The HfP chat thread – Sunday 5th December

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• Gavin says:

  5 Dec5 December 13:50

  Given a 5x nectar voucher in Sainsbury’s today for using smartshop. Valid on all shops ti the 18th

  • The cyclist says:

    5 Dec5 December 14:20

    Nice one, fill your boots, 25% off all wine if you buy 6 bottles as well including champers.

    • AJA says:

      5 Dec5 December 16:43

      I took advantage of the 25% off all wine for 6 or more the other day. Stocked up on wine for Xmas. I haven’t had any till spits for the last 3 visits – I think they deliberately let the printer run out of paper and don’t refill it. 🙁

      • Gavin says:

        5 Dec5 December 19:40

        I had a £5 off £50 code for Argos spit out valid to the 12th – it didn’t seem to be tied to my nectar number: URTXJK5L

  • Ryan says:

    5 Dec5 December 20:08

    I found a “bonus 500 points on your next shop” voucher that someone left at the checkouts, have used a couple times and is showing on my nectar!

• Backpacker says:

  5 Dec5 December 14:02

  Anyone got a Freetrade referral for me, and want a free share?

  Lots of websites have referral codes I could use – but I would prefer a HFP reader got the free share! 🙂
  Pay it forward everyone, and hope we all get to travel without hassle soon…

  • Grant H says:

    5 Dec5 December 14:17

    I do if the HFP guys don’t have – https://magic.freetrade.io/join/grant/cf266e8d

    Thanks!

• David says:

  5 Dec5 December 14:20

  Anyone else done the Sofitel Halo test and found the spitting very hard work – it just goes against the grain!

  • Anna says:

    5 Dec5 December 14:40

    My friend had to do a spit test before coming back from Majorca – how does it work? If it can be done with saliva, why are we still sticking swabs into our brains?!

    • David says:

      5 Dec5 December 15:00

      You get a tube and you screw on a funnel and spit till you fill the tube to the second line -it takes a lot of spitting !

      • Anna says:

        5 Dec5 December 15:49

        No, I mean how do you get a diagnosis from saliva when we’re told to scrape out our tonsils and upper nasal passages?

        • davef says:

          5 Dec5 December 22:41

          This is a good question as they just randomly PCR tested the entire plane at Larnaca (ahead of the mandatory inbound testing that starts monday).

          She did just one brief shove up a nostril and then swabbed my tongue. Nowhere near as invasive or painful as I got in Iceland, was sore for 2 days after that one but if she only swabbed my tongue it’s a waste of time right?

    • Rui N. says:

      5 Dec5 December 18:24

      Across Europe most of tests for kids are with saliva. Less precise but more “user friendly”. I’m surprised they are allowed for Day 2 though – but good thing that they are, of course.

      • Jen T says:

        5 Dec5 December 19:12

        The Lancet published research recently showing that spit tests are actually more accurate. Probably less chance of doing it wrong/not swabbing enough.

      • davef says:

        5 Dec5 December 22:38

        The Halo tests at T5 are spit tests.

  • Steve says:

    5 Dec5 December 17:47

    I’d just landed on a red eye from NYC and was dehydrated as it was. 2ml was needed and it was very tough to get through

    • David says:

      5 Dec5 December 18:10

      I think that was my problem too a few Sauvignon Blanca on the plane.

• Can says:

  5 Dec5 December 14:38

  Do paypal payments for merchants, ones that use paypal to get creditcard payments, count towards the signup bonus goal?
  I thought I already reached my limit for the bonus, but the amex chat gave me a much lower spent, considering the pending ones.

  • Anna says:

    5 Dec5 December 14:42

    You should have a progress bar in your account showing how close you are to the SUB (it can take a couple of days to catch up with actual spending). Paypal payments usually count though.

    • Can says:

      5 Dec5 December 14:48

      Bingo! I must’ve clicked the “membership” tab on the app. Thanx!

  • Polly says:

    5 Dec5 December 14:48

    They must clear pending to count.

• Jen T says:

  5 Dec5 December 15:19

  For anyone curious about the Halo Verify testing at Sofitel T5 – sample submitted at 0915 this morning, result obtained 6 hours later. It seems to be the fastest way to get a result without spending a 3 figure sum. As mentioned above, spitting that much is quite hard work!

  • Polly says:

    5 Dec5 December 15:32

    Thanks for the update. Makes a change from our brain being poked..have asked them to move our booking to Tuesday morning now…

  • Roy says:

    5 Dec5 December 23:47

    Isn’t it supposed to be a guaranteed 5 hour result (during the daytime)?

• Lewis says:

  5 Dec5 December 15:56

  Anyone else unable to access their household account still?!
  Need to add someone but bloody website!

• Sharon says:

  5 Dec5 December 16:02

  Can I ask about the priority pass that comes with the Preferred Rewards Gold Card please? It has 2 free lounge visits – can these only be used by me or can I use it for me plus my partner? Thank you

  • Anna says:

    5 Dec5 December 16:05

    Either.

• Tracey says:

  5 Dec5 December 16:09

  Just cancelled a BA cash flight and bought a reward flight, wasn’t able to use the FTV for the 4 figure taxes/ charges.

  • Andrew says:

    5 Dec5 December 20:32

    Correct. Not possible.

  • Roy says:

    5 Dec5 December 23:48

    If cash flight, shouldn’t it have been an eVoucher rather than an FTV?

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