The new HFP chat thread – Saturday 23rd May

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• Donna says:

  23 May23 May 08:31

  I had removd the Barclays travel pack in January this year as was not planning any travel. I thought I could re add at a later date, but it is no longer available…

• Harry T says:

  23 May23 May 08:35

  Hertz have filed for bankruptcy – breaking news.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    23 May23 May 08:39

    Chapter 11 is a bit different. Sure they will restructure (write off their debts) and continue

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      23 May23 May 09:37

      Indeed, more like a CVA except less voluntary

• Travel Strong says:

  23 May23 May 11:10

  Virgin miles on Delta metal: Sep/Oct direct flights LHR-SLC have been cancelled and rerouted with 4hr layovers each way in MSC.

  1st choice would be to wait it out and see if the direct flights are reinstated (unlikely).

  2nd best option for me would be a change of destination e.g. LHR-LAS direct. Is this also unlikely?

  I will be calling to ask virgin, but interested if theres any history of destination changes being granted.

  • Travel Strong says:

    23 May23 May 11:11

    P.S. Fully acknowledge theres a chance of USA not being open for business still. Question assumes that it is!

• Alba says:

  23 May23 May 11:20

  There’s a fun competition on Strava at the moment. If you log 6 hours of exercise between now and 30th of May you are entered into a draw to win 100k Alaskan Airlines Miles.

  https://strava.app.link/qpLEbhBFI6

• Chrish says:

  23 May23 May 13:01

  The best way forward would be to lift Travel Restrictions for “All Holidays” in the UK
  As the R drops that way the UK could start to get back on track.
  Ok no flights except fpr cargo outwards, but most (not all) Holidaymakers are taking money out of the country.
  While if there was no travel abroad the UK would get an above normal boost
  Ok there would be a downside of not many visitors allowed in (which would be a massive loss)
  But a 14 day quarantine has the same effect (so no difference)
  If the Government announced it say beginning of June the majority could start booking Holidays in the UK

  • J says:

    23 May23 May 13:53

    A holiday in the UK for most people would work out expensive vs a package holiday to Spain. I’d guess a lot of people will just stay home and do the odd day trip.

    • Aston100 says:

      23 May23 May 14:22

      I just priced up a week to Yorkshire and Lake District.
      Was surprisingly expensive, when considering all the projected costs.
      I keep forgetting how expensive even restaurant food is in this country versus abroad.

      • Anna says:

        23 May23 May 14:43

        There was a comment in one of the tabloids to the effect that it’s all a government plot to make people spend their money on staycations. The more I think about it though…!

        And yes, we’re going to see some off the scale price rises in the coming weeks.

        • J says:

          23 May23 May 14:56

          People staying at home don’t spend a lot – and now no tourists coming to the UK…

      • John says:

        23 May23 May 20:58

        Then go to cafes and order takeaways

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      23 May23 May 18:40

      Not if you come into Wales you won’t, you’ll get fined!

  • Riccatti says:

    23 May23 May 17:05

    My first quibble is cost of train tickets. London to Dorset will set you off for 140quid or so..

    • Rob says:

      23 May23 May 17:20

      I think we paid around £500 last year to get from London to my Mum in Yorkshire, First Class, for the four of us (2 kids in that group).

      • Chris Heyes says:

        23 May23 May 19:04

        Rob@ ashamed of you lol,
        I travel regularly from Blackburn to Bognor Regis cost around £34 1st Class one way, booked 3 month in advance (i start looking 12 weeks from when i wish to travel)
        used to travel Virgin, before they lost the franchise (Good Breakfast on Train & 1st Class lounge in London bonus)
        I Can tell you (before lockdown) Avanti took over from Virgin late 2019
        From London you can/could buy a family ticket 1st Class up to 2 Adults & up to 4 Children travelling for £100 (at least 1 Adult & 1 child must travel) 6 persons in total though
        I’ve done the journey regular From either Preston-London or Manchester-London
        That special ticket available on most days (no need book 12 weeks in advance)
        So the most should cost for 6 1st Class return Manchester or Preston is £200
        1ST Class was usually almost empty most of the times i traveled (off peak)
        For any cheapskate readers its £50 in plebs class one way, but that’s still for 2 Adults & 4 brats (sorry children) lol

      • Chris Heyes says:

        23 May23 May 19:11

        Rob@ PS That’s a Special Ticket “Family Ticket only Avanti do it” No railcard discount allowed
        £100 1st Class £50 normal Class but for 6 it’s the biggest bargain on Rail Network
        only checked Blackburn & Preston
        So no idea any other parts of network ?

        • Chris Heyes says:

          23 May23 May 19:50

          EDIT Preston-London
          Manchester-London
          (Not Blackburn my error)

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      23 May23 May 18:41

      National Express will set you back about £10 or so

      • Lady London says:

        23 May23 May 22:46

        Why not megabus? £1

    • pauldb says:

      23 May23 May 18:53

      Time for the HFP house swap column?

      • Spaghetti Town says:

        24 May24 May 13:09

        Nothing wrong with that! i fly J and National Express Y.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    23 May23 May 17:36

    Closing down tourism inbound simply means the money being spent is money already in our economy, why would you want to intentionally prevent any inbound tourist spend?

• Harry T says:

  23 May23 May 13:28

  Has anyone successfully cancelled their Tesco Pet Insurance via email?

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    23 May23 May 14:14

    Cant confirm that Harry but our Ca$#b@ck has gone confirmed @ £56.00, with the £45 goodwill payment for points not arrived yet its turning out to be a very profitable exercise.
    Just call them up, its very simple and then cancel DD.

    • Aston100 says:

      23 May23 May 14:21

      How was the goodwill payment arranged? Did you contact customer services via email/phone/something else?

      • Secret Squirrel says:

        23 May23 May 15:05

        I called up and when advised my bonus points would not be awarded until next Q I requested it be esculated to the complaints dept. Received a call back a few days later and agreed on the goodwill gesture payment which has been received into our bank account.

    • Baji Nahid says:

      23 May23 May 15:18

      Is £56 the total amount you paid for the insurance?

      • BJ says:

        23 May23 May 15:45

        No, the £56 is from the place we don’t talk about here, at least not often enough for @Harry T to get his act together.

        • Harry T says:

          23 May23 May 16:57

          I played myself!

      • Secret Squirrel says:

        23 May23 May 16:56

        No, we’ve paid just under £12 so far. We will pay the next i nstallment to get the £56 so less than £16 for £101 return (£56 + £45). No points unless we pay another 3 x installments.

  • BJ says:

    23 May23 May 15:50

    You now call them and tell them your pet is now better protected by Sainsbury at lower cost with bonus Necrar points…we need then to bring back their offer soon.

    • Harry T says:

      23 May23 May 16:56

      Don’t want to trigger a retention offer 😉

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      23 May23 May 17:38

      Remind me about your miggy?

      Mine seemed awfully pricey to insure, I was considering changing models

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        23 May23 May 17:45

        Moggy!

    • Aston100 says:

      23 May23 May 18:16

      Morally ambiguous.
      Actually not ambiguous at all. Just straight up immoral.

      • BrianW says:

        23 May23 May 19:00

        Lol ❄️. Not half as ‘immoral’ as the stunts the same insurers pull to make a fast buck 🙄

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        23 May23 May 19:55

        Finally Mr Hancock speaks out on Mr Cummings.

        Bout time too Matt

  • Flying Misfit says:

    23 May23 May 16:31

    tesco.petinsurance@uk.rsagroup.com

    Although we are sorry to learn you are looking to cancel your policy, we are certainly able to action this request for you via email exchange.So that we are able to do so, please kindly respond to this email with the following information;

    · The first line of your address and postcode

    · Your pets name

    · Your date of birth

    • Harry T says:

      23 May23 May 16:56

      Thanks!

    • Secret Squirrel says:

      23 May23 May 16:56

      Good info, thanks

  • Erico1875 says:

    23 May23 May 16:58

    I did it over the phone. Just said I could no longer afford it. As usual as with the mobile network, customer service was brilliant.

• Andrew says:

  23 May23 May 14:01

  France definitely off the cards now with a 14 day quarantine when entering as well.

• Michael Jennings says:

  23 May23 May 14:38

  Has anyone got a refund from Virgin Atlantic in the last couple of months at all? I had a redemption flight HKG-LHR in early April. The flight got cancelled, I requested a refund, they gave me back the points at once, and promised me a refund of the taxes/fees components. A few days later I got an e-mail from their refunds department saying they had received my request for a refund, and nothing at all from them since. An e-mail to them asking what is going on has not been replied to. Should I just request a chargeback?

  • Rob says:

    23 May23 May 14:52

    90-100 days is what they are currently saying.

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