The HfP chat thread – Wednesday 18th November

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TripRep says:

18 Nov18 November 08:04

5 nights at Hampton Liverpool City Centre would cost 52k points. (Assuming that you have a valid reason to stay)
Tracey says:

18 Nov18 November 08:12

Rob, the page is jumping continually here. Using Safari on an iPad.
- Rob says:
  
  18 Nov18 November 08:19
  
  We are trying another experiment today – give me an hour to set it up.
Yuff says:

18 Nov18 November 08:17

Is there anywhere to get a bonus for a business platinum supplementary card?
- Rob says:
  
  18 Nov18 November 08:18
  
  I have a 5k offer showing on my online statement page.
  - Yuff says:
    
    18 Nov18 November 08:46
    
    I’d better get it activated then 😁
KBuffett says:

18 Nov18 November 08:21

Does anyone here use Flagstone Investment Management ?
Would you recommend it?
pinperl says:

18 Nov18 November 08:31

Hi everyone,
I got a new amex offer today, spend 500 pounds on Etihad airways get 250 back…
on other cards it’s only get 20% back….
- Andrew says:
  
  18 Nov18 November 08:55
  
  See earlier discussion on page 1
  - Polly says:
    
    18 Nov18 November 10:06
    
    Really wonder if people bother to read the comments before posting the same questions etc.
    
    LL. Felt really sorry for Lady London Et al, constantly having to repeat their advice on an hourly basis, let alone daily, helping people with their BA refund process. Drove me mad, the amount of her time spent on it. It was superb. So so helpful. All they had to do was read through the comments the day before, or even the hour before!
    - TGLoyalty says:
      
      18 Nov18 November 10:19
      
      Issue with not having a forum is all that great advice is essentially lost in a daily chat that’s slowly aging
      - Rhys says:
        
        18 Nov18 November 10:23
        
        Forum is still on our radar, don’t worry!
    - Marcin says:
      
      18 Nov18 November 10:22
      
      @Rob – perhaps this calls for a new feature 😀 something like a community maintained list of hot/recent/frequently asked questions?
      - Andrew says:
        
        18 Nov18 November 10:49
        
        That would be great to clean things up, so if for example you’re not interested in Curve you don’t have to read the same questions about bendy seagulls on an hourly basis!
      - TGLoyalty says:
        
        18 Nov18 November 11:22
        
        Bendy beardy keeps feeding the gulls.
    - Jill (Kinkell) says:
      
      18 Nov18 November 13:31
      
      I tend to screen shot useful advice, which gives date and person and save in a HfP file. Been really useful
      - Jill (Kinkell) says:
        
        18 Nov18 November 13:32
        
        That was comment to Polly
      - Gormlesstraveller says:
        
        18 Nov18 November 18:53
        
        Which browser is best for quick screenshotting and saving?
      - Rob says:
        
        18 Nov18 November 21:07
        
        In Windows you just press the PrtSc button, top right. You can set up which folder it saves it in. We do it all the time to get the images used in articles.
      - Polly says:
        
        18 Nov18 November 22:14
        
        Me too Jill, find it very useful. As l often need to refer back to some info.
        
        But specific fora will be great, once they get them up and running.
Rahaney says:

18 Nov18 November 09:09

Many thanks to all for the Amex/Morrison’s discussion the past few weeks, credit applied this morning 🙂
- Reney says:
  
  18 Nov18 November 12:28
  
  Hi, can you share how many days between purchase and credit posting? I made my purchase on Saturday morning and credit still not applied yet. Oh and still waiting to hear back from Amazon about my declined gift card given Morrison’s refused to help!
  - Rahaney says:
    
    18 Nov18 November 19:17
    
    Bought on 13th, offer went in app as redeemed yesterday, credit paid today 18th.
VickyTM says:

18 Nov18 November 09:19

Does Virgin Atlantic card treat Curve as a cash advance? Looking to get one to pay my tax bill. Thanks
- memesweeper says:
  
  18 Nov18 November 12:53
  
  be aware you may have to *pay* curve for that and therefore you need to be paying a sufficiently large amount to HMRC for this to be worthwhile
Sandra says:

18 Nov18 November 09:57

Laithwaites wine – for those that ordered last minute like me, the debit has gone through overnight and posted as 16th (day I ordered) and the £20 Amex credit is already showing. No email yet to say the wine is on its way though!
- EmmaB says:
  
  18 Nov18 November 10:33
  
  I placed a Laithwaite’s order on 11th Nov, it arrived via DPD on the 14th – I got the dispatch notification on the 13th.