The HfP chat thread – Friday 26th November

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• Oh! Matron! says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:06

  Virgin Red: Wines: Impressive use of 15,000 points: 2 day turnaround from order to delivery!

• Can says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:07

  Whoo whooo, eBay time!!! just bagged 5K nectar for a car buffer 🙂

• Lee says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:07

  How concern is everyone who has Christmas trip booked due to that new variant.

  Looking forward to my Christmas Maldives holiday but definitely put some doubts on it now.

  • Andy says:

    26 Nov26 November 13:50

    Not concerned yet. Still no evidence if it’s more deadly than previous variants and also how far it has spread. I guess the next week or so will show where we are though

    • Tariq says:

      26 Nov26 November 17:45

      Since when has evidence tempered the bedwetting hysteria.

• Gavin says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:34

  Does anyone know if the Esso nectar Offers stack?

  I’ve got 500 points for first use of app, 200 points for filling up 25 litres, and 10x base points on standard fuel (15x for supreme fuel).

  • Grant says:

    26 Nov26 November 12:46

    Those should stack.

    • Gavin says:

      26 Nov26 November 12:48

      Brilliant, will try tomorrow and report back.

  • Elguiri says:

    26 Nov26 November 22:13

    And the amex offer of £5 off £30 spend?

• Elizabeth Wright says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:40

  Any good Black Friday deals on tests? Looks like we will all be having to stock up on a few now. Portugal has just announced requirement for test to enter country, regardless if you have an EU/UK Vaccination Certificate.

  • Char Char says:

    26 Nov26 November 18:28

    LOL!

• meta says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:41

  Just got the email. Aegan’s Miles+Bonus brings back 6000 miles promo for new joiners and also gives 1000 tier bonus as well. Until 29/11.

• Jord says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:44

  Got a friend who landed in South Africa CPT yesterday morning, with the news of last night she managed to get an EK flight from JNB to Dubai. Apparently the scenes there are chaos she managed to check in for her flight and is SEQ 706 (with potentially more people after her) for the A380 with a capacity of 517 pax.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    26 Nov26 November 12:45

    I’m assuming now staying in Dubai for 10 days otherwise hotel quarantine after Sunday 4am?

    • Jord says:

      26 Nov26 November 12:48

      She’s connecting to london, so will be back in time for home quarantine.

• MM says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:48

  Hi HFP Crowd;

  Need to go to Oslo for a meeting next week. Want to arrive Saturday and stay till Monday. Any hotel suggestions/deals near the Central train station? Could not find any offers/reviews searching on HFP. thanks

  • John says:

    26 Nov26 November 13:20

    Use hotels.com or ebookers, nothing exciting, if you want a chain it’s pretty much radisson (Amex partner) or Nordic choice

    • MM says:

      26 Nov26 November 16:10

      thank you all. appreciate it

  • Polly says:

    26 Nov26 November 13:48

    Can’t go wrong around the train station. Lots of big old world scandi hotels. We usually just pick one that’s looks ok. Never had a bad experience yet. Usually when we were going to Asia on ex eu QR J sales. … gosh, those were the days…will check for you…

    • Michael C says:

      26 Nov26 November 14:32

      Planning your next SEAsia trip, Polly?! ;o))

      • Polly says:

        26 Nov26 November 15:12

        Ha ha Michael, planning whether to do a runner tomorrow night outta here! But things seem calm here in Singapore tonight. No alarm bells w the HKG case yet, thankfully. Now in Belgium. Best to hold our nerve and head out as planned to Sentosa island on Monday…

        Always planning our next SE Asia trip, but in our dreams atm…

        Sadly we have HKG > either HKT or DPS booked for mid January, that’s down the pan now too! Such a shame for all the nice people who depend on tourists. Have such great chats with people on the ground here, staff, cab drivers etc. Loving the street food though, amazing.

        • Anna says:

          26 Nov26 November 15:27

          Hi Polly, hope you’ve properly relaxed now! Have you read the Kevin Kwan books? Laugh out loud funny and made me really want to visit Singapore.

  • Graham Walsh says:

    26 Nov26 November 15:52

    I used to work for a Norwegian company and was there most months. I would either stay at a Nordic Choice/Radisson/Scandic in the centre. Also stayed at a Thon once too, which was fine.

    All are fine hotels. As others said, use a 3rd party booking site unless your collecting Radisson points.

    • MM says:

      26 Nov26 November 16:24

      thanks. Will look at the aggregators.

    • Lady London says:

      26 Nov26 November 16:26

      Look around though I think I saw some tasty points offer for Radisson in past week or less.

  • David D says:

    26 Nov26 November 19:41

    Not exactly in the centre though on the T-banen to Central station is Radisson Blu Nydalen, a really nice little area just outside the centre which has an entrance into a small shopping centre as well, in case the weather is bad you don’t have to step back outside. About 15 minutes on the T-bane via Nationaltheatret on lines 4 and 5.

    Couple of good bars and restaurants within 100m of the hotel as well such as Nydalen Bryggeri and Spiseri, plus Xeast. Also, it is usually a nice walk down the Akerselva towards the city centre.

    Staying in the centre I have a preference for the Radisson Blu Scandinavia near the Palace which has a really nice top floor bar with views out over the harbour and up to Holmenkollen.

  • @mkcol says:

    26 Nov26 November 23:15

    Stayed at Thon Hotel Opera right beside the station just 2 weekends ago. Also part of Discovery group if you have any status there.
    Was a super location.

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