The HfP chat thread – Thursday 4th November

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• Aston100 says:

  4 Nov4 November 19:59

  Any suggestions on a quick and cheap way to get Shangri La Jade status please?
  Status matcher site didn’t seem to think this was possible with IHG or Hilton.

  Thanks

• Aston100 says:

  4 Nov4 November 20:13

  Amex Travel spend £400 / £100 credit.
  Prices in Thailand are so ridiculously cheap that a hotel I am thinking of booking is coming up at £390.
  Assuming the spend can be cumulative, can anyone suggest the cheapest possible thing I can book to take me over the £400 threshold?
  I feel you used to be able to book experiences in the past, but that is not currently visible to me.

  Any suggestions welcome.

  • Ryanfozzie says:

    4 Nov4 November 20:19

    Are you able to add an ‘Experience’ to your booking? Maybe transfers?

    • Aston100 says:

      4 Nov4 November 20:23

      I can’t see experiences any more.
      The only options are air, hotel, car, bundles.
      If there was a hotel + car bundle, I might have considered it. It is however cheaper for me to book a car directly with an international hire firm rather than (the same car & firm) through Amex Travel.

      • Ryanfozzie says:

        4 Nov4 November 20:26

        Book a car for 1 night and ‘forget’ to pick it up?

        • Aston100 says:

          4 Nov4 November 20:30

          Thanks Ryan, but I think Sandgrounder’s solution is pretty much perfect.

  • Sandgrounder says:

    4 Nov4 November 20:22

    One night in a hotel in Goa, random day in Jan prices from 5.89.

    • Sandgrounder says:

      4 Nov4 November 20:26

      Actually there are a much better selection around the £10 in Bangers.

      • Aston100 says:

        4 Nov4 November 20:29

        Yeah but I’m not likely to be visiting, regardless!
        Though I suppose the £2 saving compared to a 2 night booking in Goa might give me a warm feeling.

    • Aston100 says:

      4 Nov4 November 20:28

      Fantastic. Thanks Sandgrounder.
      Hopefully, no issues if I don’t turn up.

• David says:

  4 Nov4 November 20:37

  I usually fly one-world airlines but have two Virgin Upper Class flights coming up – are Virgin miles worth having and should I pay for extra miles with miles boost ?

  • Andrew says:

    4 Nov4 November 21:08

    Definitely worth collecting, you’ll get a few Greggs Bacon rolls and cups of coffee out of two upper returns.

  • yorkieflyer says:

    4 Nov4 November 21:42

    I have before and if used for VS reward flights good value but ended up transferring them for Hilton points, so not so good. I guess the moral of the story is plan what you likely would use them for

  • Degsy says:

    4 Nov4 November 22:45

    Defo worth having but personally I only do Boost if there’s an offer, which in the past has been 30% or so. And which happens every six.months or so (pre-Covid). Otherwise, only if you need them for a specific (time-bound) reason.

• Super Secret Stuff says:

  4 Nov4 November 20:43

  Nooooo! Netflix is down 😭

  • Char Char says:

    4 Nov4 November 21:04

    There is off topic and then there is off off topic

    • Super Secret Stuff says:

      4 Nov4 November 21:07

      And then there is a thing called scrolling…

      • Char Char says:

        4 Nov4 November 21:10

        Netflix working fine

        • Super Secret Stuff says:

          4 Nov4 November 22:56

          I was clearly not alone as down doctor spiked massively to 20k+ cases at around the same time

  • Mike says:

    4 Nov4 November 21:07

    You tell us where you are up to in an episode and we’ll time you the rest of the story.

    So, Squid Games, the old man…

    • Super Secret Stuff says:

      4 Nov4 November 22:54

      So sad that part

    • TJones says:

      4 Nov4 November 23:10

      Game.

• Grimz says:

  4 Nov4 November 21:00

  BA cancelled a leg of my booking on 2nd December back from San Diego. I want to rebook for 5 – 22nd Nov 22. Can I let BA know I won’t be travelling and will call back early December to rebook when my flights will be available.

• Save East Coast Rewards says:

  4 Nov4 November 21:06

  AA domestics – From my understanding baggage for ‘main cabin’ domestic bags offer zero free bags for regular, one free bag for ruby (BA bronze), two free bags for sapphire (silver) and three free bags for emerald (gold). Is this information still up to date as when I booked I can now select main cabin extra seats for free as it recognises my status but it doesn’t show the increased baggage allowance

  • bafan says:

    4 Nov4 November 22:21

    Yes that’s accurate. They’ll recognize it at the airport. I flew AA today.

• Vit says:

  4 Nov4 November 21:37

  Hello all, need a bit of advice please — I have both mbna (the one with 0.5% cb) and free blue curve (virgin backed). I normally use amex while spending for work abroad and use mbna for own expense to avoid fx fees. I’ve seen Hfpers using curve abroad without any fx fees. Is this applicable for all countries? (Planning to use the card in Thailand). Below is what I’ve seen from Curve website.

  Curve Blue (free) – Spend up to £500 per month fee-free. There’s a 2% fee for any more spend. Withdraw up to £200 per month from foreign ATMs. There’s 2% fee or a £2 charge (whichever is higher) for any further withdrawals.

  • yorkieflyer says:

    4 Nov4 November 21:47

    I’m really not sure its wise to use Curve with any underlying card or bank you wish to maintain. I’ve used Curve for FX use abroad incl occasional ATM use and been sent packing by Creation (IHG) as most others.
    Basically, Curve is subverting the business model of other card issuers. First Amex and now Creation. I’ve unlinked my Virgin card and binned Curve and hoping for the best. Caveat Emptor

• yorkieflyer says:

  4 Nov4 November 21:50

  Data Point. Easyjet answered the phone and dealt with my issues without problem on two calls today answering each call within 2 minutes, yes minutes not hours, please take notice Sean Doyle..

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