The HfP chat thread – Wednesday 4th November

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• Diydegsy says:

  4 Nov4 November 11:50

  Hi Rob wondering which card my OH should get first from Amex as he hasn’t had any cards in his name for 2 years. What order is best to maximise his points? If it’s the gold first can I recommend him from my platinum Amex ? Thanks

  • Rob says:

    4 Nov4 November 11:57

    First: Marriott or Nectar
    Second: Plat or BAPP
    Third: Plat or BAPP

    Don’t get Gold involved, except potentially for what you get at the end (without a bonus) once you’ve cancelled all the cards above.

    • Steve says:

      4 Nov4 November 14:47

      Couldn’t you swap Gold in at 2, and still do BAPP at 3? 15k points less, but also free Vs platinum

      • Doogie says:

        4 Nov4 November 21:49

        Not if you wanted to treble dip Sign Up Bonuses across points currencies in the new rules – *must* be Plat not Gold – Gold SUB is prevented by all personal cards, BAPP SUB is only prevented by BA cards, Plat SUB is only prevented by MR earning cards.

        • Steve says:

          5 Nov5 November 07:27

          Thanks for the clarification, you are of course spot on

• Alex M says:

  4 Nov4 November 11:52

  My plat annual fee is coming in 10 days. Called amex but no retention offers (and no Harrods offer either!). Was only offered to switch to gold charge card free for a year. The question is – do I get a 20 000 mr points bonus if I switch back to Platinum from it later? Thank you!

  • Super Secret Stuff says:

    4 Nov4 November 12:32

    No I don’t think so. Was it brighton?

    Thats the usual stuff they try and offer you (and paying it in installments) before they offer a retention bonus.

  • jil says:

    4 Nov4 November 12:49

    having any personal amex will make you ineligible for the sign on bonus, have you got the 20k retention offer ealier this year? you can only get it once.

    I got 20k in april, and back at that time amex refused to give retention offer to my partner, both our card exprires in dec, she got 40k last month when she tried again!!!

    • Jonathan says:

      4 Nov4 November 13:10

      Not completely true. I had 20k in April then 30k in August. Both given by Philippines as a retention bonus with minimal fuss.

      • Super Secret Stuff says:

        4 Nov4 November 14:44

        20k for plat was a standard offer at the time, intended to be redeemed against the fee. Everyone got it even if you didn’t ring up.

        It is down to 2 things: do they believe you? Do they know how to do it? Brighton always knows how to do it, they just don’t always do it. Philippines is mixed on both fronts

• George K says:

  4 Nov4 November 12:02

  Random: Anyone has trouble accessing AMEX accounts from desktop? (works fine on app)

  • johnny_c-l says:

    4 Nov4 November 12:03

    Yes! Not been working for me since about 7.30 this morning

• Mco says:

  4 Nov4 November 12:12

  Mine worked fine right now

• Sina says:

  4 Nov4 November 12:15

  My recent stay at JW Marriott Grosvenor House: was upgraded from King Deluce to a One-bedroom Suite, with free breakfast included, and dinner at JW Steakhouse. the bill al came to £416 and triggered two Marriott offers:
  – spend £400, get £400 statement credit
  – Spend £200, get £50 credit

  I actually made some money!

  Also used wheely and was upgraded to S class and triggered the £50 statement credit.

  • Andreas says:

    4 Nov4 November 13:37

    That was my plan. Though I can’t go before lockdown, so I’ve booked for December and I’m hoping lockdown isn’t extended!

  • Lady London says:

    4 Nov4 November 14:11

    Sounds fantastic @Sina thanks for letting everyone know, it’s good to know that even in covid the quality was there.

    • Sina says:

      4 Nov4 November 20:49

      @Lady London yes it was great, forgot to mention that I had Lounge access, although it was mainly soft drinks and wine. But very calm and clean!

• mick cooke says:

  4 Nov4 November 12:19

  anyone else had flights times changed?, first of all had my flight time moved by 1hr & 50mins flying out, and my return flight time moved by 1hr 30mins. this was on Friday. then yesterday my outward and return dates were pushed back by 24 hours? Are they trying to get my to change my booking ? my flights are end of December

  • ChrisC says:

    4 Nov4 November 12:37

    Which airline?

    • mick cooke says:

      4 Nov4 November 12:39

      British airways

  • Lady London says:

    4 Nov4 November 14:15

    the latest move to following day counts as a cancellation even if it happened on only 1 flight on your booking.

    so you can get full refund if ypu want or full choice of replacement dates ( not restricted to avios seat availability either for rebooking if it was an avios booking, also not restricted to within peak/nonpeak, as it was their cancellation not yours. EC261 refers.

• Tw33ty says:

  4 Nov4 November 12:40

  Not exactly a travel points and miles thing, but sainsbury’s is doing a double nectar points event from 11th Nov on selected departments.
  Someone might find a good angle to maximise even more out them.

  • Pete says:

    4 Nov4 November 13:55

    I believe returning the item bought with double points has been mentioned as an angle.

• Aston100 says:

  4 Nov4 November 12:43

  Hi, is it true that Amex cannot manually move any avios across to BAEC?
  I want to cancel a BAPP, but the next automatic sweep isn’t for almost a whole month.
  I spoke to the offshore team who felt that they cannot intervene.
  Looking for confirmation from anyone here who might know better.

  Thanks.

  • BP says:

    4 Nov4 November 13:04

    Not true. They done it for me on Monday.

  • Rob says:

    4 Nov4 November 13:13

    I believe that’s true, yes.

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