The HfP chat thread – Sunday 18th July

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• Chris Heyes says:

  18 Jul18 July 07:22

  Steve Not as tiresome as all the one-liners about beardy, bendy, che ect
  Mostly just saying did you do this. did you get that, I did, I didn’t, I’m waiting
  it might, it might not, we’ll have to wait n see. or not, it might work, mine did, mine didn’t, I tried this or that or the other lol
  endless rubbish, but of course my rubbish might be someone’s interesting conversation
  Come back Anna I Iov you, I’ll marry you or your OH ?
  If you haven’t gone Mornin Anna

  • SteveJ says:

    18 Jul18 July 08:11

    That’s kind of my point. Many find the Che/Bendy stuff useful, many do not. Many may find Anna popular/valued, many may not. Sweeping generalisations that topic or person a, b or c are “valued” is just opinion disguised as fact.

• Andrew says:

  18 Jul18 July 07:28

  Me being one of the “other 11 Andrews”. My twopenneth worth is that life’s too short to swipe, goad, react etc. For the most part, this is a friendly community that helps one another and we should do all we can to protect and foster that.

  Equally, I would imagine Rob and Rhys have far more rewarding things to do (including furthering the journalism of HfP and hopefully enjoying the sunshine) and could do with spending less time wielding a referee whistle.

• Annabel says:

  18 Jul18 July 07:30

  Morning. Can anyone tell me if I can use my Avios to book an American airlines flight from Hawaii to Las Vegas? Doing a search on BA doesn’t seem to bring up any flights at all. However on the American Airlines search there are air-miles flights available. Is it something that is available to us but only by telephone? Thanks

  • Chris Heyes says:

    18 Jul18 July 07:48

    Annabel I’ve used AA loads of times to transfer across USA
    I’ve always had to ring BA though, to use Avios. AA release there seats at differant dates to BA though and mostly suitcases have to be booked in at AA when arrive in USA
    That’s annoying

    • Mikeact says:

      18 Jul18 July 07:58

      And don’t forget you have to pay for luggage using Avios on internal AA flights. If you have Delta/Partners miles to use,then luggage is free.

      • Chris Heyes says:

        18 Jul18 July 08:27

        Mikeact Yes that’s what I was meaning when I said booked in, in USA I meant paid for as BA cant/wont book n pay luggage

  • BJ says:

    18 Jul18 July 07:51

    I don’t know if that is an AA route but you cold go to LAX and then take hire car or bus. LAX will have larger aircraft on the route I’d expect and possibly with full international cabins so better products. As always for both Las Vegas and Hawaii, there will likely be lots of inexpensive revenue flights so check them out before using avios.

    • Doc says:

      18 Jul18 July 08:37

      Normal aircraft that ply the LAX-Hawaii with AA are the A321 with no flat bed seats but recliners.
      If you want larger aircraft with flatbed seats, look at the DFW to Hawaii routes. Normally a Boeing 777. Obviously COVID could change all of this.

      • BJ says:

        18 Jul18 July 08:58

        Ah ok, figured they might have the capacity for 777s from LAX.

  • Louise K says:

    18 Jul18 July 08:07

    There needs to be saaver award tickets to book with Avios on BA.

  • Memesweeper says:

    18 Jul18 July 08:11

    Yes. Be sure to check the availability you see on aa.com is the cheapest rate — that’s the only one BA can book. Consider a change in LAX, this opens up more flights.

  • 1ATL says:

    18 Jul18 July 10:11

    Remember you can also use Alaska Airlines too now in order to get to Hawaii from the West Coast.

  • AJA says:

    18 Jul18 July 10:40

    Is the route a direct flight? If it isn’t then I think you need to search for the individual segments and then phone BA to book to have it on one PNR.

    • Mikeact says:

      18 Jul18 July 17:03

      With additional Avios required as well.

• Barraclough says:

  18 Jul18 July 07:51

  I don’t know the size of the readership of these daily chat columns but it must be large. I’d respectfully challenge the assertion that the arguments (and in some cases potshots) at others including the “big characters” is “why we come here everyday”. That may be the case for a tiny few regular contributors but this public chat facility has a readership who dip in and out, including newbies, looking for tips and advice on travel, rewards and points, and not for the personal criticism, put downs, and bitching!

• Luke says:

  18 Jul18 July 07:57

  Anyone had any issues with the 6k AMEX additional cardholder application? Filled it out using the link in Rob’s article last week, haven’t heard anything so went on the live chat yesterday and they couldn’t see anything so have told me to call the new accounts team…no points or card have arrived so far.

  • BJ says:

    18 Jul18 July 09:00

    My dad added me to his Gold, took 8 days for it to be confirmed.

• BJ says:

  18 Jul18 July 08:00

  @Andrew … Both Debs and Anna will enjoy that 🙂

• JustLetMeFlyAgain says:

  18 Jul18 July 08:07

  I’ve got the ARCC Amex (the clear one) and the blue (non-premium) BA Amex.

  Am I eligible for any sign up bonuses on new cards, I seem to remember I can get something on the plat card but could be wrong

  • Memesweeper says:

    18 Jul18 July 08:13

    Business cards if you run a business?

  • SteveJ says:

    18 Jul18 July 08:15

    Is the ARCC a membership rewards earning card? Is so you’re out of luck getting a platinum sign up bonus. The rules for Platinum are only 6 months without membership rewards earning as are BAPP). So cancel one of those free cards and wait six months if you’d like a sign-up.

    • Reney says:

      18 Jul18 July 09:16

      I thought was 24 months without a MR card?

      • Reney says:

        18 Jul18 July 09:18

        https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2020/12/28/what-amex-sign-up-bonuses-are-you-still-eligible-for/

        Read this!

        • Guernsey Globetrotter says:

          18 Jul18 July 10:32

          Yes – the six month reset only applies for not holding a business card afaik

• Ash says:

  18 Jul18 July 08:10

  Lol

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