The HfP chat thread – Friday 9th July

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• Thomas Shelby says:

  9 Jul9 July 12:17

  Shepherd’s Bush BP £30 amex offer works on M&S giftcards, now have £300 worth of M&S giftcards.

  • Stuart Evans says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:00

    Does that mean it works more than once on the same card?

    • Thomas Shelby says:

      9 Jul9 July 13:19

      No I used several amex cards

• Tim says:

  9 Jul9 July 12:32

  Data point #3,405,384:

  Ordered 2x Qured tests yesterday for (potential) use later in year returning from US. Arriving via DPD despite selecting Royal Mail free delivery, on Monday before 11am.

• Aston100 says:

  9 Jul9 July 12:36

  Heading off to Wales for a couple of weeks at the end of the month.
  Are masks going to be voluntary in that country?
  I ask because I’m down to a couple of fabric ones and half a dozen disposables. Not sure if it is worth buying any more.

  • Peter K says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:09

    Wales have typically been more cautious than England throughout the pandemic so far.
    I’m pretty sure Mark Drakeford has said July 19th relaxation doesn’t apply to Wales but I haven’t double checked that.

  • Travel Strong says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:49

    a couple of fabric ones and a half dozen disposables have lasted me 16 months 😂
    But yes, drakeford will do continue things in Wales for longer than England, on political principal.

  • Anna says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:52

    Hotels and other venues may well decide that mask-wearing is a condition of using their facilities for some time yet, so I’m hanging on to my masks!
    Also they will be required on planes (and possibly in airports) for the foreseeable future.

    • Aston100 says:

      9 Jul9 July 14:16

      Ah well, guess I’ll have to order a box of 50 disposables then.
      They’d better be insisting on masks when I get over there.

      • Rimmingtown says:

        9 Jul9 July 15:02

        It would take you years to get through 50, a packet of three will suffice for about two months

        • Aston100 says:

          9 Jul9 July 15:17

          Yuck… don’t you throw them away after wearing?
          For that matter, how often do you wash your pants?

        • Rimmingtown says:

          9 Jul9 July 15:26

          I don’t know, ask your wife she does them for me 🙂

• YC says:

  9 Jul9 July 12:58

  Anyone able to share what details you get with a day 2 test from Collinson? Is it just a text/email to say its negative? Or does it include name, passport, etc. Looking to use this as proof of entry to Europe 2 days later as well

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:40

    You get a full certificate which should do the trick – includes your passport details etc plus the necessary stamps and signatures.

  • Ikaz says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:51

    I actually didn’t get a certificate as their digital signature on opencerts.io (where they upload the results) is not valid…

    • Ikaz says:

      9 Jul9 July 13:51

      (That is for day 2 Collinson)

      • Rob says:

        9 Jul9 July 14:26

        Collinson certs are stored as PDFs on their website collinsonassistance.com.

        If you set up a log-in there you can see them.

        • YC says:

          9 Jul9 July 17:40

          Thanks will probably give this a go. Much prefer in person than posting and waiting

• den says:

  9 Jul9 July 13:08

  Does anyone have experience of transiting through UK to USA as a UK passport holder? As in stayed in Europe for 14 days before travel to US to avoid the ban on anyone entering US who has been in UK in previous 14 days – does it apply to transit flights through Heathrow eg Helsinki to LHR to JFK, is this allowed or would be classed as being in UK?

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:15

    Would be banned from entry as you’ve been in UK.

    Finland is part of Schengen so you would also be banned from entry to US if you stayed there.

    You’d have to stay in a non-Schengen/UK/Ireland country and not transit through one on the way.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      9 Jul9 July 13:20

      I don’t think transit is included as people were transiting LHR from
      Croatia early on.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        9 Jul9 July 13:22

        Took 20 seconds to get clarity

        Transiting a country covered by the proclamation (including the UK), even without exiting the airport, counts as physical presence within that country and triggers the application of the proclamation.

        https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/u-s-visa-and-travel-faqs/

        • den says:

          9 Jul9 July 14:29

          Many thanks!

  • Liam says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:15

    Most European countries are part of the US travel ban as well, so be careful there. However, note that transiting does count as being in a country in the eyes of the US, so you could not, for example, fly from Croatia (not included in the US bad) to the US via LHR.

• Gary says:

  9 Jul9 July 13:08

  Return to UK pre-departure self administered lateral flow test… Does anyone know how Prenetics verify identity/result before sending it out (seem vague on their website)? Or any provider whose result is not reliant on live appointments? Ideally would like to avoid as may get very busy for any live appointments in a few weeks.

  • Rich says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:43

    When you register the test online you’re asked to choose ‘which picture does your result look like?’, then you submit a photo to verify. Didn’t work on Safari, OK on Chrome.

    • Gary says:

      9 Jul9 July 15:04

      Thanks… Seems like a more efficient process compare to zoom consultations

• Mrs_Fussy says:

  9 Jul9 July 13:23

  FYI – used Express Test at Heathrow for PCR fit to fly test. Highly recommend, in and out in 10 mns and test received in 10 hours ( I paid for the normal service ). Paid £113 for 2 using BA code

• Gothbe says:

  9 Jul9 July 13:28

  Anyone having difficulty paying hmrc with curve today? I’ve tried several times and it’s hanging at the contacting card issuer page

  • QwertyKnowsBest says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:54

    Had same problem in past. Was an HMRC web issue for me. Try clearing cookies/cache on your browser or use a different browser. That worked around for me.

    • Chas says:

      9 Jul9 July 14:33

      That is brilliant – thank you! Had been using Safari, and even Chrome didn’t work. But I’ve just downloaded Firefox and that worked….

      • QwertyKnowsBest says:

        9 Jul9 July 14:46

        Increasingly finding that I experience less website problems with Edge than Chrome, did not used to be that way.

  • Dr C says:

    9 Jul9 July 14:07

    Yeah usually is the website try again tomorrow

  • Chas says:

    9 Jul9 July 14:30

    Yup – discussed on pages 1, 2 and 4!

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