The HfP chat thread – Wednesday 22nd September

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• Marie says:

  22 Sep22 September 09:55

  Numpty question.
  I have 2 x 2 for 1 BAPP.
  Can I use these to book my family of 4 on flights ?
  My husband has supplementary BAPP.
  I assume I would have to ring for this ?

  • mr_jetlag says:

    22 Sep22 September 09:59

    ring and they will book 2x bookings which you can then (status permitting) link together for free seat selection.

  • Anna says:

    22 Sep22 September 10:05

    If the 2 vouchers are on the same BAEC account, you can make a booking for 4 people online, providing there are 4 avios seats available.

  • Rob says:

    22 Sep22 September 10:14

    Are the vouchers both in your name? If so, you can do it online. Search for 4 people and the system should let you do the booking.

    If one is in your name and 1 your husband (which doesn’t seem to be the case by what you said) you need to make 2 separate bookings.

• The cyclist says:

  22 Sep22 September 09:56

  yes but not on the same flight!! 🙂

  • Marie says:

    22 Sep22 September 10:06

    Sorry can you clarify? Obviously I would like all 4 of us to head to sunny places together on the same plane !

    • Anna says:

      22 Sep22 September 10:21

      Think this is a response to someone else! Just go onto the booking page in your account and it will ask you which vouchers you want to use.

• Paul says:

  22 Sep22 September 10:00

  I am looking at using avios on the new Man-JFK route in December but the Aer Lingus site is somewhat opaque. I am trying to find availability, cost of taxes and avios needed. Does anybody have any tips on how I can get this?

  • Anna says:

    22 Sep22 September 10:07

    Have you tried searching on ba.com? That said, I don’t think Aer Lingus guarantee reward seats – are you travelling around Xmas/New Year? I would imagine award availability would be extremely limited at these times anyway.

    • Anna says:

      22 Sep22 September 10:09

      https://www.aerlingus.com/aerclub/using-aerclub/spending-avios/#/tab-0-pay-with-avios
      This explains how to search through your aer club account.

      • Paul says:

        22 Sep22 September 19:52

        Thanks for the reply Anna and the Aerclub link. Yes it was xmas week I was looking, so probably low availability . I was also trying to avoid the eye watering BA taxes , I have used Iberia and they are substantially cheaper but difficult to deal with. I was hoping Aer lingus might be a good half way house

• DJ says:

  22 Sep22 September 10:03

  Anyone had an invite from Chase yet? 🙂

  • Ste C says:

    22 Sep22 September 10:09

    Not yet, signed up just before 7am yesterday

  • Shaw West says:

    22 Sep22 September 11:57

    Just message: “You’re on the list!

    We’re excited for you to open your account and start experiencing all that Chase has to offer. Soon, you can expect:”

• Sid G says:

  22 Sep22 September 10:15

  Friend in Oman wants to travel back to UK now that it’s off red list

  Am I correct in that he can’t fly before 2 October or else hotel quarantine is triggered (because part of his last 10 days will have been in a country that was still red-listed at the time)?

  Just not entirely clear on GOV UK

  • Jonathan says:

    22 Sep22 September 11:23

    No. If he lands in U.K. when Oman is no longer on red list then previous 10 days is irrelevant.

    • Jonathan says:

      22 Sep22 September 11:24

      If in the previous 10days they had been in a different country that is still red when they land then that would be an issue.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    22 Sep22 September 11:58

    It’s about the status when they land not when it changed from/to red

    Would still have to home quarantine because Oman isn’t on the list of countries they’ll accept a vaccine record from yet

• Cup says:

  22 Sep22 September 10:15

  Hoping I get an answer this time.
  Has anyone used a uk based antigen test for fit to fly certificate travelling between non uk destinations.

  So far example travelling from Canada or one of the South American states into USA itself.

  • The Canuck says:

    22 Sep22 September 13:44

    Yes, this will work no problem. I do this every week

• Marie says:

  22 Sep22 September 10:17

  Sorry can you clarify? Obviously I would like all 4 of us to head to sunny places together on the same plane !

  • Rob says:

    22 Sep22 September 10:37

    If both vouchers are in your name then just go to ba.com, search for 4 Avios seats, tick ‘use companion vouchers’ and you can book all 4 together using 2 vouchers.

    You only have a problem if the vouchers are in two different names.

• Blindman says:

  22 Sep22 September 10:18

  IHg Hertz Hertz Gold Plus Rewards® Five Star status.

  Is this worth anything? Does it give good discounts not found anywhere else?

  Booking direct with Hertz
  Probably being stupid but I could not see any cancellation terms when I tried to book?

  Can you cancel when you book direct?

  Thanks

  • Rich says:

    22 Sep22 September 11:04

    I’ve had decent upgrades which I’m fairly sure are down to 5*. Very much depends on location though.

    It’s hidden away. Even on a prepay rate, it’s a full refund if you cancel ‘by midnight 2 days before’, which is still not clear whether a Saturday rental needs to be cancelled by 2359 Thursday or 2359 Wednesday!

    https://www.hertz.co.uk/rentacar/reservation/reviewmodifycancel/templates/rentalTerms.jsp?KEYWORD=CANCELLATION&EOAG=OSL

  • Oh! Matron! says:

    22 Sep22 September 12:29

    Have also had decent upgrades. Hired an SUV for a trip to your (Some nissan thing), got a merc convertible. Drank like a fish, but was fun. Had a mustang in the US for the price of a corolla. Hired a C category last week from inverness, got a really nice Skoda SUV.

    However, in the US, there is a massive shortage of cars due to a lack of chips, so I wouldn’t expect anything other than what you book.

    • mvcvz says:

      22 Sep22 September 16:16

      In my experience it’s worth approximately the square root of sod all.

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