The HfP chat thread – Tuesday 7th December

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• Triath5 says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:01

  Does anyone know if Iberia have a baggage drop-off / check-in service the day before a flight? Currently in Madrid and will be going to the airport a day before the flight for something else…would be great to kill two birds with one stone if possible!

  Has anyone done anything like this before / are there any risks?

  • Triath5 says:

    7 Dec7 December 15:03

    *Correction, its a BA award flight departing from MAD. Same question as above?

• Barbara Wakely says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:04

  My son is in Florida and hoping to fly Virgin to U.K. tomorrow. I have his day 2 test sorted when he arrives
  He is at a clinic in Florida atm getting rapid antigen test. U.K. asks for PCR test or lateral flow for arrival. Is antigen test the same? Thank you for advice.

  • Harry T says:

    7 Dec7 December 15:08

    Lateral flow is essentially another term for a rapid antigen test, from what I understand. The UK seems to use the term LF more than other countries.

    • Barbara Wakely says:

      7 Dec7 December 15:28

      Thank you Harry for quick response

    • Andrew says:

      7 Dec7 December 15:34

      RAT is an awkward acronym in the UK with the various confusing synoyms.

      If you’re telling someone to do a RAT, they might think you are telling them not to do it – as in act dishonestly. Or instead of a swabbing their nose or tonsils, undertake a more risky “deep throat” swab

• Benilyn says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:07

  Had a one way flight (flight 1)
  Converted into FTV
  Flight 1 date passed
  Booked a new reward booking with FTV, the booking ref stays the same
  But I can’t add to my account

  I can only access it manually on manage a booking
  Any ideas how to add it?

• Roger that says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:14

  I just spent more time than I expected registering. Briefly, the username I have been using for years didn’t work.

  After a deal of clicking around, it turns out it contained an ‘illegal’ character. Phooey! ‘Legal’ for years, now ‘illegal’. What was it? An asterisk to differentiate me from the other Rogers.

  OK, so I have to change my username. I thought ‘Roger that’ was quite stazzy, but HfP told me that it was already taken, so not so stazzy. But wait, an email from HfP welcomed me as Roger that!

  Comment under moderation. I don’t know whether my elephant will transfer.

  Confused of London.

  • Rob says:

    7 Dec7 December 15:39

    Will ask Rhys to check. If there is a Roger who does not have a commenting track record we can switch.

    • Roger that says:

      7 Dec7 December 15:47

      Great. Thanks, Rob

    • Rhys says:

      7 Dec7 December 15:53

      Previously you weren’t registered to your name roger* was basically just a textfield.

      With the new registration process it’s a bit stricter. But looks like it all worked out with roger that?

      • Roger that says:

        7 Dec7 December 16:36

        Thanks, Rhys. Gosh, I hadn’t realised.

        You have more than enough on your plate. While I’m happier with …*, I can live with … that.

        Thanks for sorting that out.

• Shaw West says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:23

  Still waiting for the Amex Supp card bonuses. 3 months and counting

  • Alan says:

    7 Dec7 December 15:31

    5,000 Supp offer just appeared on my Plat.

  • Paul says:

    7 Dec7 December 15:57

    same here, I am going to open a formal complaint

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    7 Dec7 December 16:45

    Mine took about 80 days.

• Safety Card says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:32

  Landed back to Heathrow this morning. No one at any point checked our Lat Flow that we took whilst away. Upon landing we drove 20 mins to Hasu Diagnostics in Slough. Had booked a 3- 6 hour return Day 2 PCR. Swab taken at 10.30, negative result at 1430. It was £99. For £50 you can get a result by the end of the day.

  • Sam G says:

    7 Dec7 December 15:37

    presumably your airline checked in at check in ? The govt is expecting this to be the primary point of checking (with big fines for airlines who deliver people to the UK without correct docs)

    Thanks for the feedback on Hasu – got some friends planning to use them in a couple of weeks!

    • Safety Card says:

      7 Dec7 December 15:39

      Nope – no checks at check in. Used Verifly but set that up a day or so before at a point where it still wasn’t asking for a negative test result. Probably fell through a crack which will be paved over by tomorrow due to timelines

      • Ivanka says:

        7 Dec7 December 17:47

        Hi Safety Card, are these self administered swabs at Hasu, or do the staff take them for you? I would rather my 7 year old did his own than fight with a tester.

        • Safety Card says:

          7 Dec7 December 19:58

          Yep self administered. We went back into the car and did them there. Someone has his done by a staff member but I believe that was because he asked rather than standard policy.

      • SamG says:

        7 Dec7 December 18:06

        Yes sounds like a bit of a one day loophole then (assuming verifly will now be checking !)

• Andrew says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:44

  Barclaycard are offering a 10% rebate on Prezee Gift Cards. You should get a code by email if you are targetted.

  No Amazon, but there is M&S, John Lewis, Eurostar, Netflix, Hotels. Com, and others.

• Geoff 1977 says:

  7 Dec7 December 15:50

  “STOCKHOLM, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Sweden will reintroduce a raft of measures to curb rising COVID-19 infections, urging renewed social distancing and the use of masks in public transportation, the government said on Tuesday.”

  They’ve already got vaccine passports too.

  • mkcol says:

    8 Dec8 December 01:13

    Sounds similar to increased restrictions brought into Norway a few days ago.

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