The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 7th December

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• Andrew says:

  7 Dec7 December 20:12

  10% Rebate at IHG has popped up on MBNA. Max £30.

  Anyone had issues getting an IHG rebate from Barclaycard? I had a stay that wasn’t automatically picked up, put in a missing rebate request 3 weeks ago. Had the initial acknowledgement – but silence since. Can’t spot an alternative contact.

• Yorkie Aid says:

  7 Dec7 December 20:16

  Datapoint. I had two Morrisons CB offers on a Virgin card recently, one at 10% and one at 7%. Just did the maths and both offers actually paid out at just 5%. Can’t complain but a little disappointing.

  • Peter K says:

    7 Dec7 December 22:29

    Surely you can complain?

• BuildBackBetter says:

  7 Dec7 December 20:24

  Friday is not a weekend in UAE from next year. IHG ambassadors watch out for change of terms for the free night voucher.

  • SteveJ says:

    7 Dec7 December 20:39

    4.5 day work week, not bad work if you can get it!

  • Anna says:

    7 Dec7 December 20:43

    So what is then, Saturday and Sunday? Sometimes Thursday used to be .

    • SteveJ says:

      7 Dec7 December 20:58

      Fri PM off, as well as Sat & Sun.

      Currently it’s all day Fri & Sat.

• Mjshort says:

  7 Dec7 December 20:42

  Can we have a first class London forum?

  • Andrew. says:

    7 Dec7 December 21:39

    What’s the point of making it a First Class London forum? You can’t really travel anywhere within London First Class.

    • Dubious says:

      8 Dec8 December 10:54

      Heathrow Express?
      Southwest Trains Clapham to Waterloo?

  • Lou says:

    7 Dec7 December 21:44

    Yup, mine took 14 hours

• Moktar says:

  7 Dec7 December 20:53

  Halo Sofitel: did my day 2 test today at 11:46. Yet to receive the result. Anyway else faced longer than their 5 hours advertised wait?

  • Roy says:

    7 Dec7 December 20:57

    Someone on here waited 6 hours, I believe.

    • Moktar says:

      7 Dec7 December 23:22

      Received at last, after more than 11 hours!

• Stephen says:

  7 Dec7 December 21:14

  I’m flying from London Heathrow to Maldives with Qatar Airways next week. On my way back, I’m flying from London Heathrow to Dublin with British Airways (separate ticket – with a 3 hour transit time). I’m then flying back from Dublin to East Midlands airport (6 days later)

  I’m trying to get my head around the testing requirements. I know I’ll need a PCR within 96 hours of departure time to enter into Maldives, and that when doing a “Landside transit” in the UK, you still need a COVID test (PCR/LF) prior to travelling back which I can use to enter Ireland (although they are asking for a “professional” to carry out the LF test)

  Do you think I’ll need to do a Day 2 PCR after returning from Ireland to EMA (as I’ll have been in Maldives in the 10 days before I arrive in England), or can I use a free PCR test in Ireland?

  Thanks

  • Lady London says:

    8 Dec8 December 02:20

    Ireland is CTA so guessing nothing needed to EMA. And your Maldives risk coming back to UK was theoretically tested when you did thr Day 0-2 PCR test on your transit in LHR to Dub. I am not the greatest expert though

  • Lady London says:

    8 Dec8 December 02:20

    Ireland is CTA so guessing nothing needed to EMA. And your Maldives risk coming back to UK was theoretically tested when you did thr Day 0-2 PCR test on your transit in LHR to Dub. I am not the greatest expert though

  • Lady London says:

    8 Dec8 December 02:22

    Ireland is CTA so guessing nothing needed to EMA. And your Maldives risk coming back to UK was theoretically tested when you did thr Day 0-2 PCR test on your transit in LHR to Dub. I am not the greatest expert though

    PS you’re pushing it on that transit time esp as sep ticket

• Stephen says:

  7 Dec7 December 21:21

  Has anybody travelled to the Republic of Ireland recently?

  “The test result must be certified and not self-administered.”

  I had a test carried out at Cardiff Airport (Nuffield Health) previously, carried out by their own member of staff, but the certificate makes no mention of this?

• Backpacker says:

  7 Dec7 December 21:27

  BT Sport – Monthly passes
  Anyone got any clever ways of getting a reduction on the current 25 a month?
  Cricket starts tonight!

  • Will says:

    7 Dec7 December 21:32

    Do you have ee mobile as there is a linkup if your contract qualifies

  • Patrick Cold says:

    7 Dec7 December 21:52

    Open an account with Bet365, deposit £5 and you can watch the whole series.

    • Backpacker says:

      7 Dec7 December 22:46

      Patrick – You are a legend! Thanks so much, looks as thugh it should work will give it a try…

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