The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 6th October

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• Ant says:

  6 Oct6 October 08:08

  Morning we have a trip to Italy planned for later this month. Looks like our Bupa travel ins won’t cover if Italy is on the FCO list. We still would like to go.
  Anyone has any other insurance to suggest that would provide cover? I am not worried about Covid sickness cover but just the usual cover

  • Anna says:

    6 Oct6 October 09:10

    I think the FCO issue is the major stumbling block to a lot of insurance policies rather than the COVID cover. A couple of providers have been mentioned recently who will cover COVID-related illness but not if the FCO advises against travel in the first place (my own policy is the same, which is going to make things extremely difficult when we do start travelling again). I’m assuming you would be relying on EHIC for health cover and a separate policy for delays/theft etc?

  • Number9 says:

    6 Oct6 October 09:18

    Look at battleface for insurance there is another company that will cover for Europe but can’t recall name just do a google search with appropriate words and it will come up.

  • Aliks says:

    6 Oct6 October 09:22

    We went to Italy last month, and unfortunately my wife broke her wrist. We went to the local hospital for X-rays, arm in plaster etc, and they didn’t even ask for our EHIC card.
    Only the doctors spoke English, so it was a bit confusing to get to the right place, but all in all a good free service. Of course, Your Mileage May Vary . . .

  • Anna says:

    6 Oct6 October 09:30

    Rumour is that Italy may be going on the naughty list this week.

    • Anna says:

      6 Oct6 October 09:32

      https://www.adventuretravelnews.com/battleface-fco-advisory-proof-travel-insurance-now-includes-covid-19-cover
      Covers up to age 59 – however only for medical expenses, not for cancellation etc.

      • meta says:

        6 Oct6 October 09:53

        @Anna If you read the actual battleface policy documents, it does not mention anything about travelling against fco advice despite what they claim on the website!

        • Anna says:

          6 Oct6 October 11:25

          Ah right – I hadn’t read it as I was only posting the link for Ant. I will keep it for future reference!

        • meta says:

          6 Oct6 October 12:45

          @ I was thinking of going Maldives in Nov, but really didn’t want to go outside Europe without a comprehensive insurance. I have checked all insurances (Trailfinders, Avanti, battleface) and not a single one offers the same cover as Amex Plat. So decided against and will stick to Europe until new year.

  • Sukes says:

    6 Oct6 October 09:30

    Avanti will sell you their insurance + an optional add on to travel against fco advice. It applies to Europe only and won’t cover Covid sickness when away. However I also think it won’t cover cancellation for Covid related reasons. Read the small print of any policy very very carefully as I’m not sure any of these new insurance products are worth the paper they are written on. I’ve not seen any insurer being upfront about what costs they would cover if you were told to self isolate before or during travel, or if you were placed in local lockdown, or had a positive test but no Covid ‘illness’ as they define in their terms. I think staysure are selling similar to avanti.

• Paul says:

  6 Oct6 October 08:19

  The Qatar deal for teachers….all I can say is that there are a lot of UK teachers up all night ensuring that the UKs allocation is gone by then for that day.

  • Charlieface says:

    6 Oct6 October 11:18

    It was on HUKD.
    It’s not such a deal bearing in mind the free ticket you need to pay YQ and the second ticket is 50% base fare only.

    • Rob says:

      6 Oct6 October 11:34

      You DON’T pay YQ. Read the rules – Qatar specifically says you don’t. You only pay APD, airport charges etc, so under £100.

• Gareth says:

  6 Oct6 October 08:22

  Good morning all,

  Historically, have there been occasional conversion bonuses for the HSBC Premier World Elite card?

  • Rob says:

    6 Oct6 October 08:23

    Yes. Click HSBC under ‘HFP by Category’ in the sidebar (desktop) and they will show.

    • Gareth says:

      6 Oct6 October 08:28

      Thanks Rob. I’ll keep them with HSBC then until either I need them or there is another transfer bonus.

      • Genghis says:

        6 Oct6 October 10:56

        The last ones (Dec 19 and Aug 19) to avios offered a 25% bonus

• DJ says:

  6 Oct6 October 08:28

  For those who upgraded to HSBC World Elite in September 2020, make sure you check your statement, I have been charged the card fee £195 on both Sep and Oct statement.

• Nick says:

  6 Oct6 October 09:45

  Tried my luck again in Qatar’s teacher promotion and got this message today: “You have submitted your details already.” Looks like we can enter only once, or does it mean I have already bagged a ticket. Not sure!

• Peter K says:

  6 Oct6 October 09:54

  @BJ and the Metro Bank offer. There is no need to be in London. I live far a North of there and had no trouble joining.
  My code is QB96YRNW

  @Nick C. No worries at your using LL’s code. I used it as well to join Metro Bank and get the £50 and wouldn’t have my own code to share without having used hers 🙂 Fair’s fair.

• mark2 says:

  6 Oct6 October 10:01

  My wife has just received an email from Amex about one of her co-op purchases on 3 Oct, but not the other two. Interestingly not the main card.

  • mark2 says:

    6 Oct6 October 10:02

    the other two cards, so three purchases

    • Andrew says:

      6 Oct6 October 10:04

      All from the same Co-op?

      The emails don’t always trigger.

  • Sukes says:

    6 Oct6 October 10:34

    We used the offer on 5 cards in the same coop on Sunday a/noon. 20min ago just got the email to confirm usage on the main card (Amex plat). No other emails as of yet.

    • ChasP says:

      6 Oct6 October 10:39

      “We used the offer on 5 cards in the same coop on Sunday a/noon.”

      Seagulls and now pigeons

• Harry T says:

  6 Oct6 October 10:50

  Looks interesting! Especially if works with a 241.

  https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/executive-club/offers/reward-flight-offer

  • Charlieface says:

    6 Oct6 October 11:21

    Entirely expected in my opinion, although it’s surprising it doesn’t last longer than a week

  • Anna says:

    6 Oct6 October 11:28

    Have to travel by the end of June though. How would you choose a destination at this point?! (Apart from where BA is actually flying, obvs).

    • Harry T says:

      6 Oct6 October 12:32

      The other issue is how much cash BA want for a redemption! It’s cheaper to get Ex EU flights than other their taxes 😂

      • Polly says:

        6 Oct6 October 21:47

        Yes, but we might not be able to get to that country to fly from…glad qr cancelled our kul flts. Now got BA to kul in J tho…

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