The HfP chat thread – Friday 12th November

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• xcalx says:

  12 Nov12 November 15:26

  Amex are adamant that the £55 refunded for the £250 charged for a August (£195) BAP card is the pro rata refund for the card that was cancelled at the begining of October.
  2 overseas agents 1 Brighton agent and a “supervisor” have all said the account is now closed and no further refunds will be issued. mrsxcalx had the card just short of 2 months.

  • Froggee says:

    12 Nov12 November 15:31

    Do your own calculation and include it in a complaint. They’ll fix it.

    • BJ says:

      12 Nov12 November 16:27

      I’d try another call first, within UK office hours and purpose of call is “close account”, put in details for an active card. Tell them you want to cancel X because you did not get a refund for Y.

      • xcalx says:

        12 Nov12 November 17:25

        Thanks to both, will give it one more try on Monday

• ianM says:

  12 Nov12 November 15:30

  Just got my Virgin Silver clubhouse pass via email !!

• FatherOfFour says:

  12 Nov12 November 15:31

  Reading comprehension test:
  A valid corona passport documents that you have either been vaccinated or previously infected within the last 6 months or that you can document a negative COVID-19 test taken within the last 96 hours (PCR) or 72 hours (rapid antigen).

  vs

  There are three possible ways to get a valid corona passport in the corona passport app:

  Negative test: Negative PCR test is valid maximum 96 hours from the time the test was performed. Negative antigen test is valid maximum 72 hours from the time the test was performed.

  Immunity: A positive result of a PCR test lasting a minimum of 14 days and a maximum of 6 months old from the time the test was performed.

  Completed vaccination: A vaccination course with two doses is considered complete immediately after it final dose. A vaccination course with one dose is considered for 14 days after this single dose. An initiated vaccination course also gives you a valid corona passport. A vaccination course against COVID-19 is considered to have started at least 14 days and at most 42 days after the first dose.

  The first is the FCDO’s shortened version, which to me, reads as though your vaccination must have been within 6 months. The second is from the Danish authorities. I’m reading it that it doesn’t matter when my vaccine was given, as long as it was >14 days ago (for AZ)

  Nothing on their site yet about whether they will accept the NHS app for use as a pass. (For context, Denmark have re-introduced the use of Covid passes for restaurants, clubs etc etc)

  • TGLoyalty says:

    12 Nov12 November 15:51

    NHS app is now an approved as an equivalent EU app so as long as remark will accept that they’ll accept the nhs one.

  • Sandgrounder says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:36

    I don’t think Denmark have introduced a vaccine expiry date yet, the should now be able to scan the NHS app no problem. As long as everyone has updated their software.

  • Paasan69 says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:39

    Not an issue. I used to show my NHS pass around in Copenhagen when they required it earlier this year. Always accepted, sometimes with an ID. Never scanned.

    • Rob says:

      12 Nov12 November 16:50

      That’s before the U.K. joined the EU covid app pass though.

• N says:

  12 Nov12 November 16:04

  Anyone have any experience of the Marriott suite at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai?

• Simon L says:

  12 Nov12 November 16:16

  Can you transfer virgin flying club points to someone else’s account ? If so is there a charge for this

  • Amy C says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:19

    Yes and yes I believe.

  • Rob says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:52

    Only for a ludicrous fee. Not worth it. Download Virgin Red and blow any small balance on there.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      12 Nov12 November 19:19

      Sausage rolls all round!

  • AL says:

    12 Nov12 November 21:28

    Remember that VS agents are given quite a lot of flexibility when it comes to booking – e.g. you can pool points from multiple accounts for reward bookings if you have sufficient from one account for each sector. Or, yeah, billions of sausage rolls at Greggs…

• BP says:

  12 Nov12 November 16:17

  HSBC have charged me the annual fee for renewal of the Premier World Elite MasterCard. I thought the fee was being waived?

  • Simon says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:28

    Did you get an email back in April? Mine has definitely been waived until Sep 22. Worth giving them a shout on chat…

  • BJ says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:31

    Last time I saw comments on this, I think people were raiding formal complaints and it was getting fixed for them IIRC.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      12 Nov12 November 19:20

      No need for a formal complaint a phone was enough.

      • Polly says:

        12 Nov12 November 20:44

        But keep an eye out, as my fee was reapplied x 3 times, so had to have it blocked formally. Seems ok now.

• Pauline says:

  12 Nov12 November 16:34

  Tried to subscribe to seatspy on offer but am in Maldives and auto changed subscription to dollars despite entering Uk base. Don’t want to have to pay FX fees on cc so appears no option but to cancel. Are there any other offers?

  • YC says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:48

    Even with fx fee, usd should come out cheaper

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:55

    I contacted seatspy this week (about something different). CS we’re efficient and helpful.

    • The Savage Squirrel says:

      12 Nov12 November 16:56

      were*

• Aston100 says:

  12 Nov12 November 16:43

  Hi, don’t currently have a car.
  Am trying to find an alternative to the train for getting from the West Midlands to Heathrow.
  Coach is a no no.
  Mini Cab is quoting £150 to £200.
  Can’t find any reasonably priced one way car hires, but I might be doing it wrong.

  Any suggestions please? there must be some one way car hire I’ve overlooked? else a train from Birmingham International (to Euston) or Solihull Station (Chiltern Line to Marylebone) the night before (with a hotel) will be my default.

  Thanks.

  • Rob says:

    12 Nov12 November 16:50

    One ways at driveme.co.uk?

    • Tom says:

      12 Nov12 November 18:47

      Assuming you mean driiveme.co.uk 😁
      I really wish driveme.co.uk did do one way rentals… now that would be fun!

      • billthepensioner says:

        12 Nov12 November 20:59

        https://www.driiveme.co.uk offer £1 from the sad & culturally deprived West Midlands to LHR. One way.

        £1 to get out of a hellish place where you’d rather die than live – sounds good value.

  • Sam G says:

    12 Nov12 November 17:24

    Chiltern railways solihull to somewhere like Gerrards Cross or Northolt Park and then uber / bolt / Freenow/ local minicab from there might work ? Might need to change en route, if you do then Princes Risborough or Haddenham & Thame Parkway are better as it’ll be the same platform – High Wycombe will potentially involve a footbridge so not ideal if you’ve luggage

    • Aston100 says:

      12 Nov12 November 17:42

      Sam, your knowledge (not just for this topic) is amazing.
      Thanks.

  • elguiri says:

    12 Nov12 November 19:31

    BHX to LHR by plane?

    • TGLoyalty says:

      12 Nov12 November 22:09

      Don’t think such a flight exists unless you’re a foreign government official or a PL football team 🙂

  • Nick Burch says:

    13 Nov13 November 14:09

    Cross Country trains from Birmingham International to Oxford, 5 minute walk, then the lovely Airline coach to Heathrow? Airline coach is a lot nicer than National Express, and should get you to T5 in just over an hour

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