BP is leaving Nectar on 31st May

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• Qwerty Bertie says:

  16 May16 May 10:34

  If it’s urgent, wouldn’t buying some or all of the points from IHG be worth considering?

  • Nick says:

    16 May16 May 12:17

    thanks. by urgent, i mean in the next 3-4 days. I think my plan of doing tesco and mR points works, and hopefully in that timeframe. i was just checking i was not missing a trick and that there were not more ways to do it. I don’t really want to waste MR points even though the balance is tiny, and 1mr point per 1 ihG point seems a bit rubbish. if i can buy iHG points at less then 0.5p I will.

    • John says:

      16 May16 May 13:05

      I think virgin to IHG happens on the 1st of every month only

      • Nick says:

        16 May16 May 15:29

        hmm. well. That’s a bit of a problem! Thanks.

• BJ says:

  16 May16 May 11:20

  OT: Anybody seen any sign of clubcard coversion bonus, competitions etc for BA or Virgin this quarter?

  Reply

  • Peter K says:

    16 May16 May 12:36

    Nope.

  • Alan says:

    16 May16 May 13:45

    There was the 1000 VS bonus for selecting auto-payment in VS that was mentioned a week or so ago.

  • BJ says:

    16 May16 May 19:18

    Very disappointing, all my rocket packs could do with some new boosters!

• BrotherBear says:

  16 May16 May 11:25

  I booked a BA RFS reward flight last June (booked as 2 one ways) for me and the wife to fly at the end of this month.

  In October last year I received a flight change notification changing airports from Heathrow to Gatwick as well as to move the flight times by between 1-3 hours.

  Last month I received more notifications of further flight time changes albeit between 15-20 minutes each flight.

  We are no longer going on this trip and so I wish to cancel the booking and get a return of my Avios and taxes.

  I’ve just tried to cancel the flights online and on both legs it is trying to charge me a cancellation fee equal to the taxes originally paid for each booking.

  I thought I was entitled to a full refund of Avios and taxes paid in the event that there are changes to flight times etc?

  Thanks in advance

  • Genghis says:

    16 May16 May 11:32

    If change is 2 hours+ it’s classified as “significant” and you’re entitled to a refund. If so, call BA.

  • Shoestring says:

    16 May16 May 13:10

    Unfortunately BA don’t treat moving you from Heathrow to Gatwick as a significant change but you can argue the point on the phone & I understand they often concede the point and let you cancel for free

  • John says:

    16 May16 May 13:32

    Did you accept the October changes? If so BA will argue the latest change is not significant. Hopefully you didn’t inadvertently accept them.

  • BrotherBear says:

    16 May16 May 18:57

    Thanks all

    Called up a short while ago and helpful lady cancelled the flights with a full refund of Avios and cash without me needing to argue anything.

• Lloyd says:

  16 May16 May 12:29

  O/T: Is anyone else having trouble logging into the BA shopping site?

  • Peter K says:

    16 May16 May 12:38

    Some yesterday were saying to use a different browser. FireFox seems especially bad for the BA portal currently.

  • Michael says:

    16 May16 May 12:40

    me – on chrome.

    • Lloyd says:

      16 May16 May 13:21

      I’m also using Chrome

  • Neil says:

    16 May16 May 13:50

    Haven’t been able to use it since last Friday on Chrome or Safari

    • Michael says:

      16 May16 May 14:17

      app is also buggered.

  • MinR says:

    16 May16 May 15:03

    I get “Sorry, The page you’re looking for has either moved or no longer exists.” when I click on the login button on the portal.

    • Shoestring says:

      16 May16 May 15:12

      Log in & navigation onwards to use shopping portal is fine with Opera 🙂

• krys_k says:

  16 May16 May 13:47

  OT. Topping up Revolut with new Virgin CC. Has anyone done this? Does it post as a purchase or cash advance?
  Thanks.

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    16 May16 May 14:19

    Purchase

    • YNWII says:

      16 May16 May 14:28

      what about IHG’s card? Purchase or advance?

      • Grant says:

        16 May16 May 14:39

        Purchase, but you’ll struggle to load up more than £250 per day from IHG

        • Jonathan says:

          16 May16 May 19:13

          I called Creation re the IHG card. Revolut topups falls into a cash transaction category and so has £250 a day/£700 a week rolling limit. But it doesn’t attract interest or anything. I asked if that limit can be charged and was told no.

    • krys_k says:

      16 May16 May 14:49

      Great. Thanks. How much are you able to load up at any one time ? Is there a weekly monthly limit in your experience?

      • stevenhp1987 says:

        16 May16 May 17:23

        It starts at £250 per day but can go higher as you use it. Revolut will ask for docs every £25k or so and will potentially ban you if you are just cycling cash.

        • krys_k says:

          16 May16 May 19:52

          Thanks

  • Anna says:

    16 May16 May 18:16

    Can you top up Revolut with the HH visa? I was using Curve to top up Cash Passport but it’s not accepted it the last few times I tried. I need a new 0% FX option when the Lloyds cards finally go but am loath to resort to any methods which don’t earn points!

    • TripRep says:

      16 May16 May 19:35

      Yes BY Visa tops up Revolut, treated as purchase, also great way of ensuring you keep Gold

• AndyF says:

  16 May16 May 14:37

  AMEX buying up a restaurant table reservation platform. Probably in a hope to boost their Platinum card offering on the concierge side.

  https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/15/american-express-is-acquiring-resy/?tpcc=ECFB2019&fbclid=IwAR0h_x-vqVRsRCRAWUcVR-YXan8VAFH2CosLSOLLy6SEk8_eNdzdhr6JoJc

  • Shoestring says:

    16 May16 May 14:54

    Crazy valuation – I make that possibly north of $80-100m

    for giving some reservations to 4000 signed up restaurants?

    • Shoestring says:

      16 May16 May 16:39

      Any guesses at Amex’s strategy here? LoungeBuddy only accepts reservations with an Amex card.
      Amex has also acquired Resy (ie this news), PocketConcierge, Cake (a UK restaurant billpay start-up). All hospitality acquisitions.

      Are they all to become Amex exclusives? Ie added value for cardholders, another way to justify the card fee?

      ‘The Resy acquisition fits into AmEx’s campaign to reclaim its place in the hearts (and wallets) of power diners since the launch of Chase’s Sapphire Reserve, which became the overwhelmingly preferred credit card of millennials who spend everything they earn on avocado toast and Airbnbs abroad. Last year, AmEx launched a revived (rose) gold card that offered quadruple points on dining, and a $120 credit toward meals at Shake Shack or via GrubHub and Seamless.

      While Resy has moved away from requiring users to pay for reservations, it had already offered exclusive deals to AmEx holders, like special tables and early access to ticketed events. “Our plan is to continue to have Resy be open and to the public so anyone can use it to book restaurants,” Chris Cracchiolo, American Express’s SVP of global loyalty and benefits, told Fast Company. “Over time, we will look to bring some of those capabilities into the AmEx ecosystem.” ‘

      • BJ says:

        16 May16 May 19:15

        Perhaps I’m missing something obvious but how could they be amex exclusives when the likes of LoungeBuddy for example use third party lounges? Why would they even want to curtail potential income by making them amex exclusive?

        • Shoestring says:

          16 May16 May 19:27

          Yep I think the logic is somewhat flawed. You don’t need LoungeBuddy to buy a lounge pass. You don’t/ won’t need Resy to get you into a top restaurant – there are other apps (eg OpenTable).

          But think of wealthier (more desirable) Amex cardholders than you & myself – will they grow to rely on Amex to ‘concierge’ them in life? It could be a very soft benefit compared to (say) car hire insurance – but appreciated nonetheless.

          And as soft benefits can be judged in ways other that bringing hard cash to Amex, such as usage over time, Amex can convince itself it is retaining the most desirable of cardholders – & growing them through word of mouth I guess. Plus the odd ad extolling the concierge advantages of Amex membership.

    • Anna says:

      16 May16 May 18:17

      Must be all that money they’re saving from the new sign up rules!

• Alex says:

  16 May16 May 16:19

  I had the 12% offer on my Club Lloyds Current account

• Anna says:

  16 May16 May 18:24

  OT – applied for First Direct visa for the balance transfer facility. The applications dept called me and asked why my credit record showed me closing so many cards recently. I told the CSA about the Amex changes and she laughed and approved my application.

  • BJ says:

    16 May16 May 19:10

    That must have been a very long story with all that’s going on in HFP land 🙂

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