The HfP chat thread – Monday 8th March

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• Baji Nahid says:

  8 Mar8 March 04:02

  So, did anyone watch the Harry and Meghan Interview? (if BA and VS are reading this, any cheap tickets to the US post covid would be good promo right now 😉

  • BJ says:

    8 Mar8 March 05:26

    Slow might at the office Baji?

    • Baji Nahid says:

      8 Mar8 March 06:44

      Oh BJ. Its always a slow night in our parts of town 😉

  • DT says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:55

    People don’t actually waste their time watching things like this do they??

    • Jonathan says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:08

      Apparently so

  • Chris Heyes says:

    8 Mar8 March 08:24

    Baji Nahid What a comment Why would anyone want to watch Harry and Meghan full stop

    • Callum says:

      8 Mar8 March 09:44

      Because they’re interested in how the secretive and obscenely wealthy institution that is ruling their country without democratic mandate is functioning?

      It’s quite an amusing statement to make though given millions would say exactly the same about our habits of regularly posting comments on a frequent flyer blog!

      • Greg says:

        8 Mar8 March 11:24

        It’s Chris Heyes lol full stop

  • George1976 says:

    8 Mar8 March 09:41

    No. I have a life and couldn’t care either way about Harry, Meghan or the royal family’s personal matters.

  • Dave says:

    8 Mar8 March 10:49

    Didn’t BA have some offer for anyone named Megan at the time of their wedding?
    That was before her popularity plummeted. I doubt any UK company would want to be associated with her these days.

  • Mo says:

    8 Mar8 March 13:28

    I did not watch it but reading a little into it, some of the allegations of racism not only from media etc but a member of the family are hardly surprising.

    Somewhat related, there was also an interesting article recently in The Guardian about the number of laws the royals have vetted, it is much more than people think and they are very varied. I’ll link it in a separate comment if allowed

    • Mo says:

      8 Mar8 March 13:28

      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent

    • TGLoyalty says:

      8 Mar8 March 19:42

      How many times has it was Philip been deleted today 🤣

• Anna says:

  8 Mar8 March 05:53

  More to the point, did anyone watch McDonald & Dodds (quite wickedly funny on certain aspects of policing)? Among other things it seemed to be a 2-hour advert for the Bath Indigo, though I’m not sure it was terribly wise of the hotel to allow its clientele to be portrayed as adulterous homicidal binge-drinkers!

  • Nick says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:49

    I did watch it Anna. Didn’t realise the Indigo was a real hotel with that name. Presumably they are trying to attract the hen night binge drink market to benefit from the alcohol sales – otherwise why let the name be used. Made a mental note to avoid if I’m ever staying in Bath!

    • Anna says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:42

      It’s reported to be very nice indeed and has been mentioned very favourably on this site! I did have a points booking for the early May bank holiday (prices are often around £300 pn) but obviously that’s a non-starter now.
      Are you ex-murder squad Nick? I think we’ve all worked for a Chief Super like that 🤣

  • Andrew says:

    8 Mar8 March 08:11

    Oh, it’s a crime drama!

    I was thinking it was a Patullo style visit to Bath by a couple of the shadow cabinet.

    It’s got Robert “GBH” Lindsay in it, so it must be good.

    • Anna says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:45

      It’s more as though Jane Austen wrote Death in Paradise than a crime drama. The most fun is spotting which guests stars appear each week.

      • Rupert says:

        8 Mar8 March 10:39

        From my experience, there was only one true life police drama TV series with uncanny similarities to policing the valleys of Wales. You guessed it, Miami Vice.

        • kitten says:

          8 Mar8 March 13:25

          🙂

    • Tiff says:

      8 Mar8 March 12:12

      He’ll always be Robert “Citizen Smith” Lindsay to me.

      • Anna says:

        8 Mar8 March 12:33

        Power to the people!

• BJ says:

  8 Mar8 March 06:03

  Virgin Red Spin to win Nothing appears to have ended.

  • SwissJim says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:16

    Did anyone win anything? 🤣

  • Peter K says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:16

    Yesterday was the last day to spin. Winner drawn within 7 days then has 2 days to confirm the win or another winner will be drawn.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:44

    Shame, it wasn’t at all a waste of my time each morning and the design making it look like a 50% chance of winning wasn’t at all irritating 😠

  • Rob says:

    8 Mar8 March 09:52

    You might win 1m yet!

• Matthew says:

  8 Mar8 March 06:08

  Still having issues getting offers to appear on newish (2 month old) PRG supp card. Amex unwilling to help. Tried removing and adding back to online account but no luck. Anyone managed to sort this successfully? Seen a few posts over last few months with similar issues so hoping people have managed to resolve. Thanks.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:39

    There’s no solution, it is by design. Either not enough spend to be included in any of the filters “show offer to customers of type x who have spent in category y” or simply aren’t any yet, or in some cases (me included) you’ve previously upset them in some way and are blanket excluded.

    In case of the latter, either CS are in the dark or deliberately pretend to be, either way they’ll not help

  • Ali M says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:45

    mine loaded within 10 days of a new BAPP

  • Harry T says:

    8 Mar8 March 08:35

    It perplexes me when this happens on supp cards that get a lot of spend, especially when I have other supps with less spend that get lots of offers. I’m currently having the same situation with my supp on the gf’s account. I’ve tried deleting the card and readding to my online account but no joy so far. May have to “lose my card”. It’s worth noting I’ve done nothing to annoy Amex and my multiple other cards and supps have plenty of offers, despite most current spend going on this gold supp.

    • Matthew says:

      8 Mar8 March 09:10

      Ditto. I put about 3x more on the supp than my wife does. Got dormant cards with offers all the time but this one nothing. Will just have to wait I guess. Never had this in over 12yrs being with Amex so it is odd…

• Mycity says:

  8 Mar8 March 06:29

  Sorry I wonder if anyone can help. Our Global Entry memberships run out very soon, im told two stories to renew. One is you need to renew with the UK first then renew with the US, in fact there is a UK GOV link to renew, secondly Im told you just renew straight with the US.
  Has anyone renewed recently and what procedure did you need to go through? Thanks

  • ChrisC says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:37

    You need to get a new Home Office code. You can’t renew GE without it.

    That’s what someone posted on V-Flyer in the last week or so. The DHS were quite clear about the need for the HO code.

    Don’t hold off renewal as if you apply whilst your GE is still active they’ll still let you use it until they have processed your application.

    • Mycity says:

      8 Mar8 March 13:18

      Thanks Chris

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:41

    Similar vein, l waited a year but finally had my GE conditionally approved and needed to book an interview appointment. In Feb last year.

    Will that have expired despite COVID? Anyone know?

• S879 says:

  8 Mar8 March 06:44

  Try to use the 500 virgin red points offer to order something from ebay. I already have the vr app but keeps sending me to vr website which also shows no option to click through to eBay when I go into the ‘earn’ option. Could someone help re where I need to click?

  • S879 says:

    8 Mar8 March 06:49

    Please ignore, figured it out.

    • ChrisC says:

      8 Mar8 March 07:54

      Can’t remember exactly but they now allow 700 odd days to hold the interview before the conditional approval lapses

      Also for renewals they are offering (limited) zoom slots.

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        8 Mar8 March 09:38

        Thanks!

    • Secret Squirrel says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:38

      How did you do it as I couldn’t fathom it out myself?

      • ChrisC says:

        8 Mar8 March 08:46

        It was reported on flyer in this thread (same as with the Home Office code)

        https://v-flyer.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=300384

• BJ says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:41

  Just completed my switch to Virgin Money, how long after that are people waiting for their 15k points?

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    8 Mar8 March 10:05

    @BJ – you have set up 2 x DD & the switch shows completed & have £1000 in the savings account connected?
    I’m still awaiting to see my 2 x DD & bank switch completed.

    • BJ says:

      8 Mar8 March 10:21

      Yes, I both set up and transferred two with the switch. Everything showing. I also made a point of transferring £1000 into the savings account from both the VM CA and an external account to be on the safe side. I’m expecting hassle though as I git an email last week that I would be enjoying my wine soon.

    • r* says:

      8 Mar8 March 13:47

      Where do you check for the switch being completed?

      Presumably the dd just need to show up onbthe acct rather than anything actually be taken? Ive yet to get any emails from them referencing points or wine.

      • BJ says:

        8 Mar8 March 15:19

        Most banks send a letter or email when a switch has been completed. I was just going on transfer of funds and DD showing up on my VM account this morning. As long as DD are active they are ok. This does not mean they have to have paid out already AFAIK. I’pidt a comment onbtge day I receive email to claim my points.

  • Grant says:

    8 Mar8 March 13:16

    I think it said you’d get the code within 14 days didn’t it? I took that to mean 14 days after the later of the two DDs was debited from my account when setting up a reminder to check.

    • BJ says:

      8 Mar8 March 15:25

      Yes, that is my understanding except I took it as completion of switch not DD payments. Getting the two DD to pay out within a month of signing up could be a bit tricky in some cases. To date, all switching incentives I have received were based on switch completion date

  • Joe says:

    8 Mar8 March 17:33

    I completed all the requirements 10 days ago – so should have the code by the end of the week…. we shall see!

    • BJ says:

      8 Mar8 March 17:48

      Cheers Joe, please post on the daily chat article when it arrives.

• Michael C says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:49

  On (yesterday’s) theme of half term, we have GBP 60 X 3 flights reserved for Nice, from the last sale, so no biggif if vouchered. Just been shuffled a bit by a one-day cancellation (trimming down from 5 to 3 or something, I guess). We’ll have been vaccinated twice by then, but who knows what UK will be requiring on return.
  Still, it’s all getting that bit more feasible!

  • Andrew says:

    8 Mar8 March 08:05

    Is France planning to open its borders by May? (Assuming you’re referring to that half term and not October?)

    • Michael C says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:31

      Who knows! Currently allowing residents to visit EU with a PCR on return. Lots of articles in the Spanish press of packed “party planes” arriving from France for a w/end of bars and restaurants!

      • Andrew says:

        8 Mar8 March 08:51

        But that’s quite different to France allowing in non-EU or French residents from a non-EU country.

      • Yuff says:

        8 Mar8 March 08:55

        In Mallorca they need a negative PCR test to enter, some local Spanish areas are exempt if cases are below 150/100k but that is being reduced to 100/100k and they are trying to get it down further to 50/100k.
        However the Balearics are keen for vaccinated uk citizens post 17th May

  • Olly says:

    8 Mar8 March 08:08

    On a similar vein, I’ve got two tickets from the last BA sale, to NYC over Easter but heard nothing from them about cancellations, (although the actual flights have been changed twice already.) There’s no likelihood of it going ahead, and even if they were and the USA started allowing visitors by then, the quarantine rules would make it a no go, so what are people’s experiences already in regards to cash refunds and vouchers and what have you bring going for? The prices were ridiculously good value and if offered vouchers, will be unlikely to get such a deal again. Have BA been difficult to get cash back?

    • ChrisC says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:16

      To repeat the answers to this often asked question,

      If BA cancel the flight you can have a refund (or rebook to a later date for no extra charge within certain parameters)

      If you chose not to go then it’s a voucher.

      • Olly says:

        8 Mar8 March 08:32

        Thanks@Chris – I’m aware of the normal outcomes of you cancelling as the customer and them cancelling as the flight operator but I’m asking people’s experiences in what BA have actually been doing. For example, the Government have put a blanket ban on leisure travel so the flights may well go ahead but we legally can’t go on them as opposed to “chose not to go”, so where do we stand with refunds? What has been BA’s strategy for dealing with people who have already been in that situation during the current lock down is what I’m more interested in?

        • Michael C says:

          8 Mar8 March 08:35

          V briefly, if BA cancel, you can have cash. If YOU choose to cancel, you can have a voucher.

        • Tracey says:

          8 Mar8 March 08:37

          Exactly the same. Refund if cancelled, voucher if the flight operates.

        • meta says:

          8 Mar8 March 08:41

          Planes are flying not just for leisure passengers. There are those going on business, citizens and residents who can return to US, cargo, etc. BA probably won’t cancel the flight, but maybe they will reduce the number. You can only hope your flight is one of the reduced one. If the flight times have changed significantly, you can also get a refund or reroute on another date.

        • Anna says:

          8 Mar8 March 08:48

          You said it’s been changed already – if you’ve got a new flight number you have the same rights as if it’s been cancelled. As meta says, the flight may well still go. Your best bet may be to try and get it moved to a future date if you want to preserve the ticket price.

    • Jonathan says:

      8 Mar8 March 11:17

      Not really BA’s issue if you’re permitted to travel or not. You must have purchased it after Covid became a universally recognised event?

      If the flight still goes ahead then a BWC voucher is actually a pretty good result for a cheap, non flexible, ticket so I wouldn’t waste your time asking for a reschedule or refund.

      If the flight number has changed though rather than just a retiming of less than 4 hours then you have full cancellation rights ie. take a refund or a reschedule within 365 days of booking date. BA are currently pretty reliably processing either of those options for cash bookings.

      • Tarmohamed says:

        8 Mar8 March 11:27

        Not wanting to give the airlines an idea, but why don’t they instead of changing the flight number codeshare with their own flights? Or is that not possible? So if there are 2 flights, YY1 at 1pm and YY2 at 3pm, create a bee flight YY3 at 1pm and have it carry all 3 flight numbers ?

        • Nick says:

          8 Mar8 March 13:10

          Can’t do that, against codeshare rules abs practices. Wouldn’t be possible in the GDS/PSS, or at least not for low enough cost to make it worthwhile.

        • Lady London says:

          8 Mar8 March 13:32

          what about airlines that don’t use GDS, @Nick? if their own systems would do it (I am thinking the likes of Ryanair here) would the airline still be barred from doing this?

        • ChrisC says:

          8 Mar8 March 14:24

          Imagine the confusion if the same flight number (and a codeshare number is still a flight number) is used on different flights on the same day.

          Not only for passengers but for check-in staff as well.

        • Nick says:

          8 Mar8 March 18:06

          @LL very good point, I actually have no idea. Ryanair doesn’t ‘do’ codeshares generally, but I don’t know whether their it would technically be feasible within their PSS. I do know it’s totally impossible for legacy/network airlines.

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