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• Ben says:

  7 Jun7 June 10:05

  OT. If I have the Amex Plat and add Mrs Ben as a supp does that mean she can use my lounge card while she is on her own?

  • Peter K says:

    7 Jun7 June 10:15

    If she is the first supplementary card holder then her card will also be platinum. She will then get her own priority pass for lounge access. Only you can use yours (+1 guest of course with you).

  • Mark says:

    7 Jun7 June 10:15

    she should have her own priority pass card as a supplement amex plat holder

  • Matt says:

    7 Jun7 June 10:16

    She will get her own PP card to use

  • Paul says:

    7 Jun7 June 10:16

    No. She will get her own Priority Pass card as a supplementary platinum card holder on your account

  • Mark2 says:

    7 Jun7 June 10:17

    if it is a Platinum sup she will have her own lounge card.

  • Rob says:

    7 Jun7 June 11:56

    No, but she will get her own Priority Pass.

  • Lady London says:

    7 Jun7 June 19:42

    So…. err… is that enough confirmation for you ? 🙂 what a great place HfP is.

    6 confirmations in well under 2 hours.

    • Ben says:

      7 Jun7 June 21:05

      Haha. I have only just got back online and seen all the replies! Thanks guys.

      Slight hiccup as mrs Ben is out the country at the moment, returning on Monday. Was hoping to add her as supp so she can use it at the airport on Monday. Never mind I’ll just add her for her next solo trip.

      Thanks again

• Ian says:

  7 Jun7 June 10:08

  Off Topic…
  I was booked on BA233 from LHR – DME (Moscow) on 30th December in First Class as a redemption booking. I’ve been emailed by BA this morning to inform me “Your seats have been changed”. I’m now marked as being in the same seat but it says Club World not First..

  So I’m guessing they’ve changed planes? But it won’t even let me view a new seat map. How do I find out what plane is now flying this route? There’s no mention in the email from BA about what happens with the Avios I paid for the First class booking..

  • Genghis says:

    7 Jun7 June 10:19

    Look on expedia. BA233 now a 321 so no F. Call up BA.

    • Ian says:

      7 Jun7 June 11:08

      Oh that’s horrible, thanks for the info. I’ll call them

    • Lady London says:

      7 Jun7 June 19:43

      You might want to see if they are offering compensation first. A la the switch to Qatar planes that is getting some interesting offers on here in past day or so.

  • Lady London says:

    7 Jun7 June 19:45

    Er…. or maybe British Airways has just downgraded you. I’ve had an airline try to tell me the flight I had booked a reward seat on was cancelled when the local sports team had just progressed further in a major championship. The flight was still flying and had loads of seats, but the airline thought they could offload me and sell my seat for more.

• Adam Smith says:

  7 Jun7 June 10:19

  Rob – I used my Curve to pay my Amex balance and charged it to my Tesco card. Will this incur a fee, or is it only cash and overseas transactions? Thanks

  • JP says:

    7 Jun7 June 10:57

    Are you saying you did or are looking to do it? I tried this before and it didn’t work.

    Any transaction is attracting the fee when the underlying card is a Tesco credit card currently.

    • Adam Smith says:

      7 Jun7 June 11:43

      Mine worked, but is listed as pending on the Tesco app

      • Geoff says:

        7 Jun7 June 11:53

        They always go pending for a day or 2. You will probably be hit with the ‘cash’ fee as all Curve / Tesco transactions seem to be currently.

      • Andrew25 says:

        7 Jun7 June 11:57

        You guys need to be careful because using Curve to pay off other credit card debt is a big no no and they could cancel your account for abusing the Curve T&C’s

  • Rob says:

    7 Jun7 June 11:55

    Looks like it will incur the fee, yes.

• Jovanna says:

  7 Jun7 June 10:41

  Very OT: My husband wants a pair of ‘classic’ Tod’s for his birthday later in the month, ‘to wear down the pub’.

  I’ve no idea what he means by classic. Any ideas?

  • Rob says:

    7 Jun7 June 11:53

    I would assume he means the standard driving shoe with the pebble sole, eg http://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/tods-gommino-leather-driving-shoes_5105-10004-1082333109/?previewAttribute=Tan although they come in every colour under the sun if you go for nubuck.

    I assume this is a leafy country pub or somewhere in West London because there are many parts of the UK where wearing a pair of, say, green nubuck Tod’s driving shoes to the pub would not be a good move …..!

    • Alex W says:

      7 Jun7 June 13:04

      330 quid! That’s obscene. Who is he hoping to impress at this pub? Lewis Hamilton?

      • Rob says:

        7 Jun7 June 13:08

        That is going rate for designer ‘everyday wear’ shoes if you pop into the Harrods shoe department. To be fair you’ll arguably get better value out of £300 designer shoes than a £300 designer shirt.

        Worth noting that Tod’s revenue was €963m last year. Far more people spend £300 on shoes than you think.

      • Lumma says:

        7 Jun7 June 15:03

        Not to mention that they’re absolutely awful shoes

        • Rob says:

          7 Jun7 June 15:12

          I have a pair of nubuck ones that I wear on the beach, and which I’ve had for about 10 years. They are kind of compulsory in Caribbean or 5-star Middle Eastern resorts, along with a linen shirt and some Orlebar Brown bulldog shorts. I wouldn’t actually wear them around London, and the ‘pebbled’ sole means that they feel a bit odd anyway (although flat soled versions are available). The pebbled sole leaves a nice pattern in the sand too 🙂

      • Lady London says:

        7 Jun7 June 19:49

        Classic. I love it.
        Btw I love those shoes. They are not worth £330 but they do last.

        There used to be some very good imitations available in Italy. But Tod’s is very very efficient as suing anybody that offers their classic nubbed rubber pebbled sole and threatening to close them down. A company I bought a lot of them off complied.

    • Jovanna says:

      7 Jun7 June 13:27

      Thanks, Rob!

  • Evan says:

    7 Jun7 June 22:30

    This site is going downhill.

    • Rob says:

      7 Jun7 June 22:42

      Happy to help if you’ve got any fashion queries Evan 🙂 Anything for a 35+ metrosexual should be within my remit ….

• NotALaunderer says:

  7 Jun7 June 10:51

  Slightly OT
  I need to withdraw around €20,000 in cash in Spain, a load of vendors want paying cash in hand for an event im organising. I am going to be in Spain for 4 days, any idea on good methodology of doing this?

  • Alex W says:

    7 Jun7 June 12:51

    Report them to the Spanish tax authorities?

    • Andrew M says:

      7 Jun7 June 19:48

      Brilliant!

  • Anna says:

    7 Jun7 June 14:30

    I bet they do! I can’t see how it would be practical to do this via ATM withdrawals, so unless you can arrange for your bank to send the money to a bank in Spain where they would let you withdraw it in cash, you might have to take a sizeable chunk with you, which might also attract attention when it goes through the scanners, and you need to declare anything above 10k euros.

  • Lady London says:

    7 Jun7 June 19:52

    I believe Spanish banks do offer a sort of escrow for this.
    But of course your vendors want cash.
    What a risk.
    I’m really not sure I would pay out that much in advance, in cash. Fine to pay in cash at the point services are delivered.

    I think H M Customs wants to know if anyone is carrying more than 10000 euros on them in or out of the UK, no?

• Craig says:

  7 Jun7 June 12:08

  OT: Mrs S about to sign up for an Amex MR card, what’s the most lucrative bonus route assuming no upgrade path from Gold Credit to Plat Charge?

  • Genghis says:

    7 Jun7 June 12:28

    Erm – Amex Plat referred from Amex Plat?

• Amma says:

  7 Jun7 June 12:10

  Ot- refund protection insurance on my spg Amex. Bought two bags for 70 from tk maxx but have lost reciept so sellar refusing refund/exchange. Would Amex give me a refund?

  • the real harry1 says:

    7 Jun7 June 13:01

    Bought in store? There’s no right to refund/ exchange unless faulty, when retailers do allow returns because item not wanted, that’s not required by consumer law, just retailer being consumer-friendly. So TX Maxx insisting on receipt is fairly normal otherwise they’s get shoplifters bring back items for cash refund etc. Nothing Amex would do here IMV.

    Bought online? You have the right to return (for any reason you like) so that isn’t an issue – and I don’t understand why you wouldn’t have proof of purchase in your email inbox. If you mean you lost the receipt that came with the package, that’s not really essential as you can prove purchase in other ways. Yes, in that situation you might get Amex to agree to chargeback the item if you explained it as above. But surprised in scenario 2 if TK Maxx wouldn’t accept other proof of purchase ie email trail and credit card statement.

    • Ammar says:

      7 Jun7 June 19:29

      Thanks for the insight….I think I will try to sell them on ebay. Thought I could claim via Amex refund protection on the credit card.

      • the real harry1 says:

        7 Jun7 June 19:52

        In my ill-begotten youth I sort of unpicked a hem on a shirt so that I could get a refund on faulty goods lol 🙂

      • Lady London says:

        7 Jun7 June 19:54

        What else did you do, Harry?
        OT

      • the real harry1 says:

        7 Jun7 June 20:00

        I did a bit more than running though fields of wheat

      • Alex W says:

        7 Jun7 June 21:34

        Wheat fields! LOL

  • the_real_a says:

    11 Jun11 June 14:32

    For reference there IS refund protection on the AMEX charge cards over £50. You can claim on the insurance for any reason (if the store refuses to accept back your purchase) upto 90 days. I did this on a a computer chair that i decided i hated after 30 days so the store refused to accept it back, but AXA refunded the money and we agreed i would donate the chair to the local hospice charity shop (and get a document to prove i did). The only issue if that you would need the original receipt for the refund protection insurance.

• Alan says:

  7 Jun7 June 12:24

  OT, if you refer someone from a BAPP what bonus do you get for that referral?

  • Genghis says:

    7 Jun7 June 12:27

    9k avios

    • Alan says:

      7 Jun7 June 12:37

      Thanks Genghis

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