The HfP chat thread – Monday 23rd November

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• Cheshire Pete says:

  23 Nov23 November 11:40

  Email just come from BA to purchase Avios with up to 50% bonus for Black Friday. My ‘secret’ Bonus was only 45% 🙁

  • Niall says:

    23 Nov23 November 11:47

    I got 40% ☹️

    • Ruth says:

      23 Nov23 November 11:56

      Me and hubby both got 50% – seems a bit random.

      • Peter K says:

        23 Nov23 November 12:44

        Seems like a bad PR choice. Tell people they could get up to 50% off, then disappoint them when they don’t which will then surely put them off buying.

        • Super Secret Stuff says:

          23 Nov23 November 13:25

          They’re trying to be edgy and fun but as always have cocked it up. They really need a spin again button or refresh the page…

  • DT says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:17

    Wife and I both got 45%, odd marketing strategy to tell us we didn’t get as good a deal as we could have

  • AndyS says:

    23 Nov23 November 14:19

    50% here with no minimum spend.. Yes it does seem a bit mean to offer less to some people, but even 50% extra is not going to convince me to speculatively purchase avios…

• mzb says:

  23 Nov23 November 11:54

  Purchased some NS&I premium bonds last week for the first time, I see the Cash in option but the available balance to cash in seems £0 (total is well above £25 min). How long do I need to wait for me to be able to cash in?

  • Sina says:

    23 Nov23 November 12:08

    6-8 to clear balance, and if you sell, up to 3 days to get cash in your bank account!

    • Sundar says:

      23 Nov23 November 12:49

      If u just buy and sell, do u get any interest at all ? I thought the interest element was in the winning of the prizes…
      Or is this just cash flow through our favourites 🤔

      • Super Secret Stuff says:

        23 Nov23 November 13:26

        No interest, you need to keep it in there for a minimum of 1 month before you get entered into the next draw.

  • memesweeper says:

    23 Nov23 November 14:09

    … you need to leave at least a few days for the system to allow it.

    I’d leave a few months to avoid a source of funds/KYC check.

• A says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:18

  Just a point of reference for anyone; I triggered my BA 241 voucher on my BAPP on the 19th Nov and it has arrived today, it is valid until May 2023 so 2.5 year valid which i am very happy about!

• Graeme says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:54

  OT, can you use a Tesco gift card to buy other gift cards such as Amazon? Reason I ask is I get 4% off via work scheme for Tesco card. I don’t have the Morrisons (or any other) offer on my Amex as was rotating with my partner at the time. TIA.

  • Genghis says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:04

    Yes

  • TGLoyalty says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:10

    Yup if you have Currys or Argos with a higher discount they sell gift cards too

    • mark2 says:

      23 Nov23 November 13:22

      and Sainsbury’s, Wilko and, sometimes, Superdrug.
      But always try a small amount first.

      • Rui N. says:

        23 Nov23 November 14:34

        Interesting. Always assumed that this didn’t work. I’ll try at Sainsbury’s next time I’m there 🙂

  • Super Secret Stuff says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:28

    Should work ok but try for a bigger discount as others have mentioned

  • rams1981 says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:36

    I’ve ben told no by various stores when trying to do this

    • Super Secret Stuff says:

      23 Nov23 November 13:53

      Be firm or use a self service. It usually works ok

      • rams1981 says:

        23 Nov23 November 14:47

        you can’t check out a gift card at self serve machines in Tesco from what I have seen

        • TGLoyalty says:

          23 Nov23 November 14:49

          No but you just buy your groceries plus your gift card and use your Tesco gift card.

          They only ask Q’s when it’s GCs only.

        • Genghis says:

          23 Nov23 November 14:58

          Just say, “try and put it through” (it will work) and “nothing is shown in the terms”

    • Charlieface says:

      23 Nov23 November 14:12

      Doesn’t work in Boots, the tills are coded

    • TGLoyalty says:

      23 Nov23 November 14:30

      At Tesco?

• Gary says:

  23 Nov23 November 13:26

  Presuming hotels in London can start to serve food after 2nd Dec – has anybody any feedback on the JW Marriott in Grosvenor Square – was thinking of doing a stay before Xmas with dinner on the Marriott offer?

  • Rob says:

    23 Nov23 November 14:02

    Wrong hotel – that’s not in the offer. You mean Grosvenor House. It has a lot of restaurants so, if open, you get more choice than the other hotels in the offer. Also has the cheapest rooms so more £ left for food. It is most famous for the steak house.

    • Gary says:

      23 Nov23 November 14:56

      Sorry – you are correct meant the Grosvenor House, in Park Lane – yes hoping that the steakhouse would re-open from 3rd Dec to have a good meal and drinks out

      • H says:

        23 Nov23 November 15:26

        @Gary, if you don’t actually need a hotel room, based on my personal experience, spend at the JW Steakhouse tracks as Grosvenor House and triggers the offer. YMMV

        • TGLoyalty says:

          23 Nov23 November 21:24

          Since it’s cumulative you could even head to the edition and get two dinners for free.

• Gary says:

  23 Nov23 November 13:27

  It’s ages since I have used Addison Lee offer – the £10pm back is it only for the main Plat cardholder or do sup cardholders also get £10 back?

  • DB2020 says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:37

    Gary,

    Main card holder in my experience, unless other card holders have had luck with using their supplementary cards.

    • Gary says:

      23 Nov23 November 13:40

      Thanks – thats what I thought

  • Andrew says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:55

    Just main

  • Rob says:

    23 Nov23 November 14:01

    Main only AFAIK (I’ve been missing out if it isn’t) ….

• Nick_C says:

  23 Nov23 November 13:52

  Interesting email from Betfair re Revolut;

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  Will be interesting to see if Revolut use this new functionality to decline some other Debit Card transactions where the account has been topped up with a Credit Card.

• Nick_C says:

  23 Nov23 November 13:53

  Interesting email from Betfair re Revolut;

  “From 19/11/20, Revolut card deposits will be accepted on Betfair.

  This is due to Revolut introducing a change in their app which enables them to segment funds between debit card and credit card top ups.

  Funds are automatically segmented by Revolut, so if you deposit into your Betfair account it will pull funds from your debit segment. If this debit segment is empty, you will not be able to deposit, even though your Revolut account may have funds from a credit card top up.

  If you attempt to deposit with a Revolut account funded by a credit card, it will be rejected.”

  Will be interesting to see if Revolut use this new functionality to decline some other Debit Card transactions where the account has been topped up with a Credit Card.

  • Gormlesstraveller says:

    23 Nov23 November 14:44

    Thanks for sharing. It’ll be interesting to see then whether Revolut sees Bendy, RSS, Treecard etc as debit cards.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    23 Nov23 November 14:45

    You could always transfer to starting Monzo etc and use that to fund betfair etc.

    • Optimus Prime says:

      23 Nov23 November 15:11

      Before Monzo had current accounts and it was just a prepaid card, they told me off for using it on gambling sites.

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