Bits: BA cuts Club World baggage allowance, Hilton flash sale, Luxury Travel Diary auctions

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• mark2 says:

  30 Mar30 March 10:01

  Perhaps someone noticed that the luggage allowances for CW and First were the same and decided to differentiate the products.
  I have never used the enormous allowance although it is handy not to have to worry about the last few kilos. Being old now it is a struggle to handle one case and as soon as you start travelling on trains and internal flights you hit lower limits. My wife spent the whole of the last holiday worrying about these limits, but it did save her having to find something else to worry about.

• Mikeact says:

  30 Mar30 March 10:05

  I use three to include charity items for kids in Nepal. Two are very large and the third fits inside nicely for the journey back home.

• Cate says:

  30 Mar30 March 10:09

  OOH! nice reductions in Japan at Hilton. Wonder if it is too decadent popping over for a week just to use up the avios burning a hole in my pocket….

  • Jeff says:

    30 Mar30 March 18:13

    I can’t see much value in Japan. Standard rates are the same. Maybe depends on which hilton?

• Will says:

  30 Mar30 March 10:21

  Very much Off topic, does anyone know if Melia Gold status through Amex Plat qualifies for the 3 X 20% off vouchers?

  My account has been updated to Good but nothing in the post and no mention of vouchers at login.

  I’ve got Accor and Carlson cards through but nothing from melia.

  • Alan says:

    30 Mar30 March 19:01

    I’ve just received my Melia Gold card in the post and the brochure that it was attached to clearly stated “3 discount vouchers for 20% off stays (1)” – the small print then said “(1) can be redeemed in one calendar year”. No actual vouchers provided, however if you login to your account and click on ‘My Promotions’ you should see the following – “20% discount
    Here is your 20% discount code which you can use for 3 different bookings during the calendar year.
    The discount applies to each of the bookings.
    Book with this code
    Valid until 31st December 2016
    Non-refundable reservation, changes and cancellations are not allowed”

• Lee Harris says:

  30 Mar30 March 11:31

  Great news on the Hilton deal. And it works into early summer, too – not just spring. I had a hotel booked in Manhattan for June 23-30, and it’s $400 cheaper with the flash sale. I checked if it would work for my next trip in August to Kansas City, but it doesn’t extend that far.

  • Kathy says:

    30 Mar30 March 12:04

    Annoyingly the non-refundable hotel room I have booked for this weekend is £60 cheaper in the sale. Oh well, I would have been having kittens if I hadn’t booked it by now!

    • Brian says:

      30 Mar30 March 12:39

      Contact the hotel directly and see what they can do. I’ve done this a couple of times with Pullman hotels – in both cases, they have issued me a credit for the difference for use during my stay. They can’t change the rate, since it’s non-refundable, but having the difference for bar drinks or restaurant spend is not a bad alternative. And you’ve got nothing to lose by doing so.

      • Kathy says:

        30 Mar30 March 22:08

        Thanks for the tip. I booked it through an agent, not direct (had gift vouchers to use) so I doubt they’d give me anything. Will bear it in mind in future, though.

• AndyR says:

  30 Mar30 March 12:12

  Any recommendations for a Hilton hotel in New York worth staying at with Diamond status? I was thinking the Conrad but the review on here is a bit underwhelming (no lounge and small brekkie).

  • Rob says:

    30 Mar30 March 12:15

    Trade off is that every room is a suite and it was only converted a couple of years ago. You’d be a fool to take a tiny, tired room elsewhere purely to get a better breakfast you can anyway buy on any street corner for a few bucks.

    • AndyR says:

      30 Mar30 March 13:42

      OK thanks Raffles, will have a look at at the Conrad again.

  • Alan says:

    30 Mar30 March 19:03

    Hilton New York Times Square gets reasonable reviews (decent-sized rooms for NYC, recently renovated, full breakfast) – I’m staying there on my Hilton VISA voucher in a month or so 🙂

    • VP says:

      30 Mar30 March 21:43

      We used our Hilton Visa voucher to stay here. Got a spacious room on top floor as Diamond upgrade with great view. While the breakfast is full, it is very disappointing compared to the room rates. More in competition with a HIX but it does do its job and given the location won’t mind booking there again if any free night voucher in future.

  • Guy says:

    30 Mar30 March 22:29

    We’ve just completed a four night stay at the Conrad, the suite rooms are superb. I wasn’t expecting much based on reviews regarding the Honours breakfast offering but you have a choice from either a set menu or can use the vouchers as a $20 credit towards an item off the main menu, all those we had were suberb, in addition there is no additional charge for coffee, juice etc, that’s effectivly free you just pay any addition on the breakfast dish if its over $20. Location is good, nice and quiet away from the manic streets of the Times Square area.

• Talay says:

  30 Mar30 March 12:18

  Thanks for that !

  • luke says:

    30 Mar30 March 12:51

    no probs

    got a feeling there is gonna be a rush of hfp readers getting in on this who missed the one in dec.

    • James says:

      30 Mar30 March 19:42

      Oh good lord, Hilton seems somewhat desperate with all this status matching.

      • Alan says:

        30 Mar30 March 19:43

        Although it also seems to be getting a lot of folk trying them out and being pleasantly surprised with them and staying more!

        • Leo says:

          30 Mar30 March 20:27

          Yup! Stayed at Hilton Metropole in Brighton this week for work. Never tried before had status and will now make it the hotel of choice. Upgraded 2 room categories and full breakfast in dining room. Very nice hotel.

• Scott says:

  30 Mar30 March 12:47

  Seems to be zero discounts for me in New York for the Hilton flash sale.

  • AndyR says:

    30 Mar30 March 13:38

    Yeah it seems to be only a select number of hotels for my dates too (end of May). I checked the first 10 listed in NY for end of May and only 3 had 25% discount.

  • Leo says:

    30 Mar30 March 20:25

    Ditto. Was thinking of cancelling my 4 reward nights at the IC to capitalise on HH Diamond status. It just doesn’t work out – no decent discount, no exec lounge in any Hilton save for the Midtown Hiilton which gets poor reviews and as Rob says sometimes a free breakfast just isn’t worth the trouble! Oh well….

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