Bits: British Airways JFK works postponed, London’s biggest new hotel opens

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• James67 says:

  9 Jul9 July 15:00

  OT, BA have cancelled my flight, I don’t want to travel anymore as only flight they’ve offered me is in 2 days time. However, EU261 compensation is worth more than my flight tickets, can I get a refund and the compensation or just one or the other?

  • the real harry1 says:

    9 Jul9 July 15:16

    depends on the grounds for cancellation

    if it’s the strike, you’re out of luck – you’re only entitled to a refund

    if there are no extraordinary circs, you get a refund and the compo on top

    • James67 says:

      9 Jul9 July 15:34

      they wouldn’t tell me on the phone, but it’s a City flight so presumably can’t be the strike.

• Andrew says:

  9 Jul9 July 19:23

  494 rooms… That’s fewer than half the dear old Regent Palace Hotel had!

  It only feels like yesterday, back in the early 90s when I was 18/19, sitting waiting for Teletext to flick round to Forte on the UK breaks pages and writing down the offer number before dialling 0800 40 40 40 to book a weekend in the Regent Palace Hotel. Then phoning Waverley Station’s telesales desk to book a train to London.

  Whilst it was a bit tired and you had to book a shower or bath, nothing could beat the location. Sadly long gone.

  • Andrew says:

    9 Jul9 July 19:40

    Oops, I would have been paging “The ORACLE” on teletext in the early 1990s, Teletext didn’t come along until 1993.

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 22:15

    Indeed – although the Zedel restaurant retains the old Atlantic Bar & Grill space, not that it was really officially part of the hotel, and much of the facade remains.

    It seems that plans to convert the Trocadero next door into a 600 room pod hotel have been abandoned too.

• Alan C says:

  10 Jul10 July 07:29

  Any discount codes for any of the other bag transportation services out of the regions?
  O’Leary air want £45 each way NCL to MAD.

• JD says:

  10 Jul10 July 09:14

  Did not think the Park Plaza Waterloo was that big! Certainly not bigger than the Westminster Bridge or the Hilton Metropole anyway.

  Like other members I have stayed there as well. Think they had a soft opening while this one is their ‘official’ opening.

  I liked it. Nice comfy rooms and automatic blinds you control from by your bed.Would stay there again

• Tom says:

  10 Jul10 July 13:56

  Some disparaging comments about the location new of the Park Plaza – it’s not like Lambeth North is the burbs! I live near there, go past it every day. The hotel is probably 400m or so from the side entrance to Waterloo station. It really is very close. And about 10 minutes walk (max) from Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster – it’s hardly a tourism desert.

  What is odd is that there are in fact 3 Park Plaza hotels within about 200m of each other, clustered around Westminster Bridge Road.

• Hugo says:

  14 Jul14 July 12:16

  Going to NYC with my gf for new year, hope the works are done by then :S

• Jason says:

  20 Jul20 July 07:32

  Any AirPotr referral codes available? I am going to try the service in November.

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