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The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 19th January

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We have decided to run this daily chat thread on Head for Points during the coronavirus outbreak.

Historically, the daily ‘Bits’ articles were the de facto repository for random comments and questions.  With the news flow being lighter, we are running fewer ‘Bits’ articles.

The comments under this article are where you should post questions about travel and, indeed, anything else on your mind.  At this tricky time, and given that many of you are at home, we want the HfP community to have a place to chat.

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Comments (203)

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  • Jimbob says:

    Currently on the website the Plat Amex offers 30k points if you spend £4k in 3 months, yesterday’s article on HfP suggested it was £6k in 3 months.

    Is this a recent change or was yesterday’s article wrong?

    • Jimbob says:

      Just that I think I can hit £4k in 3 months but not £6k, and if this is a temporary change, I might jump on it sooner rather than later

  • AndyGWP says:

    Who wants to be first to hit me up with a Trading212 link please? What’s the minimum investment required for the free share?

    (I’m happy to return the favour with a referral link for a Freetrade free share if you’re not signed up) 🙂

  • J says:

    Apologies if this has been answered recently, but does anyone know what is happening with the Dragonpass passes most of us bought a year ago? I would have expected mine to expire yesterday, but they are still active on the app.

    • Aston100 says:

      Automatically renewed

    • tom1 says:

      if you log in to the dragon pass app and go to the ‘My Cards’ tab, you should be able to see your membership card with expiry date, and the number of ‘visits’ you have available.
      I think general experience has been that they have been extended automatically exactly on the day of expiry, for a further year.

  • BD says:

    I use virgin to pay off creation. Are there any interesting ways to pay virgin rather than going round circles? Thanks

    • ComeFlyWithMe says:

      Do you mean you use the Virgin Credit Card (eg via Curve) to pay off Creation?

  • The Streets says:

    I see Dubai to Doha flights have started up again and bookable

  • Anna says:

    WIne lovers (all of us just now, I think) – I’ve just ordered 18 bottles of red from Laithwaite’s, current offers plus blue light discount plus £15 off Paypal offer = £100 total!

  • Stephen says:

    Anyone booked a ANA flight with Virgin miles recently? I can’t find any seats in Oct/Nov/Dec 2021, everything coming back as unconfirmed

  • Michael says:

    Are there any cards to pay ‘Beardy’ with using Curve? All my CC’s get declined.

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