The HfP chat thread – Thursday 16th September

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• Oliver says:

  16 Sep16 September 19:28

  BA holidays are offering double tier points, now if I book a holiday for 5 nights now in PE and upgrade with avios to Club, will I get 560 tier points.
  LHR to JFK ?

  • Andy says:

    16 Sep16 September 19:36

    You will not get CW tier points for upgrading with Avios

  • Harry T says:

    16 Sep16 September 19:48

    No

  • ChrisC says:

    17 Sep17 September 02:29

    TPs are awarded based on CASH fares

    So if your cash Fare is WTP then those are the TPs you will get

• Alan Todd says:

  16 Sep16 September 19:33

  Just received an email from IHG cancelling stay at new IC in Rome booked for February due to delayed opening.. it said points had been refunded to my account, although stay still showing and no points received… anyone in similar position?

  • Lady London says:

    16 Sep16 September 21:55

    You might want to check closely, I think IHG has some kind of guarantee on their bookings that means they cant just walk away and are supposed to find you somewhere else equivalent for your booking. Rome can be surprisingly pleasant in February.

    • meta says:

      16 Sep16 September 23:43

      Hotel won’t be open till April. They can’t just refund you points without your consent. Reply to them, but your choices are a)move the stay to another date if that suits you (without extra charge) b) insist on them booking you at the comparable hotel without incurring any additional costs. Check which hotel that might be, possibly Indigo Rome to stay within the same group.

  • Char Char says:

    17 Sep17 September 00:45

    They have to manually go through them I believe so I’d expect it to happen soon.

    Seems like they claim they aren’t taking points redemptions at all even when they open.

• Blindman says:

  16 Sep16 September 19:35

  BA

  How can I book an open jaw on-line?

  Thanks

  • Britbronco says:

    16 Sep16 September 19:36

    Use the multi city booking tool. There are some restrictions, for example upgrading with Avios isn’t possible online, you have to call up.

  • Blindman says:

    16 Sep16 September 19:38

    ETA
    Out in First
    Return Business\Economy..

    • Anna says:

      16 Sep16 September 19:56

      The problem you might have is that the website will only show 3 classes so you can’t book F out and Y back, for example. Shouldn’t be an issue if F out and J back though.

      • Blindman says:

        16 Sep16 September 19:58

        Is that with the Multicity option?

        Not seeing that TBHO

        • Nectar Collector says:

          16 Sep16 September 20:19

          Choosing the cabin class(es) shows up after you click through from the initial screen where you input the flight details – Just pick eg Premium Economy on that first screen and the next screen will show Bus and a first too. As Anna says, the system only shows 3 cabin classes, so you can only mix and match PE, Business and First online…..

      • Blindman says:

        16 Sep16 September 20:22

        Found the answer on FT

        Multicity option then choose Business-Shows that + First

        • JDB says:

          16 Sep16 September 21:12

          Actually, various helpful people on here answered it within minutes of your original post.

        • Blindman says:

          16 Sep16 September 21:40

          @JDB
          Actually they did not.

          Only Nectar Collector answered it correctly 20 mins after I had posted i had found it on FT.

          Thanks to all who answered.

          Except JDB who’s contribution was not helpful.

        • ChrisC says:

          17 Sep17 September 02:33

          never realised there was a competition on which site answered a question first

          Just be grateful you got an answer whether it’s minutes or hours.

• Britbronco says:

  16 Sep16 September 19:35

  I just received my 15k Virgin points for switching a bank account. The switch only just completed yesterday, and I used a burner account, no DDs. It says you need to set up 2 DDs if you don’t have any, but it doesn’t seem to have been an issue.

  • Harley says:

    16 Sep16 September 20:09

    Will give this a try! Have the tesco account that is closing but only has 1DD so held off

• Harley says:

  16 Sep16 September 20:11

  Youngs offering free pint this weekend for their anniversary, currently sitting in a Chelsea one , £6pint saved, every little counts!

  • John says:

    17 Sep17 September 00:09

    This would just be an extra pint for me. I’ll drink it faster and then spend more over the rest of the evening.

    I guess that’s what they hope for. Anyway, I’m out!

• Stephen says:

  16 Sep16 September 20:33

  Can’t log into my Heathrow Rewards account. Can’t reset password (the reset email never arrives) and no response from customer service. Do other people’s accounts still work? Thanks.

  • Doug M says:

    16 Sep16 September 21:20

    Likewise. I had two accounts, one was OK in resetting the password when the site came back a few weeks back, the other just never receives the reset email and contacting their CS results in no response.

  • Munch says:

    16 Sep16 September 21:39

    +1

• The Accountant says:

  16 Sep16 September 21:37

  A friend of mine received an email from BA about their free Amex card offering 20k bonus after £1k spend if he applies using the link in the email. Anyone else get this?

  • Nectar Collector says:

    16 Sep16 September 21:44

    Yes

• Michael C says:

  17 Sep17 September 11:54

  Just as an fyi, total lockdown and curfew extended in Sri Lanka to 1 Oct.

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