Get 10% off your next Qatar Airways flight with a promo code

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

• Duke of Wellington says:

  14 May14 May 04:51

  Why don’t you all just come over to Apsley House.
  I will take care of everything.
  See you all soon.

  • Rob says:

    14 May14 May 07:22

    Not a bad venue, handy for the InterCon too.

• Adam Cobb says:

  14 May14 May 06:17

  Are you sure the Flybe allowance has changed? The BA website still says that a bag is included but their system can’t display it (https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/baggage-essentials/checked-baggage-allowances scroll a long way down). Seems more likely that a call centre agent just didn’t know the rules?

• pauldb says:

  14 May14 May 06:18

  I don’t think that’s right on Flybe. It’s always said no bag on ba.com but it’s an acknowledged error.

  The Flybe tab of this page specifically corrects that: https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/baggage-essentials/checked-baggage-allowances

  • filipino_chino says:

    14 May14 May 07:06

    Well spotted:

    “If you’re an Executive Club Member you can have one 23kg bag included in your reward flight costs when you’re travelling with our partner Flybe*.

    *Note 20kg if booked prior to 12 May 2017.

    Unfortunately, due to different systems being used we’re currently not able to display your baggage allowance when you make or view your booking on ba.com or via our contact centres.”

    • Rob says:

      14 May14 May 07:31

      Thanks all. Article updated.

      • Duncan Watts says:

        14 May14 May 10:14

        I relied on this when going skiing in March. I booked tickets on ba.com for myself and a friend. I was a bit wary and made sure I had that link printed out to take with me.

        There was no issue on the outbound from Birmingham, they didn’t even query the baggage and just sent it through. The issues started on the return from Geneva.

        First of all she said there was no baggage included at all, showed her the page, she wandered off to speak to the boss and they came back and said no baggage, this is for BA flights only, not Flybe. Had to point out the header saying Flybe then they started trying to argue that it was for Exec Club members only and could I show them my membership card. Tried to argue that you had to be an Exec Club member in order to book the flight and ended up having to show them my account page on my phone.

        Had to then sign up my friend for an Exec Club account on his phone with failing internet so we could show that he too was able to sign up for a free account.

        Not sure I’d recommend it for the faff of uninformed third party agents though, it’s something that should be sorted out better.

• Gavin T says:

  14 May14 May 08:01

  The SkyLounge at the DoubleTree Tower Bridge would be a good venue.

  • Intentionally Blank says:

    14 May14 May 08:57

    Seconded. Great views, great Gin menu, great location and their breakfast is good too 🙂

• Mike L says:

  14 May14 May 08:34

  “You would get all of the bar takings and would expose your venue to a group of mainly higher-income London professionals.”

  So, we’re left out again Rob ????. ? How do you know we’re all higher income London professionals ? Many of your readers / contributors reside out with the London area. How about finding a compromise ? Somewhere in between would be helpful e.g. Manchester or even further north (Newcastle). It will be the same faces at your summer party if it’s always going to be held in London.

  • Rob says:

    14 May14 May 08:48

    Fine on paper, terrible in reality unfortunately. Anika and I are both at full stretch already without having to make 3-4 preparatory trips outside London plus effectively move there for a couple of days to get the event done. If we were making any money off this it would be different, but we don’t.

    That said, if we were offered a hotel in say Manchester with a chunk of sponsorship money and a couple of bedrooms so we are not out of pocket on that then we would obviously look at it.

    • Navara says:

      16 May16 May 09:41

      Sounds like British Airways Soon to be London Airways.
      How about Rotherham?

      • Rob says:

        16 May16 May 10:03

        The Holiday Inn Rotherham Sheffield M1 J33 has both the Peter Elliott Suite and Seb Coe Suite to pick from …..

  • David says:

    14 May14 May 11:03

    Because of course the country stops after that….

    I would suggest Glasgow, but apparently there’s no decent hotels there. Instead, how about INV, and folks can use it as a starting point for some APD-free flights. 😉

  • Clive says:

    14 May14 May 12:47

    It’s kind of absurd to suggest that one non-London city is somehow suitable for a great many non-London people. Manchester or Newcastle or Glasgow is not easier for people in various regions to reach than London itself is (and of course not comparable to the easy catchment area of a London event near a tube station).
    Time to rent a tour bus, maybe.

    • Lady London says:

      18 May18 May 09:18

      Wow this could get really big.

• Mikeact says:

  14 May14 May 09:09

  I was just thinking recently ,as I walked by the hotel, what a great Christmas get together it was.
  However, I won’t be applying for Summer tickets as I’d rather give someone else the chance to experience the meet up.
  (ps If my garden was larger, you’d all be very welcome !)

  • Cate says:

    14 May14 May 09:31

    I’v got a two acre paddock. If push comes to shove we can throw up a marque and throw a passing duck or two onto the BBQ. ????

    • Worzel says:

      14 May14 May 16:10

      Noice affer Cate.

      If it don’t work out oi got twenty acres and the wife as 43……….. 🙂 .

      • Cate says:

        14 May14 May 18:00

        ????????????

    • mutley says:

      14 May14 May 20:02

      couple of acres….classic

      • Cate says:

        14 May14 May 21:09

        Alas it’s in the conservation area. May be able to get permission for Rob to land the HFP helicopter though ????

• ankomonkey says:

  14 May14 May 09:23

  If Harry was still around, his ‘place in the sun’ would surely have been a perfect venue for a summer party…

  • Dan says:

    14 May14 May 10:06

    I miss Harry! I wonder what happened to him having been such a regular on here for a few years?

    • Mike says:

      14 May14 May 12:39

      I miss Harry too – does anyone know if he is ok and could tempt him back

      • Louise says:

        14 May14 May 15:40

        I believe he is still on HUKD

    • Brian W says:

      14 May14 May 23:07

      +1

      • Lady London says:

        18 May18 May 09:20

        Harry please come back!

• Cate says:

  14 May14 May 09:29

  Do we have a definitive date when avios.com is shutting shop? Still able to put bookings through but be good to know the cut off point so we can implement plan B.

  • Anna says:

    14 May14 May 10:40

    I hope it’s before September as I have an upgrade voucher I want to use them but my avios are now all in BAEC!

    • Cate says:

      14 May14 May 11:14

      Can you move them back at all? Perhaps their customer services can do something.

      • Lady London says:

        18 May18 May 09:22

        I did the same, Anna, for the same reasons as you.
        I actually chose Iberia to move them into because I feared British Airways might one day make it difficult for us to use our avios for those really nice deals Iberia does with so much lower taxes for the same route than British Airways.

  • Lawro says:

    14 May14 May 15:36

    20th May

    • Cate says:

      14 May14 May 15:56

      Thank you Lawro!

    • Rob says:

      14 May14 May 16:15

      No, that is the start of the migration isn’t it?, which is a two month process. Some people don’t get moved until July.

      • Cate says:

        14 May14 May 18:05

        Ah yes, now I remember. Thanks rob.

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.