The new HFP chat thread – Saturday 25th April

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• BLT says:

  25 Apr25 April 17:14

  I’ve upgraded to metal curve a few weeks ago. Anyone know how to activate the card in the app? Can’t see an option, so have been continuing to use my old black card with the meta benefits.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    25 Apr25 April 17:23

    I think I had this and needed to uninstall/ reinstall. Support told me to do that so I don’t know if they did something behind the scenes too

• Spaghetti Town says:

  25 Apr25 April 17:25

  What options do I have for Virgin Flying Club miles except for Hilton? Speculative booking with a partner?

  • Baji Nahid says:

    25 Apr25 April 17:55

    Honestly, apart from IHG you got eurostar or a virgin voucher

• Peter North says:

  25 Apr25 April 17:41

  Priti Patel just boasted that shoplifting has fallen during the lockdown.
  She knows most shops are shut, she’s just taking the p**s out of us

  • TGLoyalty says:

    25 Apr25 April 17:54

    Amazing isn’t it. Though she may have been waiting for a wave of lootings

  • Lady London says:

    25 Apr25 April 18:55

    She’s missed a trick. She could have said burglaries are down as well. This must be true, because we’re all home all the time. I guess burglars are mostly on furlough now

  • BJ says:

    25 Apr25 April 18:55

    Whitehall bullying and intimidation is probably down too given social distancing and working from home. Did she say anything about that?

  • Rum says:

    25 Apr25 April 18:56

    I wonder how long before she digs her own political grave again…

    • Peter North says:

      25 Apr25 April 20:08

      I should think that next week won’t be a great week for Mrs Patel.. She’s due to testify before the Home Affairs Select Committee. Something that she has avoided for weeks.

  • Charlieface says:

    25 Apr25 April 22:03

    http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2020/03/17/burglars-seek-everyones-in-government-bailout/

• Kev 85 says:

  25 Apr25 April 17:59

  I wonder what people who were around during world wars would make of people complaining about being bored because they have to stay at home for a few weeks?

  ❄️

  • Peter North says:

    25 Apr25 April 18:09

    Tomorrow in another splash the Home Secretary will announce a dramatic reduction in football hooliganism and bar fights.

  • Harry T says:

    25 Apr25 April 18:17

    I actually think lockdown isn’t a big deal at all, I just miss the travelling.

    • Jill (Kinkell) says:

      25 Apr25 April 18:49

      It’s not causing us much angst. We have a large…huge..garden and live in the country. Weather has been great so far. . Miss various activities,though ( bridge, orchestra, gym) but on the whole we are better off than most. Like you, miss the travelling …… trip to Tesco is my highlight !

      • Anna says:

        25 Apr25 April 19:10

        +1, I don’t mind being at home but I feel lost not being able to plan anything!

        • Chrish says:

          25 Apr25 April 19:29

          Anna, How can you say you miss not being able to plan anything !
          You can plan “Loads” just not able to do what you plan 🙂

        • Polly says:

          25 Apr25 April 19:34

          Agree, the planning is a lot of fun. We have Malaysia booked from bel in Nov and torn whether to forward plan flights etc within the trip. But hopefully there will be some let up by then.

          And now we have Bill Gates offering to fund the vaccine worldwide if Oxford comes up with it. Nothing from Bezos

  • Rob says:

    25 Apr25 April 22:01

    Shops, bars etc didn’t close! Lots of places, inc The Ritz, noting that they never shut during two wars but had to shut for this.

• Anna says:

  25 Apr25 April 19:05

  It’s been reported that Wizz Air is re-starting flights from Luton airport to various European destinations including Tenerife from May 1st. I don’t understand how they plan to get around the various entry restrictions though?

  • Peter K says:

    25 Apr25 April 19:13

    They’ll fly over them 😂

• Voltron says:

  25 Apr25 April 19:23

  Anybody know if MCC 6211 will be charged 1.5% by curve?

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    25 Apr25 April 20:04

    How are you guys finding out the current financial Merchant codes? I’m interested researching merchants codes used before pushing the button.

    • Travel Strong says:

      25 Apr25 April 20:08

      Trial and error. Small test transaction and look to see what happens. All card app’s at least tell you the long description, and that can be looked up against the MCC lists.

    • Voltron says:

      25 Apr25 April 21:48

      It comes up on the internet banking website for virgin when pending, then also shows in the virgin app once posted, not sure for other cards

• Baji Nahid says:

  25 Apr25 April 19:38

  Anyone with LNER Vouchers, I just messaged the twitter team and what they done was they consolidated my vouchers into 1 and extended the validity of it till December 2021! hope it helps!

  • Craig says:

    25 Apr25 April 19:48

    Good result, I found them hard work at the beginning but recently the service on refunds has been superb.

  • BJ says:

    25 Apr25 April 20:24

    Great, thanks.

  • Donny says:

    25 Apr25 April 20:50

    Thanks, I dm them as well but only with 12 months extension from today.

    • Sloth says:

      25 Apr25 April 22:08

      Same

• Chris says:

  25 Apr25 April 19:55

  Just collecting opinions… I have the Miles & More credit card for a year now but I don’t think it justifies its fee and it’s also the fact that no supplementary cardholder is allowed (not good when missus goes for shopping!)

  I am thinking of cancelling, especially as I only have around 30k miles.

  What are your thoughts?

  • Peter K says:

    25 Apr25 April 20:21

    My thought is be careful about miles expiry and if they will expire if your don’t put monthly spend through the card then spend them before cancelling!

  • Rob says:

    25 Apr25 April 21:56

    I would find a redemption you want (presumably one-way business class) and then get up to that level. If you’re not getting a long-haul premium cabin flight out of it you will struggle to get any value.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    25 Apr25 April 22:02

    Why not give your partner a curve card linked to the mastercard?

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