The HfP chat thread – Sunday 23rd May

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• roberto says:

  23 May23 May 11:56

  I had the email from AMEX about the Hilton promo but the offer was not available on my card.

  A quick chat call on my mobile followed by a fast uploaded screenshot of the email later and it appeared already saved onto the card 24hrs later.

  • Aston100 says:

    23 May23 May 14:19

    Roberto, I have had the offer applied to almost ever card and supplementary via phone calls. I did not receive emails about the Hilton promo.
    Granted I had to chase up a few of the cards on a 2nd call.

    • Harry T says:

      23 May23 May 14:35

      Aston do they not tell you that you aren’t targeted for the offer?

      • John Gallagher says:

        23 May23 May 14:55

        I was told it couldn’t be added if I hadn’t been targeted-(

      • Aston100 says:

        23 May23 May 15:39

        Harry, I had pushback from the live chat agents (to be expected, as those people are just copy&paste monkeys and have no ability to think outside the box).
        However, on the two phone calls I made (Brighton both times) there was no resistance or pushback at all.
        I now have the Hilton offer on almost every card that we have between us.

        • Aston100 says:

          23 May23 May 15:40

          Which by the way is very useful as I’m planning on using 5 of these cards & offers on my next 2 stays.

        • Harry T says:

          23 May23 May 16:03

          @Aston
          Thanks, I’ll give that a go if the inevitable Marriott Bonvoy offer doesn’t appear on all my cards. I don’t really have any Hilton stays planned.

      • BJ says:

        23 May23 May 21:13

        Normally they do but if you have received an email and/or they can see offer on your account on their systems they will add it for you.

• xcalx says:

  23 May23 May 12:25

  Good luck to everyone who got tickets for todays final prem games. Pub now for a few pints then game, happy days. MOT

  • BJ says:

    23 May23 May 21:16

    Except for foxes I guess, but they could drown their sorrows.

• BuildBackBetter says:

  23 May23 May 13:14

  Sainsbury’s nectar credit card – If I want to take advantage of the balance transfer AND the signup up bonus, is it correct to first spend £400 at Sainsbury’s to trigger sign up bonus, pay it off in full and then initiate BT?

  • Connor says:

    23 May23 May 13:50

    Shouldn’t make a difference. Transactions with the highest interest get paid off first IIRC, in this case your purchase at Sainsburys.

  • Memesweeper says:

    23 May23 May 14:35

    Yes. Personally I spent, waited for the statement, cleared it, then clocked up the 0%.

  • BJ says:

    23 May23 May 21:22

    That’s the way I would do it. Always safest. Before proceeding double check that you got the 17 months and not a shorter period. Isn’t there a BT fee on this card though?

• Sandra says:

  23 May23 May 13:55

  Following the conversation yesterday has anyone managed to activate a supp. Amex card yet? I tried again today with OH’s but was still not recognising and locking me out. I had an online chat and they have activated the card but I still can’t create an account for it. Back to Amex chat who have now told me ‘there appears to be some online maintenance going on’ try later….

  • Peter K says:

    23 May23 May 13:57

    Added a plat supplementary yesterday to an existing online account.

    • Sandra says:

      23 May23 May 14:18

      Thanks Peter K – They have told me that a supp. card holder has to have a separate account for each card and that it couldn’t be added to the same account as the BA supp. card. Is that wrong?

      • Aston100 says:

        23 May23 May 14:24

        Sandra, I responded to this yesterday, and also to the same question (was it someone else?) a few days prior.
        The lack of proper forums and notifications etc is frustrating.

        This has happened to me a couple of times this year.
        Amex live chat always tell me I need to create a new account for supplementary cards (this is nonsense).
        However, I found that on both occasions, a few days (2 or 3?) after activating, the supp cards ended up displaying on the correct main accounts.

        • Sandra says:

          23 May23 May 14:34

          Hi Aston, yes I saw your post yesterday and I did comment that I’d had issues. Just wondered if people were still having issues today. I am going to leave now and hope it corrects itself eventually. Just my OH wanted to use it today in the hope that spend will trigger the offers quicker!

      • BJ says:

        23 May23 May 21:25

        Yes, that’s just more nonsense from amex CSA. All my cards dating back as far as I can remember have been on a single account.

  • George K says:

    23 May23 May 14:16

    Try calling. I had similar issue, plus card not showing in Primary cards view. Agent did the process over the phone (with points posting immediately)

    • Sandra says:

      23 May23 May 14:20

      Yes I think will have to George K. Am going to leave for now and try once more later today/tomorrow and then call if necessary.

      • Sandra says:

        23 May23 May 14:22

        The actual points for the supp. card posted on my account within about 4 hours of applying for it last Thursday, so the points aren’t a problem just the card which arrived yesterday!

• Pete M says:

  23 May23 May 14:29

  Can confirm that the Crick Institute in London will happily give second doses of Covid jabs if it’s been 8 weeks since your first one, even without an appointment.

  • Paul Pogba says:

    23 May23 May 15:20

    Does this apply to Pfizer or AZ? I had my first on Friday at a local hospital, asked about bringing my 12 week second dose forward and was told it only applied to AZ (but they didn’t seem that confident).

    • Pete M says:

      23 May23 May 15:32

      Sorry, should have added that – AZ. There’s plenty of stock of that for some reason apparently lol 😅

    • Tracey says:

      23 May23 May 17:54

      I would give it a couple of weeks before trying to rebook. At the moment there is an abundance of AZ around, the stuff planned for second doses and those that were lined up for first doses that now won’t be given. Couple that with some mass vac centres turning over to do Pfizer and the effort is currently being made to pull second dose AZ from around 11 weeks to 8+ weeks.
      Let the dust settle for a few weeks and you will see many more centres giving Pfizer, at which point it may be possible to start booking in Pfizer seconds earlier than the current 11 weeks.

  • Andrew says:

    23 May23 May 17:23

    But the efficacy is higher if it’s 12 weeks so I’ll be waiting.

    • Pete M says:

      23 May23 May 17:52

      Not quite for the Indian variant it would appear?

      • Jonathan says:

        23 May23 May 23:22

        The efficacy data for AZ & Pfizer on “Indian” variant is comparing Apples & Pears so I wouldn’t read it that way.

        The good news is that they both seem good enough (we won’t know exactly how good for a while yet). Hospitalisation rates don’t seem to be increasing yet either although it’s very early days due to lag between infection & deterioration.

• Josh says:

  23 May23 May 15:25

  Anything I should be conscious of when using the IHG creation card with bendy ?

  • Aston100 says:

    23 May23 May 15:42

    Who are you paying? Ernie?

    • Josh says:

      23 May23 May 15:58

      Yeah or curve metal so CC’s

  • SteveJ says:

    23 May23 May 15:52

    Not much, Bendy plays very nicely with Solihull IME

    • Si says:

      23 May23 May 17:33

      One thing that caught me out is IHG took a few days to load a number bendy ernie payments. Meant I was able to go beyond the max limit on my card and I recieved a penalty (£15 or something) once IHG had processed everything.

      £15 was a bargain for the points I was earning though so I didn’t question it at all and just paid straight up.

      • Crafty says:

        24 May24 May 07:38

        You don’t want an overlimit fee potentially being reported to your credit files.

• N says:

  23 May23 May 16:08

  Can I book on points on a DOH-DXB flight in F for access to Al-Safwa (assuming it’s open at the time of travel)?

  If so, how? BA site only letting me book into J. No QR points, but got lots of Amex.

  • H says:

    23 May23 May 16:18

    QR only sell Y and J on this route, regional F is no longer offered. You can book J and pay for access to Al Safwa.

    • N says:

      23 May23 May 16:47

      Thanks for the heads up! Was about to go on a wild goose chase for the regional F ticket

    • Andrew says:

      23 May23 May 17:25

      Regional F is still offered, just not to DXB.

  • Andrew says:

    23 May23 May 17:24

    Yes unfortunately the days of QR marketing F on that route are over. You could book Muscat instead in F and get access to Al Safwa.

• Stanley says:

  23 May23 May 17:04

  Is there any law on how long it can take an airline to process a refund?? Air Malta fully refundable ticket has now been 3 weeks since I cancelled it and no sign of the refund? Paid on my Amex, not sure what I can do but wait though.

  • Ant says:

    23 May23 May 17:16

    I had a few Airmalta flights as I go often. They are the worse. The best thing is to do a cash back on your card where you can otherwise you end up with a v v long wait or a voucher – even if you don’t ask for one.

    • Stanley says:

      23 May23 May 17:22

      Thanks for the feedback Ant, they just told me 28 working days! I think I will speak to Amex and start a chargeback. Then Amex can be out of pocket until/if it comes through.

      • Harry T says:

        23 May23 May 17:26

        You can initiate a chargeback online without calling Amex. It’s easy.

        • Stanley says:

          23 May23 May 18:23

          Thanks. I will do that, but there is a 18Euro a ticket admin fee which I won’t get. So the refund won’t be for the amount I was charged. Can I still do it online in that situation ?

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