The HfP chat thread – Thursday 24th June

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• YC says:

  24 Jun24 June 11:15

  Any way of stacking offers for majestic wines?

• MW says:

  24 Jun24 June 11:17

  I’ve hit my 10k spend to get 100k Avios under the Bus Plat promo. So far, I had only 40k bonus. I have one 3k transaction coming back (which will still leave me over 10k after refund) – should I wait for it to return and call them up for my other 60k?

  • will says:

    24 Jun24 June 11:37

    I only had 40k post too. Went onto chat and asked for clarity on it, insisted I applied in time but it took them some days to approve.

    Been told to wait (can’t remember if it was 7 or 10 days) and to check back pending result of escalation.

    There’s a note on a HfP article about this:
    https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2021/05/05/save-100-on-easyjet-holidays/

    • MW says:

      24 Jun24 June 11:49

      Someone in another chat thread suggested I call rather than use chat as it seems to result in a quicker/better outcome.

      I was wondering more about the issue with a returning transaction and whether that’s likely to cause any issues.

• Max says:

  24 Jun24 June 11:24

  Is anyone here with Igloo energy? Is it possible to just cancel the direct debt to pay the full balance with Amex each month?

  • DJ says:

    24 Jun24 June 11:33

    I don’t think so. But you can over pay your account with Amex.

  • Andrew M says:

    24 Jun24 June 11:39

    You can ask them to reduce the direct debit. I managed to get it down to £15 via the chat function on their website but I think someone on here managed £5. I assume it helps if you have a sizable credit balance with them.

  • FFoxSake says:

    24 Jun24 June 11:43

    Probably best to leave the DD active and negotiate via email.
    I got my DD down to £1 after overpaying the account so that I had over 1 year of bills covered (and mentioning that I was able to do that before with Octopus might have helped!).

  • Alan S says:

    24 Jun24 June 11:55

    I put £1000 in my account via Amex and then emailed them asking them to reduce my DD to £1.

    They did it no problem, with a small comment that they don’t normally do it and I need to make sure I keep the account in credit.

    You obviously get the benefit of the Amex payments, but also the 3% interest on any account credit up to £1000.

  • Jane says:

    24 Jun24 June 12:19

    I got mine down to £1 but it took quite a bit of pushing and I was 500 in credit

• Degsy says:

  24 Jun24 June 11:24

  Just had notification of cancellation by VS of my flight to Seattle on 05AUG – sounds like Virgin is not optimistic about the Summer opening up…..

  • Anna says:

    24 Jun24 June 11:28

    US politicians have been making noises about not wanting Brits to bring (more, as they already have some) cases of the Delta variant, so I don’t think it’s looking hopeful until autumn at the earliest. Also they want to hold us over a barrel about Brexit, NI etc, of course.

    • Lady London says:

      24 Jun24 June 13:15

      Why would the Americans want to do that?

    • Mike says:

      24 Jun24 June 13:32

      The Americans will have the same % of Delta variant as the UK by the end of July. At this point any country with double figure % of Delta is pretty much guaranteed that it will become dominant.

    • Doommonger says:

      24 Jun24 June 14:57

      That should read the Biden administration, not US Politicians. Plenty of my US colleagues are as frustrated as we are regarding travel. I have not been able to travel to my head office since March 2020. This is a do nothing President. I mean, two press conferences in six months?!!
      The Doomster

  • Connor says:

    24 Jun24 June 19:16

    Flight to Washington (DC) on the 14th not been cancelled. No doubt it’ll be soon though.

• Russ says:

  24 Jun24 June 11:38

  Not got time to go through all the comments but found ‘Spend £1,000 or more, get £200 back’ from Easy Jet on Gold card. Apologies if already mentioned.

  • AndyGWP says:

    24 Jun24 June 16:24

    https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2021/06/19/save-200-easyjet-holidays/

• Anna says:

  24 Jun24 June 11:51

  https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/self-isolating-preston-woman-given-20884691
  Definitely farcical!

  • Super Secret Stuff says:

    24 Jun24 June 17:20

    Seen weirder things happen in Preston…

• Charlie says:

  24 Jun24 June 11:59

  Any tips on making a night at the Shangri-la Shard Hotel any cheaper? Wanna use the amex offer but weekend stay still coming in at £600+ !!

  • meta says:

    24 Jun24 June 12:15

    Stay Sunday to Monday, it’s usually cheaper.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jun24 June 12:15

    Prices are hugely up this Summer at all smart places unfortunately. You can book via Emyr and get some extra bits thrown in:

    Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability
    Daily buffet breakfast for two guests per bedroom in Ting Restaurant or via in-room dining
    $100 USD equivalent Food & Beverage Credit to be utilized at TING Restaurant & Lounge during stay (not combinable, no cash value if not redeemed in full)
    Early check-in, subject to availability and Guaranteed 4pm check-out
    Complimentary Wi-Fi

    Lot of value in the 4pm check-out if only staying one night.

  • YC says:

    24 Jun24 June 12:17

    FHR/Virtuoso + Golden circle double pts/nights. Not any cheaper but good benefits. Split payment over multiple cards if sufficient spend for multiple Amex offers

  • Neil Donoghue says:

    24 Jun24 June 13:48

    I’ve got a stay in August booked with Emyr for £586 on a Saturday night. The new promotion with double base points makes the return a little better but I am in a similar boat as you. In the end, I opted for transferring SQ points to Golden Circle and decided to make the most of it. Will have $500 worth of food and drink vouchers for the night including the $100 from Emyr.

• Sina says:

  24 Jun24 June 12:06

  is it possible to downgrade from BAPP to BA card online, the same way that upgrades are possible?

  • Andrew says:

    24 Jun24 June 12:46

    Best to call to see if they offer you anything to stay as BAPP and take that then downgrade anyway

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