Hilton launches an India hotel sale

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• Alec says:

  3 May3 May 05:37

  Hi Rob,

  BA started a sale last night. Until 21st May and Holiday bookings made before May 7 have an extra £100 off. Was hoping you’d have a write up about any potential sweet spots.

  Thanks

• BJ says:

  3 May3 May 06:13

  HiFly have an exSQ a380 but ISTR them having issues with it.

• Jay says:

  3 May3 May 07:43

  OT as bits: If I’ve booked the outbound leg using a 241 when the return shows up on the BA site, is it better to book it online immediately (I have the Avios) and then call BA within 24hrs to join it to my 241, refunding my Avios or risk calling the CS. It’s for JBurg and I know reward seats on that route go quick.

  • Matt says:

    3 May3 May 07:50

    It’s your preference. Both options work.

    • Genghis says:

      3 May3 May 08:50

      I’d try both. My last one return from CPT I was on the phone to US but failed to get through (turns out from discussion with UK in the morning there were serious problems in the US centre that evening) so I booked online and sorted it out in the morning. All good.

      • Jay says:

        3 May3 May 10:38

        Thanks Matt and Genghis. Definitely don’t want to be on a call and hear they’re gone. If it was a less popular route, i’d risk it. Thanks again.

  • Anna says:

    3 May3 May 08:03

    I’m in a similar position. If I call the UK call centre at 1 am, who will I get through to? There was some suggestion recently that they actually work 24/7 even though they have stated opening times during business hours.

    • Spurs Debs says:

      3 May3 May 08:16

      Think you need to call USA or Japan call centre numbers at 1am?

      • john says:

        3 May3 May 15:08

        Japan is only monday-friday so will be closed if you try and ring it tonight. US number will be open. My brother rang a few weeks ago on the US number via Skype and got through to someone in the UK who was able to hold the seats at 1am and then add them to the booking. Call before 1am as you want to get through and explain what you want to do and the route and flight numbers etc so they are ready to do it at 1am!

• Bagoly says:

  3 May3 May 08:00

  *IF* the Wikipedia entries are up to date, then several of those ‘planes have fewer premium seats than Norwegian 787s, although only a few so and the cabin probably does not often sell out completely.
  But the Evelop Airlines A330-300s are listed as having only Economy!

  • RedEyeDonkey says:

    3 May3 May 10:24

    It’s pretty rough if you’re in that spot and lose a premium seat to economy on Norwegian. A colleague had that happen and they had all kinds of problems like… no food because he didn’t preorder which ofc he didn’t because he’d expected to be in premium. They decided who was getting bumped really last minute too so he couldn’t make alternative arrangements. I’d avoid until things settle down regardless of the ‘value’ which is questionable now anyway with the awesome TAP dealzzzzzzzzzz for real biz.

• Ian says:

  3 May3 May 08:08

  I’ve heard of all those airlines subbing for Norwegian! They’re all established ACMI carriers.

• Jon says:

  3 May3 May 08:15

  I’ve asked this question before but it keeps getting deleted… I can’t seem to find ones that have a £2.50 per month premium. @Shoestring, any clues?!

  • BJ says:

    3 May3 May 10:27

    Yes, he should try £10k for mortgage, got me £1.32 and £1.64 and I’m in my 50s already.
    @Alex, exactly. Also they pay for contents only which is unusual. Many HFPers appear to stay in flats. But watch the premiums.

  • Shoestring says:

    3 May3 May 10:52

    They don’t care – the stipulation seems to be that your total life ins is under £750K. Not that you’re guaranteed more than one payout, but we shall see. Hardly going to break the bank if not – cheap ins cover in the interim.

• Concerto says:

  3 May3 May 08:39

  HiFly (Portugal) is AWFUL, and Wamos Air (Spain) not much better. I’ve been on both, to be avoided.
  Are we likely to see another Hilton European sale anytime soon?

  • Zara says:

    3 May3 May 11:54

    Hi- Looks like from the Hilton home page a Europe sale has just started today too

    • Zara says:

      3 May3 May 11:57

      Sorry that’s Marriott!

• BJ says:

  3 May3 May 11:08

  OT: The 1000 bonus for clubcard autoconvert to Virgin is back, sign up by 16 June.

  • Rob says:

    3 May3 May 12:47

    Thanks.

    • Grimz says:

      3 May3 May 23:01

      If you sign up for auto convert they won’t convert the vouchers you already have in your Tesco cc account do they?

      • Rob says:

        3 May3 May 23:51

        No, only what you earn in future quarters.

  • _nate says:

    3 May3 May 13:23

    If you sign up for auto-convert, does it apply this only to new vouchers, or does it send your whole balance across in the first batch?

    • Shoestring says:

      3 May3 May 13:28

      Just new.

      I’d hang back until the 5th May, as that is when this quarter’s vouchers get finalised.

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