The HfP chat thread – Friday 21st May

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• Olly says:

  21 May21 May 15:11

  Apologies if I missed this due to not visiting Hfp recently but my legacy “one off fee” Curve Black, which I must have had since HfP promoted it in 2016 was due to expire in a couple of weeks. Today the replacement card is the Blue version, the benefits being 1% at 3 retailers for 90 days. Whoopee-doo!!! Is there anyone who has managed to have the Black replaced with the Black rather than the downgrade to Blue without paying £10 a month?

  • Youllnever says:

    21 May21 May 15:18

    That doesn’t sound right – you shouldn’t have moved plans just because your card expired.

  • Craig says:

    21 May21 May 15:26

    My Curve card is blue, has been since it was replaced. However, my account under manage your plan is legacy black. I think I queried it at the time and was told that’s what the replacement card would look like but not to worry the plan stays the same.

    • Olly says:

      21 May21 May 16:16

      @Youllnever, I was surprised to see the account downgraded without so much as a “by your leave”, just the card landing through the letterbox.
      @Craig, I have just checked the plan via the app and it is shown as being Blue now, how long ago did your card
      get changed? I’ve sent a message off to CS but from past experience might not hear back for a few days.

      • Craig says:

        21 May21 May 16:23

        It was a while ago Olly, over a year, the card was compromised so they issued a new one which was blue but as I said account says Curve Black Legacy. Hope you get it sorted.

      • Youllnever says:

        21 May21 May 17:10

        Please update us with what they say. Hopefully whatever issue that caused this is resolved before my card expires at the end of this year.

        • Olly says:

          21 May21 May 19:00

          Thanks @Craig & @Youllnever, I will reply with the end result as and when they respond.

• David says:

  21 May21 May 15:21

  Any suggestions for the most convenient hotel to stay in at Heathrow at the moment? Flying back into T5 late and want to stop overnight before continuing journey.

  Prices seem similar around £60 ish for standard accommodation. But I notice that some of the hotels that call themselves T5 hotels are actually quite far away… was thinking the Holiday Inn Express T4 as I could use the train link but not sure if T4 is open at the moment so wonder whether the link is running.

  Thanks in advance for any advice!

  • Sam G says:

    21 May21 May 15:36

    If you haven’t got loads of luggage then the London bus to T4 (490 or 482) is easier than the train – you can alight at the “Sheffield way” stop for the Hilton or the Premier Inn. However I believe only the Hilton is open at the moment. The Premier Inn T5 might be a better bet – the 423 bus goes there. These aren’t free currently – £1.50 ew pp with a contactless card

  • Rich says:

    21 May21 May 15:44

    Premier Inn T5 is perfectly good and very close on the bus. Probably the most convenient to T5 at the moment.

    You also have the Hilton and Aerotel at T2/3, but it’s a bit of a schlep even though the HEX is only a few minutes.

  • Anthony Edwards says:

    21 May21 May 17:27

    If you’re continuing via London the next morning then get the tube to Hatton Cross and stay in one of the hotels there. I hate the Heathrow buses.

• xcalx says:

  21 May21 May 15:21

  When transfering Marriott points between members who calls, the giver or the receiver. Thanks

  • Benilyn says:

    21 May21 May 15:23

    The Giver

    • xcalx says:

      21 May21 May 15:31

      Thanks

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    21 May21 May 20:20

    Lol, xcalcx though they’d thought up a loophole there!

    Yes hello I’d like to transfer points from someone else’s accounts please – all of them. Account number 1, also account numbers 2, 3, 4…..

• Clive says:

  21 May21 May 16:17

  Seems like there will be a new red channel

  https://news.sky.com/story/heathrow-to-set-up-dedicated-facility-for-red-list-passengers-12312920

• Pete M says:

  21 May21 May 16:17

  I do despair… Who’d have thought you need to check with the country you’re travelling to whether you’re allowed in, eh? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57176693

  • Anna says:

    21 May21 May 16:40

    Not this chap, or his daughter who did all the paperwork for him! He also managed to books flights, and apartment and do PCR tests but not a single alarm bell sounded at any stage. Apparently Boris or the Welsh government should have told them.

• ian_h says:

  21 May21 May 16:28

  Tesco Clubcard Pay Question:
  i) Has anyone tried using this card at a tesco petrol station ? – Does it earn the 1 point per £1 like other Tesco Bank Cards or the regular Clubcard points?
  ii) I assume that as this is a straightforward Visa Debit its good to use at HMRC etc?

  https://www.tesco.com/zones/clubcardpay – Thanks

  • Reney says:

    21 May21 May 21:22

    i think it was confirmed that it does not work with HMRC

• Alex Sm says:

  21 May21 May 16:40

  It’s official now

  Heathrow to set up dedicated facility for red list passengers

  T3, then T4

  • Sam G says:

    21 May21 May 17:07

    They should now allow direct flights from the ME transit hubs, SA etc. That will reduce the number of people currently transiting via Europe and mixing with amber (and potentially soon green) passengers

    • TGLoyalty says:

      21 May21 May 17:33

      Exactly odd they have this mixed condition.

  • Andrew says:

    21 May21 May 17:42

    So I guess that’s no VS Clubhouse for the foreseeable future then.

    • meta says:

      21 May21 May 18:23

      Or Cathay or Qantas lounges…

      • meta says:

        21 May21 May 18:23

        Hopefully though they will move it to T4 soon.

• mutley says:

  21 May21 May 17:53

  A couple of questions

  1) I have a green IDC, can I get a supplementary card so Mrs Mutley can transfer her Business Plat MR balance to the supplementary IDC?

  2) Where can I find upgrade vouchers on my Virgin Atlantic credit card account?

  Thank you

  • Benilyn says:

    21 May21 May 17:57

    2) it should appear as a line item in your FC activity

  • Jonathan says:

    21 May21 May 18:24

    The voucher can only be redeemed by calling flying club CS

  • Rob says:

    21 May21 May 20:51

    1. Probably not possible because the points from the supp go into your MR account, not one for her

    2. Your point statement will have a zero miles entry called ‘Reward voucher issued’ or similar

    • mutley says:

      21 May21 May 20:59

      OK thanks for answers, nice problem to have as her balance is 120k from the recent Plat bonus, also well on the way to 29.9k from COT both via HFP articles 🙂

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