The HfP chat thread – Saturday 5th June

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Jason says:

5 Jun5 June 10:55

Anyone who thinks this “points” game isn’t worth it.. just got 5 miles seats home on the last flight from Faro on Monday night! Thank you Rob and team!
- Doommonger says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 11:19
  
  Take the last flight from Faro
  and I’ll meet you at the airport
  can you take your PCR test
  coz all our plans have come to nought
  
  Doomey the bard of Watford with apologies to the Monkees
  - Memesweeper says:
    
    5 Jun5 June 16:23
    
    Yes, all correct 😁
Dan says:

5 Jun5 June 10:58

Had anyone started doing their Shop Small Spree yet? Finding it harder now to do the usual given its £15 not £10 but still managed to trigger it 4 times on a my weekly weekend grocery/butcher/fishmonger shop!
- HeadingForNoPoints says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 11:36
  
  Not going out of my way this time, not worth it
  - Andrew says:
    
    5 Jun5 June 12:07
    
    +1 Not bothering this time.
    - Paul says:
      
      5 Jun5 June 14:29
      
      +2 waste of time
- the_real_a says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 12:09
  
  Not bothered at all this time. Will maybe hit it once for a takeaway and once for a bill payment. Otherwise not going out of my way.
- mr_jetlag says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 15:55
  
  was going to kick things off at vapiano today but DS decided he wanted an Honest burger instead. not too fussed as it’s getting more and more of a faff tbh.
- Super Secret Stuff says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 16:07
  
  As useful as a soggy mushroom
- MD says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 18:23
  
  Lot of very grumpy people in this thread! 🙂
  
  Easy to trigger SS in central London with only a little bit of planning, managed 4 today without going out of our way. With the reduced total uses on each card it should be easy enough to max of out our 8 cards.
  - Crafty says:
    
    6 Jun6 June 09:14
    
    Had a nice dinner last night that we’d planned to do anyway, and split it over 2 cards for a nice £10 rebate. Works for me. Definitely not going to mess around making lists and looking out for places this time.
Genghis says:

5 Jun5 June 10:58

Once cards cancelled offers don’t get reversed.
- G says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 12:41
  
  That’s good to know
Oz_Traveller says:

5 Jun5 June 10:59

– CURVE CARD QUESTION –
I have just joined both Curve (basic) and IHG awards credit card, with the view to link the IHG to the Curve card, HOWEVER, when linking the IHG card I receive the following message… You can’t add this card to Curve…

Has anyone else had this issue, and if so, is there a workaround? Help me out team 😉
- Yorkie Aid says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 11:17
  
  Have you used the IHG card natively already? If not try that first.
- the_real_a says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 11:56
  
  If there is a 10-20 second delay between hitting submit in curve and the error message – curve is making a small transaction with your IHG card (say 0.89p) to verify the details. If curve is unable to approve the transaction you get the error message. Double check you have entered the correct details into curve, and that you have activated your IHG card (usually you need to do a chip and pin before making an online transaction although people say thats not necessary with Creation). Otherwise contact creation and ask why the transaction was not authorised – i recommend going to the fraud team because the regular customer service squad are about as useful as a bag of sand and i believe are no able to see non-authorised transactions on their version of the system.
Yorkie Aid says:

5 Jun5 June 11:18

Have you used the IHG card natively already? If not try that first.
- Oz_Traveller says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 11:22
  
  Ahh I haven’t. I will give that a go and see if that works – thank you!
Dr C says:

5 Jun5 June 11:19

Have BA been cancelling many flights to Greece as had booked last year for next week but rather not have to pay a cancelation charge (can’t move dates again for free) or take a voucher
- Dr C says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 13:33
  
  Flights cancelled today so saved £70
  - Optimus Prime says:
    
    5 Jun5 June 13:56
    
    Was this to Greece mainland or one of the islands?
    - Dr C says:
      
      5 Jun5 June 14:15
      
      island, well just 1 flight back in 3 weeks
Jim says:

5 Jun5 June 11:28

Just got the HK WE – when will the annual fee kick in?
- Genghis says:
  
  5 Jun5 June 11:30
  
  First statement. I remember getting my first statement a few days after receiving the card.
Kevin says:

5 Jun5 June 11:35

Got several replies yesterday about upgrade BA free card to BAPP online will be the faster way rather than calling. May I know how to do it online, or just apply new BAPP. TIA

Also would you guys get the mystery 6k points via upgrade online or calling CS