The HfP chat thread – Thursday 18th March

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• Newbie says:

  18 Mar18 March 13:56

  BA Holidays – when upgrading flights to CE using Avios, can you do it online or have to call?

  • Andrew says:

    18 Mar18 March 14:06

    Should be able to do online. But remember not all booking classes of Euro Traveller are upgradable.

    • stevenhp1987 says:

      18 Mar18 March 16:37

      I’ve never been able to upgrade a BA Holiday online for cash or Avios.

      Always had to ring.

    • Optimus Prime says:

      18 Mar18 March 17:04

      I think the classes sold in a BA Holiday are upgradable. I did upgrade to CE a couple years ago but had to call. When trying online it said ‘Unavailable for this booking, please contact your travel agent’. Yes, my travel agent was BA…

  • Jonathan says:

    18 Mar18 March 16:49

    Rob did an article a little while ago talking about the economy booking classes that cannot be upgraded with Avios

• Ilou says:

  18 Mar18 March 14:23

  How long after a deposit with ERnie that you can cash in ? It showing on my balance but not available for withdrawal

  Thanks

  • Chris says:

    18 Mar18 March 14:58

    8 days i think it is

  • Jonathan says:

    18 Mar18 March 15:04

    Don’t go down the route of rapid recycling. They’ll pull you up on it very quickly.

    • ilou says:

      18 Mar18 March 15:29

      Thanks

    • memesweeper says:

      18 Mar18 March 15:41

      +1

• Bee says:

  18 Mar18 March 14:34

  Okay so I used to use my curve basic card in the past and had my virgin cc and M&S connected to it and think I used it for spend abroad. I even think it allowed Amex for a short while. Something must have happened and I stopped using it – i think something about charges not sure.

  A new card just card in the post and I was reminded about it. What underlying cards can I use for any benefit? What are the benefits of still holding it?

  Thanks

  • The real John says:

    18 Mar18 March 16:21

    1) Lets you use credit cards where the merchant only accepts debit cards

    2) 0% fx fee (up to a limit) on a credit card which has high rewards but 3% fx if used directly

    3) the intended use case, carry one physical card but able to spend on many different cards

    • Bee says:

      18 Mar18 March 16:50

      Thank you – so will any card can be linked to it, right?
      I remember also being able to take cash out, I guess that is what cannot done anymore.

• Sal says:

  18 Mar18 March 14:48

  Anyone got an airtime referral they would like me to use?

  • Ste Cox says:

    18 Mar18 March 14:49

    D3HNWNWV

    Thanks

    • Sal says:

      18 Mar18 March 14:53

      Thanks used

      • Ste Cox says:

        18 Mar18 March 14:53

        Thank you

    • TicknBash says:

      18 Mar18 March 22:39

      Used x 2.

      • Ste Cox says:

        18 Mar18 March 23:13

        thanks

• TimM says:

  18 Mar18 March 15:26

  I have just had my Heathrow-Manchester evening flight cancelled for… 15th July!! Are BA gradually pulling out of ‘The North’ altogether? The Gatwick link has gone, Cityflyer has gone, the BA lounge will not reopen and now even connecting flights to Heathrow are being cancelled. It appears like an evacuation.

  • Anna says:

    18 Mar18 March 15:59

    There was an earlier mention of a domestic cancellation for July so it looks as though BA are re-jigging the summer schedule. I don’t think the new Gatwick link has been officially pulled, even though apparently it’s not actually re-started yet. Obviously they still have a duty to get you to MAN – I doubt they would cancel the route altogether as they get a fair bit of business from people connecting to LHR for long haul.
    It would be great to see CityFlyer back but I’m not holding my breath on that one …

  • Capt Hammond says:

    18 Mar18 March 18:08

    I’ve just had return Manchester – Heathrow flights in September cancelled!

• Secret Squirrel says:

  18 Mar18 March 16:13

  As an update: my VA 15k code arrived this afternoon after only 1 x day of account switch & all other criteria in place.

• DJ says:

  18 Mar18 March 16:15

  Re the Virgin Money 15,000 points switch offer, despite the fact that I applied via the app, I just received a wine voucher ..

  Did anyone managed to get this sorted? Thanks

  • Rhys says:

    18 Mar18 March 16:17

    Apparently if you tell them you’re teetotal they’ll switch it pretty quickly!

  • Bee says:

    18 Mar18 March 16:56

    Yes I did, I called them on the 9th of March- told them it was the 15k offer I signed up for and was told it would be sorted in a couple of days by a different team who will revoke the wine code and issue the 15k points code.

    I heard nothing for about 5 days and contacted them again telling them what I said earlier plus I wouldn’t have signed up for the wine offer as I don’t drink, she said it will be sorted and followed up the next day saying I will soon be contacted.

    Then got a call yesterday, the agent read out the code and I entered it and it worked.

    So it looks like if the wine offer comes, you need to contact them to rectify it

  • BJ says:

    18 Mar18 March 20:19

    They told me last Thursday that my wine code would be deactivated and a points code manually issued but it would take 2-3 days. Still waiting a week later ; I’ll call again tomorrow.

• John says:

  18 Mar18 March 16:33

  Hi
  Would anyone have a ‘Octopus Energy’ referral code available that I could use?

  • Carol says:

    18 Mar18 March 16:38

    share.octopus.energy/peach-crab-530

    Thanks

    • John says:

      18 Mar18 March 16:43

      Thanks!!

      • Carol says:

        18 Mar18 March 17:05

        Thank you for using my code – I have just received a confirmation email!

  • Oli says:

    18 Mar18 March 17:14

    And thanks to Anna to using my referral earlier, I received the £50 today!

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