London Master Thread

[yitzy93]

I went January and the weather wasn't too bad. Wet, but didn't stop us from doing Matt's tour or going around.

Weather is a 'hit or miss'... almost any time of year.

[avrumy22]

Looking at PHL-LHR in July. showing me on AA 135k points in biz. does that mean I can book Cathay Pacific Asia Miles at just 80K round-trip (as in dan's post yesterday? ). do I need to call?

[Suave]

Worth going to London the first week of February?

Its June already but still cold here...

[Yehoshua]

I was there February 1 a few years ago. It was chilly (highs in the low 40s) and crystal clear. I had a great time.

[ad120]

Anybody know how much a Lebara Sim cost? Is there a better provider I should be using?

[Luvtotravel]

which place in london delivers either flowers or a nice kosher chocolate arrangement? number appreciated

[SLMYRCB]

Anybody know how much a Lebara Sim cost? Is there a better provider I should be using?

GifGaf?

[ad120]

GifGaf?

from what I understand, their rates are high. Unless you are calling a lot of Gigaf users it isn't worth it.

[yitzy93]

from what I understand, their rates are high. Unless you are calling a lot of Gigaf users it isn't worth it.

It depends what you need it for...

[ChAiM'l]

which place in london delivers either flowers or a nice kosher chocolate arrangement? number appreciated

Chocolates - Chocolate fantasies +4420 8806 5555
                   The Grapevine +4420 8880 8080 http://www.thegrapevineuk.com/

Flowers - Search this website, plenty of options - http://www.frumlondon.co.uk/index.php

[zow]

Has anyone stayed at the the Hyatt Regency London The Churchill?

Sorry for not seeing this sooner. We stayed there for two nights last summer.
Absolutely loved it.
Was with my wife and 17yo son.
We did not have any meaningful Hyatt status.
Nonetheless, they upgraded us to a suite with a balcony, brought us a fruit bowl, and gave us access to the Club Room.
The breakfasts in the Club Room were amazing. Wife and son hold less machmir kashrut than me, so they ate the lox and pastries and cheese etc -- was very lavish.  I was able to enjoy several yogurt options, based on this reply to my query, from the KLBD:

Dear zow:

Whilst Northiam Dairy Yoghurts are not supervised, in the UK we allow all ordinary plain and fruit flavoured yoghurts except when they contain gelatine, cochineal (E120), grape juice or other problematic ingredients.
Yoghurts containing whole raspberries or raspberry pieces should be avoided as raspberries require careful inspection.

Kind regards

Michal

Michal Emanuel
Food Technologist
Kashrut Division
London Beth Din
-------------------------------

Loved our stay here.

[jshelton]

GifGaf?

gifgaf was supposed to be delivered to my hotel and waiting for me. never showed up. walked to a local convenient store and purchased a lebara sim card with 5gb of data plus some international minutes in case I needed them (it was my wife's birthday, my parents anniversary, and grandparents birthdays so people wanted to call us or really have us call them). I could have done whatsapp calls over wifi in my hotel and purchased less data and less minutes because everyone has whatsapp except for my 92 year old grandparents who don't own cell phones or have internet in their house. but the overages are crazy so id rather spend some extra pounds and be safe. I was there for 10 days. I think the whole package cost me 25 pounds at most.

[jshelton]

Yup.

I went last week of December. wasn't too bad weather wise. rained a bit here and there but wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. February may be different though. go to Scotland for a day or two!

[SLMYRCB]

gifgaf was supposed to be delivered to my hotel and waiting for me. never showed up. walked to a local convenient store and purchased a lebara sim card with 5gb of data plus some international minutes in case I needed them (it was my wife's birthday, my parents anniversary, and grandparents birthdays so people wanted to call us or really have us call them). I could have done whatsapp calls over wifi in my hotel and purchased less data and less minutes because everyone has whatsapp except for my 92 year old grandparents who don't own cell phones or have internet in their house. but the overages are crazy so id rather spend some extra pounds and be safe. I was there for 10 days. I think the whole package cost me 25 pounds at most.

I'm not gonna vouch for them because I can't stand their rule that activating a new package eliminates your old package (e.g. if you run out of data and buy a data package you will no longer have access to your voice allowance that was part of your original package). However, their prices were the best last I checked, they offer small packages for people on short stays and their top-up system is very easy to use. I had no issues receiving my sim and had no overage problems as I blocked overage on my account via their easy to use website.

[Dan]

If anyone is going to London and wants to buy 1701 credit (takeout and delivery food in London) please send me a PM

[MeirS]

If anyone is going to London and wants to buy 1701 credit (takeout and delivery food in London) please send me a PM

No trip in February?

[ad120]

If anyone is going to London and wants to buy 1701 credit (takeout and delivery food in London) please send me a PM

Hi Dan;
Welcome to the Forums!
How about you try posting here?:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?board=14.0
Good Luck

[ad120]

It depends what you need it for...

I am going to be in Scotland, England, & Ireland for 9 days. Mostly international calls and data. Though I need mostly international calls.

gifgaf was supposed to be delivered to my hotel and waiting for me. never showed up. walked to a local convenient store and purchased a lebara sim card with 5gb of data plus some international minutes in case I needed them (it was my wife's birthday, my parents anniversary, and grandparents birthdays so people wanted to call us or really have us call them). I could have done whatsapp calls over wifi in my hotel and purchased less data and less minutes because everyone has whatsapp except for my 92 year old grandparents who don't own cell phones or have internet in their house. but the overages are crazy so id rather spend some extra pounds and be safe. I was there for 10 days. I think the whole package cost me 25 pounds at most.

So 10 GBP for sim?

[Luvtotravel]

Hi Dan;
Welcome to the Forums!
How about you try posting here?:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?board=14.0
Good Luck

lol

[Dan]

No trip in February?

The locals say it's not a good time to go.

Hi Dan;
Welcome to the Forums!
How about you try posting here?:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?board=14.0
Good Luck

Banned.

If anyone is going to London and wants to buy 1701 credit (takeout and delivery food in London) please send me a PM

Got some PMs from people who weren't sure what this was good for.
Their website is http://1701kitchen.co.uk/