The HfP chat thread – Wednesday 13th October

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Manny_D says:

13 Oct13 October 13:30

Has anyone upgraded to the Platinum recently? I have tried a few times over the past couple months, and have been told this time it is no longer possible to upgrade and that a fresh application is required.
- Peter K says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:15
  
  Are you upgrading from a gold*credit* card? That is not possible as the platinum is a *charge* card.
  - Manny_D says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 15:21
    
    Definitely upgrading from a Gold Charge card. Upgraded to this from a Green card back in April.
    - Youllnever says:
      
      13 Oct13 October 17:57
      
      I had the same issue trying to upgrade a month ago as well.
      - Manny_D says:
        
        13 Oct13 October 19:34
        
        Did you manage to do it in the end?
      - Youllnever says:
        
        13 Oct13 October 20:50
        
        Nope, I gave up and stuck with the Gold.
SteveJ says:

13 Oct13 October 13:31

The £4 extra is only for the person doing the referring. The one being referred only gets £1.
Mark says:

13 Oct13 October 14:10

Not that their are a plethora of kosher fine dining restaurants in the UK but are any included in the £200 credit. If not it’s useless to me😠
- Craig says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 14:15
  
  Any vegan restaurants? I know it’s not exactly the same but it might be doable with an email in advance?
- LS says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 14:22
  
  you could choose vegetarian option, no? Hardly useless.
  - ChrisC says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 14:40
    
    Vegetarian / vegan isn’t automatically Kosher as it needs to be prepared in a certain way i.e. not contanimated with non kosher foods or prepared usign equipment also used to prepare non kosher foods
    - Mark says:
      
      13 Oct13 October 14:45
      
      Correct. So vegan/vegetarian won’t work for me. Shame.
      - Craig says:
        
        13 Oct13 October 14:57
        
        I knew it wasn’t exact, was just wondering if an entirely vegan restaurant might work? If there aren’t any then complain?
- Alex says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 14:44
  
  Shocking from AMEX!
- Simon says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:11
  
  Have you tried Tony Page at the Royal Lancaster ?? Not on the list, but you could kick off with £200 worth of drinks at one of the restaurants nearby…… Go with some friends. you get the drinks, they get dinner……
  - Michael C says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 15:17
    
    Love Simon’s creative solution!
- Js says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:24
  
  Not in the uk and not the us either as far as I know
gl says:

13 Oct13 October 14:45

Anyone figured out a productive way of using the new jpm account yet? Sorry don’t know the right codeword!
- Oliver says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 14:48
  
  Bradley Walsh is the code word
  - Craig says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 14:58
    
    I’d prefer Vixen?
  - CarpalTravel says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 16:13
    
    Chevy! I am persisting…
    - ankomonkey says:
      
      13 Oct13 October 18:27
      
      My vote’s for Chevy!
- Genghis says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:02
  
  Yes
  - Craig says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 15:05
    
    So does Vixen play nice with Bendy?
  - gl says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 15:14
    
    So far I’ve only managed to time travel with bendy
- Toaster says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:37
  
  I don’t think there is a way to MS on this card, using bendy makes no difference.
  If you can find somewhere which has the wrong MCC then that might work, e.g. an investment account which is mistakenly using the MCC for a supermarket.
  - Youllnever says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 16:40
    
    I think the chances of that is miniscule.
Andrew H says:

13 Oct13 October 15:10

Three free shares from FreeTrade sign ups from here I think – thank you; Shares worth £7.47, £6.66, £18.02. Hope the sign ups did as well.

Anyone else want my link, I will share!

Thanks again.
- Ryan Gill says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 16:26
  
  I think I was one of them as signed up and invested using your referral. Likewise, will share my link 😊
- Louise says:
  
  14 Oct14 October 06:57
  
  Mine was around £6, think i used your link
N says:

13 Oct13 October 15:18

Roughly travel related – does anyone know of any brands that do luxury/high end British made luggage trunks? A bit like those classic LV ones, but after something Made in Britain!
- JDB says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:28
  
  Cambridge Satchel make simple traditional trunks in the UK.
- Phil H says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:45
  
  Globe-Trotter.
- Lady London says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 16:15
  
  Harrods used to stock a well known brand of these (can’t remember which, but it was British). I would bet staff in Luggage Dept at Peter Jones in Sloane Square would know where to find too if they’re not selling them.
  - Rob says:
    
    13 Oct13 October 19:38
    
    Globetrotter?
- N says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 17:44
  
  Thanks all
Red Flyer says:

13 Oct13 October 15:40

Any way of getting into Eurostar lounge at St Pancras if on a standard ticket and don’t have Platinum Amex?
- Rob says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:44
  
  No
- Roy says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 15:51
  
  Only way would be to get a Carte Blanche holder to guest you in, I think.
- Michael C says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 16:18
  
  Don’t think so, but I’ll be making a valiant effort at getting the flight of 3 champagnes when the bar opens at 1000h…for my 1020h train in a couple of weeks!
HBommie says:

13 Oct13 October 15:52

The links will help you get the best from your stay, whether that’s from a luxury booking agent (Emyr) which will give a personal touch or the Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts who are also very good, the benefits can be significant from either.
- HBommie says:
  
  13 Oct13 October 16:00
  
  to @Zoe P