A new American Express airport lounge launches in Sydney

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• Taylor says:

  26 Oct26 October 11:24

  OT: Were the winners of the Monese million avios ever announced?

  • marcw says:

    26 Oct26 October 12:55

    They were contacted directly by Monese.

    • Rob says:

      26 Oct26 October 15:09

      Although we’re not totally convinced as our winner has not come forward …

      • ankomonkey says:

        26 Oct26 October 17:27

        I can take the points if they’re a bit shy… Happy to help out 😉

      • GeoffGeoff says:

        26 Oct26 October 17:46

        Do you mean you’re not convinced that Monese actually awarded the 1M Avios promised to someone who used the HFP code? This always did seem a very generous prize – £60k total value or thereabouts for the 6 prizes.

        • Rob says:

          26 Oct26 October 19:39

          They were contractually obliged to buy 10m Avios by the end of the year – that’s why they did the competition 🙂

          They will have notified the winner, I’m not too concerned. There is a post on Flyertalk from one of the six winners, but not ours I think. There is a WhatsApp group my mate Caroline is on where one of the participants also won – she asked this person and he says he didn’t get it via HFP though. None of the other sites who promoted this appear to know the name of their winner either.

      • Lady London says:

        26 Oct26 October 18:23

        Aren’t there regulations governing competitions, particularly any lottery-type competitions, that say the winner’s name must be published by the organizers and/or provided by the competition organiser to anyone that requests it? I am sure something like this is required in law.

        If the finance app owner is not providing each winner’s name as above, i.e. in accordance with the law, then I wouldn’t trust them with my money.

        FWIW I didn’t enter.

        • Rob says:

          26 Oct26 October 19:37

          We’ll get to the bottom of it.

• Roger says:

  26 Oct26 October 11:27

  How likely is it for Virgin to run Credit Card promotion with increased 30K sign up offer next month?
  Thinking whether to apply now or wait?

  Already have an account in better half’s name.

• Munch says:

  26 Oct26 October 11:32

  OT Do Points+cash bookings count towards an accelerate target for the IHG Promo. The target is staying at 3 brands and one booking will be a points + cash.

  • John says:

    26 Oct26 October 11:52

    No, only counts if there is a specific points and cash target

    • Munch says:

      26 Oct26 October 12:37

      Ok thanks for the info – that scuppered my plans

• Young L says:

  26 Oct26 October 14:18

  Sorry, OT, can someone confirm if Creation treats Revolut top-up (by IHG Mastercard) as purchase or as cash advance? Thanks.

  • Rob H says:

    26 Oct26 October 14:20

    Purchases – but you are limitted to £700 a week (e.g. £200,£200,£200,£100)

    • Jonathan says:

      26 Oct26 October 18:05

      I can do £300 per transaction but yes, still limited to £700 per rolling week.

      • Dean says:

        28 Oct28 October 06:10

        Are there any other credit cards that treat revolut as a purchase and not cash withdrawal?

        • Mr. AC says:

          29 Oct29 October 19:31

          Virgin Atlantic cards.

  • James says:

    27 Oct27 October 15:18

    Interesting – does anyone know if Hilton Card (Barclaycard) treats as purchases or cash advances, and if cash – what the weekly limit is?

    Thx

    JD

• Anna says:

  26 Oct26 October 18:02

  OT – we’re in the midlands for the Dive Show at the NEC, Birmingham hotel prices were silly so I booked the Leicester Hilton for £68 in the HH sale and it’s much nicer than some of the Tripadvisor reviews would suggest. As gold we’ve been upgraded to a deluxe room with wine, nibbles, robes & slippers, the leisure club is perfectly pleasant (with a properly hot hot tub), the TV is colossal and the staff extremely attentive. If breakfast doesn’t disappoint then this will be one of the best bargains we’ve ever had, especially given that it’s also half term!

  • Lady London says:

    26 Oct26 October 18:44

    *jealous. Sounds like you are having a nice time Anna.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    26 Oct26 October 19:13

    Yep seems very hot a miss there’s a chap over on flyertalk who seems to have been to every Hilton in the uk and he seems to like it.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    26 Oct26 October 23:13

    It’s a cookie cutter Hilton – identical to what was the Hilton in Bromsgrove (albeit a mirror image, very confusing), and I think Maidstone anongst others

    Breakfast is decent, from memory, good choice

• Donny says:

  26 Oct26 October 18:06

  OT Advice need from fellow HfPers about EC261 for unlucky delay tonight. We are flying DSA-BUD with Wizz tonight, just got delay notification for more than 3 hours. However, it will fall into 2-3 hours due to Daylight saving time end. Arriving time will be 4:30 GMT instead 1:55 BST. Anyone have same experience for claiming compensation or no chance.

  • Lady London says:

    26 Oct26 October 18:40

    I would definitely make a claim and would insert text about over 3 hours delay from originally scheduled landing time taking into account thé daylight saving clocks change.

    Note that regardless of any cabin announcements about ‘we have now landes and welcome to….’ for purposes of eu261 your flight is not officially landes until it’s parked AND the exit door from thé aircraft is OPEN AND thé stairs or airbridge from thé aircraft are connecter AND available to use. Check that moment on your watch/phone.

    Also take care to note every reason given for thé delay, who gave it and when. If it’s weather check if other planes flying simular routes are still taking off near enough to on time. In particular, if thé incoming aircraft for your flight is delayed, even by weather, this is not a valud reason to deny your claim. The weather has to affect your flight directly to exempt you from compensation.

    Dont forget also after 2 hours delay for any reason even one that you would not get compensation for, you are entitled to duty of care under eu261 including meals and drinks according to time of day, hôtel if overnight, transport to and from hotel, comms expenses eg internet/wifi, to advise people you are late. Give the airline a chance to provide but if thé airline doesnt or if queues are unreasonable etc, book and pay for thèse things and claim back.

  • GeoffGeoff says:

    26 Oct26 October 18:43

    The time change should make no difference. The plane is still over 3 hours late.

  • marcw says:

    26 Oct26 October 22:39

    Arrival times are local times. Delay for EC261 purposes are calculated based on local arrival time.

• Harry T says:

  26 Oct26 October 20:56

  OT:
  I’ve maxed out the 90,000 Referral Points on my Platinum for this calendar year. I’ve just applied for a Gold Card.

  Does the Gold Card have a separate 90,000 Referral Points cap for this year, or would this cap be shared with the Platinum as it would be one MR account? Wondering whether I’d get any points if refer a couple of friends from my Gold Card.

  • Benylin says:

    26 Oct26 October 21:28

    New limits afaik

    • Rob says:

      26 Oct26 October 21:34

      No. The limit is per Membership Rewards account so you won’t get any more.

      • Harry T says:

        26 Oct26 October 22:46

        Thanks, Rob – will refer from my BAPP instead.

• Becs says:

  27 Oct27 October 10:54

  Does anyone know how is the Qatar lounge in Sydney if you are flying business compared with the new Amex lounge?

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