The HfP chat thread – Friday 18th December

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• Nadeshka says:

  18 Dec18 December 12:20

  Does anyone have any experience/ thoughts on a cancellation & rebooking where one of the passengers is an infant who will be over 2 after the rebooking? Are we still legally entitled to any date of our choosing or are we limited by her birthday?

  We have had a cancellation for a domestic flight in Feb, and depending on the tiers may not be able to go anyway. At the moment we’ve been moved to an adjacent flight, but I wonder whether we would be legally within our rights to request a rebooking to later in the year, as it means our daughter will go from an infant ticket to a full seat? Or will we have to pay for hers but ours can be moved?
  It was booked in the 50% sale hence I don’t want to refund & rebook our seats even if we have to pay for a new ticket for her.

  • Charlieface says:

    18 Dec18 December 13:48

    That’s a good one. Don’t think it’s specified in the regulations per se, but there is no indication there that you should pay extra, so if you are in your legal EC261 rights yuo should be ok.

• The real John says:

  18 Dec18 December 12:36

  All these people wanting to be rebooked to Australia….

  I was wondering what happens if BA cancels a flight to somewhere you can’t enter at the moment (such as Australia), and you get them to rebook you on say CX or QR,

  – if the other airline cancels the flight (which might happen 18 months after your original booking), should BA refund what you originally paid? What if you want to be rebooked again, should BA or the other airline do it?

  – if the new flight operates but you still aren’t allowed to enter the destination, have you just lost the ticket value if the new airline doesn’t have a voucher policy?

  I don’t expect Australia to let tourists in until 2022 and there may still be a quarantine period even if vaccinated. (As a citizen, I won’t be going until there is no quarantine period.)

  • Charlieface says:

    18 Dec18 December 13:50

    1a. I think BA
    1b. I think BA, although the operating airline would prob agree to do it
    2. Correct

    Note: if you have a further delay or downgrade then a second lot of compo could be applicable

• Simon Abrahams says:

  18 Dec18 December 12:42

  RBS banking switch loot – has anyone else been waiting roughly 7 weeks without so much as a groat landing in their account?

  • Andrew says:

    18 Dec18 December 13:39

    Have you’ve ticked all the boxes with DD transfers, use of debit cards and salaries credited?

    • Simon Abrahams says:

      18 Dec18 December 13:56

      Thanks, Andrew. Well, I thought I had all bases covered:

      • 2 x DDs set up
      • Logged into the mobile app once per month
      • £1,500.00 has been paid in (and a further £1,250.00 a month later)
      • I applied before Nov 19th

      The three above criteria were in the screengrabs of the offer requirements when I did the switch. I can’t see any mention of salary or debit cards? What I am missing, do you think?

  • Connor says:

    18 Dec18 December 15:43

    You have to wait until mid-January if I recall

    • Simon Abrahams says:

      18 Dec18 December 17:09

      Ah, that might explain things, Connor. Thank you!

  • Louise K says:

    19 Dec19 December 01:07

    I was told 12 weeks.

• Anthony says:

  18 Dec18 December 12:52

  I realised far too late in shop small this year that the number of retailers hasn’t actually changed but the default option being popular rather than distance just limits the number of visible shops. Looks like it might be a mad dash this weekend to make the most of it.

  • Nick_C says:

    18 Dec18 December 13:01

    Some retailers are definitely excluded this time. My local farm shop and the village petrol station were both in SS in the summer. This time, they are not on the map and the owners didn’t know it was happening again. Test transactions over a week ago have not produced a credit.

• Sina says:

  18 Dec18 December 13:03

  Anyone else received their Harrods gift box for being a harrods cardholder?! It’s these little things that I love about harrods! 😊

  • KBuffett says:

    18 Dec18 December 13:09

    You can get free gift boxes every time you shop in store, need to go to the gift wrapping desk on lower ground floor (for black tier card holders)

    • Sina says:

      18 Dec18 December 13:10

      Not the box, sorry meant gift box with gifts 😅

      • KBuffett says:

        18 Dec18 December 16:02

        Now I’m envious! But considering I have 4 AmEx cards as primary cardholder, I don’t want to rock the boat my applying for another!

        • Sina says:

          18 Dec18 December 17:20

          I know what you mean, I’ve got Plat, Harrods, Gold and BAPP myself!

  • George K says:

    18 Dec18 December 23:00

    Yup. Hamper came today. Haven’t opened it yet, but looks substantial!

• Sina says:

  18 Dec18 December 13:08

  Amex Gold to Platinum upgrade bonus – Just passed the 3 month rule and contacted amex as points didn’t credit automatically, the agent initially said no but then said she will call me back, 3 hours later called to say points credited! I got 20k for upgrade from green to plat, 30k retention offer, downgraded to gold and upgraded again to Platinum when invited again! 70K MR points in total in 2020! Plus 2x £100 Waitrose offer, 1x £100 Harrods offer, 1x £400 Marriott offer and a lot of shop small! 2020 was not a good year except when it comes to Amex plat! Doubt we’ll ever see something like this again

• Travel Strong says:

  18 Dec18 December 13:15

  Datapoint: Requested points transfer from Virgin to Hilton 4 days ago via Whatsapp – and they arrived today! Was prepared for a 30 day wait.

  (Even after the transfer I have more Virgin miles than I’ll use next year, and more miles coming in every month – so I had no qualms about converting some to hilton!)

  • TGLoyalty says:

    18 Dec18 December 14:47

    I think they say allow up to 30 days because they batch process. Sometimes you get in just before the cut off 🙂

• Also says:

  18 Dec18 December 13:30

  Did anyone get a delivery from Easyjet via that Easyjet / Deliveroo thing?

  • Rhys says:

    18 Dec18 December 14:41

    Of course not, it was a massive PR stunt! They probably did a couple of houses, got the video footage they needed and stopped. Let’s be real – it isn’t exactly practical…

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