Earn double Radisson Rewards points on hotel stays this Summer

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• AT says:

  10 Jul10 July 08:33

  OT: Does anyone know what’s happening with the Miles&More hotel booking site? It says unavailable “until further notice” due to a “technical change”. It’s been like that for over a week so it’s not a normal maintenance issue. By any chance does anyone have any further info on how long this might last? (PS if you don’t have any further details there’s no need to reply with a sarcastic comment)

  • AT says:

    10 Jul10 July 10:18

    Thank you, that is very helpful indeed! Much appreciated.

• Rob says:

  10 Jul10 July 08:37

  Ah, he was yours! I just put a pic of the baby on Instagram.

  • Alex W says:

    10 Jul10 July 20:35

    Guilty as charged! Thanks for the photo and a great event.

• Nick says:

  10 Jul10 July 08:45

  Nice to see HFP reflects modern diversity… ahem. Long live the middle aged white man!

  • Combat Johnny says:

    10 Jul10 July 08:50

    According to the 2011 census the UK is 87.1% white, hardly surprising the event largely reflective of that. Maybe next time Rob can give tickets to some inner city school children to help with the diversity quota

    • the real harry1 says:

      10 Jul10 July 08:58

      ‘some participants thought the “use of colour (White and Black) to define ethnicity is confusing or unacceptable” ‘

      +1

    • Catalan says:

      10 Jul10 July 09:09

      @Combat Johnny…or maybe to some white working class types that frequently appear on Jeremy Kyle?
      (for complete diversity(

  • Kathy says:

    10 Jul10 July 09:37

    HFP is reflects the UK frequent flyer community – which is mostly going to be frequent business travelers, which is mostly going to be those in well-paid/senior job roles, which we know is mostly white and male.

  • Rob says:

    10 Jul10 July 09:55

    In all seriousness these are far more diverse events than I imagined they would be. Virtually the only middle aged white bloke there was me 🙂

    • Sundar says:

      10 Jul10 July 11:02

      Thanks Rob and Anika for the excellent organization of the event.
      Great to meet many like-minded folks and I would say it was a mixed group of people.

  • Kevin says:

    10 Jul10 July 13:10

    I was there and it seemed pretty diverse to me. It was very nice to meet some fellow readers. Thanks for organising it.

    I didn’t meet the baby but the baby was very cute!

• Combat Johnny says:

  10 Jul10 July 08:45

  Iron maiden \m/

• Craig says:

  10 Jul10 July 09:40

  OT: Is anyone else having trouble converting HSBC points to Avios, I click the redeem button and nothing happens.

  • James M says:

    10 Jul10 July 11:59

    I’ve had the occasional issue but it works again later.

    It’s never worked on a phone, but the call centre can process transfers.

    • Craig says:

      10 Jul10 July 14:58

      Turned out to be a pop up blocker on my iPad. Never had a problem before mind.

• Jon says:

  10 Jul10 July 10:45

  OT: In a similar vein to the previous post: haven’t seen it mentioned here but you can convert your Natwest MyRewards money to Avios. Works out as effectively buying each Avios at 0.77p, so cheaper than many other options, although the obvious downside is that supply is limited by your Rewards balance.

  • Rob says:

    10 Jul10 July 10:55

    This is a targeted trial and we have been asked not to cover it. Good value if you are targeted though.

    • Stu N says:

      10 Jul10 July 14:28

      Yes – worked for me. Converted at <0.7p after factoring in a bonus and redeemed at 2.15p on AA domestic flights we planned to take anyway. £166 cash or 7,500 Avios plus £4.80 charges. Just need availability on return leg now…

• Faithy says:

  10 Jul10 July 12:05

  OT. Amex plat. Do you retain gold status on hotels after you cancel?

  • Rob says:

    10 Jul10 July 12:28

    Yes, until it naturally expires which will be a different date for each scheme – eg all Hilton status changes occur on 31st March.

    • Anna says:

      10 Jul10 July 13:30

      That’s quite a compliment on HFP’s influence if they’re asking you NOT to publicise something!

  • Olly says:

    10 Jul10 July 12:40

    Yes you do Faithy, but not PP or insurance.

  • Anna says:

    10 Jul10 July 13:23

    I took out the Platinum card in April, cancelled it in June but got HH gold status till March 2020 which was a good result.

• Tom Devonshire says:

  10 Jul10 July 12:15

  OT: Amex Plat Travel Insurance. I had my phone stolen on holiday and want to make a claim. The claim form is asking for cost and I presume next step they will want a receipt. The phone is a pay monthly phone which I probably paid £50 upfront for, what cost do I put as obviously £50 wont replace the phone.

  • CountryKerry says:

    10 Jul10 July 12:30

    The cost to replace the device!

  • Andy says:

    10 Jul10 July 12:32

    Maybe if you explain it’s on contract and show a copy of the contract receipt and a screenshot + web address of this type of phone being sold on a website? When I dropped my phone on holiday and claimed they paid up very quickly after I sent the repair receipts.

  • the_real_a says:

    10 Jul10 July 12:50

    You need to prove ownership, and then prove the replacement value. All perfectly reasonable. You can send your contract invoice and a print from Amazon for replacement.

  • xcalx says:

    10 Jul10 July 13:14

    I water damaged my phone on holiday it was only 3 week old I got 2 quotes from Iphone store. One for new one for refurbished. Amex paid out for new phone due to shorter guarantee on refurbished. great service.

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