The HfP chat thread – Friday 5th November

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• TGLoyalty says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:11

  It’s payable every time so yes you’ll get it every time.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:13

    Btw finding all offers are taking their sweet time at the moment.

• Shaw West says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:16

  Virgin Upper Class Wing. Travelled yesterday. Upper class wing is fully open including the fast track security. Drop off was well marked. OH waited with the bags while I returned the car. Sneakily avoided the Terminal 3 drop off area. Didn’t notice the police van on the parallel road. Heard a honk and when I slowed he didn’t stop me but wave me away. Not much of a crowd in upper class wing when we checked in. Fast track was empty. Clubhouse was packed.

  • Andrew says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:21

    Were you flying Upper Class or as FlyingClub Gold in another cabin? And what time was the Clubhouse packed?

    • Shaw West says:

      5 Nov5 November 09:27

      We were flying upper class. Checked in at 09:40 and was at the clubhouse at 09:50. The clubhouse was very busy.

      • Andrew says:

        5 Nov5 November 09:35

        Useful to know, I’ll be there around that time myself next week.

• Doog1000 says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:17

  I notice Virgin is shutting down its website on Sunday – I wonder if this will lead to its updated terms re use on Bendy actually being enforced?

  • Alan says:

    5 Nov5 November 10:11

    Are they not being at the moment?

    • Doog1000 says:

      5 Nov5 November 14:15

      Not in my experience – yes meant app will be down for update as there is no website

  • Genghis says:

    5 Nov5 November 10:24

    Thought it was app only?

• Robman says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:18

  Hi H4P community. I need to spend £2k in the next week to get my BAPP 2-4-1 voucher. Have done all the obvious spend but now needing some advice: a) which hotels can I book that will be refundable but charge my card immediately? b) is it worthwhile to buy Hilton points or IHG points at the moment,, to top up my 2 main hotel loyalty schemes. C) any other good ideas for refundable spend. Thanks in advance.

  • AJA says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:24

    You could book a flight on BA and get the double Avios on top. Then cancel the flight for an FTV to use at a future date. That way you won’t have Avios clawed back in the future as you would with a refund of hotel spend. I’m considering doing this later this month to get the bonus 10k Avios on £5k spend as I’m not sure I will get there with normal spending.

  • Anna says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:24

    It’s worth buying hotel points if you know you can get an outstanding redemption, though with dynamic pricing this is becoming more difficult. Only buy if there’s a decent bonus on offer though.

    • Anna says:

      5 Nov5 November 09:26

      I would not be getting any more FTVs after the daily horror stories about trying to get through to BA to use them!

      • ChrisC says:

        5 Nov5 November 10:08

        flight only booking would get an e-voucher.

        Robman needs the spend to get his 2-4-1.

  • Andrew H says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:36

    Any refundable Hotels.com will charge immediately (if that’s what you select)….and be refundable

    • Rob says:

      5 Nov5 November 09:55

      This.

      • Laura says:

        5 Nov5 November 13:26

        I understand this works for a 241 because once that’s in your account they can’t take it back, but does this approach (e.g. refundable hotel and cancel) also work for sign up bonuses? Or can they take back the MR points/Avios and reverse the SUB?

        • John says:

          5 Nov5 November 14:37

          Do a refundable transaction to just under the threshold, wait for it to post and then buy a coffee or something to take you over the threshold. The bonus will post with the coffee transaction and not be taken away when the earlier transaction is refunded

        • Rob says:

          5 Nov5 November 15:03

          They take it back.

  • Alex M says:

    5 Nov5 November 10:54

    Overpay council tax via paypoint?

  • JohnT says:

    5 Nov5 November 11:47

    Hotel points usually charged in $ though..

  • Joe says:

    5 Nov5 November 13:14

    Amazon gift card?

• Aston100 says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:28

  Creation, if done correctly.

  • slonik says:

    5 Nov5 November 09:37

    What’s the trick to that – pay it off straight away?

    • TGLoyalty says:

      5 Nov5 November 09:49

      Whole balance not just any che charges.

• Aston100 says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:30

  Sorry asked last night but didn’t see a reply.

  I got my Amex Plat a bit too late for Shangri La status.
  Is there a cheap and easy way to get Jade status?
  The status matcher website implies that a status match is unlikely from IHG and Hilton.
  Hence looking for suggestions.

  Thanks.

  • Nigel W says:

    5 Nov5 November 10:36

    We follow this thread as I would likewise be interested in doing something similar.

    • meta says:

      5 Nov5 November 15:38

      Cheap not really. The only thing available is via Krisflyer. It is slightly cheaper now to get Gold Status as you can transfer cc points with 15% bonus all points from reward partners now count as status points.

      http://infinitejourneys.com/en/

  • Guernsey Globetrotter says:

    5 Nov5 November 16:06

    I don’t know about ‘cheap and easy’ but if you were already planning on getting KrisFlyer Gold status via the offer running this year (https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2021/04/08/star-alliance-gold-from-american-express-points/)
    then you could piggy back off your SQ status to get Jade via the ‘Infinite Journeys’ partnership (http://infinitejourneys.com/en/terms-and-conditions.html).

    • Guernsey Globetrotter says:

      5 Nov5 November 16:07

      Oops- Meta beat me to it…

• Cheshire Pete says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:35

  Just a heads up. My First ticket to Miami, which was downgraded to Business and then we chose a re route via AA in First has now been reinstated to the A380 in First in February.

  It was a 241 booking and with GUF and no First ‘A’ or Avios were available but the BA policy is I could move back to the BA metal due to the previous equipment swap.

• Scott says:

  5 Nov5 November 09:51

  Re the IHG/Creation debacle…..I just called 0121 712 5078 to query my missing points from Oct 2021 statement. Same answer – no points awarded from date of notice to close the account, which was 30th Sept 2021 in my case.

  Now lodged formal complain that I am awaiting acknowledgement on:
  1. Paid annual fee at yearly renewal in July 2021, no intention to pro-rata refund me at this time
  2. Earned free night between July 2021 and 30 Sept 2021 when account closure was advised, no intention to honour this reward at this time
  3. Earned points from 30 Sept 2021 with spend that is not being awarded, closure letter does not mention this restriction at all, nor does it mention any contract terms for closure

  Same boat as everything else. This has been handled exceptionally poorly by Creation.

  • Sina says:

    5 Nov5 November 10:55

    I was charged the annual fee on 22nd Oct 2021 even though the account is on notice!

    So it seems Creation is trying to milk it rather than follow the industry guidelines!!

    @Rob you have awarded them and actively promoted their products, but oddly I haven’t seen any comments from you regarding this? I think it’s only fair to come out and say something about this??

    • Sean says:

      5 Nov5 November 11:15

      look back at yesterdays threads and you might just find something.

    • Rob says:

      5 Nov5 November 11:30

      We did an article when the letters came out. We’ll do another article when people start getting Ombudsman decisions issued.

      • Yorkie Aid says:

        5 Nov5 November 11:32

        So 2023 most likely 🙂

      • Track says:

        5 Nov5 November 18:49

        Yup. Datapoint, FOS complaints accepted March 2021, company responded April 2021. Still not allocated to an investigator Nov 2021.

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