The HfP chat thread – Friday 28th August

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• YH says:

  28 Aug28 August 08:25

  I have a First class Avios booking for myself later this year. I also have an unused 241 voucher in my account.

  Is it possible to add another person to the booking using my 241 and pay the extra taxes? There is First Avios availability on both dates.

  • Jonathan says:

    28 Aug28 August 08:28

    It will be a cancellation & rebooking so £35 fee. Risk is if there is only 1 F Avios seat showing at the moment then you’re cancelled seat may not reappear as available for Avios.

    • YH says:

      28 Aug28 August 10:11

      Thanks

  • ChrisC says:

    28 Aug28 August 12:01

    Yes it is but you need to call.

    When you do speak to an agent be very clear what you need them to do.

    They can keep your current F seat for you whilst they add the extra person and apply the voucher.

    Whilst in the background it is technically a cancel and rebook process in practice it’s not quite as black and white as that.

    If you start your conversation with ‘I’d like to cancel by F seat please’ then they will and that is when you entetr the ‘will it go back into inventory’ lottery.

    You need to start it by saying ‘I have an F seat already and would like to add another person and use a 2-4-1’

    • YH says:

      28 Aug28 August 12:09

      Okay thanks that’s super useful, will give this a go.

• Craig says:

  28 Aug28 August 08:42

  Sorry for the Curve related question, cash withdrawals in the UK from HSBC and Creation. Do either of these trigger a fee, it’s not something I usually do but will allow me to leave my savings until after an Ernie draw.

  First day of the Scotland NC500 trip today, off to Holy Island on our way North, lovely day for it! Who pinched summer?

  • Paul says:

    28 Aug28 August 08:51

    HSBC is fine in my experience.

  • Matt says:

    28 Aug28 August 09:27

    Really don’t think apology should be necessary for curve questions… at the moment the vast majority of my miles and points are generated through it.
    No fee for cash withdrawal with Creation.
    Enjoy your trip!

    • FFoxSake says:

      28 Aug28 August 14:25

      Curve Blue has a £200 per calendar month UK limit before charges I thought? Is it never triggered?

      • Matt says:

        28 Aug28 August 14:45

        Never say never, but many here have reported a fairly broad tolerance on that ‘limit’.
        In any case it sounded like Craig was wanting some points for a smallish amount of cash for his trip (CC acceptance is quite high in Scotland 🙂 ) rather than planning a raid on every atm on the nc500 route.
        Limit is pcm so Craig has timed his trip cannily.

      • Genghis says:

        28 Aug28 August 15:00

        The charge has never been enforced but excess withdrawals have – I was banned for a bit.

  • Craig says:

    28 Aug28 August 11:03

    Thanks Guys.

  • Liz says:

    28 Aug28 August 19:36

    We’ve just arrived in Ullapool for a 9 day break in our caravan. Lovely drive up the A9 today. Going to do the NC500 from Applecross to Durness over the next few days and just enjoy the lovely scenery.

    • Colin MacKinnon says:

      28 Aug28 August 21:08

      Keep an eye out on Saturday for a green microlight – that’ll be me trying to fly the NC500 in a day!
      No avios for this flight though!

• Doug M says:

  28 Aug28 August 09:01

  @JP_MCO. Did you get any confirmation from Virgin that the voucher did upgrade you from economy to UC?

• YC says:

  28 Aug28 August 09:28

  Potential Scenario – Cash flight to Greece on Friday, UK gov announces quarantine day before (Thursday pm). Will BA allow to cancel the flight for a FTV (inside 48hrs)?

  • AJA says:

    28 Aug28 August 11:08

    I think you can apply for a FTV up to an hour before the flight departs. Not done it myself so don’t know for certain.

    • memesweeper says:

      28 Aug28 August 11:58

      I did it with 12 hours to go on an Avios booking and it worked, I’d imagine the same logic works on the website for cash bookings

      • YC says:

        28 Aug28 August 14:37

        Good to know – thanks both!

• Matt says:

  28 Aug28 August 09:32

  Data point- as a follow up to my question on Wednesday, paying for an IHG stay with curve+IHG black has posted as 4x points on my Creation dashboard.

  • Aston100 says:

    28 Aug28 August 10:06

    Thanks for the data point

  • Genghis says:

    28 Aug28 August 10:32

    🙂 I said it would…

    • Matt says:

      28 Aug28 August 10:50

      To be fair I never doubted you! 😀 I’d already made my decision and checked in before I saw the second batch of replies to my qu.
      Thanks again to everyone who took the time to comment.

      • James says:

        28 Aug28 August 14:50

        I stand correct. Thanks for the data point.

        • James says:

          28 Aug28 August 14:50

          I stand corrected ^^

• Always_in_the_air says:

  28 Aug28 August 09:36

  A question about GUF-2 voucher, i know that i can upgrade outbound and return and that it does not apply to other airlines, but i have a query, if i have a multi leg booking and some legs are not with BA can I still use the GUF-2 with all BA legs?

  All legs would be booked through BA under one booking reference

• DR says:

  28 Aug28 August 09:39

  I normally receive my 241 voucher within the first 2 weeks of Aug (I have reached the required amount) is everything just running late?

  • Anna says:

    28 Aug28 August 09:48

    OH and I both triggered ours in May/June and they appeared within 48 hours so it might be worth chasing up.

  • AJA says:

    28 Aug28 August 11:11

    Have you logged into your BAEC account to check its not there already or are you just expecting an email confirmation? If it’s not there you should definitely chase BA and Amex.

• KBuffett says:

  28 Aug28 August 10:01

  Someone mentioned a Dyson Hairdryer this week. I’ve noticed Boots are offering 20 points per £1 on electrical today only online. That’s a good ‘discount’ on Dyson and better than John Lewis ‘Always Knowingly Undersold’

  • Andrew says:

    28 Aug28 August 13:36

    And 5% Instore with Visa or Mastercard with Airtime.

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