Open forum …. any suggestions for tweaking the site?

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• Martin Barber says:

  2 Jan2 January 12:05

  1) Please hold the next party on a weekend or outside London, so that more people outside London have a chance of attending.

  2) Currently the three daily emails arrive in reverse order at 4am, 5am and 6am. Sometimes I’m reading during the night and therefore get part 2 of a two-part review before part 1. Either reverse the send sequence, or, better still, combine the posts into a single email.

  3) When there’s an extra posting during the day, please email that too.

• Talay says:

  2 Jan2 January 13:26

  The idea of a Q&A section is a priority I think as it stops OT posts in every thread. However, that will reduce traction for many threads – could be positive or negative.

  Notification – if I comment in a thread I don’t ever get any further notification of other posts.

  Search – trying to find your old posts on threads, particularly where you might be waiting for a response to an OT question is virtually impossible. Or if it is easy then it isn’t intuitive.

  Hotels – Even though I am deep in hotel schemes, I feel as though I don’t know the half of it. More detail is useful as is the best pathway to achieving XYZ from staying at ABC.

  Churning – this is a huge part which I had previously somewhat overlooked but which seems to be the backbone of the “game” given so little in the way of loyalty bonus. However, it would be useful for a definitive answer to what could be achieved. This is more my Q&A I understand.

  Perhaps thinking about the last two points, what I am really asking for is not just a Q&A section but a Notice Board or something where people can post up their routes to achieving XYZ. For instance, the recently ended SPG points purchase allowing conversion into Marriott Rewards and then use on a travel package, ending up back with Avios or AA miles (is it AA ?). I think that is a great kickstart to this idea.

• Jim says:

  2 Jan2 January 17:07

  First of all my best wishes to you and all the members for 2017.

  Am so pleased I found HFP as it has opened up so many travel opportunities to me.
  It’s the first thing I read in the morning, so please keep that format, am easily pleased….
  A Q&A would also be great for assisting people like me and would save you answering my emails !!!
  Agree with earlier comment on party, as I stay in Glasgow would appreciate more notice so I can look at arranging trips to London to coincide.
  Thanks for everything Rob

  • mark2 says:

    2 Jan2 January 17:09

    Which hotel do you stay at in Glasgow please?

  • Rob says:

    2 Jan2 January 17:49

    Don’t worry, if we can find someone to underwrite a party next year there will be far more than 3 weeks notice – although it did have the advantage that almost no-one failed to show due to other commitments.

• Rory H says:

  2 Jan2 January 20:00

  A forum to discuss mileage ideas would be great! Something simple and easy to digest (unlike flyertalk!)

• David says:

  2 Jan2 January 20:32

  I check my HFP emails every day religiously. Thanks, Rob and Anika, for all the hard work you put in to make the site what it is!

  Would it be possible to have a page where readers can trade credit card referrals? Rob, I know you have referred me for at least a few cards over the years, and I am happy to send any referrals your direction, but wouldn’t you have maxed out the number of referrals you can earn points for? In which case it could be useful for other readers to pick up the slack. Maybe a widget that picks a HFP reader’s referral link at random so as to give everyone a fair shot?

  • the real harry says:

    2 Jan2 January 20:42

    I just want to know the annual referrals limit Raffles got Amex to agree to heh heh

    but I guess that would be telling

    I’m 100% sure it won’t be the same annual limit as the rest of us

    • Lawro says:

      3 Jan3 January 11:52

      Actually to be fair to him, Rob mentioned a while back that as far as referral points are concerned, Amex insist on giving everyone in the UK the same limits. I believe his comment at the time was; “you can tell this is a conversation we’ve had”.

      Whether that is still the case, you would have to ask him!

• Rob says:

  3 Jan3 January 10:02

  Yes, I should update that one. TPE has stopped paying commission BUT I think (TBC) that it gives Nectar points on ALL operators which may make it the best option.

  • RussellH says:

    3 Jan3 January 11:02

    Correct. TPE do currently give Nectar points on all tickets, plus they do not charge for posting tickets bought sufficiently far in advance. Handy with all the trips we have made between Carlisle and Newcastle in the last month.

    By contrast, the Virgin ticket machine at Carlisle just says “Sorry, your journey is not eligible for Nectar points”

• RussellH says:

  3 Jan3 January 11:04

  Happy New Year, Rob, and many thanks for the money you have already saved me!

  There are one or two suggestions about the website that I was about to make, but have just finally realised that they are already in place. (No, I am not going to say what they are!

• Stevie G says:

  3 Jan3 January 11:05

  I must admit I like the ‘OT’ as have learned stuff based on other people’s questions. I am also happy to help others when I can. If you are not interested then ignore anything that starts with OT or have a question/info sharing board.

  Thanks Rob. I have shared referrals with you and click on ads as often as possible to give some payback.

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