The HfP chat thread – Friday 1st October

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• BP says:

  1 Oct1 October 13:35

  Very sad day. My IHG card is likely getting closed (no letter yet) AND I’ve had a positive PCR test. Double whammy!!

  • BJ says:

    1 Oct1 October 13:44

    Hope you’re ok and don’t get a rough time. Had my letter, never once linked my creation card too my curve card.

    • BP says:

      1 Oct1 October 14:16

      It’s not too bad. Like a mild cold so far…

      The letter came 🙁

  • bill says:

    1 Oct1 October 13:51

    …..and you’re a petrol station. nothing but problems.

    • Yuff says:

      1 Oct1 October 14:05

      🤣🤣🤣

      The petrol station not your positive test

    • BP says:

      1 Oct1 October 14:18

      Haha! It’s not my fault the petrol is out! It’s a bit like MS where a small minority spoil it for all 🙂

• YC says:

  1 Oct1 October 13:45

  Anyone going to apply for the free card if your premium one is closing?

  • BuildBackBetter says:

    1 Oct1 October 13:47

    Pretty much everyone will.

    • Anna says:

      1 Oct1 October 14:03

      Could this be the intention? Get everyone off the card that costs them a lot, but keep them spending on the free one?

    • Jonathan says:

      1 Oct1 October 14:17

      Why?! It’s a cr @p card (0.4% return) with no creative uses.

      • Swiss Jim says:

        1 Oct1 October 15:17

        Really?

  • BJ says:

    1 Oct1 October 13:48

    My closing card is the free card.

    • John says:

      1 Oct1 October 13:55

      But have you done anything that could be described as dodgy with it?

      • BJ says:

        1 Oct1 October 14:03

        No, absolutely not, it was never even linked as I preferred another card.

  • Froggee says:

    1 Oct1 October 14:20

    Yep – applied and granted today. Another commenter also but we both got smaller limits.

  • SteveJ says:

    1 Oct1 October 14:56

    My notified of closure card was the free one. Player 2 will now apply for the free card. Problem solved.

• Youllnever says:

  1 Oct1 October 13:47

  Goodness me… should I be removing all my cards from Curve then? Sounds dangerous to use it with any of the cards now.

  • John says:

    1 Oct1 October 13:54

    Well Hilton said no paying them off with Curve a long time ago. If they were unhappy about spending on them with Curve they should have said so at the same time.

    If you haven’t been doing much MS I wouldn’t worry yet. No harm in not using curve where it provides no benefit though

    • Toaster says:

      1 Oct1 October 15:16

      No harm, not using, no benefit? Please can you rephrase it without all the negatives as I do not understand the point you are trying to make?

      • Joints&Piles says:

        1 Oct1 October 19:45

        Where Curve gives no benefit over using a card directly, remove any risk – and lose no benefit – by not using Curve.

        Seems to apply to 100% of transactions now.

• Muhammad Abdullah says:

  1 Oct1 October 13:59

  My LGW-FCO in April are still showing as operating, not moved to LHR yet. Mistake?

  • Sam G says:

    1 Oct1 October 14:12

    There are some other routes still showing as LGW e.g. Alicante. I suspect these just won’t move. In the case of FCO it’ll very likely be cancelled in due course and you’ll be moved to a similarly timed LHR service. You’ll be free to pick another one or get a refund if that doesn’t suit

  • Gruntfuttock says:

    1 Oct1 October 15:20

    My LGW – MLA for early April still showing Gatters. My guess, completely without knowledge or proof, is that they’re moving LGW flights to LHR from May onwards. I await to be proved completely wrong for which I apologise in advance so don’t wheel out the stocks just yet and wait til the fruit is really rotten cos it’s softer on impact.

• Josu says:

  1 Oct1 October 13:59

  Sorry, can someone confirm when the changes from the curve email are being actioned?

  Struggled to understand if the dates specified applied to all changes or if anything that’s already been enacted ? Mainly the fronted limits ?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Oct1 October 14:07

    NS&I becomes fronted from oct 7th

    The £10k pcm limit for metal is enforced from Dec 3rd.

    • David says:

      1 Oct1 October 14:22

      Yeah, but the underlying card providers will just close your card. Creation is only the first.

      • Youllnever says:

        1 Oct1 October 14:45

        Agree – it’s risky now to try doing any curve payments – I would avoid using the card for now.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        1 Oct1 October 15:12

        Creation are morons.

        • David says:

          1 Oct1 October 16:22

          Helpful

  • Mick S says:

    1 Oct1 October 14:27

    the £10k per month kicks-in from 1st December.
    Crypto acceptance from now,

• TedL says:

  1 Oct1 October 14:21

  Have two Expert Medicals Day 2 tests which are now due to be taken but cannot activate them on the Expert Medicals website, Anyone else had similar difficulties.

  Recall comments here over past few weeks where the kits have not arrived and NHS tests have been sent out, what number should be called for this?

  • TedL says:

    1 Oct1 October 14:38

    Wow, didnt expect that, emailed support and they came back with two new activation codes within minutes, all activated, now to do the tests.

    • Jody says:

      1 Oct1 October 16:20

      Exactly the same thing happened to us. They responded very quickly with a new barcode to activate.

      However, they haven’t responded at all to my email asking where my result is! Posted Monday, they must have been received Tuesday as husband got his result late Tuesday evening. Nothing for me though.

• Will says:

  1 Oct1 October 14:30

  If BA advertise same flights lower than you paid for them, can you apply for a FTV and rebook the same flights? Presume no cleaner way of doing this all in one call/ or online?

  • ChrisC says:

    1 Oct1 October 14:36

    Yes voucher for the flight you cancel then a further voucher for the unused balance.

    Even if you call to do it the change will be another voucher.

    The voucher needs to start 125-4 for it to be an evoucher usable online but as the booking you are vouchering is a cash one that shouldn’t be an issue

    • Will says:

      1 Oct1 October 16:51

      as it’s a booking for two pax, won’t it be a FTV bookable by phone only?

      • Will says:

        1 Oct1 October 16:54

        and it states that the FTV can take a week to arrive, so tricky to book with it as we are travelling in a few days

        • Will says:

          1 Oct1 October 18:51

          thank you. got through quite quickly and the guy was very helpful and well informed. issued 2 transferable evouchers (unexpected to be transferable) for the difference and made the booking change on the phone. very simple. I could then upgrade for £99 one way, even at the lower fare, sadly couldn’t use the evoucher for that.

  • Paul Pogba says:

    1 Oct1 October 15:42

    Yes and if you see if cheaper on a comparison site click through to the booking page, print to PDF and make a claim under the Best Price Guarantee

    You should get double the difference back as a BAEC member, if you don’t contact customer service by webform and they’ll reissue.

• Will says:

  1 Oct1 October 14:31

  don’t want to end up with FTV in a week’s time that I may not be able to use in the future (nearly always book with Avios, this was cash only)

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