The HfP chat thread – Monday 24th May

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• trader363 says:

  24 May24 May 13:36

  OT – I’ve got a £100 Jimmy Choo gift card which expires in around 6 months. Feel free to get in touch via Rob/Rhys if you’re interested

• ed says:

  24 May24 May 13:45

  should probably already know the answer to these questions. as I understand, if you take an FTV with a 241 wrapped up in it, but redeem for a trip requiring fewer Avios the excess Avios are then refunded in the form of a new FTV. Is there anyway to release those left over Avios? Also, once you opt for the FTV do you relinquish your usual redemption flight right to cancel for £35 pp?

  • Nadeshka says:

    24 May24 May 14:01

    I’ve done this before and they refunded the avios and cash direct, no new FTV.
    Used this to my advantage by rebooking a long haul zone 7 to a domestic and got almost everything back saving the cancellation fee (I genuinely wanted the domestic flight though).

  • Ghosty says:

    24 May24 May 20:41

    Recently moved a reward booking for 5 with (2) 2-4-1’s from August this year to Easter next year (LHR-LAX) they had to turn it into a FTV first and then rebook using the FTV straight after. Because on of the legs were now in and off peak date the refubded the Avios back to my account. (with BA via phone)

    • Ghosty says:

      24 May24 May 20:43

      ***refunded*** (Fat finger syndrome)

• Hits says:

  24 May24 May 13:50

  Hello all. Anyone else had problems paying HMRC with Curve metal?
  Its been working fine until today when I got a message on HMRC website ‘We are unable to process cards of this type’

  • Alan says:

    24 May24 May 16:24

    I had that, it was a Curve issue that after a few attempts Curve admitted they couldn’t fix. In the end they had to cancel my card and issue a new one to get it sorted.

• mark2 says:

  24 May24 May 13:53

  Can someone please explain how to pay on e-bay with nectar points?
  Has anyone bought the PayPal gift cards using nectar?

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    24 May24 May 13:57

    @Mark- you have to redeem your nectar points in your ebay/nectar section for a voucher of money off. 500 points min I think.
    PayPal GC’s – wow I didn’t know they existed – thanks I’ll take a look now

  • Rob says:

    24 May24 May 14:35

    Link your accounts via the Nectar page on eBay (linked from home page). You can order eBay evouchers from ‘My eBay’.

• Tarmohamed says:

  24 May24 May 13:58

  Anyone having issues with Curve and NatWest Current Account?

  • 747_Brat says:

    24 May24 May 14:12

    I am having issue with Curve online payments. They are not working since Friday.
    Card present transactions are working fine!

    • Paul says:

      24 May24 May 14:14

      same for me. other people seem fine. wonder if it’s to do with spend? I am very high at over £1.2m per year.

      • 747_Brat says:

        24 May24 May 14:41

        I just got in touch with a Curve agent. To my astonishment, my card expiry date and CVV have changed overnight!

        I ordered a replacement card recently and while I was waiting for the card to arrive, I was using the card details on the Curve app, and it was working fine until last week. But now it seems like the details on the app were wrong. I just checked my physical card, and used those details and it has now started working again.

        This is what Curve had to say:

        “We’ve noticed a bug where customers are viewing the incorrect expiry details in the Curve app. We’ve highlighted this issue to the product team who are working to resolve it. Please your physical card details for the online transactions you are attempting. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.”

        • Paul says:

          24 May24 May 15:22

          Useful thanks.
          How did you get in touch? I tried help chat this morning but still waiting.

  • SteveJ says:

    24 May24 May 15:06

    Out of interest, why use Curve with your current account (presumably debit card)?

    • Paul says:

      24 May24 May 15:22

      Can’t think of a reason

      • TGLoyalty says:

        24 May24 May 17:31

        Other than using for what it’s designed for.

        one single card for every payment.

• Anuj says:

  24 May24 May 14:57

  I’ve got the Rimowa offer for 10k avios for spending £500. I’m wondering if they have any products that have good resale value on eBay that I could sell using the £1 offer and pocket the avios

  • Benilyn says:

    24 May24 May 15:09

    10k MR worth about £80 (using base case Nectar, obv can get better value) but for examples sake:
    Assuming you sell without discounted selling fees, fee ends up being ~10%.
    So £500 x 10% = £50. Then delivery, insured (for a £500 product), talking at least £12, so £62 total. Becomes tight… as you need to sell below retail.

    • egold says:

      24 May24 May 16:40

      you’d save delivery if you order directly to the buyer. (with risks attached)

    • Anuj says:

      24 May24 May 16:41

      I only sell with the discounted fees, which come every few weeks. For insurance I use a third party company which only charges 0.5% and so my fees will be 0.5% + £1 to eBay + delivery

      • Super Secret Stuff says:

        24 May24 May 17:09

        Correct me if I am wrong but the prices on Ebay look way too low to make it work. Probably driven my the niche market, high price tag and risks of fakes combined with the fact that people that buy RIMOWA mostly aren’t concerned with saving 10%

  • Andrew says:

    24 May24 May 16:05

    Not worth the hassle – you’ll unlikely cover your costs.

  • egold says:

    24 May24 May 16:39

    regarding the above, is there anything cheaper than the £580 carry on case?

    • Super Secret Stuff says:

      24 May24 May 17:04

      They have phone carry cases but that is it

      • meta says:

        24 May24 May 18:13

        You can buy luggage stickers for £80+, but some are cheaper for £6😂

    • kitten says:

      24 May24 May 18:05

      Germany cheaper for Rimowa (koffer.de, for example) but Brexit has made VAT messier, not necessarily more, opening the door to delivery companies adding.some chunky surcharges for things sent to UK from EU now

• HBommie says:

  24 May24 May 15:14

  Algarve COVID pack from Randox.

  x3 PCR’s included, tests via dropbox for £300, £180 with discount code RYANALGARVE .

  Seems reasonable for PCRs.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    24 May24 May 15:39

    Why do you need 3 PCR?

    • HBommie says:

      24 May24 May 15:45

      You don’t but I thought the whole package wasn’t badly priced.

    • HBommie says:

      24 May24 May 15:49

      PCR accuracy? Is it false positive or negatives more likely with lateral flow?

      • TGLoyalty says:

        24 May24 May 17:33

        So the 3rd is taken in Portugal and processed locally?

        • HBommie says:

          24 May24 May 19:40

          Yes, there are many dropbox locations in the Algarve. Mostly medical facilities/pharmacy’s as far as I can see.

        • HBommie says:

          24 May24 May 19:40

          Not the third, second prior to return

        • TGLoyalty says:

          24 May24 May 19:59

          Yes sorry just meant two are legally required. 1 by Portugal 1 by U.K. on day 2.

          Pre departure to U.K. can be Lateral flow and you are far more likely to have a false negative than a false positive.

        • HBommie says:

          24 May24 May 21:47

          That’s good to know re false negative.

• bill says:

  24 May24 May 15:14

  Does anyone know if the Plaza Premium LHR T2 will be open by 25 June ? Does it depend on social distancing ending or does it depend on passenger numberrs ?

  • bill says:

    24 May24 May 15:33

    I should add – this is relating to the arrivals in T2

    • Sukes says:

      24 May24 May 15:40

      I doubt arrivals lounges will open anytime soon, the priority will be to get some departure lounges up & running first.

  • Sukes says:

    24 May24 May 15:38

    It’ll be a commercial decision. The Aspire lounge at T5 is reopening tomorrow according to Priority Pass.

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