The new HFP chat thread – Tuesday 28th April

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• Tim says:

  28 Apr28 April 16:59

  Has anyone else recieved a email from Fcsverify@fly.virgin.com? They are asking for more information including email address, address and contact numbers. There are a couple of language errors in the email, but otherwise looks quite convincing. They have quoted my FC number.

  The background is that I recently contacted Virgin FC to move points to IHG via WhatsApp. (also by text, but WhatsApp beat them by a few hours). The response took 3 days, but when they did message back, they were great, and the points left the FC account immediately, so I can only assume it’s all been done.

  Thanks

  • Grant says:

    28 Apr28 April 17:04

    Yes. Looks dodgy but it’s legit and you need to respond before the miles will appear in your Hilton account.

    • Tim says:

      28 Apr28 April 17:48

      Thanks Grant.

• Tanya says:

  28 Apr28 April 17:16

  I am due to fly Gatwick to Mauritius late November with BA. I know no-one can predict if I am going to be able to get this flight or not. I do wonder if BA may move their long haul slots to Heathrow instead? I was wondering what others thought?

  • Lady London says:

    29 Apr29 April 02:21

    Very likely

• Waddle says:

  28 Apr28 April 17:24

  BREAK: British Airways owner IAG has said the airline is set to make up to 12,000 workers redundant

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    28 Apr28 April 17:31

    link please. can’t find it on google

    • Waddle says:

      28 Apr28 April 17:34

      Might not be on Google yes as it literally just dropped:
      https://news.sky.com/story/british-airways-may-cut-12-000-jobs-as-virus-crisis-grounds-flights-11980136

• Doommonger says:

  28 Apr28 April 17:40

  BA to cut 12000 Jobs in light of Covid19

• Waddle says:

  28 Apr28 April 17:47

  So I applied to upgrade my Green to Platinum to bag the 20k bonus and 2MR per £ at the moment. (Weird time, I know, but I have a large purchase and have been taking Addison Lee rides anyway so think I can make it work for three months). Anyway I didn’t get an instant decision so I waited over the weekend (applied on Friday) and phoned the new accounts team yesterday who told me it was in the “last stages” and to call again today. So I did and was told to wait further because of reduced workeforce. Are there any readers with or had pending applications during the COVID-19 period – if so how long did it take before you got a decision?

  • Rum says:

    29 Apr29 April 00:11

    I’d be interested to hear how you get on, Waddle

  • Crafty says:

    29 Apr29 April 00:12

    We had our Green to Plat take longer than expected. certainly over a week. Received the Plat 2 weeks ago.

• Nick_C says:

  28 Apr28 April 17:54

  Presumably BA won’t be making staff redundant right now while furlough is available.

  Although I acknowledge that BA needs to slim down dramatically to survive and adapt to the new normal.

  • J says:

    28 Apr28 April 18:19

    Mixed Fleet crew have poor contracts, high staff turnover anyway many will have been with BA for less than 2 years. They don’t get paid a lot though.

  • Roguemale says:

    28 Apr28 April 18:23

    Nick,
    IAG first quarter statement just out…not pretty.
    Re-structuring and redundancies….one of whom may be the hedging guy by the look of the numbers!
    Ouch
    RM.

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    28 Apr28 April 18:31

    And there’s the crux of the Virgin Atlantic problem – do you save Virgin jobs, or save BA jobs?

    Since they compete on the same routes, and there won’t be enough business for both for the foreseeable future….

    Form a taxpayer point of view, maybe lose the jobs where you would have to put the most cash in?

    (of course, the counter argument is that BA will – as soon as Virgin goes – ask for cash anyway.)

• Joe says:

  28 Apr28 April 18:02

  Re Virgin Flying Club – can anyone remind me (or point me in direction of an article) about how to exchange Virgin Miles for vouchers? And can these vouchers be used for virgin wine club does anyone know?
  Thank you!

  • Rob says:

    28 Apr28 April 19:20

    You need to call or use the SMS or WhatsApp service. Virgin Wines is a partner, yes.

    • Paul74 says:

      28 Apr28 April 19:50

      The text service seems to be working well, so far. I texted the number on the Virgin website on Sunday and got the request (to move most of my miles, 100k, to Hilton) actioned on 48 hours.
      I say so far, given myself a reminder to check at the end of time advised.
      I tended to value my Virgin miles at a notional 0.75p as they didn’t offer the same redemption opportunities as avios, so I don’t feel to sorry about my decision to cut losses and move them to HH. Cheers, keep well everyone.

    • Joe says:

      29 Apr29 April 00:09

      thank you!

• Baji Nahid says:

  28 Apr28 April 18:36

  Im waiting to see if they will up the bonuses for referrals for the Free BA card but also see if they increase bonus points for adding supplementary card holders.

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    28 Apr28 April 19:21

    I dought that, atleast on the free card!
    Anyone called up to see if any offers are forthcoming from amex on closing BAPP?

    • Harry T says:

      28 Apr28 April 19:34

      No one offered me anything when I cancelled mine (wouldn’t have cared anyway – was 8000 Avios in the red or something).

      • Secret Squirrel says:

        28 Apr28 April 19:36

        Smart move. I cancelled the free BA card as will be 4k under. Opened up a new BAPP soon after using referral.😉

        • Harry T says:

          28 Apr28 April 21:55

          @SS
          Smart idea!

          It was @BJ’s idea to cancel my card so I can’t take the credit.

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