The new HFP chat thread – Wednesday 6th May

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• Dips says:

  6 May6 May 07:13

  I use to utilise the weekly IHG limit of 300/200 cash equivalent via curve to pay some bills. Any recommendations on how to utilise that without enabling curve fronted?

  • Anna says:

    6 May6 May 08:04

    Depends what the bills are, if they attract Curve charges there’s no way of getting round that with Curve. If you can, pay direct with the credit card, otherwise consider opening a Revolut account (but pay off credit card after topping up to avoid interest charges).

    • Dips says:

      6 May6 May 08:08

      Yes I always use credit card where I can first for the rewards! Revolut is no longer an option for me hence the question. Thanks

      • Don says:

        6 May6 May 08:17

        Have you been barred by Nikolay?

        • Genghis says:

          6 May6 May 08:41

          Vaguely interesting article in the FT on Revolut
          https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=revolut+is+the+most+hyped+fintech+in+europe&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

        • Dips says:

          6 May6 May 08:50

          Yes he and his army of human bots failed to understand how UK conveyancing works. Fortunately the onbundsman were able to handle it.

          Curve fronted did not impact that at all, it was the ability to pay (financial instirutuon) bills, hence looking for alternatives for utilising the weekly cash equivalent allowance on IHG credit card.

        • Grant says:

          6 May6 May 09:43

          You could use a Govt savings account as an intermediary, although this will be short lived as Curve Fronted will catch up eventually.

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    6 May6 May 10:38

    Ernie is still fine. Also doesn’t have the £700pw limit.

    • @mkcol says:

      6 May6 May 13:37

      I did not know this.
      Thank you.

• GDT says:

  6 May6 May 07:48

  I have a non-refundable Hilton reservation in Osaka for July which I am unlikely to be able to use because of travel restrictions. I made the booking in December. The hotel has not yet taken any payment and the card I used has expired. If I cancel or don’t show up will I be charged by Hilton?

  • Roberto says:

    6 May6 May 07:52

    Most non-refundable bookings are now cancellable, have you looked at the Hilton CV help pages on line?

    • GDT says:

      6 May6 May 07:55

      only cancellable to 30 June at the moment

      • Gavin says:

        6 May6 May 08:13

        They’ll probably update the policy to make it cancellable for free in a few weeks. If you contact the hotel directly they might allow you to cancel for free straight away.

        • Secret Squirrel says:

          6 May6 May 08:18

          Tried to call Virgin flying club yesterday, not operational until 5pm so used SMS & WA but neither routes got any reply and now more that 24 hours later.
          Is the SMS / WA route now not operational at all, will try to call again today?

        • Rob says:

          6 May6 May 09:29

          You’re looking at 2-3 days for a SMS reply.

        • GDT says:

          7 May7 May 05:54

          Thanks Gavin

          Took your advice and the hotel were very gracious and have cancelled the reservation without charge

          I continue to be delighted by Hilton.

• Sarah says:

  6 May6 May 08:38

  I had BA flight cancelled and managed to get through to get refund. I have received cash refund plus Avios that was originally paid but the 2-4-1 companion voucher isn’t showing in my account. Any ideas why this would be or do I have to attempt to call BA again?

  • Anna says:

    6 May6 May 08:45

    It does sound as though something has gone wrong here, as the voucher usually comes back with the Avios (and should get a 6 month extension). Was it definitely your voucher, as opposed to another HHA member? I had no idea which of our vouchers had been generated by whom until I checked both our accounts after cancelling our trips!

    • Rob says:

      6 May6 May 09:24

      We had this problem. In fact, we had a weirder version – we used 2x241s on the same booking and only one got returned! BA Refund Helper on Flyertalk got it fixed.

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    6 May6 May 09:56

    Should be back immediately or at the same time as your AVIOS refund.
    Ours came back in yesterday with the AVIOS and 241 extention.
    I would contact them as that’s not right!

• Roberto says:

  6 May6 May 08:39

  My Virgin to Hilton point transfer arrived today. Others have suggested it could be a wednesday thing as previous points seem to appear on wednesdays only..

  I texted VSFC on the 24th of April so quite happy with the turnaround.

  • Blindman says:

    6 May6 May 10:39

    +1

    • Andrew M says:

      6 May6 May 17:14

      +2 (Two transfers arrived with Hilton today)

• Stanley says:

  6 May6 May 09:02

  Data point – Amex refund back to bank account. Uploaded bank account form Friday 24th and requested refund. Credit refund showed on Amex on 29th April. Hit my bank account today. so 8/9 biz days all in.

  • Anna says:

    6 May6 May 10:41

    I got an Amex refund today from a closed account, took 10 working days.

    • Doug M says:

      6 May6 May 12:21

      Yep, likewise. It seems to me that closed account refunds take longer as they have to handle the proof of payment bank account, versus open accounts were the direct debit offers proof of payment bank account.

  • fivebobbill says:

    6 May6 May 13:57

    After closing my Plat card in late March the refund credit took nearly a month!
    A series of mishaps at their end caused the delay, and i was compensated with 5k Avios.

• Oh! Matron! says:

  6 May6 May 09:27

  Long shot, but has anyone any info on internal Aeroflot flights for July? Off (well, not off) to Kamchatka, but I’ve not heard anything from them

  • Alex M says:

    6 May6 May 11:16

    July is too far away, you’ll need to wait. Afaik they offer only vouchers if they cancel the flight so I hope you paid with the uk credit card to claim s75…

    • Oh! Matron! says:

      6 May6 May 12:59

      Okay, thanks 🙂 Thought as much, and yes, I did pay with SPG (RIP) Amex

• Ian M says:

  6 May6 May 09:51

  Hey everyone.

  Q.. Can you earn Hilton points when dining at a hotel restaurant but not a guest at the hotel? I know you can with Marriott, but as far as I’m aware you can’t with Hilton, but thought I’d check with the experts 🙂

  • Rob says:

    6 May6 May 10:09

    Don’t think so. I mean …. at some brands (eg Hampton) you don’t earn on restaurant meals even when you are staying!

    • paulm says:

      6 May6 May 10:24

      I think they changed this a few months ago so food/drink spend now gets points at Hamptons

      • Don says:

        6 May6 May 11:10

        Correct. All brands now earn points for incidentals.

• Mart says:

  6 May6 May 10:09

  Morning all
  Looking for a way to get 2.5k as miles without buying?

  • Mart says:

    6 May6 May 10:10

    AA miles
    …fat fingers

    • AJA says:

      6 May6 May 12:13

      Sign up to e-rewards and complete a lot of surveys? 2,000 e-rewards points converts to 500 AA miles. Alternatively just purchase them. They currently have a promotion giving a 40% bonus on miles purchased. I wish you could transfer between BAEC and AAdvantage but they are totally separate currencies.

    • Lyn says:

      6 May6 May 15:36

      Does the AA shopping portal work in the UK? Do you have any Marriott or other points to transfer?

    • Wally1976 says:

      6 May6 May 17:47

      Marriott Bonvoy points convert into AA miles I think?

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