The HfP chat thread – Friday 4th June

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• TokyoFan says:

  4 Jun4 June 10:52

  Hi all. Does anyone have any experience of BA’s willingness to swap 241 vouchers on an existing booking? Due to numerous cancelled bookings over the last 12 months I’ve ended up with a returned voucher expected to expire in Jan but a booking for Nov on a voucher due to expire in June. I’d really like to swap the short-life voucher onto the Nov booking. Is it a cancel and rebook (and therefore £70) job or will the call centre do it for free?

  • Genghis says:

    4 Jun4 June 10:57

    Not possible to do a direct swap.
    As you say you could pay £70 to cancel, hope the flights go back into reward inventory and rebook.
    Or get a FTV on that flight for free, hope the flights go back into reward inventory and rebook, but then you still end up in the same place with the 241 (irrespective of which one) valid until April 23.
    I’d probably just leave it.

    • TokyoFan says:

      4 Jun4 June 11:17

      Hmm that’s helpful Genghis.
      I wonder if I got a FTV I could use *that* to book for my planned May trip (California), and then rebook Nov trip (which isn’t looking too good anyway at the mo – Tokyo). Hopefully that wouldn’t result in a loss.
      If you book a redemption with a FTV presumably canx arrangements are the same as a normal booking?

      • Genghis says:

        4 Jun4 June 12:17

        yes

  • TGLoyalty says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:54

    They Might do it for free if the flights come back as the exact same cost (Avios and cash)

  • Toby says:

    4 Jun4 June 12:58

    I managed to get them to swap one shortly after booking when I’d accidentally used the wrong one. It was remarkably easy via the blue exec line. I do wonder if the agent was meant to have done it!

  • Reeferman says:

    4 Jun4 June 13:43

    They’ve certainly swapped for me (on the phone) when I was faced with this situation earlier in the year

• Richie says:

  4 Jun4 June 10:56

  I notice Finnair fly to Eilat in winter, would that be a few TPs in J?

• dragonfly says:

  4 Jun4 June 11:03

  Could you please recommend a reliable car service to take us from Canary Wharf to LHR T5 for very early morning flight? We (2 pax) will have 3 large suitcases, 2 golf bags, 2 carryon bags, computer bag and backpack. Thanks.

  • Rob says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:06

    An Addison Lee SPV or UberXL should do the job.

    • dragonfly says:

      4 Jun4 June 12:53

      Thanks Rob 👍 Have noted and will contact them.

  • Aslan says:

    4 Jun4 June 14:19

    Could also try Blacklane or Wheely, although neither will be that cheap….

  • iSub says:

    4 Jun4 June 15:53

    If you want to use a local Canary Wharf business, I’d highly recommend Carrot Cars – they have an office here, an excellent app with car tracking like Uber, decent cars (E-Classes as standard) and the ability to select cars by size etc. Service is always great – more Addy Lee or Blacklane level than Uber – opening the door, taking your luggage etc. I’ve probably used them 60 or 70 times from the Wharf to LHR and LGW without issue – often at 5pm. About £49 to £55 pre-Covid

• Andrew says:

  4 Jun4 June 11:07

  Referred someone for the basic BA Amex, they were approved, received the card, I got the referral bonus credited. They now want to cancel the card as the proposition is much poorer. Will I lose the referral bonus?

  • Genghis says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:12

    No

• BJ says:

  4 Jun4 June 11:24

  Pfizer has been approved for 12-15yo. On news outlets.

  • Anna says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:35

    Great news but I wonder how long it will take to implement? 16 and 17 year olds can’t even get it at the moment, despite the majority of new covid cases being in teenagers.

    • WaynedP says:

      4 Jun4 June 15:01

      Yes, and 5+ months after it was approved for 16 & 17 year olds.

      So I wouldn’t hold my breath for under 16s getting jabbed anytime soon.

      Lunchtime news also mentioned ethical issues around vaccinating low risk teenagers while so many adults in the developing world remain unvaccinated.

      • Binnie says:

        4 Jun4 June 16:54

        As I see it, there are no ethical issues about vaccinating our own 12-15 YOs instead of giving the vaccine to some poor country where it would save more lives in elderly/ vulnerable folk.

        Charity begins at home and stopping our own UK teenagers from spreading coronavirus to their gran etc or some unvaccinated stranger is worth the jab.

        Don’t forget 90% immunity (eg old person who got 2 jabs) still means there’s a 10% chance they could get it, and in a frail old person that could mean premature death.

  • Harry T says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:44

    Probably because it’s become apparent that Delta driven outbreaks are allegedly common in schools. That and the fact that the US and EU have approved already.

    • meta says:

      4 Jun4 June 12:04

      And before it was “We now know that virus does not spread is schools…”

  • Tracey says:

    4 Jun4 June 16:16

    Consent issues are going to be a nightmare! (Said as someone who works in a vaccine centre).

• Anna says:

  4 Jun4 June 11:38

  Also just been reported that BA is putting on extra flight from Portugal to the UK to get people home before Portugal goes on the amber list, in case anyone needs to book!

  • Anna says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:38

    *Flights – it won’t just be one!

    • Sam G says:

      4 Jun4 June 16:51

      Another LCY been added too (3 now on Monday) – Easyjet are adding 1000 seats heard on the radio as well

  • Richie says:

    4 Jun4 June 12:20

    BA0511 on Monday appears to be a B777

    • Sam G says:

      4 Jun4 June 16:52

      Yes. LGW config so row 1-4 CW and nearly full already. WT+ also being used as CE

  • HBommie says:

    4 Jun4 June 12:25

    Hi Anna, I was due to fly out on Monday, hey ho. Now scrambling to find something UK based next week.
    That will take me all weekend to plan something sensible.

    • Super Secret Stuff says:

      4 Jun4 June 13:26

      Plymouth? Premier Inn Derry’s Cross was an excellent deal. Brand new hotel for £50 per night

• Anna says:

  4 Jun4 June 11:40

  And France will allow vaccinated Brits in for holidays from June 9th – that ban didn’t last long!!

  • Harry T says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:45

    Where are you seeing this?

    • Anna says:

      4 Jun4 June 12:03

      I keep getting DM headlines popping up 🤦‍♀️🤣. They must have me tagged as a middle-aged pensioner ripe for brain washing!

      • Anna says:

        4 Jun4 June 12:05

        https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/04/covid-travel-france-reopens-to-fully-vaccinated-brits-next-week-14714568/

        Here. I have no idea what the leanings of this publication are!

        • John says:

          4 Jun4 June 13:33

          Owned by the Daily Mail (as is the i these days).

  • ChrisC says:

    4 Jun4 June 11:47

    Can the Dutch please do the same??

    • meta says:

      4 Jun4 June 12:11

      Most EU countries will allow entry to vaccinated Brits from 1 July anyway. Some have chosen to do it earlier. EU digital passports are ready. My parents got them the other day.

      Quite interesting validity compared to UK (as it’s driven by science and not on the mood):
      2 doses of any vaccine valid for 210 days after 14 days of receiving for Pfizer/Moderna, 21 days after for AZ
      1 dose of Pfizer/Moderna valid for 42 days from 14 days after receiving
      1 dose of AZ valid for 84 days, 21 days after receiving.

      • ChrisC says:

        4 Jun4 June 12:21

        Will they accept the QR code from the NHS app or the printed pdf?

        Anyway looks like I’m cancelling my June AMS trip which included a fabulous rate Emyr got for me at the De Witt

        *sobs*

        • meta says:

          4 Jun4 June 13:54

          Yes QR from NHS accepted or PDF printout or letter, but remember it expires 21 June and given current situation I don’t think it will be renewed for anyone. I have a hunch this was the plan all along.

        • meta says:

          4 Jun4 June 13:55

          Also since I am dual national, I can also convert my overseas certificate (UK) into EU one, just need to do it in person in my home country. I am hopefully sorting all this out in July when I go back.

        • Binnie says:

          4 Jun4 June 18:30

          Meta do you really think the UK vaccine passport expires on 21 June and won’t roll over? I think 99.9% of people disagree with you.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        4 Jun4 June 13:57

        Technically the EU digital health passport is only valid for EU citizens and not 3rd countries (yet).

        Individual countries would decide what they do and don’t want to accept from non EU states.

        • meta says:

          4 Jun4 June 15:56

          Yes, but I am dual national so I am also EU citizen so entitled to EU digitial health passport because my home country will issue me with one based on UK vaccination. The certificate will show that I have completed vaccination overseas.

      • Tracey says:

        4 Jun4 June 16:18

        Interesting, those poor Pfizer people stuck while waiting for their second dose!

        • meta says:

          4 Jun4 June 18:18

          Or not. It’s 4 weeks wait by default in some EU countries for Pfizer and Moderna. AZ you can get after 8 weeks by default.

• Andrew says:

  4 Jun4 June 11:55

  Virgin Money Credit Card – FundBack

  Had my first money back from Virgin the other day. You can choose to have it credited to your Credit Card or Faster Payment to your normal Current Account. I chose the latter.

  It credits with the narrative of “Sports Loyalty Car”. Not impressed, it looks like a credit from a gambling site.

  • 747_Brat says:

    4 Jun4 June 12:51

    Is this similar to LBG group offers or something else?

  • Travel Strong says:

    4 Jun4 June 13:04

    Oh yes, I had that too! Yes, this is from the c@shback offers similar to other schemes.
    Under more detailed information it does say VM C@shback, but the headline stayed at Sports Loyalty Car!

    • 747_Brat says:

      4 Jun4 June 14:02

      Thanks

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