Hotels have started adding ‘resort fees’ in New York

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• Duncan Stevenson-Price says:

  16 Jan16 January 03:32

  Our hotel in San Antonio had about an $8 resort fee per night, covering pool use and WiFi. I did know this when booking, but easy to forget. A bit of a shock when the final bill wasn’t zero!

  • Nick says:

    16 Jan16 January 08:57

    It could be that the fee dad added after you booked, in which case refuse to pay or if it’s too late, just request a charge back

• Lumma says:

  16 Jan16 January 04:27

  Quick question, the 4 BA flights needed to get the silver status along with the tier points, does this include Iberia flights as well or is it strictly British Airways flights only?

  • Martin says:

    16 Jan16 January 06:04

    Must be BA metal

  • John says:

    16 Jan16 January 06:19

    Iberia flights are valid as long as they are also sold with an Iberia flight number or a BA flight number.

    So a LAN codeshare on Iberia doesn’t count, but the same flight could count if it is marketed by Iberia

    • Lumma says:

      16 Jan16 January 06:47

      Thanks. As an example I’ve saw a flight from Malaga to Heathrow via madrid. The first one has an iberia flight number but says it’s operated by iberia express. The second has a BA flight number but is operated by iberia. I believe i would definitely get the segment for the second flight but do you think I’d get it for the first leg?

      • Leo says:

        16 Jan16 January 09:43

        I flew from MAD to PMI in September on Iberia Express booked via Iberia – with IB code. I couldn’t fathom as to whether it would count as eligible at the time but it did very quickly show up on the BA app, so the answer should be yes.

  • Andrew says:

    16 Jan16 January 07:19

    It can be a flight marketed with a BA flight code – even if not BA metal.

• Monopolies commission says:

  16 Jan16 January 05:16

  Whaaa…I think an email would have been good – some of us cant access facebook or twitter regularly. 🙁 Those flash deals would have been great for my mum!

  • Kathryn says:

    16 Jan16 January 06:00

    I get Twitter to ‘push’ HfP tweets to me, normally so I can click through the articles when I wake up without cluttering my inbox, but in this instance I was in the middle of dinner when the sale tweet came through. Never been so happy to get a tweet!

    • the real harry1 says:

      16 Jan16 January 06:45

      what ‘push’ app do you use please?

      • Waribai says:

        16 Jan16 January 07:07

        You just adjust the settings for HFP on twitter to allow it to send you tweet notifications then go to the twitter settings on your phone to allow Banner notifications to appear. That way you won’t miss an HFP tweet

        • Crow says:

          16 Jan16 January 07:52

          Single most useful tip I’ve read all year! Thank you!

        • Waribai says:

          16 Jan16 January 09:46

          No worries. You just have to be selective who you allow to send you tweet notifications otherwise it gets a bit annoying!

        • Nick says:

          16 Jan16 January 23:48

          Yes, great feature. I do it for trump tweets!!

  • Rob says:

    16 Jan16 January 08:47

    It’s not that simple unfortunately. Sending a HFP email manually is a very complex process which requires me to be behind a desk with a laptop. I can stick links on Twitter and Facebook with my phone irrespective of what I am doing or where I am.

    That said, it is fairly rare for me to put stuff on Twitter or FB which is not on the main site.

• susan says:

  16 Jan16 January 06:57

  Resort fees are a scam but no more than non-tax “carrier imposed fees” on flight redemptions.

  • Anon says:

    16 Jan16 January 07:14

    Fees in the Maldives can put up costs by as much as 25%!!!

• susan says:

  16 Jan16 January 06:58

  Or “gratuities” on cruise bookings.

  • xcalx says:

    16 Jan16 January 07:49

    or Spa prices. ouch!

• Neil says:

  16 Jan16 January 07:34

  Hi folks. I booked a Japan trip ex. Pisa on the last Qatar sale and am travelling next month. At the time of booking I was able to select our seats for all legs bar the final Doha to Pisa leg. Even now the situation is the same. I spoke to Qatar customer services a few months back who said they couldn’t help and the seats could be chosen at checkin at the airport. Anyone know why this is? When I manage my booking, my wife has a seat number a signed, I just have a dash. Should I be concerned?
  Thanks

• Andrew says:

  16 Jan16 January 08:07

  I stayed at the Crowne Plaza in South Beach Miami last year using points and they said resort fees were included in reward bookings, $30 or something otherwise. Added further value to the easily acquired IHG points.

• Anna says:

  16 Jan16 January 08:15

  You should see what American-owned hotels in the Caribbean are charging for “resort fees”. We have booked to stay 2 nights at the new Kimpton Seafire (using avios) at the end of our trip to Grand Cayman this summer. The resort fee (on top of the $600 per night room fee) is $60 per day. We normally stay in condos where these fees aren’t levied, so didn’t realise what the resort fee actually was until all the publicity started. In Cayman they throw fees on everything (it’ll be fresh air next) so I thought it was a local thing but now have realised that it’s the Americans… Cheeky!

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