The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 29th June

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Vern says:

29 Jun29 June 18:33

Just checked my Amex platinum and found £175 Waitrose cash back offer valid till 17 July and in my saved tab. Can’t for the life of me remember saving it and don’t recall seeing it mentioned in hfp emails.
Nice unexpected bonus.
- VerdantBacon says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:30
  
  Article on this in January and discussed for many chat threads following its release!
  - Vern says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 20:49
    
    Yes. I received 154 back on 27 January and then another 26 on 31 January.
- Andrew says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:33
  
  That’s been there since January/ February!! It’s the Platinum retention bonus for the first half of the year. Perhaps for people who hadn’t saved it past a certain date they auto-enrolled you as it’s open to all card members.
Eligold says:

29 Jun29 June 18:38

Why won’t deliveroo allow me to add an American express card to my account?
Trying to use the gold card offer before the month is up
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 20:35
  
  The name must match the name on your account. Not an issue because you can put any name in for Amex.
Anna says:

29 Jun29 June 18:53

That’s it, we are definitely going to be banned from Europe now 🤣 ⚽
- Lord Doncaster says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 18:59
  
  Frau Merkel will have a face like a lemon until she retires now…oh the indignity 😂
- Luke says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:05
  
  21 day quarantine for Brits visiting Germany, effective immediately.
  - Wembley wonder says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 19:07
    
    🤣🤣🤣⚽️⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
  - Sandgrounder says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 19:12
    
    Tonight’s result really opens up that side of the draw for Denmark.
    - Patrick Cold says:
      
      29 Jun29 June 19:41
      
      I`m on @ 50-1 and hope you`re right.
  - David D says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 19:15
    
    @Luke, do you not mean Weeks 2-0 Days?
mutley says:

29 Jun29 June 19:26

The tool Johnson was asked today about travel to the US and in general, his answer was just pure bluster, not a clue, doesn’t seem to care a jot, went of on a tangent about vaccination rates. This W*nker need someone to tell him in simple terms that his governments continuing travel ban is causing people to lose their jobs and livelihoods., as well as potentially being illegal. Rant over.
- Louise K says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:33
  
  Not sure BJ is solely responsible for the ongoing US ban though. EU are allowing incoming US passengers but not the other way around.
  - Andrew says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 19:35
    
    Absolutely. But people love to blame him for everything – if we’d lost the football it would have been down to him I’m sure!
    - JC says:
      
      29 Jun29 June 20:32
      
      Is this a joke?
Sandra says:

29 Jun29 June 19:27

I just wish that spectators (from both sides) would respect each other’s national anthem without booing.
- Sandra says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:36
  
  Posted out of synch with football comments for some reason ⚽️🏟
- Anna says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:36
  
  Absolutely – what was that about?! Shocking lack of manners, especially from the host nation.
  - TJones says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 20:21
    
    Klinsmann is so classy, decent and gracious in defeat. Best pundit by a mile.
- Cabal of rabid baboons says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:36
  
  Mutley, I believe the problem is the Americans aren’t welcoming us at the moment, of course it’s easier to blame Boris if you don’t have a full grasp of the facts.
  - Anna says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 19:41
    
    These comments are all over the place today!
  - mutley says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 19:50
    
    I don’t doubt for a minute that the do nothing Biden administration are not helping by expediting the process. Indeed, my American colleagues including the Democrats amongst them are becoming increasingly disillusioned with their administration. My point is that the head of the UK government is piss poor and should be able to come up with a credible answer when asked a relatively straight forward question, without the usual BS bluster.
    - Yuff says:
      
      29 Jun29 June 20:20
      
      Is that what every politician is guilty of, personally I find plenty a lot worse than Boris
      - TJones says:
        
        29 Jun29 June 21:05
        
        There are plenty worse than Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (eg the astonishingly thick Andrew Bridgen) but they are not in positions of power. Priti Patel shares Johnson’s lethal combination of over-confidence and lack of ability, but I have no doubt that we have had the worst possible PM at the worst possible time.
Anna says:

29 Jun29 June 19:38

Back in travel news – apparently Malta is now requiring the printed NHS letter as proof of vaccination which can take up to 5 days to arrive, not great for anyone departing in the next few days!
- Chris says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 19:41
  
  Will they not accept the PDF copy that can be downloaded from the app?
  - Anna says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 19:43
    
    I don’t seem to be able to post a link to the article but they have said the QR code can be forged so want the NHS bar code. Sounds rather spurious and could be that they don’t have the technology to deal with it.
    - Anna says:
      
      29 Jun29 June 19:44
      
      https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/15431534/malta-vaccination-app-proof/
    - Gary says:
      
      29 Jun29 June 21:15
      
      The PDF copy fr NHS app says “your unique 2D barcode” at the top. Not entirely sure you would get a different barcode/letter by having it posted to you.
    - Chris says:
      
      29 Jun29 June 22:04
      
      “QR code can be forged” … does not sound right … the data is digitally signed AFAIK in the same way as the EU’s own scheme is. It could just be they have been working to get the EU wide support online ready for the 1st they haven’t yet got everything in place to support “reciprocity” with others.
mutley says:

29 Jun29 June 19:53

and before anyone asks, I voted for both Cameron and May, but not Johnson as his track record suggests/suggested he can’t be trusted.
- Anna says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 20:08
  
  Mutley, your comments tonight are like quantum particles – no-one can predict where they are going to appear 🤣
Zoe says:

29 Jun29 June 19:55

Wimbledon Centre Court tickets for tomorrow showing available now!
- AJA says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 20:19
  
  Talking Wimbledon sad scenes tonight with Serena Williams’ exit with her ankle injury. And following on from Mannarino’s exit with his knee injury in his match against Federer. I hope both recover swiftly.
- Zoe says:
  
  29 Jun29 June 21:08
  
  And for Number One court now too,
  - Rob says:
    
    29 Jun29 June 21:25
    
    Still there at 9.25.