The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 13th October

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• Freddy says:

  13 Oct13 October 18:05

  Nectar are doing their doubling up vouchers again in November. If you are amex points rich it may be worth transferring some points over as it’ll work out equivalent 1%. Not planning on flying anytime soon so a good way to cash out on wine

  • Lee says:

    13 Oct13 October 20:11

    Do you have to use it in store only?

  • the_real_a says:

    13 Oct13 October 20:32

    Wasn’t it quite limited last year both in amount and categories?

    • Freddy says:

      13 Oct13 October 21:52

      In-store only and there are certain categories but covers taste the difference wine, clothing, toys, electricals and entertainment up to £100. My wife also has a nectar card so we’ll double up to use £200

  • Doogie says:

    13 Oct13 October 23:23

    Instore only and they’ve excluded Scotland (& Wales) from redeeming for TtD wine this year 🙁

• Martha says:

  13 Oct13 October 18:42

  Hi. I have overspent on one on my cards. It is pending but has gone through. I am not able to make a payment but it will take me over my limit. What should I do? Will this get me in any trouble etc?

  • Martha says:

    13 Oct13 October 18:42

    amex cards

    • Chris Heyes says:

      13 Oct13 October 20:04

      Marttha, nice phone call ask for Brighton, explain that due to “Covid”
      you have temporary got a problem (all banks have signed up to be helpful) see what they come up with
      i suspect they will help as a one off, but keep it simple

  • Harry T says:

    13 Oct13 October 18:59

    I would call Amex and explain.

  • the_real_a says:

    13 Oct13 October 20:16

    You can make a faster payments transfer via your bank account using your card number as the reference. If done same day your account will not go delinquent.

    • Martha says:

      13 Oct13 October 21:16

      Been on chat with amex. They said the following. “I do see that your account went overlimit, however you do not need to worry at all. It will not have any impact as long as we receive the payment within the due date when your next statement generates.The best part is we also do not charge any over limit fee..” but it was only a little over

• s879 says:

  13 Oct13 October 19:01

  What is the best number to call BA to avail the 50% long haul offer. Been very busy at work so can only call late night.

  • Darren says:

    13 Oct13 October 19:42

    Online bookings were working this afternoon. Calls are redirected to 0800727800. Others may have better info.

    • s879 says:

      13 Oct13 October 21:27

      Thank you but not getting through. If I cancel a 2 for 1 online, do I get my voucher in my account straight away? I know I loose £35 per person. Are the taxes refunded back to card? Ideally I wanted to call and change but I think I have left it too late. I still want to book at half price online. Will the Avios come back to account straight away?

      • Darren says:

        13 Oct13 October 21:35

        I’ve always called to cancel if I needed a quick return, which works out ok. It may not be immediate if you do it online.

• Ronald Jeremy says:

  13 Oct13 October 19:21

  Dilemma, tonight’s dinner, should it be a quick chicken stir fry washed down with a cheeky glass or two of rose, or a well marinated steak accompanied by a substantial red?

  • Steve says:

    13 Oct13 October 20:07

    Always Steak

    • Harry T says:

      13 Oct13 October 20:17

      Steak

  • BJ says:

    13 Oct13 October 21:05

    Wouldn’t wild goose and aged Chardonnay go down better?

  • dezbez says:

    13 Oct13 October 23:00

    Pray tell, what did you go for Ron?

    • TGLoyalty says:

      13 Oct13 October 23:39

      Chicken I hope … too much red meat is bad for ones health!

• James says:

  13 Oct13 October 20:53

  Why has the BA reward sale been deleted from HFP?? It’s still on until tonight isn’t it??

  • BJ says:

    13 Oct13 October 21:07

    Perhaps you’re a bit late to the party?
    …but better late than never 🙂

    • Rob says:

      13 Oct13 October 21:39

      It’s not been deleted – we pinned the article for a few days but bigger news has overtaken it. The ad has gone because BA stopped paying for it!

• s879 says:

  13 Oct13 October 21:33

  If I cancel an Amex 2 for 1 booking online, is the voucher back in my account straight away as well as the Avios? Not worried about the expiry of voucher. I cant get through to BA so trying to go for half price online.

  • s879 says:

    13 Oct13 October 21:41

    Has it ended as on the website it says book before 13th October?

  • Jonathan says:

    13 Oct13 October 21:44

    You can’t cancel it online at the moment, only request an FTV which you then have to call to use. I think you’ve now missed the boat as UK Call centre now closed. You could try USA but will be a potentially long & expensive hold.

    • s879 says:

      13 Oct13 October 21:50

      Thank you. It is showing me an option to cancel but no idea what it will give back so will hold off.

      • Jonathan says:

        13 Oct13 October 22:11

        If you click cancel it will ask if you have all passengers permission then take you to the page where you request a Future Travel Voucher.

        • s879 says:

          13 Oct13 October 22:13

          I don’t mind having that in this situation but will it return the 2for1 Amex voucher to my account and the Avios straight away?

        • TGLoyalty says:

          13 Oct13 October 23:41

          Your Avios and 2-4-1 won’t be returned and instead the FTV is a voucher worth the amount of Avios, the fees paid and 2-4-1 used to book.

• Dave says:

  13 Oct13 October 22:39

  How likely do you guys think it is that there will be another Avios sale like this?

  I really wasn’t ready to book any trip before June 2021 given the uncertainty at the moment. Had no idea where I would even want to fly to at the moment. Or who I would want to use my companion voucher with, haha! But if this is the only 50% I ever experience I’m really gonna feel like I threw away a lot of points here.

  • Rob says:

    13 Oct13 October 22:55

    Hard to tell. When I saw Avios last week they were over the moon by the response (and actually a little bemused by the level of bookings to countries where you can’t visit at present). British Airways will have raised a few million of free loans and will pocket a lot of cancellation fees later.

    It wouldn’t surprise me to see a re-run in a few months but nothing is certain. BA would like to be able to tell the City that its flights are getting fuller and this is one way of driving up loads.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      13 Oct13 October 23:43

      They’ll be pleased by the bookings driven by it but they’ll be even more pleased with the interest free cash generated that might even net them £35 in fees when the traveller can’t actually enter the country they’ve booked.

• s879 says:

  14 Oct14 October 00:02

  Phew! Managed to book 4 x CW to Atlanta over Easter using 2 x Amex vouchers. Thank you to those who helped. I really appreciate it.

  In case someone is looking for Seychelles CW, we just cancelled ours so if anyone wants to bag those in Easter holidays, I hope they return to the system and get bagged by a fellow HfPer.

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