The HfP chat thread – Thursday 9th December

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Froggee says:

9 Dec9 December 12:41

Monese XMAS200, XMAS100, XMAS50

£400 sold our
- Toaster says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 12:59
  
  Just signed up to Monese to take advantage of this, bought a £200 gift card, can I buy one of each of the others too?
  - Toaster says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 13:13
    
    Monese, is there a limit to debit card top ups on the free account? Did £200 first which went through OK, then tried £100 which failed, then £40 which failed.
    - mark2 says:
      
      9 Dec9 December 14:19
      
      yes there is; read limits in T&C
    - Jpa says:
      
      9 Dec9 December 17:36
      
      But you can just do a normal bank transfer as it is a bank account….
- Charlie says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 13:31
  
  Thanks, just used the £100 one!!
- buchanan101 says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 13:35
  
  Great – got an email with my voucher for a gift card – saying click button below.
  
  THERE IS NO BUTTON!!
  - buchanan101 says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 13:39
    
    It works in the app – but the email they sent had no link…
    - Bill says:
      
      9 Dec9 December 14:13
      
      Depends on your email client. If I read email on my phone there’s a link. If I read the same email on my laptop using outlook IMAP connection there is no link. Gmail web shows the link
- Triath5 says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 15:19
  
  Bought one, but didn’t realise they had stripped out Amazon from the list of merchants??? Not really enthused with any of the ones on the list. How are people using these?
  
  Easiest way to convert them to Amazon gift cards?
  - George says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 15:32
    
    But Amazon GCs in morrisons?
Froggee says:

9 Dec9 December 12:45

Man my email didn’t come until after 12. I actually looked at page 4 before posting!
- Reney says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 12:52
  
  mine came at 12.10. I’m unclear without the daily chat thread whether I would see these deals faster or not….
  - Froggee says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 13:10
    
    And an app notification at about 1pm. Grrrr.
- George says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 15:32
  
  I posted on page 2!
  - George says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 16:50
    
    3 actually
Bob1 says:

9 Dec9 December 12:47

Can anyone help with the transiting through the UK? I’m due to fly into Heathrow from Gibraltar on Thursday evening, go straight to Gatwick via taxi, check into an airport hotel then fly out of Gatwick at 7am Friday morning. Is this allowed?
- PeteM says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 15:01
  
  Why wouldn’t it be allowed?
  - Bob1 says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 15:15
    
    I wasn’t sure on the hotel stay? From the .gov website:
    Travel directly from your port of entry to another port of departure in England
    - PeteM says:
      
      9 Dec9 December 15:18
      
      But you’re not coming from a red list country? You do need a pre-departure Covid test, but don’t need a Day 2 test. All the details are here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-air-travel-guidance-for-passengers#transiting-through-england
      - John says:
        
        9 Dec9 December 15:59
        
        He’s not transiting (as not travelling directly to port of departure – this is how it’s worded in the statutory instrument too) thus he does need to buy a Day 2 test, but doesn’t need to take it because he’ll be out of the UK by then.
- Bill says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 18:30
  
  Put transit in the PLF
  - Bob1 says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 19:28
    
    But am I travelling to the port of departure? The hotel would be on the grounds of the airport and I would be flying within the defined 24 hours. What do they expect me to do? Check in and go airside 10 hours before departure?
Mike says:

9 Dec9 December 12:49

I came back yesterday, did my test and got the negative result late last night, but the testing firm says they don’t share it with the NHS because of GDPR and I only need to provide it if I am contacted by Test and Trace. Is that right? Is this another dodgy testing company?

In other countries, the negative result is sent to the authorities releasing you from self-isolation/quarantine then they know you’re free to go about your life. How does the Government know I am negative?
- JDB says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 14:05
  
  I asked the site manager last week out of interest while waiting for ExpressTest at T5 and they said all the data was shared (and the terms don’t distinguish between sharing positive/negative results) but others on here have said otherwise. We haven’t been bothered by Test and Trace since our 3 negatives last Friday, while we were in September when you just had to upload the photo.
- Tariq says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 20:28
  
  There is a requirement for the test provider to notify the results of any COVID-19 test to the UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health England) under The Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.
  
  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/659/regulation/4
John says:

9 Dec9 December 12:55

Anyone yet to receive their Hilton Honors credit points for spend greater than £50k in the month?
(there was chat last week that everyone’s had been delayed, just wondering if anyone has had them yet)
Soo says:

9 Dec9 December 13:34

Fyi Shop Small: if the merchant uses a ‘payment aggregator’ the offer does not trigger. I’ve just spent a long time on the chat querying: for example the restaurant used Squareup to process payment.
How would any customer know beforehand?! I’d checked the (inaccurate) shop small map and it was there.
Probably the only way to see is the payment details after it’s posted.
- mark2 says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 14:21
  
  surely they used a different card reader?
- Char Char says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 15:45
  
  You went there, you paid by Amex they should credit it as its their fault and the map is bad enough as it is.
WearyTraveller says:

9 Dec9 December 13:35

Amex Plat holder here.
On Amex website it says the Heathrow Centurion Lounge is open only until 6pm which is a but of a bummer because my pre xmas flight to Dubai from T3 is at 10pm. Are the 6am-6pm opening times temporary? I’m hoping they will be extended before end of the year?

Alternatively can someone recommend a different priority pass lounge? I’m flying with Emirates Economy and might upgrade to Business last minute if there’s availability but not going to have lounge access with them for sure.

Might try arriving way earlier though as I’m really keen to try out the Centurion lounge regardless 😅
- Sarah says:
  
  9 Dec9 December 13:55
  
  I was in the Centurion lounge last week and was told that entry is only allowed 3 hours before your flight departs.
  - Rhys says:
    
    9 Dec9 December 13:57
    
    They were strict about this at JFK.
    - mark2 says:
      
      9 Dec9 December 14:22
      
      Not at Seattle though four years ago.
Nathan says:

9 Dec9 December 13:47

Is it possible to book a BA holiday departing tomorrow using vouchers to pay?

Many thanks