The HfP chat thread – Friday 19th November

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Russ says:

19 Nov19 November 16:29

Stayed over at the Four Points Sheraton Gatwick and all in all rather nice. Rooms smartly decorated and included iron, ironing board with slippers, dressing gown and small window to the side. Plenty of towels in the shower room which was a good size. Kettle but no coffee maker. On the ground floor is a compact food-to-go area and a pub. Drinks purchased from both outlets earned six points per pound on the Marriott amex. Breakfast included cereals, cheeses, fresh fruit and a cooked to order full English.

All in all it’s a very nice offering. Unfortunately, they keep closing it down for the Home Office use for months at a time so not sure how that’s going to pan out.
- Bill says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 16:42
  
  Old Travelodge. One reason to avoid. The walls will still be paper thin. Another reason to avoid is that it won’t have had proper cleaning during its time as a quarantine hotel. It will be a long while before I choose to stay there
  - Blenz101 says:
    
    19 Nov19 November 17:00
    
    By definition those quarantining, kept in isolation and regularly tested are going to be covid free before the room is used again and they are released.
    
    If you are worried about catching covid from lack of cleaning then I would suggest a non-quarantine hotel which has recently housed a resident of plague island would be far more risky.
    - Bill says:
      
      19 Nov19 November 17:15
      
      It’s not covid I’m concerned about. It’s the rodents. As seen I. The Mercure Heathrow. Anywhere used for quarantine is now on my avoid list until it’s been repeatedly cleaned
      - John says:
        
        19 Nov19 November 17:19
        
        There could be rodents in non-quarantine hotels
      - Blenz101 says:
        
        19 Nov19 November 17:53
        
        Well there are about 18 million rats in London alone. I’d avoid the capital altogether.
NvT1115 says:

19 Nov19 November 16:32

Still thinking another BAEC extension in the offing… Time will tell
Phil says:

19 Nov19 November 16:38

I’ve just amended a Marriott redemption for next year, for which I currently don’t have sufficient points.

Completing the amendment threw up the option of buying the required points – despite me having bought my full allowance of points this year. How you feel about the 1p a point being charged depends on what you’re getting. In my case it got me 3p a point of value – so I’ll take that.
- YC says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 17:00
  
  errr… its currently being sold for c.0.64p/point in the promo… If your maxed out, you can get OH/friend to buy 100k and transfer to you for free
  - Guernsey Globetrotter says:
    
    19 Nov19 November 18:21
    
    Max 100k transfer per year though…
    - Phil says:
      
      19 Nov19 November 20:39
      
      Max’d out in all directions. And got very good value from doing so.
Shaw West says:

19 Nov19 November 16:43

Anyone aware of a VPN that can stream DAZN Canada? Nordvpn doesn’t work.
- SLL says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 16:50
  
  ExpressVPN works.
- Worksop Dave says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 16:53
  
  Express vpn works for pretty much everything I’ve ever tried. If a server doesn’t work then you can contact them on live chat and they’ll sort it out
  - Shaw West says:
    
    19 Nov19 November 16:56
    
    thank you. Will check it out with them
- Andy says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 16:59
  
  Second express vpn, use it for Skygo and never had any issues
  - Shaw West says:
    
    19 Nov19 November 17:07
    
    Spoke to them. They do support Dazn Canada with a 30 day money back guarantee.Pricey, will wait for Blackfriday 🙂
- Mick S says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 17:09
  
  Try amending your DNS settings. I had an issue with nordvpn blocking bbc iPlayer and Amazon video. Nordvpn gave me some new dns entries and everything works again
  - Shaw West says:
    
    19 Nov19 November 17:16
    
    Not Dazn canada. I did speak to them, but they said DAZN canada is not avbl. I use it for Netflix and Peacock.
Jon says:

19 Nov19 November 16:47

A320neo business class is standard economy seating right? I’m thinking exit row seat in economy is going to be much more comfortable for 5 hours to Cairo than business class.
- ianM says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 16:49
  
  Try seatguru
  - Jon says:
    
    19 Nov19 November 16:54
    
    Doesn’t help (have to say seatguru is pretty hopeless these days)
    - Thywillbedone says:
      
      19 Nov19 November 17:15
      
      Agreed – regularly gets the aircraft configurations wrong
- Shaw West says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 16:57
  
  I think the leg space in the front few rows are more than standard seating
- Doug M says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 20:19
  
  https://www.aerolopa.com/ba-type-32n
  Pitch is mentioned at foot of page.
Shaw West says:

19 Nov19 November 16:56

Curve sent me a receipt to mail today.
”
INTRODUCING: EMAIL RECEIPTS
You can receive an email receipt of each purchase straight to your inbox. Perfect for invoice and expense management.

“
- John says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 17:20
  
  Been around for ages
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 17:48
  
  You always get it the first time you use a new card as trail of the feature.
  
  You can switch the feature on for any or all cards if you want.
Keith says:

19 Nov19 November 17:09

Does anyone have a link to the sworn statement currently used for entry to France as a fully vaccinated adult? Thanks
- ready to fly says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 18:16
  
  https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Actualites/L-actu-du-Ministere/Certificate-of-international-travel
  
  of course, good to be prepared, but on my last visit, nobody asked for this form. i understand this is often the case
  - Isherwood says:
    
    19 Nov19 November 19:13
    
    +1 no one was in the slightest bit interested in this rather odd document when we flew to TLS for half term – I even completed one for the kids (under 11) as I couldn’t find any clear guidance which said that they didn’t need it
- Rob says:
  
  19 Nov19 November 19:18
  
  https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Actualites/L-actu-du-Ministere/Attestation-de-deplacement-et-de-voyage
Bill says:

19 Nov19 November 17:23

Data point – I was holding a cash reservation for the last family room available at a Radisson. I transferred my Amex Rewards Points to Radisson which took 2 days. Once the points arrived at Radisson i then cancelled the cash booking. 37 minutes later the released room was available to book using cash or points. The 2 day transfer was my 2nd transfer. The first took a couple of days longer