The HfP chat thread – Saturday 28th November

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BJ says:

28 Nov28 November 14:36

Datapoint: Today BA cancelled reservation from BKK-LHR on 13 January.
- Harry T says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 19:16
  
  Sorry to hear that, although I suspect you wouldn’t have been able to make the trip.
  - BJ says:
    
    28 Nov28 November 20:12
    
    No, been obvious for a while now that the trip wasn’t going to happen, hopefully game on for our respective summer plans. Probably spend Xmas at Craigendarroch depending what the rest of the family want to do. Hoping for snow but no sign of that yet either.
    - Polly says:
      
      29 Nov29 November 17:43
      
      Our spare HKG was cancelled also. As was the QR one to HKT…got a new kUL one for Feb on BA. Wonder if that will go either, as Malaysia still not open .
      Shame hope you do get some snow, if only for a Christmas feeling….
Lucy says:

28 Nov28 November 14:48

Looking at using the Amex gold offer for Harvey Nichols (spend £150, get £30 credit). Unfortunately gift cards seem to be excluded, any successful workarounds? The Black Friday deals haven’t thrown up many bargains this time but I do shop there fairly regularly.
- dezbez says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 15:33
  
  I think gift cards should be ok, i recently had success with a £50 card included in my basket. It’s when you’re taken to a third party website they don’t tend to work but with HN you stay on their website.
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 16:01
  
  Online Gift cards are ok from HN as they are processed by HN themselves.
- Harry T says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 19:16
  
  Gift cards trigger the amex offers.
- Nigel W says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 22:03
  
  Gift cards do trigger the offer considering that’s what i did a few weeks ago.
  
  The only pain is trying to spend it on online orders (need to contact them post-order)
meta says:

28 Nov28 November 14:56

For anyone thinking going to The Langley, I just had an email to say the indoor pool is closed till 15 Dec. I’m there two days later so hoping that it will be open.
- Lady London says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 15:21
  
  @Meta isnt The Langley closing again on January? if so, sounds unlikely
  - meta says:
    
    28 Nov28 November 15:48
    
    They are not closing in January unless the area goes into Tier 3 by then. 17th Dec should still be ok though.
Anna says:

28 Nov28 November 15:08

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13320013/ba-stewardess-selling-sex-on-board/

Tough times for BA cabin crew, hope she wears a mask 😬
- Matt B says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 15:19
  
  Does she take payment via my bendy?
  - Holam says:
    
    28 Nov28 November 16:55
    
    how about avios?
  - ankomonkey says:
    
    28 Nov28 November 17:07
    
    Do you get 3 Avios/£ on the BAPP or doesn’t it count as BA spend?
- BJ says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 15:24
  
  “No panties on Sundays” … I didn’t realise the BA penny pinching had gone so far.
- Dubious says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 20:01
  
  Looks filthier than a BA 747!
  - ankomonkey says:
    
    29 Nov29 November 15:29
    
    Can you use your 2-4-1?
Lady London says:

28 Nov28 November 15:20

…and a solid VPN.

Though certain airlines staff traditionally had a bit of a rep for this I gather.

I’m being good today so I’m not saying they as British Airways ratcheted cabin crew pay down to unliveable levels, what else do they expect ?
- memesweeper says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 16:02
  
  I worked in a firm where a well placed and senior (but fairly young) woman was caught out selling sex via an escort site. Today I wasted an hour in Morrissons to save £125. I don’t need the money and neither did she.
  - Nick says:
    
    28 Nov28 November 16:06
    
    maybe both needed the thrill?
  - TGLoyalty says:
    
    28 Nov28 November 16:26
    
    Every little bit counts …
    
    What’s the saying? everyone gets their kicks in different ways?
    - memesweeper says:
      
      28 Nov28 November 17:10
      
      Precisely.
      - Tom H says:
        
        28 Nov28 November 20:05
        
        Ha! I did exactly the same, with lots of very helpful people telling me to split the transaction etc!
    - Ghosty says:
      
      28 Nov28 November 23:04
      
      Different Strokes for different folks
  - Lady London says:
    
    28 Nov28 November 18:53
    
    How was she caught out? did this lead to loss of employment due to a morals clause? or was it just embarrassing ?
    
    Enqiring minds need to know…
    - Nick says:
      
      28 Nov28 November 19:44
      
      You asked my question 🤣
    - BS says:
      
      28 Nov28 November 19:55
      
      If I were an employer I wouldn’t mind if it didn’t affect company work or bring the company in to disrepute. However she is clearly identified with BA in this case, so she may we’ll have a case to answer…
    - Anna says:
      
      28 Nov28 November 20:53
      
      Disgruntled colleague or punter, I would imagine. Whatever you think of the Sun, it seems to have the best intelligence sources in the business!
      - Anna says:
        
        28 Nov28 November 20:54
        
        My guess is she would have been sacked for some very serious breaches of her terms of employment – BA is not going to want their planes to be seen as knocking shops!
Lady London says:

28 Nov28 November 15:26

Hum. Deliveroo is delivering Aldi products (last I saw a selection of about 150 products) in some areas on a trial cooperation apparently.
Fred S says:

28 Nov28 November 15:28

Question about BA 20% BFOffer promo: Can it be used to book into premium and upgrade using avios? I can;t find a promo box when attempting a straight UUA booking. Is it a question of booking without UUA, using the voucher and then upgrading?
- BJ says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 15:37
  
  That is the way you should be doing UUA anyway to reduce the risk of paying over the odds. Book the revenue flight and then upgrade it online. If that doesn’t work try calling them within 24h cooling off period so you can cancel for free if they don’t let you do the upgrade at an acceptable price over the phone.
Phil H says:

28 Nov28 November 15:32

Last night I booked Virgin Upper Class LHR-LAS//LAX-MAN in October for 27400 points round trip per person plus taxes & charges. Thanks Head for Points for article & contributors in the comments that gave me knowledge of combining 50% redemption offer with credit card upgrade voucher, of which I used two.