The HfP chat thread – Saturday 9th October

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ChrisC says:

9 Oct9 October 03:21

Hello!
- @mkcol says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 03:40
  
  Morning!
- Simon Schus says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 03:42
  
  Is it me you’re looking for?
  - ankomonkey says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 09:42
    
    🙂
- Harry T says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 07:40
  
  Kalimera!
  - JDB says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 07:59
    
    That should be καλυμέρα. Have a great time in Crete; very envious!
    - Harry T says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 08:37
      
      Sorry, it’s all Greek to me 😉. Thanks, JDB – unfortunately we have to leave today but we’ve had a lovely week.
      - JDB says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 08:45
        
        Last Greek test – I was sent to a Greek island at the the ripe age of 19 to sort out an incident involving one of our clients. Was told to meet at the Panteboy, ask anyone they will know where it is etc. Found it in the end – all in Greek letters – ΡΑΝΤΕΒΟΥ
        What does it mean/say? Sorry, it’s not even smutty.
      - The Streets says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 22:38
        
        I’m fluent in Greek and if you read the word PANTEBOY in a pure Greek work then you would be saying rendezvous. Basically P is pronounced R and B is V
      - The Streets says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 22:39
        
        *word
r* says:

9 Oct9 October 05:13

Hola!
Ravi says:

9 Oct9 October 06:19

Do not forget to claim the complimentary Dubai Expo tickets if booked with Etihad & Emirates.
Andrew says:

9 Oct9 October 06:49

Albeit the tickets are only £20 anyway.
- John says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 07:06
  
  People spend far more time to get free stuff worth far less than £20
  - Harry T says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 07:44
    
    £20 is like one beer in London or Dubai, right?
    - BP says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 08:08
      
      Two beers! Don’t think I’ve ever spent £20 on 1 beer!!
      - mr_jetlag says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 08:11
        
        It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost – $10?
  - Andrew says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 08:56
    
    Very true. People were getting very excited about a 500 nectar point bonus for buying a train ticket and they managed to find a £1.10 ticket to buy – so a £1.10 outlay for a £2.50 return – spend that £1.40 wisely!
    - JDB says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 09:02
      
      And also talking about the relative merits of £60k + EVs; bizarre.
      - KBuffett says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 10:15
        
        With EV’s, 100% tax write off (perhaps 130% with the super deduction), practically zero BIK, and various other bits and bobs, I’d say it’s a no brainer for business owners.
    - Mike says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 21:20
      
      Oooh I got one sub £1 using my railcard
    - Dubious says:
      
      10 Oct10 October 04:54
      
      However “People” does not = the same people. What excites some might not excite others and vice versa.
      - Dubious says:
        
        10 Oct10 October 04:55
        
        Plus ‘500’ has a nice round feeling about it, regardless of what value it represents 🙂
- Ashish says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 19:22
  
  can you make that a business? Buying and selling this?
  With EV’s, 100% tax write off (perhaps 130% with the super deduction),
  Use one year for your business then selling?
Danny says:

9 Oct9 October 06:58

Airtime Rewards £2 bonus on £10 spend this weekend with code OCT2.
- Ali M says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 07:24
  
  done thanks
- Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 07:28
  
  Already have an untriggered promo on my account. Do the codes stack?
  - Gustavo says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 08:38
    
    Yes. Did that last week and received two bonuses.
Wally1976 says:

9 Oct9 October 07:40

Apologies if this has already been discussed to death on here (I haven’t been on much recently) but are Ernie payments with Curve backed by legacy Hilton cards now blocked? I knew about the Solihull situation but tried with Hilton a couple of times recently and it’s failed. Very sad if true ☹️.
- Reney says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 08:03
  
  Do you have metal?
  - Wally1976 says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 08:33
    
    No. Wasn’t required until last few days (as it appears anyway).
- Charlie says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 08:05
  
  I just topped up today using the same cards as you, all worked fine. You need to enable Fronted in the Curve app, and also Curve you’ll be charged 1.5% unless you’re Metal.
  - Anna says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 08:11
    
    Confused – so ernie has broken things off with Creation but not Hilton? Surely they amount to the same thing?
    - TGLoyalty says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 08:46
      
      Creation have taken their own actions.
    - Ashish says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 19:25
      
      Yes, it work’s. I want to do sam3 with other cards. How does post office manufacture spending working?
  - Harrier25 says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 08:37
    
    Great, so no one has learnt anything over the past few weeks. You all still have loose mouths, so we can all expect letters from Barclaycard imminently! 🙄
    - Wally1976 says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 10:21
      
      It’s already been blocked (well it has for me anyway)!
Matt says:

9 Oct9 October 07:40

No letter from creation for me or my partner. Both our cards previously linked to curve but haven’t used curve in 1 year+. Never used for MS. Our address is correct with Creation, and other post arriving so hopefully we can keep our cards.
- Gary says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 08:30
  
  Snap. Only used my IHG Card with Curve for the odd cash withdrawal and Apple Pay, nothing linked with Revolut (Che) or Ernie (NS&I) (Apologies to anyone who thought code words would somehow circumvent Creation eventually implementing their T&C’s) and I’ve had no letter either.
  - Harry T says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 09:52
    
    I think the issue was that people discussed MS in a public forum, without using code words consistently…
    - Doug M says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 10:15
      
      So they had millions of pieces of data yet tracked down random internet comments to make their decisions?
      To those that haven’t had letters from creation, good luck, but remember this is creation CS, it’s crap at best.
      - Yorkieflyer says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 10:59
        
        I’ve had the letter Mrs Yorkieflyer not, I’m pretty sure we’ll all be closed down regardless, 60 days notice notwithstanding!
      - Phil W says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 11:38
        
        It’s never been that good Doug 🤣
      - Ashish says:
        
        9 Oct9 October 19:26
        
        No. Because manaffactured spending went from few people to 1000s
    - Patrick Cold says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 17:09
      
      Ha ha ha ha ha.
Yorkie Aid says:

9 Oct9 October 07:47

Virgin Shops Away. I’m fairly new to Virgin so wondered whether this happens often and if there’s any remedy. I placed two orders (in April and May) with Holland & Barrett via the shops away portal which tracked fine and the points were added in May and June. I just noticed that on 6th October those points got reversed. I didn’t return any items from either order. I did pay using Curve though or is this just a coincidence?
- Rob says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 08:44
  
  Curve is a coincidence. You will have used a discount code, bought products on the exclusion list or had some sort of cookie clash.
  - Yorkie Aid says:
    
    9 Oct9 October 10:28
    
    Cheers Rob. I would have definitely used a discount code emailed to me by H&B so that must be it. I feel cheated out of 4 Greggs sausage rolls 🙂
    - CarpalTravel says:
      
      9 Oct9 October 21:07
      
      They are *really* hot on using discount codes, same with BA shopping portal too.
      
      I have had points declined as when checking out I attempted to use (an invalid) codes, just on the off chance it worked. So no discount and no points. I get it if I used a valid code, but felt extremely hard done by for being penalised just for having tried to use one.
- Doug M says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 10:18
  
  Sometimes they add back a lower amount, but that’s usually same day for me. It’s quite a poor system, and certain retailers definitely cheat, although I have no experience of H&B in that regard.
- the_real_a says:
  
  9 Oct9 October 14:57
  
  Curve very rarely if ever tracks for airtime rewards. I now avoid using it when i want to ensure the reward tracks.