The new HFP chat thread – Monday 15th June

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• BJ says:

  15 Jun15 June 12:46

  I just went online to use amex live chat and it appears to be unavailable. Has it been down lately or is more lijely just busy or an issue with my device (abdroid) settings?

  • Charlieface says:

    15 Jun15 June 14:13

    Sometimes blocked cookies can take it down. Try a different browser

    • BJ says:

      15 Jun15 June 15:13

      Thanks, cleared cookies and it sorted itself out.

• Ali M says:

  15 Jun15 June 12:51

  The mind wonders…
  correct me if I am wrong…
  Shouldnt amex be relaxing rules for the 24 month sign up bonus if they are struggling to keep peeps?
  Also Barclaycard avios / new hilton credit card – all scrapped?

  • memesweeper says:

    15 Jun15 June 13:58

    1. I wouldn’t have thought so, those anti-churn rules are designed to *keep* people
    2. I’m sure there will be news eventually if/when things return to normal

    • Ali M says:

      15 Jun15 June 14:33

      Oh okie…
      I felt bad asking given a lot of things in free fall and didn’t want to sound too opportunistic.
      The churners will have timers set for when 24 months are up 😛

• pin perl says:

  15 Jun15 June 13:09

  Hi,
  I’ve got a platinum amex and a supplementary card as well,
  does anyone know if I make a GOLD supplementary will I receive 5000 bonus points if I’ve received a bonus already for the platinum sup?

  • Genghis says:

    15 Jun15 June 13:44

    You might

• Andrew says:

  15 Jun15 June 13:09

  They cancelled my September flight to Rome last week.

• mutley says:

  15 Jun15 June 13:16

  Given that half of the world is closed to UK nationals, I was wondering what British seaside resort the HFP readers would recommend, I have stayed in both the Hilton and Hampton in Bournemouth on Robs recommendation. Answers on a saucy postcard please.

  • memesweeper says:

    15 Jun15 June 13:59

    … only if you kiss me quick 🙂

    • ankomonkey says:

      15 Jun15 June 15:40

      Anyone ever bought a “Damn seagulls” cap?

  • Anna says:

    15 Jun15 June 15:32

    Ooh matron! None, because I expect they will all be heaving whenever the sun makes an unpredictable appearance. I’ve booked a posh lodge with a hot tub in the wilds of Northumberland which looks sufficiently remote that one might bump into the Ninth Legion en route to view Hadrian’s Wall.

    • Robert says:

      16 Jun16 June 06:56

      Please do if it’s ok to share details or a review after your return of the lodge in Northumberland as we are also looking at that region for a summer break this year.

      • Anna says:

        16 Jun16 June 07:37

        Will do, though it’s not the usual HFP accommodation! You can have a look on the Hoseasons website, they are regarded as cheap and cheerful but of course they are still charging school holiday prices so 4 figures for a week in July! We’ve saved so much with everything else being cancelled, it doesn’t rankle quite as much this time.

        • Robert says:

          17 Jun17 June 00:32

          Thanks Anna, I’ll check out the website.
          Have a great holiday there, very nice part of the world, whatever the weather.

• Jimmy says:

  15 Jun15 June 13:44

  Anyone had any experience of taking the Easyjet cancellation (covid) voucher.
  I just received the voucher and it is less than I paid.
  The difference is £22 in one case and Eur28 in the other.
  ta

  • Lady London says:

    15 Jun15 June 21:22

    not here but will be interested to hear if you find out

• Mark says:

  15 Jun15 June 14:01

  Data point
  B and Q don’t accept Amex in store but if you go on to the B&Q website you can get an Egift voucher for £250 and u can use an Amex to purchase the voucher online.
  I have just purchased another kitchen (property developer) with 13 E gift vouchers purchased over
  6 or 7 days resulting in me hitting my BAPP spend target.

  • Binks says:

    15 Jun15 June 15:19

    Thank you for the top tip. I am doing up my house in the next few months and the points will come in very handy 😎

  • Anna says:

    15 Jun15 June 15:34

    You can also buy them at Tesco and other large supermarkets. Vintage HFP trick.

    • RussellH says:

      15 Jun15 June 15:54

      Morrison’s is next door to our local B+Q. Gift cards bought and redeemed within 15 mins.

    • mark2 says:

      15 Jun15 June 16:33

      At Morrisons you also get 0.5% cash back with Morrison’s More points and there used to often be statement credits with Amex and others.

• Baji Nahid says:

  15 Jun15 June 14:33

  i noticed someone commented on here that on their tesco app they had an offer for being able to collect a few clubcard points for every £1 spent, is this true? I dont really see anything on my app about it.

  • Ali M says:

    15 Jun15 June 14:36

    +1

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