The HfP chat thread – Wednesday 1st December

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• Lee says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:22

  Pre-departure tests and extra tests on days five or eight is on the way, can travel industry survive this time?

  • Navara says:

    1 Dec1 December 15:54

    I would think so. One a plus note apparently my motor home is in great demand by buyers according to the dealer text message I just received and I will be pleasantly surprised what they can offer me.

    • Peter K says:

      1 Dec1 December 18:20

      😁

  • GaryE says:

    1 Dec1 December 18:31

    Is this a rumour or is there any substance to back this up for UK travellers?

  • Gavin says:

    1 Dec1 December 18:49

    According to who?

    • Lee says:

      1 Dec1 December 20:08

      According to government’s Sage advisory committee.

      When the noises were all over the places it will be impalement very soon

• James says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:31

  Anyone found a good use for the Chase card?

  • Lee says:

    1 Dec1 December 15:33

    Define good use ;-wink

  • HBommie says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:43

    Level up a dodgy table leg?

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:52

    Foreign spend with 1% back is a good use.

  • The Urbanite says:

    1 Dec1 December 17:29

    Not when there are more generous and less restrictive crypto debit cards out there, not really.

    • will says:

      1 Dec1 December 18:20

      Not familiar with crypto debit cards but do hold some crypto, what’s the best option for GBP or forex spend?

      • The Urbanite says:

        1 Dec1 December 22:05

        There are a few on the market that offer cashback on spend, with some restrictions. Not looked at using them to spend actual crypto though!

    • Paul says:

      1 Dec1 December 19:08

      whilst on the topic, do you know of any that give c@shb@ck for paying HMRC? Crypto[dot]com used to but they shut that loophole ~year ago.

      • The Urbanite says:

        1 Dec1 December 21:37

        None that I know of will award rewards for tax payments!

  • Jamie D says:

    1 Dec1 December 17:50

    I am quite liking it as a product / app / card overall. Applied for the card on the basis of actually looking to use it as a secondary account with no / low FX fees; with the other small benefits such as the cashback being slightly secondary. Seems the Chase approach is to offer lots of small incentives, with a view to slowly building up (and maybe even retaining) a customer base, and slowly adding additional functionality, rather than offering any single killer incentive. Chase appear to have fairly big ambitions here, and certinly have the resources to play the long game. The cashback appears to be well locked down in terms of the Merchant Category Codes it pays out on (similar to how Santander 1-2-3 used to be) – so not seeing any obvious MS oppurtunities. Happy to be proven wrong however!

  • Fazzy Bear says:

    1 Dec1 December 17:59

    3% cashback with Amazon currently

  • T says:

    2 Dec2 December 01:26

    It’s great for travelling – I’ve spent a lot of time in CZ and PL recently, 0% FX and 1% cashback is pretty great.

  • Mark says:

    2 Dec2 December 07:38

    It’s a no brainer really. It’s a simple offer, with any excluded categories made clear.

    1% return as cash is arguably better value than any other card. Whilst many will argue Avios are better, by the time you’ve paid the card fee, and the BA imposed charges, and seat selection fees, maybe not so much. Crypto cards can offer higher CB rates, but often require a significant investment amount to get the propmoted rate, and unless you can cash out the crypto coins immediately, and without fees, your 3% might well turn into 0.1% in a couple of months (or weeks).

    • Nigel W says:

      2 Dec2 December 08:55

      Similar agree with Mark, it has become my near default day-to-day spend card.

    • Lady London says:

      2 Dec2 December 12:02

      How long are Chase taking to process applications? Are there any switching benefits?

• Shaw West says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:35

  DP. Flying Blue . 50% Extra XP

• Therooster says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:45

  So an update on the Amex – Emirates transfer. Emirates have confirmed they are now taking up to 2 working days to arrive but they will hold the booking for 2 working days for the miles to credit.

• Tw33ty says:

  1 Dec1 December 15:56

  How rude, Paul Henry still hasn’t replied back to me.

  • Michael C says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:05

    As in…Benny from Crossroads?!
    Maybe he’s gone to get a new woolly hat for the winter.

    • Spurs drive me mad says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:07

      Still chasing Miss Diane .. although I’m pretty certain in today’s climate he would have been arrested for stalking by now.

      • Michael C says:

        1 Dec1 December 16:57

        ;o))))

  • Super Secret Stuff says:

    1 Dec1 December 16:18

    Lol, that’s bold

    • Alex says:

      1 Dec1 December 16:20

      I just send them “10/10 would do it all over again!”

      • Super Secret Stuff says:

        1 Dec1 December 17:43

        Hahahaha you are a massive protagonist 🤣

• PeteD says:

  1 Dec1 December 16:12

  Planning to convert my Amex MR to avios at somepoint before next Spring for a 2-4-1 reward flight redemption (to fly in 2023). Is there ever any kind of enhanced transfer bonus or always 1 to 1?

  • Peter K says:

    1 Dec1 December 18:17

    Never usually a bonus, but with all the continuing travel restrictions, who knows.

    If there is no need to transfer now then you might as well wait and see.

  • Andrew says:

    1 Dec1 December 18:24

    Or we might see a bonus for converting to a statement credit which might provide better value for money.

• rams says:

  1 Dec1 December 16:49

  Curve metal – any idea how the 10k limit is being tracked?

  • stevenhp1987 says:

    1 Dec1 December 17:00

    Knowing Curve it’ll be using an abacus or similar.

    But the rule is 10k per calendar month.

    • Ali m says:

      1 Dec1 December 17:21

      is that for the tax man?
      I thought that was 10k per year?

      • CarpalTravel says:

        1 Dec1 December 20:00

        Per month.

  • Char Char says:

    1 Dec1 December 17:51

    If they have any sense (Questionable) then it will be automatic based on the relevant transactions

  • Mick S says:

    1 Dec1 December 21:33

    with hard graft by the looks of it – i asked Curve this question yesterday and heard nothing back so far.

    I’ve switched fronted off, and will just enable it for paying off my CC when needed. These transactrions I will manually track.

• Tracy says:

  1 Dec1 December 17:32

  Datapoint on Amazon £20 for adding a non Visa card to account. Deleted all but Visa on Saturday, made purchase, offer appeared today. I used the promotional credit and deleted all cards but Visa again, you never know it might appear again lol
  Non prime account got a £10 offer…

  • Craig says:

    1 Dec1 December 17:33

    Wish I had a Visa credit card!

    • rams says:

      1 Dec1 December 17:40

      I deleted all cards bar Visa. Few days later offer appeared on home page. I don’t have prime but am a sub-user of a prime account and got £20

    • Andrew H says:

      1 Dec1 December 18:13

      Revolut temporary card…

      • SteveJ says:

        1 Dec1 December 18:29

        Isn’t Revolut a debit?

        • Sam says:

          1 Dec1 December 19:03

          “Temporary” card

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