The HfP chat thread – Friday 22nd January

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Gareth says:

22 Jan22 January 18:08

Does anyone know of a nectar card that is zero % charge for non sterling use
- Rob says:
  
  22 Jan22 January 18:21
  
  No. Very few (any?) reward cards open to new applicants with 0% unless you get a Curve Card and link it to a Visa/MC.
  - Genghis says:
    
    22 Jan22 January 18:37
    
    Santander All in One on purchases
    - Doug M says:
      
      22 Jan22 January 19:01
      
      £3/month fee? So need to spend £7200/year abroad to break even.
      - Steve says:
        
        23 Jan23 January 00:17
        
        Little bit of MS easily covers the fee
  - Youllnever says:
    
    22 Jan22 January 18:46
    
    Barclaycard Rewards CC
BJ says:

22 Jan22 January 19:08

So, @Rob, have you gritted your teeth already and swapped Waitrose for Sainsbury’s Local and Pret for Nero?
- Andrew says:
  
  22 Jan22 January 20:33
  
  He’s got his £175 from Amex to spend at Waitrose first.
  - Rob says:
    
    22 Jan22 January 21:12
    
    Our Sainsbury’s Local hasn’t yet been changed to accept scanned Nectar cards, so I can’t even earn points there unless I bring my plastic card or queue at a manned till.
    - Mouse says:
      
      22 Jan22 January 22:53
      
      You can key the barcode of your card into the self-service tills (as if you were manually entering a shopping item)
Oli says:

22 Jan22 January 19:32

Are the Sainsbury’s bonus point offers also for online shopping?
- Craig says:
  
  22 Jan22 January 19:59
  
  Yes.
  - Oli says:
    
    22 Jan22 January 20:37
    
    Thanks. Offers usually expire on a Friday. Does the order or the delivery had to be made by Friday?
    - Craig says:
      
      22 Jan22 January 20:44
      
      The delivery because the receipt is generated on the day. Sometimes you may have ordered something that gets substituted and the points don’t post. I’ve had success getting them to manually add the points in the past.
Chef says:

22 Jan22 January 19:42

I requested a Virgin to Hilton transfer on Sunday, it was confirmed an hour later and the points are in my Hilton account tonight.
They’ve upped their game.
- Craig says:
  
  22 Jan22 January 19:59
  
  They needed to.
Martin says:

22 Jan22 January 19:49

Hi guys. Is the following sequence of Amex cards possible as a churning strategy? BA then Gold Business then Platinum.

Thanks!
- Rob says:
  
  22 Jan22 January 21:13
  
  Yes, works fine.
  - Martin says:
    
    23 Jan23 January 18:32
    
    Thanks Rob.
BP says:

22 Jan22 January 21:18

Does anyone think that mandatory hotel quarantine in the UK is likely to be implemented anytime soon?
- Harry T says:
  
  22 Jan22 January 22:13
  
  No, they don’t have the logistical ability or competence to do it. They also don’t have the money. Australia manages this through strictly controlling passenger numbers to a minute figure and actually having some form of competent government and functioning track and trace.
- ChrisBCN says:
  
  22 Jan22 January 22:21
  
  Not happening.