The HfP chat thread – Wednesday 11th August

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• Anna says:

  11 Aug11 August 13:04

  Now travel’s restarted I don’t really feel that inclined to spend my time sharing my wisdom, @cyclist, can’t think why that would be …

  • Anna says:

    11 Aug11 August 13:04

    Doh! To cyclist, obviously!

• Andrew Mc says:

  11 Aug11 August 13:08

  Made 2 x Deliveroo transactions on 1 August on Amex Gold. Received my 2 x £5 credits for my 2 x July transactions within a few days. But no credit showing for either August transaction thus far. Surprising? Thanks.

  • Andy D says:

    11 Aug11 August 13:19

    Surprising only that Deliveroo didn’t screw up the delivery so much that you decided to order again.

    • Richie says:

      11 Aug11 August 13:43

      My deliveroo delivery has never been acceptable, I always have to complain.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        11 Aug11 August 13:51

        Never? Where do you live?

        • Rob says:

          11 Aug11 August 14:23

          Bizarre. We have done loads over the last month and all fine. Possibly helps that we never order from anywhere more than a mile away. Have even ordered a few Pret lunches recently when the weather was bad.

      • KBuffett says:

        11 Aug11 August 14:40

        The issue more often than not is the supplier and not the delivery agent

    • Youllnever says:

      11 Aug11 August 13:44

      Never had any issues with Deliveroo so it’s probably just your luck.

      • Richie says:

        11 Aug11 August 15:32

        I’ll give it another go.

    • BJ says:

      11 Aug11 August 16:46

      Only used them 4 times so far but I was impressed with delivery. Followed Rob’s recommendation to stick within 2 miles of home though.

  • Benilyn says:

    11 Aug11 August 18:09

    Have used maybe 100 times in last 18 months, I’d say 90% of drivers flawless, 5% communication issues, 5% doing Uber eats at the same time so delay in delivery.

  • Tony Soprano says:

    11 Aug11 August 22:16

    I used the Deliveroo benefit on AMEX Gold for the first time last Thursday. 1x Deliveroo Plus subscription (currently £1) and 1x meal. Received £5 credit on Thursday and another £5 credit turned up yesterday.
    Side note – Deliveroo in East London has many more restaurants than Uber Ears and drivers (so far) are much more timely.

• Tracey says:

  11 Aug11 August 13:20

  Just managed to change a cancelled flight for the end of August, booked last November, for June 2022. Luckily I could do it online. Impressed how seamless this was given it’s past ticket validity and already changed the dates once.

  • Gruntfuttock says:

    11 Aug11 August 13:53

    Who with? 🤔

    • Tracey says:

      11 Aug11 August 16:19

      BA. Sorry I should have said. LHR-TLV. BA had already cancelled the outbound and we foolishly just moved our flight to the previous day, naively thinking we would be able to travel. Then BA cancelled the return, so we took the opportunity to move the flights to next year.

• Mrs_Fussy says:

  11 Aug11 August 13:22

  Keen to hear first hand experience in case anyone from UK has recently transited via Abu Dhabi or Doha airports

• maccymac says:

  11 Aug11 August 14:09

  BPme just emailed offering cumulative 700 points over the next 3 visits (200+200+300) no minimum spend. Exclusions apply and are at selected locations but no mention in the T&Cs of where these locations are. No mention of a minimum spend which is a plus.

  • maccymac says:

    11 Aug11 August 14:10

    *Had to opt in via email and complete by 11th Oct

  • Gavin says:

    11 Aug11 August 18:21

    I got 500, 500, 600

• Mouse says:

  11 Aug11 August 14:25

  I haven’t seen this mentioned already, sorry if I’m repeating – looks like the only change to the Nectar credit card since 8 August is a reduction of the bonus to 8k points instead of 10k

• Thom says:

  11 Aug11 August 14:25

  yes it does – had it track through without problem on 2 cards. Took 7-14 days after the transaction for the credit to show for mne.

  • Johnny5a says:

    11 Aug11 August 15:49

    Thanks Thom – as there’s a bonus BPMe 50 points (not huge amount but every little counts) offer

• Stephen says:

  11 Aug11 August 14:28

  NHS workers – £20 Day 2 test – on government approval list, can confirm code comes through and is accepted on PLF

  https://covidtests.everythinggeneticltd.co.uk/index.php?type=n

  • StevieKicks says:

    11 Aug11 August 14:35

    Thanks!
    Day 2 NHS seems to be out of stock. Only Day 8 NHS available. No idea if they’re actually any different though

    • YC says:

      11 Aug11 August 15:36

      +1 – Do we know if Day 8 test work/also come with code for PLF?

    • Tracey says:

      11 Aug11 August 16:21

      Some of the day2 tests are genome sequenced if positive, so in theory they aren’t interchangeable.

  • StevieKicks says:

    11 Aug11 August 16:33

    £20 test shows as available if you use this direct URL, not sure if order will actually go through correctly or not though
    https://covidtests.everythinggeneticltd.co.uk/details.php?ttr=21

    • StevieKicks says:

      11 Aug11 August 16:45

      Just ordered, £3 delivery charge per order but still a great deal

      • YC says:

        11 Aug11 August 18:13

        ? Mine was £0 delivery for day2 test

        • SteveKicks says:

          11 Aug11 August 22:42

          Strange, maybe because I ordered two

  • Ryan says:

    11 Aug11 August 16:46

    Very interesting that they accept refunds….

    Hypothetically then… book day 2 & 8, use for PLF and then request refund without actually taking the test…?!

    • StevieKicks says:

      11 Aug11 August 16:58

      Everyone selling online has to offer refunds within 14 days anyway.
      Although it seems that the PLF will accept any random string as a reference, so if you’re not going to bother taking the test there’s no point ordering.

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