transportprof

rabilancia

I too have a booking for July 3 and mine also still shows confirmed with no changes nor notifications. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Biscoff27

On Saturday it would not even let me make a reservation for mid August, which I thought was odd since the opening is supposedly only days away. Today it is letting me make a reservation, though. Fingers crossed that it opens for your 7/3 stay!

AStarr

I was sent an email from the hotel directly. Nothing in the app shows a cancellation yet. I'm actually still waiting for my rebooking information. I was initially booked for the first night of operation, July 1.

AStarr

If you're booked that first week, I would suggest that you double check your reservations. Looks like they're not taking any bookings at present for that first week online.

Raffles

I looked at booking this a few weeks ago. Pricing for the first few weeks is OTT - in August it drops to £80. My impression was that they were overcharging for July so that they would still be in profit if you had to be moved to any of the other Heathrow hotels.

There is no way this will be a better hotel than the new Crowne Plaza attached to T4 (arguably it will struggle to beat the excellent HI Express in the same building) but the July pricing does not imply that. Note this hotel has the same ownership (Arora) as those two.

transportprof

rabilancia

Just called to get an update on my reservation for 3 July. Their current plans are to honor the booking. Bookings for 1 and 2 July have already been cancelled. If they are open on the 3rd, I still plan to stay there.

transportprof

AStarr

Crowne Plaza is where they seem to be directing reaccomodation. I requested another Hilton property that I usually stay at.

transportprof

lost_in_translation

If it's the Crowne Plaza Heathrow that's a poor alternative, if it's the Crowne Plaza T4 then I'd say that hotel is actually nicer than all of the Hiltons around Heathrow. I assume it's the T4 property as both that and the new HGI are operated by Arora Group.

Understand that those who only credit to Hilton Honors might think differently.

Raffles

You're an idiot if you accept the other HGI or Hilton T5 over the CP T4.

CP T4 vs Hilton T4 is more equal (next to each other, both connected to the terminal) and if you have Hilton status I can see why you'd take that, but the CP is still nicer.

Land-of-Miles

Can you not insist that they pay the costs of getting to and from the terminal if you are put elsewhere? Surely the whole point of the HGI T2 is being next to the terminal, not a long walk to T4 potentially with luggage and taking a tube/bus/train.

However good the Hilton T4 or CP T4 are, they are a pain in the arse for a T2 departure/arrival. Having bitter experience of how difficult it is to transit between terminals at LHR with a bit of luggage, there is no way I would be happy with a move to a hotel elsewhere. I would rather take the CP LHR or one of the bath road hotels and get a credit for transport to and from the terminals (probably about £10 each way with Parker cars, who are a local rarity in being happy to do short runs of this type).

AStarr

My requests were T4 Hilton and Hilton Paddington as those are my most frequent Hilton properties in London on file. I got the T4 Hilton which is what I expected.

I stick to Hilton for crediting hotel related things. I do branch out on occasion but typically for boutique or luxury experiences - airport nights don't bug me much and I know I like breakfast service here and the dumplings at Zen

This is honestly the thing I'm most annoyed with TBH. I hate the hike downstairs with a passion and usually just go full spoiled brat mode with a taxi door-to-door. I was really looking forward to staying that close without the Underground Heathrow Mile to T2. I mean, thankfully I'm usually flying from the A gates but still... I'm lazy and on vacation this trip.

Maybe I'll check out the bus service this time... change it up...