The new Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Heathrow Terminal 2 and T3 is open

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• NigelthePensioner says:

  4 Jul4 July 05:45

  “Uber is one of the few redemption partners where you get a genuine 3x face value”

  Also, Two Together rail cards and, I assume, Seniors and all the other ones that cost £30 per annum are available with just £10 worth of Tesco CC vouchers. This makes them incredible value for booking off peak intercity rail travel (or even local town to town fares) when such travel comes out of ones own taxed pension!

  • Phil says:

    4 Jul4 July 06:06

    Can’t get the network railcard which is always frustrating as every other railcard is there. I always find a gold season ticket holder to get me one for £10 (used to be £1!) 🙂

    • LewisB says:

      4 Jul4 July 07:43

      Same with the 26-30 railcard 🙁

  • Jonty says:

    4 Jul4 July 06:53

    Railcards are not really a clean 3x value as there are multiple offers throughout the year with a few quid off

    • Roger* says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:26

      Oh yes, they are!

      My pass went from £20 to £7-worth of points, The reduction of 65% is rather more than ‘a few quid off.’

      • Genghis says:

        4 Jul4 July 08:28

        I can often get my two together card for £27 so £10 of Tesco points = 2.7x, not a clean 3x

• Optimus Prime says:

  4 Jul4 July 05:54

  Those long overnight stopovers really put me off…

  Speaking of Qatar fares – what’s a good price for an ex-EU flight to New Zealand?

  I know Manchester-Auckland was less than £1400 once…likely to happen again?

  • BJ says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:43

    +1, even if it’s short I don’t see anything QR has to offer as worth losing sleep over. Long haul direct is all I want to do exEU with no more than 1 connection from the UK.

    • Matt says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:01

      I think there fares were pulled yesterday. I could be wrong but I can’t find anything.

    • Shoestring says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:55

      changing planes in Doha gives you 560 TPs, though

      • Optimus Prime says:

        4 Jul4 July 12:18

        I know Qatar has a far better product but if anyone is thinking of booking LAX/LAS/SFO in the current BA sale, it’s worth mentioning that a stopover in JFK will get you 560 points. Some flights even have outbound LHR-JFK in F for just £200 more, so that’s 630 TP’s and I think you’re Silver already because the AA domestic flights will have a BA codeshare?

        The problem is you won’t have a flat-bed in the domestic leg unless you go to LAX.

        • Jonathan says:

          4 Jul4 July 15:42

          You’ll get a flat bed to SFO as well. The business seats are 2-2 so best if a couple. If I was flying to LAS & had time on my hands I’d do a second change in LAX so 40+140+140+40 x 2 =720 or pretty much half way to Gold.

  • Paul says:

    4 Jul4 July 08:59

    You can usually get to AKL for around £2000 from Northern Europe/Scandinavia. Whilst not the £1450 of last year, it’s available nearly all year, not required 2 travelling together etc. And for essentially 48hrs onboard, in a very nice environment, it’s still a bit of a bargain even at that price.

  • Rob says:

    4 Jul4 July 09:03

    Unlikely. I would say be prepared to spend £1999 Max and jump in as soon as a deal appears at that level.

    • Optimus Prime says:

      4 Jul4 July 09:51

      Okay – I’ve found one around £2300, I guess I should wait? It’s £2000 with Swiss/Lufti but would be interested in the TP’s in this case…

• Harry Hv says:

  4 Jul4 July 06:17

  Your reckon the “Hilton Garden Inn Heathrow T2-T3” really is connected to T2 and T3? I’ll believe it when I see it, considering the “Hilton Heathrow Terminal 5” is actually located in Slough.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    4 Jul4 July 06:33

    It’s in Poyle, really – trust me as someone who stays there when needing to be in Slough, it’s not that close to Slough either at rush hour !

    The T5 HiX on the other hand…

    And be fair to Aurora, their Heathrow airport hotels are all genuinely linked…

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      4 Jul4 July 06:34

      OT-

      PayPal debit card open for applications again(0.5% rewards, can link debit card to curve-like recharging and possibly can link curve itself for super double dip)

      PayPal business account required, caveat emptor etc

      • Roger says:

        4 Jul4 July 07:27

        Key question

        Can you link Amex to it?

        • Memesweeper says:

          4 Jul4 July 10:19

          Debit card or bank account AFAIK

  • Phil says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:22

    It couldn’t be more central to T2/3 if it tried.
    Drove past it on a pickup a few weeks back. Been waiting for this one to open since xmas

    • Dev says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:19

      Greetings from LHR T5 CCR. Clear views of the top of the Hilton Garden Inn Upper floors looking east from the balcony of CCR. Beautiful day, so it’s a bit of a shame that I’m flying out to a destination where heavy rain is the order of the day / month! Enjoying breakfast before I wander into the World Duty Free shop and then to one of the satellite terminals to board my flight.

  • John says:

    4 Jul4 July 08:36

    It is connected to T2, and thus 10 minutes walk from T3.

  • Rob says:

    4 Jul4 July 09:02

    You can see it in the picture ….!

    • Doreen says:

      4 Jul4 July 13:45

      Looking forward to an early review Rob/Rhys … particularly to know if the mattresses come from the usual Hilton UK supplier (incredibly firm) or if Arora are using something similar to the two airport Sofitels.

      I had to quit Hilton about 10 years ago when they started with their rock hard brand – even in the Conrad (formerly IC) I had to ask for two extra duvets to lie on (each doubled!)

• Bill says:

  4 Jul4 July 06:55

  Hotels.com and Railcards are the other two transfers where you get 3:1. Real value. Not just Uber

  • Genghis says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:04

    With hotels.com no 10% hotels.com rewards and can’t go through any portal so prob around 2.6x.

    • Rob says:

      4 Jul4 July 09:01

      Bingo

    • meta says:

      4 Jul4 July 09:16

      Plus can’t be used for taxes, so it’s really a pain to use it without loosing any value.

    • bill says:

      4 Jul4 July 10:10

      Fair comment

• BJ says:

  4 Jul4 July 07:14

  OT: Anybody else come back from BKK on BA10 yesterday? A great day for op-up across all cabins with a full flight and the usual 3 class aircraft being replaced by 4 class metal 🙂 Airplane seemed to be ‘falling apart’ though with cabin crew being frustrated with multiple issues.

  • Polly says:

    4 Jul4 July 08:04

    BJ
    Did you get upgraded?

    • BJ says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:36

      Yes, both my partner and I, First seats but obviously still business service as BKK not been set up for F since the demise of that particular kangaroo route. I’m guessing most WTP probably got CW which would be the best result.

      • Polly says:

        4 Jul4 July 20:16

        Still better than climbing over someone to the loo..comfy flight then..nice treat.

• ee says:

  4 Jul4 July 07:16

  Don’t book the QR flights based on them being any particular metal. We are doing ARN-HKG next week and noticed our ARN leg on a 787 has changed to Qsuites A350. Reading around people who have monitored more closely have seen multiple equipment changes, so who knows exactly what we will fly on. At least it won’t be 737MAX!

  • TGLoyalty says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:20

    Yep QR are known for their equipment changes

    Their A350 looked like a great long haul craft the last time I was on it (in economy on a short haul ME connection)

  • Polly says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:45

    Yes our Nov Asia flts now gone from 3 x 350 q suites to 1. Still ok tho as not got 2 2 2. Still have our 2 middle seats on each change. Keeping an eye on things tho. But good value nevertheless 1250pp Arn Sin.

  • BJ says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:47

    I saw on OMAAT last week that FAA has highlighted a new issue with the 737MAX they need to have fixed. Not sure if it was mentioned here on HFP.

    • Polly says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:02

      Yes, and it’s causing huge scheduling headaches for those airlines without their planes atm. Apparently, a further year delay in returning to safe operational standards.
      Plus big QC issues in N Carolina base too. As someone said lately ” if it’s Max Boeing, l ain’t flying”
      Who knows…

      • BJ says:

        4 Jul4 July 08:41

        The thing that troubles me is that aircraft often get certified without picking up these issues in the first place. Jet airlines are modern marvels but the problems Boeing has had with new models is persistently concerning. Hopefully the new 777 variants will be trouble-free.

        • Polly says:

          4 Jul4 July 20:21

          But remember, the FAA allowed Boeing to self certify standards and sign offs! Incredibly stupid.

      • AJA says:

        4 Jul4 July 09:45

        I don’t trust that aircraft. It’s Boeing’s Ratners moment ( I sell crap). Or an aviation take on it, it’s their Comet.

        I like the slogan but a more poetic take I heard is “If it’s Max Boeing, I ain’t going!” And that applies to me.

        • AJA says:

          4 Jul4 July 09:50

          As my dad used to say: Better to arrive late than dead on time!

        • Polly says:

          4 Jul4 July 20:18

          Or arrive late, rather than be “the late”! Sorry….

• Roberto says:

  4 Jul4 July 07:18

  Slightly tangential.. hilton points for a dozen or so lyft rides posted effortlessly the same day over the last week or so..

  Thumbs up..

  • thehornets says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:56

    Roberto – Can you sign up to Lyft with a UK issued card? For some reason, I thought it was US only.
    Thanks!

    • Optimus Prime says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:11

      I have used Lloyds Amex with Lyft when in the US without a problem.

    • Roberto says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:30

      Used my curve..
      Linked to my hilton.
      So double dipped. 🙂
      The points from lyft hit within hours of the rides.

      • thehornets says:

        4 Jul4 July 19:58

        That’s great. Thank you!

  • Craig says:

    4 Jul4 July 10:23

    I’ve set myself an alert to set this up just before our next States trip.

• nigel whitehouse says:

  4 Jul4 July 07:24

  just tried the same QR date search for October; the cheapest i can see is SEK 24,062, that’s >£ 2,000. and the return flight is 23h50m, and you have to get to Stockholm. I’m guessing there is not many flights at the lowest price and they have already gone ?

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