The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 4th May

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Alan says:

4 May4 May 22:14

How long does it usually take for Paypoint transactions to show on the CC statement.
I have made 5 £200 transactions over the past week and so far none are showing on my account. Is this normal?
- Matt says:
  
  4 May4 May 22:22
  
  IME that is not normal if using Amex. Charges have quickly appeared for me as pending. In fact the only time I’ve checked it’s been there before I left the Co-op
- FatherOfFour says:
  
  4 May4 May 22:40
  
  Agree with Matt, but remember it will show as the store you made the PP transaction in, not as Paypoint itself on the Amex app/statement
Fk says:

4 May4 May 22:37

I know someone mentioned about their dragonpass vouchers showing as expired, despite being told there is an extension, I sent an email to them couple days ago and they said they will look into it
Hoping to get them reinstated
- Char Char says:
  
  4 May4 May 23:01
  
  Well it seems they are negotiating with the Dufry Red hence some expirations, but I don’t know as they said they were extending it regardless of the Dufry status
MM says:

4 May4 May 22:56

Amex Business platinum fee just showed up. I guess no remission this year? Anyone negotiate a lower fee.
Travel Strong says:

4 May4 May 23:21

Unbelievable 😂

“We’ll be back soon
Both ba.com and our apps are temporarily unavailable while we make some planned improvements to our systems. Everything should be back up and running by 05:00 BST on Wednesday, 05 May.”

#ABBA. I think i’ll stick with virgin after all.
- Louise K says:
  
  5 May5 May 00:02
  
  Just saw this myself – trying to grab CW return tickets!