Win a luxury London weekend break with Hilton hotels

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• Nick says:

  9 May9 May 18:37

  OT anyone with flights booked (with seats selected) at the end of half term should keep an eye on them… every available A321 has been commandeered to upguage LHRMAD flights, so seat selection on routes that have lost them will have fallen out (no flights have been cancelled though, and no one has had to be rebooked, they’ve been clever about where they’ve taken them from).

  Anyone on the lunchtime 777 flight should note it’s been changed to a 77W so same applies. Flub is a safe bet.

  Anyone who wants a ticket (any airline), keep an eye out on Wed/Thu next week – MAD has imposed super-peak slot restrictions that weekend and that’s when they’ll tell airlines which extra ones they’ve won, so expect seats to go on sale immediately afterwards.

  Hope that helps!

• Liz says:

  9 May9 May 20:56

  OT Just getting around to looking at the AMEX25OFF offer on Amazon. I know lots had problems as am I. Trying to order 3 different whiskies for hubby, all sold by AMazon but not accepting the code on any of them. I’ve linked the Amex MR account ok. Are others still having problems or has the code run out.

  • BJ says:

    9 May9 May 21:00

    They might not accept discount codes against alcohol for delivery in Scotland. Just a guess, I’m sure others will confirm or otherwise.

    • Shoestring says:

      9 May9 May 21:01

      no success reports on that code for the last few days

      • BJ says:

        9 May9 May 21:24

        Another of your old favourite’s American cousin works with the subject of one of todays other articles…know what I mean ‘Arry?

        • Lady London says:

          10 May10 May 12:18

          Not to any great extent though, BJ, if I’ve guessed correctly. What some would regard as a near one that is not covered today, would be true for.

    • Liz says:

      9 May9 May 21:17

      Good thinking – I couldn’t use the Amex Majestic Wine offer before due to living in Scotland! Back to the drawing board!

      • BJ says:

        9 May9 May 21:22

        …a map of the distilleries to help you pinpoint the most strategic location to park your van should do the trick 🙂

  • Taylor says:

    9 May9 May 22:48

    Little tip – go on to amazon chat and say it’s not working and they will give you a £25 voucher

    • Nick M says:

      10 May10 May 09:35

      I only got a fiver!

• Harry says:

  9 May9 May 21:39

  OT If booking a hotel through FHR on Amex site, do you have to pay with the Platinum card at the hotel (no pre pay is being offered) or can you simply present the Platinum and pay with another card that doesn’t charge FX fees? I’m looking at booking a hotel in Amsterdam through FHR for a night but I’m not keen to get hit with 3% FX fees when paying on Amex Platinum at check out.

  • Stu N says:

    9 May9 May 21:51

    Hotels usually insist on paying with an Amex. I just use my Gold card, 2MRs/£ (almost) offsets the FX charge and it helps hit the £15k target spend.

    • Rob says:

      9 May9 May 22:41

      Agreed – expect it to insist on an Amex, if you’re lucky they will forget.

      • Harry says:

        9 May9 May 23:48

        Thank you, Stu and Rob. I will acquire a Gold Amex to pay on.

• Victor says:

  9 May9 May 22:50

  That Conrad is nowhere near St James.

  • Chas says:

    9 May9 May 23:07

    It’s opposite St James’s Park tube station……

    • Victor says:

      10 May10 May 20:29

      St James is the area north of St James Park.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    9 May9 May 23:09

    And I think it’s due a refurb or atleast some TLc

    Two rooms I was given were tired and requiring maintenance. Nothing horrendous just bankside is probably better.

    • BJ says:

      10 May10 May 00:14

      Closer to the same area I much preferred DT Westminster but unfortunately it no longer has a lounge.

  • Lady London says:

    10 May10 May 11:37

    It’s actually a very short block off a square which is called St. James’s Square which contains the HQ of a certain large energy company in which building I worked for three years. St. James’s Square is just South of the Eastern end of Jermyn Street which is closer to Piccadilly but spiritually St. James. Very handy to Fortnums for your lunch whuchbis cheaper than a lot of the surrounding sandwich bars!

    For Rob after the Virgin Lge in Eagle Place closes there is a decent Pret a Manger still in St James just a little further along than Fortnum’s 🙂

    The Conrad is actually in (Lower) Regent Street just as it opens out into the square that has steps at the bottom of it into The Mall (also known as being in the St. James area).

    • Rob says:

      10 May10 May 12:28

      No, you’re thinking of the Sofitel. The Conrad is south of the river, next to where Scotland Yard USED to be.

      I used to use that Pret a lot, because I hot desked from the Regus on Lower Regent Street quite a bit before we got a proper office!

      • Victor says:

        10 May10 May 20:16

        South of the park, not the river!

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