The HfP chat thread – Thursday 4th November

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rams1981 says:

4 Nov4 November 18:59

Data point – Amex. Referred player 2 for BA Amex last Friday. Surprised when application was rejected as never had Amex do that before. Called on Monday and provided some extra details which they said would review. I received referral points on Tuesday, player 2 card arrived today and has 40k spend bonus listed.
Annie says:

4 Nov4 November 19:23

Was going to top up Revolut with hsbc WE and wondered if anyone had done it recently? In past only got charged a miniscule amount of interest.
Thanks
Ryanfozzie says:

4 Nov4 November 19:26

Amex Plat referrals….

I did have the ‘Get 24K until 2nd November’ for each referral, however I just checked again. Still at 24K for each referral and a whopping 70K for the other person who takes out the Plat card. Generous Amex!
- SteveJ says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 20:18
  
  90k annual cap does mean it’s far to easy to burn through.
  - Ryanfozzie says:
    
    4 Nov4 November 20:21
    
    It turns out I had 2 MR accounts for 2 different cards. Amex merged them and seem to have ‘lost’ history for my main card with the 24K bonus. Expected for the cap to hit and limit my last referral to 18K, but nope – it posted as 24K!
    - TGLoyalty says:
      
      4 Nov4 November 20:39
      
      Yup that happened here but I maxed out after the reset.
      - Ryanfozzie says:
        
        4 Nov4 November 22:30
        
        180K in a year? Not too shabby 😉
- Britbronco says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 21:07
  
  Looks like this might be targeted, like earlier in the year. Just standard 12k for me now.
Aliks says:

4 Nov4 November 19:37

If I cancel my Virgin+ credit card, do I lose my Virgin Voucher?

I assume its safe and sound in my Virgin Atlantic account because I can see it in the Activity log, but I can’t for the life of me see any place on the website that shows details on my voucher
- Froggee says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 19:39
  
  Once you’ve earned it, and it’s in your Virgin Atlantic account, it’s safe.
Aliks says:

4 Nov4 November 19:43

I just read the Headforpoints article that says there is nothing but the one line entry in the activities log saying that you earned the voucher.

Which begs the question, do you have to call up Virgin to actually use the voucher?
- Rob says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 20:03
  
  Yes
- davef says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 21:33
  
  Yes and when I called to use mine last sunday they were incredibly efficient. Manged to get connected in 21 mins and then 7 mins to book an open jaw with points and use the voucher to upgrade.
  
  Just make sure you use seatspy and then double check availablity in both cabins on the website before you call.
MilesOnPoint says:

4 Nov4 November 19:44

My IHG Spire status is still showing an expiration date of 31/12/2021.

Do we know when we expect the extended status date to show? (RE: all members being extended to Feb 2023)
- SteveJ says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 20:21
  
  Next few weeks is what the email said. Why the rush? They’ve confirmed it’s happening.
  - MilesOnPoint says:
    
    4 Nov4 November 21:32
    
    I didn’t receive the email, so didn’t have that detail re: timeline.
George says:

4 Nov4 November 19:47

Does Airtime Rewards have issues tracking via Google Pay? I used it in Wilko last week but still isn’t showing as tracked. Annoying as I had some promo codes I was hoping it would activate.
- Char Char says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 21:06
  
  They have issues with some cards rather than actual method
Degsy says:

4 Nov4 November 19:50

Creed has arrived at Terminal 5. Hallelujah.
(Soz if this has already been mentioned.)
- Rob says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 20:03
  
  Wow, would have thought that was too niche.
- Bill says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 20:05
  
  The boxer ?
  - Bill says:
    
    4 Nov4 November 20:05
    
    Only joking 😃
  - Degsy says:
    
    4 Nov4 November 20:50
    
    Haha. They should do one called Apollo.
- Anna says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 20:09
  
  I’ve sniffed that at T5 before now, and then got my perfumier sister to make me a copy!
  - Degsy says:
    
    4 Nov4 November 21:13
    
    Much better Anna!
- David says:
  
  4 Nov4 November 20:35
  
  is it any cheaper than JL or HN tho ?
  - Degsy says:
    
    4 Nov4 November 20:49
    
    I think so – looks like it is ‘old school’ duty free prices ie without the 20% VAT (eg £156 v £195 for Aventus)
    - David says:
      
      4 Nov4 November 20:52
      
      how may mls is that – I think I pay £275 for a bottle for the OH. Mine costs about 60.
      - Degsy says:
        
        4 Nov4 November 21:12
        
        That’s for 50mls ……
    - Cranzle says:
      
      4 Nov4 November 22:04
      
      If World Duty Free are selling it then you can get up to another 10% off with Dufry Platinum and Heathrow Rewards on top.