Hilton Sheffield hotel to close in December

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• LewisB says:

  1 Nov1 November 09:12

  OT: I’m arriving into Lima from Cusco at 21.43. I’m then looking to book the 09.23 departure to Sanitago in LATAM (Chile) business. Has anyone been in the LATAM lounge before? Any places to sleep?

  • Kevin C says:

    1 Nov1 November 13:09

    I was in the LATAM lounge in Santiago this summer. I don’t remember any sleep pods but may not have seen all of it. There is a very good Holiday Inn directly opposite the terminal and personally I would check in there and sleep in a bed.

    • Kevin C says:

      1 Nov1 November 13:10

      Oh hang on, you’re in Lima. Don’t know, sorry.

      • EvilDoctorK says:

        1 Nov1 November 13:55

        My memory of the LATAM lounge ( at least I think it was the LATAM lounge – I guess I would have been in it on an American Airlines departure ) is that it was rather small – definitely no sleep options

        There’s a hotel right outside the door of the airport ( Wyndham Hotel – it’s supposed to be fairly decent ) .. we considered it , but ended up staying downtown … on a short layover like you are proposing probably the best option .. while the airport isn’t that far out the traffic can be bad

        • EvilDoctorK says:

          1 Nov1 November 14:00

          … sorry not clear at the end .. meant to say that on a fairly short layover like you are considering definitely better to stay at the airport .. the Wyndham is the only one you can walk to from the terminal ( it’s about 20 yards!) … There’s no point in going downtown on that short a layover.

• Anna says:

  1 Nov1 November 09:22

  I’m tempted to buy IHG 200,000 points as that would give us very nearly 3 nights at the GCM Kimpton which can hit $1000 per night at peak time. Or 8 nights at the Holiday Inn!

• Rash says:

  1 Nov1 November 09:31

  O/T – How long does a Radisson rewards transfer take from Amex MR? Thankyou

  • RussellH says:

    1 Nov1 November 10:05

    Around a week in me experience. Certainly nothing like as fast as Hilton or Marriott.

• rob says:

  1 Nov1 November 10:24

  OT

  Berry Bros wine offer on Amex. Spend £150 get £30 back. I understand this technically shouldn’t work on gift card purchases but will that likely be the case do we think?

  Thanks

  • Young L says:

    1 Nov1 November 13:17

    You can top-up you account.

• Nick says:

  1 Nov1 November 10:44

  OT:

  o2 Arena in London

  I am going this weekend and have already bought tickets. Any special benefits/access to be had if I have an Amex Plat or member of any loyalty scheme etc?

  Have not been to this venue in years

  • Rob says:

    1 Nov1 November 11:20

    You can use the Amex lounge – search for our article.

    There is also the Virgin / Delta bar, not sure if that isn’t open to all now though.

  • SimonW says:

    1 Nov1 November 11:21

    There is a decent Amex lounge at the 02. Cant pre-book, just show your Amex to get in. I think with 3 or 4 guests allowed too.

    • Zoe says:

      1 Nov1 November 11:50

      You get a ticket from customers service just underneath the big staircase. I think they allowed 4 guests. As you actually enter the lounge each guest with an Amex card in their hand gets a voucher for a free drink. They jot down the names on the cards so you can’t just give your guests extra cards of yours to carry. I think you also get a free bottle of water at the main bars if spending over a certain amount on Amex.
      They also serve food in the lounge, google will bring up the menu.
      All from the John Mayer concert in October

• Bill says:

  1 Nov1 November 11:30

  Does anyone have any recent experience of online check in with TAP to avoid seat selection charge? I’ve read this link below on flyertalk which indicates use online check in at T-36, stop at payment screen and resume at T-3 to avoid fee. We are a group of 5. If we go with random seating, do TAP seat groups together if the online system randomly assigns seats during check in?

  https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/tap-air-portugal-miles-go/1889453-tap-automatic-seat-assignment-2.html

  • Rui N. says:

    1 Nov1 November 13:21

    Do they seat people together.

    • Rui N. says:

      1 Nov1 November 15:13

      Sorry, that should have been: they do seat people together. It was not a question.

      • Bill says:

        1 Nov1 November 19:36

        Thanks for the reply. We checked in fine. We have had reason to use the Amex Plat “emergency” travel insurance today. Took about 35 minutes to sort out the claim on the phone before the hospital would proceed. Axa asked for our outbound flight details which took a little time to retrieve and send to them. Thankfully our 4 year old was very brave. Walking wounded you might say – broken arm

• Alan says:

  1 Nov1 November 11:43

  OT – I’m due to be landing at London City tomorrow morning, about 20 minutes or so before the rugby kicks off.

  Anyone have any suggestions of somewhere to watch the game at/near the airport, before making our way to the hotel in town?

  • Bill says:

    1 Nov1 November 11:51

    I think the there are tv’s showing news channels in the airport. Whether they’ll change to the rugby I have no idea. My suggestion would be to jump on the DLR and find a pub a station or two away

    • Bill says:

      1 Nov1 November 11:51

      Or jump in a cab to a nearby 4 star hotel bar

  • Alan says:

    1 Nov1 November 12:38

    Get the DLR to Woolwich. The Dial Arch on the other side of the main road should have the game up on the screens. You can get the train into Central London from same station.

  • Lady London says:

    1 Nov1 November 13:48

    Could you watch it on your phone?

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      1 Nov1 November 15:06

      ITV Player will show it. You could watch it in the nearest coffee shop on the wifi.

      • Lady London says:

        2 Nov2 November 00:18

        Wondering if LCY has reliable wifi it’s a while since I used that airport.

• EwanG says:

  1 Nov1 November 11:47

  OT: Tesco – Virgin Flying Club auto-convert 1,000 bonus mile offer on again. You must sign up between 1 Nov and 13 Dec to qualify. Bonus miles can only be earned once.

  • Dave Barron says:

    1 Nov1 November 13:25

    Indeed – but just remember to switch off the auto convert once bonus points have posted. Most recently I got the 1000 auto convert points on 9th July and then thought I’d logged into Tesco to switch back to vouchers. Alas no I mustn’t have done so as the most recent Tesco points then converted to Virgin on 22nd October! 6375 extra Virgin miles as a consequence (plus no sign of any bonus points either) and I’d prob rather have kept the vouchers for future flexibility.

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    1 Nov1 November 15:05

    Where’s the link to do this? Can’t seem to find it…

    • Benilyn says:

      1 Nov1 November 16:03

      I got it as an email from VA, subject “Your Flying Club statement has landed” , at the bottom of the email

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