The HfP chat thread – Thursday 30th September

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• Ali M says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:01

  Hey. My wife and me both have the barclaycard Hilton version. All the points come in to my account (must have set it up that way at some point) I checked her account and she has 5 k points in her account too – I thought everything came into the ‘family account’ Am I mistaken ?

  • Peter K says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:13

    There is no Hilton “family account” but you can ‘pool points’ by moving from one account to another in multiples of 1000.
    Make sure you use the free way to do this, not the paid way though!

    • Harrier25 says:

      30 Sep30 September 12:13

      The only way your wife’s earned points will go into your Hilton Honors account is if she is an additional card holder on your credit card account. If she has her own card linked to her own personal Hilton Honors account, then that’s were her earned points will go.

    • John says:

      30 Sep30 September 19:33

      You could open a Hilton family account until around 2004. If you did, it still works.

  • Anna says:

    30 Sep30 September 12:16

    You should be able to see in her HH account where the 5k points came from.

• tony says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:09

  Around 11pm, how long would it take in a car from T5 to the City? Google maps suggesting the best part of an hour, which seems a bit excessive as I assume the roads will be pretty quiet by then.

  • JDB says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:24

    Yes I think an hour is reasonable. I am usually travelling out from the City to M4 at that time and it’s surprising just how much traffic there is. Unfortunately they also quite often seem to spring surprise Hammersmith/Chiswick flyover or M4 overnight total or partial closures.

  • George K says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:41

    Hour is probably about right. Roads might be quiet(er) but it’s a good 20 miles and it gets slower as you come into Hammersmith.

  • Blair says:

    30 Sep30 September 12:23

    I took 2hrs in a Bolt last Thursday 7am to 9am and eventually abandoned the car in the West End and Tubed it. Soul destroying stuff. Even at midnight to the City I’ve taken over an hour. That’s London innit.

    • CH says:

      30 Sep30 September 12:51

      Pre-COVID, I’ve had it take up to 2.5 hours starting at 2200.

  • tony says:

    30 Sep30 September 14:25

    Ok many thanks all. So even that late at night, the HEX then a black cab is a better option!

    • aDifferentSimon says:

      30 Sep30 September 15:53

      During working hours tube all the way to the city is quicker than HEX + cab!
      Hex + tube wins in office hours, Hex + cab may win at that time.

• idontflymuch says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:09

  Morning, has anyone used a Fit to fly test (antigen) from Chronomics to travel to Italy. Will they accept test at home+send a photo type tests as I heard the US is not accepting them.

  • Doug says:

    30 Sep30 September 12:21

    I’ve just reposted similar question, oops! Interested into this, Chronomics is quite good, but not sure if they will take it

    • Saiz says:

      30 Sep30 September 13:08

      Chronomics have awful customer service. You can’t get through. Had to do a charge back via Amex.

• r* says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:13

  I have a room booked using an ihg card free night voucher which has now expired, is there any point in contacting the hotel to try to move the booking or would they be unable to move it and the rebooked night still be free, as the voucher attached to it is now expired?

  • Paul says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:47

    Interested to hear the answer to this also.

    On a separate note, I see IHG have not yet updated the Creation free nights to ‘book by’ date.

  • Blair says:

    30 Sep30 September 12:26

    Appeal to the hotel first and be upfront re being flexible in terms of future dates if they could wrangle something with IHG

• Voltron says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:14

  Man the COVID excuses the lounges are still using to keep the lounges shut is getting ridiculous. Was hoping to use the aspire lounge at Bristol airport, but looking at the opening timetable for the weekday, I just don’t understand how they can’t try to even attempt to put on normal hours:

  Monday: 0400 – 0900
  Tuesday: 0400 – 0900
  Wednesday: CLOSED
  Thursday: CLOSED
  Friday: 0400 – 0900
  Saturday: 0400 – 1400
  Sunday: 0400 – 1400

  • Gavin says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:43

    I would assume it’s due to current lack of demand (due to covid related reasons) or maybe staff shortages. Presumably running a lounge is a profitable business, so they would be keen to open normal hours if the demand was there.

  • Jody says:

    30 Sep30 September 13:16

    Similar hours at Luton – we were there last week.

  • Ryan says:

    30 Sep30 September 13:41

    Poor selection on Monday this week, only tomatoes and sausages on offer as hot food… yogurts and croissants made up the rest

    No tap water either, would hate paying £32.99 for that

    • The Savage Squirrel says:

      30 Sep30 September 20:29

      No free water on request is also illegal.

• PK says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:15

  I have exhausted all the personal Amex bonuses and don’t want to take a 2 year break from Amex. I was thinking if venturing into Amex Business cards, but I feel lost in that space.

  I am a salaried individual and don’t really have a business to my name. Can someone guide me how to open a sole trader and/or limited company to get the Amex business cards. I would appreciate it if you can also explain any additional requirements that come with it like doing self assessments every year and so on.
  Thanks.

  • Alex B says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:17

    The amount of effort and cost to do this would be insane if you have no actual need to open a company. Just avoid.

  • trader363 says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:19

    Click sole trader. Put 0 employees and 0 income. I got approved . . .

  • Anuj says:

    30 Sep30 September 11:21

    AFAIK (correct me if I’m wrong anyone) You don’t have to open any company or submit self assessments, simply selling on ebay can make you a sole trader. Whether amex would actually accept your application is another thing.

  • Jonathan says:

    30 Sep30 September 12:00

    If this method worked for literally everyone, then you could always have a good Amex in your pocket, but business and cooperate cards come with higher annual fees and no 241 vouchers, etc

    • Harrier25 says:

      30 Sep30 September 12:06

      The lengths people are willing to go to just for a few extra Amex MR points. Madness.

      • Lady London says:

        30 Sep30 September 12:58

        +1.
        Am actually quite surprised that someone wouldn’t find it easy enough to sort this, if they’d gone so far already.

        Plus diligent attention here would have revealed some positives on the Amex Business Plat such as better insurance, plus some negatives like laughable non-access to Eurostar lounges which personal Plat do have access to, and generally poorer offers overall recently.

        It’s like when we see some of the questions we do on MS, should those people (for their own good) really be taking the risks of MS if they actually have asked that question.

  • Peter K says:

    30 Sep30 September 12:39

    Wow, you really are trying to do that, for what, a few hundred pounds worth of points?
    Maybe a personal non-amex backcash card is the way to go?

  • Barraclough says:

    30 Sep30 September 13:04

    Amex Business card rules say you can only put business items through the card otherwise I’d be tempted to apply for one.

    • Guernsey Globetrotter says:

      30 Sep30 September 17:03

      So annoying that they stipulate this restriction and then half the offers are for things like Lulu-bloody-lemon ! Not a sniff of something that might be useful for business, like a £200 dining credit that could be used towards a good bit of client smoozing.

• Jane says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:37

  Hi All, has anyone got stays at Hilton T5 in the next week or so that are being cancelled / honored ? Apparently they are deciding tomorrow whether to stay a quarantine hotel or revert to normal customers (according to customer service agent). I can book for the end of October currently but will look elsewhere if peoples stays are being cancelled.

  • Peggerz says:

    30 Sep30 September 21:36

    I just decided there was too much faff at Hilton T5, so plumped for Hilton T4 for my October stay.

• Paul says:

  30 Sep30 September 11:39

  Someone mentioned a good Green Chef ‘stack’ via Amex and Nectar yesterday, however I can’t seem to find the comment. Anyone happy to share if aware?

  • Gtellez says:

    30 Sep30 September 12:35

    I got a box yesterday completely for free with: Amex (£15 off), nectar connect (2k points) and “something else” (£20 off), plus 30% off first time user. It arrived yesterday and everything really good quality. We got the 4 people 3 days box, worth over £60 pounds; everything tracked perfectly.

    • Saiz says:

      30 Sep30 September 13:11

      Do you apply for this or is it an offer on Nectar Amex?

    • Andrew H says:

      30 Sep30 September 14:01

      Your Nectar tracked?

      I have four things at Nectar Connect. None have tracked (VACC+)

      Might try what you did using Amex (obviously for the £15 off)

      • Gtellez says:

        30 Sep30 September 14:24

        Yes, it tracked in two days with Amex

        • Andrew H says:

          30 Sep30 September 14:30

          Hmm – concluded VACC+ doesn’t work very well with Nectar Connect

          Problem is I’ve found somewhere else with £16 “benefit” and £10 off the price at Green Chef, but for 2 people the cost of 4 boxes is reduced to below the Amex threshold (£39.99), so I won’t get the Amex lump. Maybe that can work week 2!- no reason why not

    • Paul says:

      30 Sep30 September 15:11

      What was the ‘something else’ £20 off? What is the best discount code to use?

      • Paul says:

        30 Sep30 September 15:22

        Have just Synced my Amex to Nectar Connect and can’t see the Green Chef offer! Any ideas?

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