The new HFP chat thread – Wednesday 10th June

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• Jordan D says:

  10 Jun10 June 13:08

  Going back to the Amex £100 Waitrose/M&S/etc spend offer: apologies if I missed it, but have we had confirmation of spend on both a supplementary card and the main card getting credit (where both saved the offer)?

  • Sean says:

    10 Jun10 June 13:20

    yes if the offer was saved on both (well i have anyway)

    • Crafty says:

      10 Jun10 June 13:57

      Yes

      • Sukes says:

        10 Jun10 June 15:40

        Yes I’m currently accruing credit back successfully on 3 supplementaries.

  • Rob says:

    10 Jun10 June 16:16

    Yes, works fine, I’ve had it pay out on my main card and my wife’s supp.

  • A says:

    10 Jun10 June 17:02

    Yes, on my wife’s plat and my supp on her plat (was saved to both before it disappeared).

• Crafty says:

  10 Jun10 June 13:55

  Does anybody know when we might expect Conrad Algarve to open bookings for a certain week next year? (It’s already within the next 365 days.)

• pin perl says:

  10 Jun10 June 14:21

  Hi everyone,
  Anyone know if I add a supplementary gold card to my platinum amex, will I receive 5000 bonus points? I’ve already received the bonus for adding a supplementary platiunum.

  • G says:

    10 Jun10 June 18:50

    Some have reported success doing so. I tried and got nothing.

• Ron says:

  10 Jun10 June 14:50

  Hello, a refund gone back to a cancelled Amex card and if I transfer it to a current BAPP credit card, does it count as a refund or cash payment? Ie, will it increase my £10000 voucher target? Thanks.

  • AJA says:

    10 Jun10 June 14:53

    Don’t bother trying to move it to the new card. Simply contact Amex and ask them to refund to your bank account. That way it won’t count towards your spend.

  • Grant says:

    10 Jun10 June 14:54

    It counts as a credit against any oustanding balance in the same way as you paying the bill would.

    • Grant says:

      10 Jun10 June 14:58

      Just to add I have done this on numerous occasions and it has always worked as I described. I was fortunate enough that when refund started to arrive for my cancelled travel plans they were all sent to a cancelled card. The subsequent credit balance was spread around several active cards with debit balances. It is also much quicker (quoted 3-5 business days but sooner in my experience) than asking for a refund to your bank account which I have found can take a while and require chasing.

      • BJ says:

        10 Jun10 June 20:49

        +1, but nothing fortunate about mine,, I made sure cards were cancelled before refunds started coming in.

• Richard says:

  10 Jun10 June 15:05

  What do people think about when BA will re-start Gatwick flights? As we’re due to fly to Greece (Thessaloniki) in mid-Sept from Gatwick and looking at parking.

  • Andrew says:

    10 Jun10 June 15:45

    I just had my September Rome flight from LGW cancelled today – so I would say they are pushing ahead with the talked about plan to leave the airport completely

    • Gareth says:

      10 Jun10 June 16:05

      We have BA flights to Pahphos from Gatwick in July (although not holding out much hope). Looking on the BA timetable they have reduced frequency from daily to 3 days a week from mid-July which means ours haven’t been cancelled so far. Wouldn’t be surprised if those last few days drop off soon though.

      • Anna says:

        10 Jun10 June 16:10

        My MAN-AGP flights at the end of July were cancelled and I was offered LGW as an alternative! I took the refund.

  • Michael C says:

    10 Jun10 June 16:20

    Richard, maybe a cancellable JustPark spot?

  • Richard says:

    10 Jun10 June 16:45

    Thanks all, lucky ours haven’t been cancelled (yet!). Cancelable parking is the way to go I think

• Chris K says:

  10 Jun10 June 15:07

  Trying to add Hilton Barclaycard to Curve app and it’s saying “You can’t add this card to Curve. Please try adding a different card”.

  It’s a replacement for one that expired last month, which I could use in Curve without any problems.

  Anyone had a similar problem or know of a workaround, please?

  • Rossy says:

    10 Jun10 June 16:29

    I had similar problems in the past linking a nationwide credit card. I was advised by curve to contact my bank and get them to issue a new card (with new card number). It’s a nuisance, but it did work

  • John says:

    10 Jun10 June 17:22

    Yes it’s something to do with having the same card number.

    I think I fixed it by simply deleting the old card then adding the new one. Or I may have contacted Curve to fully remove the old card.

  • fivebobbill says:

    11 Jun11 June 00:18

    As John says, you have to delete the old card before the app will accept the new one, had the same issue a few months ago.

• Steve R says:

  10 Jun10 June 15:28

  @Mr(s) Entitled

  Could i ask what date in August, we are due to go to DLM.

  Like you Man much more convenient , but you can’y argue with RFS during the summer holidays

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    10 Jun10 June 19:01

    I was flying 10/8 – 21/8 LGW to AYT. Both outbound and inbound now cancelled. It’s a new route and I suspect it has been pulled completely

• Dragonfly says:

  10 Jun10 June 15:58

  I need some collective wisdom here. Thanks in advance.
  Hubby has an Amex Plat for about 4 years which is due for renewal next month (am his supplementary). After reading HfP I recommended that he phoned Amex to ask if anything they would offer to retain him. I read out the various spiels on the blogs for him so he was armed with the correct info. Anyway, he phoned them today and was offered nothing 🙁 He did not want to say outright to them that he has read about the 15K – 20K points offered – he was shy! He said he may call again tomorrow to see if he would have any luck.
  However, this would be my plan – hubby is not into these credit card things, and I have been the ones who has done them for both of us. Please comment on my plan if I am on the right track.
  1. Before cancelling his Amex Plat – due for renewal next month, he refers me to get the referral points into his Amex Plat. I have had a BA Amex Plus card for almost 7 years. I had an Amex Gold which was cancelled over 2 years ago. This means that I would be able to get the 30K points bonus if spending £4K in 6 months. Is this correct?
  2. After I receive my Amex Plat, I would make hubby my supplementary and enrol for PP cards, hotel status etc. Then hubby would cancel his Amex Plat.
  3. I have a BA Amex Plus card (with no supplementary – hubby did not want an extra card). I currently have two 2-4-1 vouchers. If I cancel my BA Amex Plus card, then my two vouchers will stay intact, and when I am ready to redeem them I can pay for the taxes with any card. Is this correct?
  4. If the above is the case, then I am thinking of cancelling my BA Amex Plus card – but before doing so, refer hubby for it. Over the last 2 years he only has the Amex Platinum card, his Amex gold card was cancelled over 4 years ago. This means he would get the 25K avios for spending £3K in 6 months? Is this correct.
  Sorry for the long windy story and questions. I just want to clear the issues before doing anything. During the current environment it may be difficult for us to put through £7K spending over 6 months on both cards – because of no travel. Only we can put our rent through the Amex cards then we would have no problem with the spending 🙂

  • Anna says:

    10 Jun10 June 16:18

    Is the Platinum sign up bonus 35k points if you’re referred by another card holder? I may be wrong.
    I can’t see any issues on a quick read of this but you have to pay the taxes/fees on a 2 4 1 booking on any AMEX, not just any card. It could be your husband’s though.

    • Dragonfly says:

      10 Jun10 June 16:33

      Thanks, Anna, for your reply.
      The Plat sign up bonus I have given is for normal sign up bonus (for simplicity) without the referral bonus.
      OK, the taxes / fees on the 241 booking must be with an Amex and not just any credit card.

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