The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 30th March

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• AndyGWP says:

  30 Mar30 March 11:10

  I recently took the Airtime Rewards referral from the user “Headlessforpoints”

  My understanding was that I got a £5 bonus for using this referral, but apparently it’s just £1

  Did I misunderstand the referral, or are the support team blagging me?

  • AndyGWP says:

    30 Mar30 March 11:30

    lol apologies, it was HeadingForNoPoints 🤣🤣

    “Airtime is back with bonus for signing up, £1 for signing up + £4 if you spend within a certain time frame.”

    https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2021/03/19/the-hfp-chat-thread-friday-19th-march/comment-page-4/#comment-600704

    • HeadingForNoPoints says:

      30 Mar30 March 22:12

      I’ve just checked and only got a £1 myself too, the offer was definitely sign up today and spend within 5(?) days

• DarrenS says:

  30 Mar30 March 12:14

  Question on Morrison’ s gift cards. Does anyone know how to cross refer the individual receipts to a particular card? None of the numbers match up, nor does the PIN under the scratch-off panel.

  I have asked three Morrison’s staff and none knew.

  • 747_Brat says:

    30 Mar30 March 12:19

    In my experience the numbers on Morrison’s gift cards never match to the receipts weirdly. I keep track of the card balances by calling the number on the back of the card and manually entering the card number.

    • Jonathan says:

      30 Mar30 March 13:29

      Yes, makes it a nightmare for reconciling. I spent an hour last night having a sort out of my GC drawer. I thought I’d been shortchanged on some Morrison’s GC’s but eventually found the receipts which proved I’d got full value.

      Full marks to JLP for having the easiest system for checking remaining balance.

  • Steve says:

    30 Mar30 March 14:31

    Use a barcode scanner app on your phone to scan the barcode on the card – the number on the receipt is the barcode number, which isn’t the same as the gift card number printed on the card.

• KBuffett says:

  30 Mar30 March 12:54

  Are there any sites that share ‘hidden’ discount codes for bookings on hotel’s websites?

  • Rob says:

    30 Mar30 March 13:40

    Not really, unless you want lists of corporate codes. Marriott has a few odd ones that very occasionally work and operate globally, eg M11 can bring up local promo offers.

• Andrew says:

  30 Mar30 March 13:03

  Nectar.

  Things are back to Normal this week. With 1080 bonus points available across 18 items at Sainsbury’s. Some items I don’t need, so will probably earn 800.

  • Red Flyer says:

    30 Mar30 March 14:06

    Just got a double points on fuel for first time in 8 weeks but not as good as the last 400 points for £35 of fuel. Paper coupons at checkout have completely dried up for me and now just getting 10 offers at either 10 or 20 points each week as standard.

    • Andrew says:

      30 Mar30 March 14:44

      The odd thing is, I’ve noticed the paper coupon printer is often making the printing noise, but us clearly out of paper.

      • Super Secret Stuff says:

        30 Mar30 March 15:09

        That is the receipt printer…

        If using the app, it is very, very rare for established customers to get paper coupons. New customers or reactivated dormant nectar cards are always a different story (it is a game that is designed to make you feel good)

  • Jamie says:

    30 Mar30 March 14:57

    The fact you consider this to be normal is the problem. It’s not, and they will reduce again to more manageable and cost effective (for them) levels when they think they’ve got you hooked in.
    Prepare for future disappointment.

    • Super Secret Stuff says:

      30 Mar30 March 15:06

      No it is fairly normal to have offers in the 50 to 150 region. On the cost front, probably costs a lot less than say Clubcard when you factor in that a lot of people spend there points in Sainsbury’s

      • The real John says:

        30 Mar30 March 15:11

        But that’s still around £5 discount on every shop that they don’t necessarily need to offer (in my case, as there are no alternative supermarkets).

        Maybe they did see a noticeable drop in revenue for the weeks where they reduced the points on offer.

  • Super Secret Stuff says:

    30 Mar30 March 15:05

    I stopped my online orders and they went back up, seems like a silly change to the system, they are now losing my custom from this feature

    • TGLoyalty says:

      30 Mar30 March 22:22

      🙂 not to say we told you something had changed

• PK says:

  30 Mar30 March 13:20

  I had a booking for Istanbul for August this year and had it changed to Dubai for April hoping it to be cancelled. The booking needed additional avios and cash .It’s been more than 3 days since it was ticketed and avios has come off the account but no authorisation on the credit card. When do they take the payment?

• Joyce Lockley says:

  30 Mar30 March 13:43

  Has anyone had any issues with the 500 bonus Avios deal, from when they first moved over to Nectar?

  My points moved over okay, but I didn’t get the bonus. Nectar Live Chat gave me an Exec Club phone number and the customer assistant on that number hadn’t even heard of the deal and couldn’t find a record of it (I think he was admittedly working from home)!

  • DAJ says:

    30 Mar30 March 13:51

    I’d be interested to know as my 500 bonus have not arrived.

    • John says:

      30 Mar30 March 14:47

      Mine arrived in both accounts:
      Avios nectar launch offer 500 points
      Transaction March 9
      Posted March 11

• Travel Strong says:

  30 Mar30 March 13:58

  First of my June easyjet cancellations has happened (GIB). I’d have loved for it to have gone ahead, but once again I will make the most of the opportunity to turn a £50 round trip spend in to a peak season ticket instead.

  • Anna says:

    30 Mar30 March 14:15

    Oooh, I’m tempted to book more EJ flights now … but so much already planned for next year I’m in serious danger of overdoing it!

    Is GIB classed as UK for re-booking or are you sticking with it in any case?

    • Jody says:

      30 Mar30 March 14:25

      Just had a quick look at this, when you filter to list destinations by countries they have put GIB all by itself!

    • Jody says:

      30 Mar30 March 14:31

      I’m tempted too, but my husband might kill me if I do it again, as like you, have lots planned for next year! Still got my Corfu flights that were cancelled to rearrange, am just sitting tight on them to see what happens as to whether we can do a Greece trip later in the year if travel restrictions are lifted, or of not, will move them to next year some time.

      Waiting for the Disney Cruise Line prices to come out for their staycation cruises they’ve announced, suspect they’ll be very pricey but would love to go on another if the price is right (I’ve done 8, yes I am a grown up really!). Prices used to be very reasonable, especially for the repositioning cruises as they thought they wouldn’t sell, when they realised there was a market for them they put prices through the roof and I refuse to pay what they charge now.

      • Anna says:

        30 Mar30 March 14:40

        My husband has no idea how many mini breaks and holidays we’re (hopefully) going on. I’m practising my “I told you about that, it’s been planned for ages!” line 🤦‍♀️😂

    • Travel Strong says:

      30 Mar30 March 15:05

      Yes, a GIB cancellation can only be rebooked to GIB for free. ‘Free changes to any other airport in the country’ … but the only option is GIB still 🙂 you can pick a different mainland UK departure airport I guess though! And good access to southern spain too.

      • Anna says:

        30 Mar30 March 15:57

        Make sure you take your mask!

• Aim High says:

  30 Mar30 March 13:58

  The game of points is dangerous. I see so many posts here for KYC and feel sometimes whether its worth it. I do move funds around here and there – not yet had a KYC but probably do 10k through a month through various sources.At what stage do folks get KYC – I try and feed using different underlying cards and 2k,2.5k at a time so not large enough that triggers a query…
  any seasoned folks with good advice?

  • Anuj says:

    30 Mar30 March 15:56

    If you have the disposable income where saving £10k a month seems believable you should be fine, otherwise I’d slow down as that seems a lot to me. However even with such an income if you’re shuffling around the same £10k instead of letting it accumulate and withdrawing varying amounts then they’ll probably still not look kindly to it.

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