The HfP chat thread – Thursday 18th November

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• mm says:

  18 Nov18 November 19:07

  to login on ba account
  you can start to make a normal cash booking
  after selecting a flight you can login to save with avios and there it works
  and ones you in your account you can make avios bookings

• CarpalTravel says:

  18 Nov18 November 19:28

  {Checks last two pages… coast is clear}

  I’m now able to log into the BA Shopping Portal, still not on the main site though.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    18 Nov18 November 19:49

    Can log into the app

  • E says:

    18 Nov18 November 20:57

    On the shopping portal I just tried but can’t log in. I got “Bad Request
    Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.”

  • Distichon says:

    18 Nov18 November 21:03

    App is back to broken for me. It’s fast again, but only at showing various error messages, some clear, some quite obscure and only very vaguely related to what I was trying to do.

    • meta says:

      18 Nov18 November 21:15

      Website and app is semi-broken for me. I can log-in and see balances, but that’s it. Can’t load search Avios page or anything else.

• Anna says:

  18 Nov18 November 21:36

  I’ve got an email from BA about an upcoming sale from the Hi Life magazine – presumably all the stuff they couldn’t shift during lockdown!

  • Paul Pogba says:

    18 Nov18 November 22:02

    What sort of stuff?

    • Rob says:

      18 Nov18 November 22:47

      Three years ago all the unsold stuff was given away at the media Christmas party in goody bags. As the 2021 event is in 2 weeks this sounds promising!

• Alex says:

  18 Nov18 November 22:10

  goat an Amex platinum which I applied before November 2nd with a 60k points welcome bonus. Double-checked and it appears my previous amex card was canceled in march 2020, less than 24 months ago, seems no bonus for me.

  Here is the question, perhaps a bit naive: assuming I create a new online account while activating a card, how does Amex know I had a card with them within the last 24 months?

  • Benilyn says:

    18 Nov18 November 22:29

    They know when you apply, they match your credit file.

  • Rob says:

    18 Nov18 November 22:46

    It is linked to your credit file. That said you may well get away with it.

• ianM says:

  18 Nov18 November 22:39

  Just tried to book 5 nights in a hilton in Atlanta on points – it is not showing any 5 for 4 discount…..is there something I’m missing?? I thought it made the 20% off deduction automatically?

  I am Diamond and logged in and all the 5 nights are available on points

  • SteveJ says:

    18 Nov18 November 22:48

    Are the standard rooms available on points? AFAIK the 5 for 4 is only on standard rooms.

  • Brian W says:

    18 Nov18 November 22:48

    Only for standard rooms, doesn’t apply to premium redemptions.

• Rob says:

  18 Nov18 November 22:49

  The latter two have combined for me in the past.

• Will says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:12

  Good morning all. Can you confirm if Flight changes of return leg are free (subject to price changes) on BA and BA tickets in AA metal even if after taking the outward leg?

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