The HfP chat thread – Thursday 6th May

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• Harry T says:

  6 May6 May 11:20

  Has anyone paid into iWeb with Bendy and Beardy? Does iWeb accept this payment method? Does Beardy charge any interest or cash advance fees?

• Genghis says:

  6 May6 May 11:39

  That’s it

  • 747_Brat says:

    6 May6 May 13:41

    Thanks Rob & Genghis

• Morris says:

  6 May6 May 11:57

  Has anyone ever booked a hotel via the Amex “Vacation Collection” offering? There is very little information about it in forums/blogs. How are the rates, etc.?

  https://www.americanexpress.com/icc/cards/benefits/travel/the-vacation-collection.html

• OP says:

  6 May6 May 12:04

  Merits of Crypto aside… has anyone had luck with any Bendy fronted card and Coinbase deposits? It seems like a no?

  • IanM says:

    6 May6 May 13:37

    No, nor Binance

  • NP says:

    6 May6 May 15:43

    Been doing the Solihull – Che – Coinbase route recently and works very well. Can also double dip with beardy. No bendy required.

  • The Urbanite says:

    6 May6 May 16:08

    Curve’s Terms Of Service state you can’t use it to pay for cryptocurrencies – the card will decline at most if not all MCC 6051 merchants.

  • Amo says:

    6 May6 May 16:25

    I hope you don’t mind the shameless plug, but Luno.com supports funding via a Visa/Mastercard (I worked there for a while, setting up their UK engineering team). Using my code 765VK Gets you £10 of free Bitcoin with a purchase of £100.

• FFoxSake says:

  6 May6 May 12:19

  Melia extra 25% for points purchases – might be good for a a top-up/keep your points alive…
  https://www.melia.com/en/mymeliarewards/mispuntos/comprar-puntos.htm
  Promotion conditions:
  • Offer valid for all point purchases between 9am on May 1 to 11:59pm on June 30, 2021 (GMT +2)
  • 25% extra points will be placed in the member’s account within 24 hours of the purchase.
  • These points do not expire. Provided there is activity in your account at least once every 12 months, the points will remain active.
  • Points can be used for hotel bookings (points or points + cash) and hotel services (bars, restaurants and spas).
  • Points cannot be transferred to other accounts nor used with partner companies unless there is at least one hotel stay registered in your MeliáRewards account. Points are not valid for programme tier upgrades.
  • Purchased points are not refundable.
  • The minimum purchase is €5 and the maximum per transaction is 150,000 MeliáRewards points.

  • FFoxSake says:

    6 May6 May 12:29

    fyi – just added 1000pts (5 Euros worth) and the bonus of 250pts appeared immediately.

    • Sina says:

      6 May6 May 15:13

      Do we know how much the points are worth if used in hotel for drinks, food & spa?

  • Sukes says:

    6 May6 May 22:39

    Melia keep rolling forward the expiration date of points. Current policy is all points remain alive until 30 Sept 2021.

• Wollhouse says:

  6 May6 May 13:00

  Just wanted to give a quick shout out to Emyr at Bon Vivant. I had a TINY requirement – literally 2 separate nights at the Bangkok IC. I joined Platinum Ambassador when Rob promoted the offer last year (it’s been REALLY useful in lockdown…..;) so I thought Emyr would think my enquiry was a time waster as I could get many of his benefits via that. But, not at all! He responded really quickly and was very keen to stress he is always available to help, no matter how small the request. Really fast, efficient service and so just wanted to feed that back as people might be booking dinky trips, which we perhaps wouldn’t normally consider him for.

  • Mouse says:

    6 May6 May 15:00

    +1 I’m a regular customer now, his service is top notch

  • ChrisC says:

    6 May6 May 16:22

    Yes he really is excellent.

    Just wish I could actually manage to stay for one of the bookings he has made for me rathet than havie to cancel or move them!

    • DeB20 says:

      6 May6 May 16:28

      +1

      When travel resumes, I will make many more hotel bookings through Emyr.

  • Harry T says:

    6 May6 May 17:19

    Emyr is terrific.

    • Cabal of rabid baboons says:

      6 May6 May 19:40

      Emyr offers a top class service, i’ll now be a regular customer.

• Super Secret Stuff says:

  6 May6 May 13:13

  Just got an email from SeatFrog, the ones who manage last minute upgrades on trains, about investing before the general public. Very interesting.

  Might be of interest to a lot of HfPers because I know they want to expand into aviation

• Josh says:

  6 May6 May 13:14

  Hi All,

  My sister opened a Plat Biz amex for the 100k offer as her first ever amex card.

  I have since started the referral order for her as per the HFP main article, however the amex live chat is saying that she isnt eligible for the welcome bonus offer because she has a platinum biz card already. Arent they operated separately?

  Thanks

  • IanM says:

    6 May6 May 13:39

    Your query isn’t very clear. What is she applying for if she already has a Platinum?

    • Rob says:

      6 May6 May 13:43

      If she already has Bus Plat then she CAN get the bonus on personal Platinum. The Bus Plat card doesn’t count – the rules on personal Platinum say this clearly.

      If she has personal Plat she CAN’T get the bonus on Business Plat. The personal Plat card does count as the rule is different.

  • Genghis says:

    6 May6 May 13:44

    She’s eligible for bonuses
    – bonvoy / nectar – no personal Amex in past 24 months
    – plat personal – no personal MR card in past 24 months
    – BAPP – no avios earning card in past 24 months.
    Go in that order.
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