The HfP chat thread – Sunday 14th March

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Nigel says:

14 Mar14 March 18:26

What is this Airtime that everyone is talking about? I feel I have missed something.
- Secret Squirrel says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 19:08
  
  Look up airtime rewards
- Chrisasaurus says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 21:35
  
  Morrison’s aren’t currently on there for me at least anyway…
  - Secret Squirrel says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 21:56
    
    Strange as most got 10%
    - Chrisasaurus says:
      
      14 Mar14 March 23:49
      
      Morjssons not even ‘coming soon’ – Waitrose are coming soon apparently as they have been for months.
      
      Morissons were briefly back soon for a month or so but now vanished
Anuj says:

14 Mar14 March 18:29

Any London hotel deals post lockdown? The only ones I’ve found is the travelzoo vouchers.
- Rob says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 18:46
  
  The ones we see, we cover, but there isn’t much. I doubt we’ll see much until May when there is more certainty.
- Aston100 says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 20:22
  
  Prices seem very high in and around may half term.
  Checking IHG, there are no good cash prices. Dynamic points pricing (as noted by Harry T the other day) seems to be (more or less) in line with cash prices now.
  - Anna says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 21:25
    
    Emyr got me a good deal on the Kimpton Fitzroy, they are still doing the 3 for 2 offer but if you book through Emyr they don’t take the first night deposit they want for booking direct. We’ve been upgraded to a junior suite as well!
    - Anuj says:
      
      14 Mar14 March 22:32
      
      Thank you for reminding me about Emyr. Will send off an email to him.
Matt says:

14 Mar14 March 18:58

Any idea on the required gap between having closed a Barclays account and being eligible to sign up for a Premier account? Don’t want to waste a hard credit search if it’s unlikely to be successful.
- Patrick Cold says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 19:05
  
  I closed my Premier Account and switched to Virgin; it was a monumental error on my part. The Virgin experience was an absolute shambles. I went into my Barclays branch and switched back to Barclays Premier on the spot.
  - Patrick Cold says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 19:07
    
    Apologies. I`ve re-read your question and my response is unhelpful!
Shaz says:

14 Mar14 March 19:14

IHG buy points 100% bonus available until March 16th.
Steve says:

14 Mar14 March 19:39

Anytime have a Nectar Amex referral code (seems can’t refer from BAPP to Nectar)?
- Genghis says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 19:44
  
  Nectar is now outside the referral scheme, it seems. For now anyway. HfP may still get their affiliate link revenue?
  - Steve says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 19:48
    
    Per Rob’s “How a couple can earn 186,875…” article seemed to suggest Nectar to Nectar error was still open (step 2)?
    - Rob says:
      
      14 Mar14 March 20:29
      
      As it happens Amex has just booked a sponsored article on refer a friend so we may get to the bottom of this.
  - Rob says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 20:31
    
    They are still paying us 🙂
- Craig says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 19:50
  
  Well that’s a pain, I’ll have to rethink my referral strategy for Mrs S!
  - Craig says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 19:58
    
    Just wondering if it will be back to the Marriott card.
    - Steve says:
      
      14 Mar14 March 20:00
      
      Marriott referrals work from BAPP
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 20:00
  
  You can’t even refer from nectar to nectar at the moment.
  
  Amex believe it’s an IT issue as there’s no comma to say it can’t be referred.
  - TGLoyalty says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 20:00
    
    Comms *
- Steve says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 21:00
  
  Anyone know if Amex do a name and address check on the linked Nectar? Would rather not open multiple Nectars and just route Amex earnings into a single (existing) Nectar account, if possible?
  - Rob says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 21:04
    
    They never used to – Nectar and Radisson used to be the only partners who did no name checks at all. This may have changed of course.
    - Steve says:
      
      14 Mar14 March 21:36
      
      Thanks, will report back if they reject the card number entered 👍
Jimbob says:

14 Mar14 March 21:10

Any heads up when the next buy Avios bonus promotion might be?
- Rob says:
  
  14 Mar14 March 21:58
  
  Iberia just did 50%, Aer Lingus is currently doing 50% so I wouldn’t be surprised to see BA do 50% soon. I honestly don’t know though.
  - Jimbob says:
    
    14 Mar14 March 22:49
    
    Any potential pitfalls in transfering Aer Lingus avios to BA?
    - Memesweeper says:
      
      15 Mar15 March 00:00
      
      No
    - Rob says:
      
      15 Mar15 March 08:56
      
      No
Youngtraveller says:

15 Mar15 March 01:51

Not sure if covered or will be covered but amex has an offer from Qatar (spend 500, get back 100) on my plat+gold supp and ubereats (get 10%) only on free rewards.