. Curve reward is varying rates.

• Ryan says:

  9 Aug9 August 16:06

  Cheers Rob, I was questioning the latter – The amber country website states:

  a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken no more than 72 hours before entry; or a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before entry

  So a Lat Flow must be “verified” to count…?

  • Rhys says:

    9 Aug9 August 16:10

    Yes, you will need a certificate to prove which NHS won’t give you. Plenty of other providers such as Randox, ExpressTest etc will.

  • Ryan says:

    9 Aug9 August 16:37

    *Rhys… definitely didn’t misread your name….

• Oh! Matron! says:

  9 Aug9 August 16:09

  Marriott / United.

  Just got my email saying, “Matron, as a Marriott Bonvoy® Gold Elite member, you can enjoy elevated benefits with United MileagePlus®.” Yay!

  But this is Titanium only, right? Does Cruz do Marriott’s IT too?

  • YC says:

    9 Aug9 August 16:21

    Yes United silver is only for titanium. All members get 10% additional points when converting from bonvoy to mileage – which is possibly the benefit they were highlighting

    • Maciek says:

      9 Aug9 August 19:13

      Certainly not only Titanium. I’m Platinum and have received UA Silver upgrade.

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