moneypooraviosrich

This deal is still running until the 31st of March. Use code "TRIALTOPSECRET" for the 10% discount.
Be careful, it shows as a 5 star Heathrow hotel, correct number of Trip Adviser reviews, but when you go through the booking it changes it to a 4 star, but it is the Sofitel. Just paid £87.80 for June

continentalclub

Just to note that the current code is good for 4,000 uses and will expire on 31st March; it came out on the 14th March so it's probably had a fair bit of use already. LM are also running fairly regular one-day codes at the moment, too - I try to keep the blog and the website updated with them.

moneypooraviosrich

Thanks for the update. I did mean to credit your blog for giving out this info but kinda forgot. Was excited about getting the deal, thanks again

LondonAndy

Thanks for posting - changed to an earlier flight in May and took advantage of this - £94.50 minus (potentially!) 12.6% TopCashBack!

pauldb

If any one is looking for LGW (or has any other suggestions), lastminute.com also occasionally offers the Sofitel Gatwick as a secret hotel. It's not the only 4* on offer but is again given away by the review score (unlike the Hilton which has their review score hidden).

However I believe that Hotwire has the LGW Sofitel more widely available, at a lower rate (have seen as low as £63). I haven't booked it yet, but I believe the risk is removed by the Sofitel being the only hotel they rate as 4.5* in their non-opaque offering.

You can get 6% quidco from Hotwire. Or they also have a $25 off promotion running for first use of their app with it think would be usable. (Be aware that the US site initially gives the rate ex-taxes but it will total the same.)

For some reason I've never seen the LHR Sofitel on Hotwire, but it's worth a look as they would probably match the lastminute.com rate gross, and better it with the $25 discount.

Swiss Tony

Note that lastminute seem to be getting wise and not permitting cashback claims when combined with their own 10% discount.

I've lodged an appeal with quidco, but it will take time.

Also, pauldb references lmt.com Note there's an outfit called lmtclub.com that does discount rates but you need to sign up as a member. This is distinct from lastminute.

pauldb

Thanks - have removed my abbreviation.

Lobengula

Excellent!

I just booked two rooms in May for £89 each
This forum once again proves to be very valuable ^

continentalclub

Oh, you're welcome - I hadn't realised that's where you'd picked the info up from, but thank you for being my reader! ^

neuromancer

Any way to get the discount if travelling with 2 children? When I search for 2 adults + 2 children it shows junior suites only for 280 pounds, no secret deal.

shorthauldad

When I booked this (the first time round) the site didn't seem to allow children at all. Two adults was fine, one adult and one child was no good.

Sards

I booked the Sofitel for September through BA and paid £88,
That was last week
It was the best deal at the time on all the websites I searched.

shorthauldad

Weekend or mid-week?

Sards

I booked a Friday night, although the same price was available for any day before and after that date

continentalclub

The cheapest September Friday nights at the T5 Sofitel are now £109 with British Airways, which is £11 cheaper than Accor's rate for the nights that it's available. If you're an Accor Platinum and you want to guarantee your status benefits (such as they are), you may be better off on the Accor rate at that differential though - and if you Quidco (other cashback programmes are available) then the incremental cost of the direct booking diminishes further.

If you're UK VAT registered and it's a reclaimable stay, do remember that only the Accor direct rate is recoverable at 20%, too.

That said, BA is often a good source of extremely competitive rates; lately I've seen the Eden Roc Miami and the Shangri-La Bar al Jissah (to name just two) at steep discount through BA.