The HfP chat thread – Saturday 27th November

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• mr_jetlag says:

  27 Nov27 November 03:04

  Morning all. After three weeks in Singapore I see we’re still having to learn further letters in the Greek alphabet. Am I correct that the only advantage of VeriFly is being able to check in online vs presenting at the check in desk?

  • Rich says:

    27 Nov27 November 08:00

    Yes, it makes the whole process slicker in my experience.

  • Polly says:

    27 Nov27 November 08:03

    We couldn’t even get on verify before flying out here last week…but smooth check in in F anyway. BTW are you still at the Hyatt? we are up the street from you…

• ChrisC says:

  27 Nov27 November 03:09

  Anyone planning to visit the Netherlands in the next 3 weeks may (like me) want to reconsider.

  https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/11/coronavirus-in-the-netherlands-what-you-need-to-know-november-26/

  “The Netherlands will be virtually locked down from 5pm to 5am, with all but essential shops and services shut.”

  • Ian M says:

    27 Nov27 November 11:28

    Yeah, looks like a place to avoid!

    And the Netherlands has a double jabbed rate of 84.9% for over 18s!

• Benilyn says:

  27 Nov27 November 03:12

  Flying Club to Hilton transfer, anyone else’s waiting? I sent mine 10 Nov, still not posted yet.

  • BJ says:

    27 Nov27 November 05:24

    ,#Vit commented on delays last night but fidget say how long.

  • Vit says:

    27 Nov27 November 06:33

    Sent mine on 6th. Still no sign. I hope it won’t take more them more than a month to post.

  • Doog1000 says:

    27 Nov27 November 08:58

    Same thing but from Hilton Barclaycard – maybe ominous given comments yesterday from someone who had card closure warning due to Bendy usage – for me statement closed Nov 22 and still nothing

    • John Caribbean says:

      27 Nov27 November 09:33

      Mine posted on 22nd as per usual and I would expect I’m in the bad books (should they exist)

• Benilyn says:

  27 Nov27 November 03:49

  Good morning from IC Maldives (6x free night vouchers, 2x 100k reward night) 👋☀️ Have 2 cat upgrade as AMB, decided to split into 1 cat and 2 cat upgrade to try diff rooms. Flew out on CS redemption 2-4-1, enjoyed the product. Let me know if any Qs.

  • Rh says:

    27 Nov27 November 06:02

    Hi, Benilyn, sounds nice! How is the weather please? We are heading to the Maldives tomorrow! Thanks.

    • Benilyn says:

      27 Nov27 November 07:16

      Sunny! ☀️☀️☀️

      • Rh says:

        27 Nov27 November 07:39

        👍😀

  • Robman says:

    27 Nov27 November 09:01

    How did you manage 6 free night vouchers, that’s impressive? Have a great time!

    • Yorkieflyer says:

      27 Nov27 November 09:12

      I think we can take it that the answer involves towns in the midlands and geometry

    • Char Char says:

      27 Nov27 November 10:08

      Probably extended vouchers

      • Benilyn says:

        27 Nov27 November 13:58

        Yes extended vouchers meant 2 went to 4 (2 players) and then earnt 2 more. The 100k points were all pre Ernie, mainly from white and black card SUBs

    • Mike says:

      27 Nov27 November 13:12

      Robman – that will be Curve and MS ( the money that’s goes round in a circle)

• Lee says:

  27 Nov27 November 04:45

  Do we know which hotel will be used for quarantine for Heathrow arrival again?

  • roberto says:

    27 Nov27 November 07:09

    There are many , in fact I spoke to an uber driver earlier this year whose uncle was due to fly into LHR from Pakistan when it was on the red list. The guy had to change his flight as there was no spaces at any quarantine hotel at that stage. Off the top of my head Novotel , Renaissance London Heathrow, Radisson Blu l near Heathrow and St. Giles. There a another near Hatton cross and one more at T4 but not had my coffee yet and still running lumpy.

    Needless to say that the Sofitel is not one of the quarantine places this time round , their prices are SKY high currently, I was quoted £400 for a room one night when I checked recently.

    • Andrew H says:

      27 Nov27 November 07:35

      This week I picked up two single nights for £127 each on Hotels.com, plus double Hotels.com rewards.

• ChrisBCN says:

  27 Nov27 November 05:54

  Good morning all! Does anybody know what time the Vueling “bring your flight forward” starts? Is it always at midnight or does it vary depending on timezone?

• James says:

  27 Nov27 November 06:11

  I never made any complaint to Creation re: closing my account but I intended too. My annual fee was taken in August and it’s been refunded this week without a fight. Perhaps the points they haven’t posted will just post without a fight as well come 3rd December ? It would seem stupid to credit the fee but not the points earned when that’s the thing that wasn’t mentioned on the letter when they said we could keep using it?

• Richk says:

  27 Nov27 November 06:49

  May be old news, but had a letter from creation yesterday to say they are refunding my my £99 fee for cancelling my IHG credit card.

  • Jonathan says:

    27 Nov27 November 07:08

    Quite a few reports of this since Wednesday but only for people charged fee from August onwards so far. Does that apply to you?

    • KD says:

      27 Nov27 November 07:11

      Same here, I wonder if they will just post our points and be done with it. They should have said in the letter you can continue using card but not earn points.

    • Richk says:

      27 Nov27 November 07:34

      Yes. Fee was 2 weeks prior to letter cancelling card.

    • Anastasia Beaverhausen says:

      27 Nov27 November 09:26

      My fee was July. No refund so far.

  • BP says:

    27 Nov27 November 11:28

    I paid mine in April and no refund has been made. I made clear in my complaint that refunding the fee isn’t enough, I want my free night and points. I would not have put the spend through this card otherwise.

    • JDB says:

      27 Nov27 November 15:41

      If your complaint goes to the FOS, the published decision should make for intriguing reading, like Mr C’s Amex Shop Small antics if your posts that started all these closures were anything to go by!

    • CreationAreDreadful says:

      27 Nov27 November 23:09

      How do you make a complaint properly ?
      I’ve sent a few emails but hear nothing back.

  • Ian M says:

    27 Nov27 November 11:32

    They took my annual fee on 21st July. No refund for me as yet

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