The HfP chat thread – Thursday 9th December

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• David Lawton says:

  9 Dec9 December 13:57

  Just noticed the Avios to Nectar is working again (at least via the shopping.ba.com website) as I’ve just put a request in. Though still waiting for my November 24th Transfer 15 days later….

  • Peter Taysum says:

    9 Dec9 December 15:01

    Thank you so much. Have just converted!

    • Andrew says:

      9 Dec9 December 15:45

      Great, thanks for flagging. Works fine on Nectar app. Won’t get them in time for Christmas, but in time for New Year at least. No sign of any Sainsbury’s double value Christmas offer this year which is a shame.

  • Cabal of rabid baboons says:

    9 Dec9 December 17:49

    Thanks David, appreciate the heads up, fingers crossed that I may have £200 to spend in Argos on Christmas Eve.
    Confirmation E-Mail suggested the transfer would take 12 days to appear in my Nectar balance.

• Tara says:

  9 Dec9 December 14:03

  Hi all – what is the cheapest PCR you have come across for returning to the UK? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

  • Tara says:

    9 Dec9 December 14:04

    For the Day 2 PCR I mean!

    • Jerry says:

      9 Dec9 December 14:10

      Randox c+collect £34.99. Limited locations but easy.

      • Beardless Hipster says:

        9 Dec9 December 14:17

        Expert Medicals £20 if you work from home and don’t mind waiting for a while to get the result.

  • ianM says:

    9 Dec9 December 14:11

    simplytestme is £42

• Mike says:

  9 Dec9 December 14:14

  Vivo Clinic £15, Click and Collect, a lot of availability

  https://vivoclinic.com/shop/day-2-pcr-test-click-and-collect/

  • LakerDC10 says:

    9 Dec9 December 14:36

    They have this warning thou:Please be advised that you will face significant delays in receiving your results when using this service. Royal Mail is extremely busy due to the season’s strenuous demands through December and January. Your testing samples may take up to 5 working days to reach our laboratory when using this service’s enclosed return envelopes (Royal Mail 1st Class). Afterwards, the laboratory sequencing will require another 24 hours before a test result can be obtained. Per the revised travel rules, you must continue to self-isolate until you receive a negative Day 2 PCR test result.

  • Amy C says:

    9 Dec9 December 15:04

    Nice in theory. However, several dates that seem available are greyed out for appointment slots and when I select Watford it comes up as Bath and I can’t change it 🤦‍♀️

• Keely says:

  9 Dec9 December 14:15

  Hi can someone confirm the Amex cash back offer at Morrisons applies to gift cards please?

  • DarrenS says:

    9 Dec9 December 14:16

    It has for me several times.

    • SteveJ says:

      9 Dec9 December 14:19

      +1

      • Keely says:

        9 Dec9 December 15:03

        Thanks both …I pass several other shops first and didn’t want a wasted trip if it didn’t work .

• Paul says:

  9 Dec9 December 14:27

  have to say I prefer this chat thread rather than the forum. Forum is just too nested, it’s nice to have a cursory glance here and see discussion across a wide range of topics, surfacing things I might have been completely unaware of

  • elguiri says:

    9 Dec9 December 14:50

    It would be great if you could tag your post as to which area(s) of forum it should appear under, thereby having the best of both worlds

    • Tom says:

      9 Dec9 December 14:55

      +1

    • Rhys says:

      9 Dec9 December 15:21

      I don’t think that would be particularly workable or user friendly in practice!

      • Eoc says:

        9 Dec9 December 17:09

        +1
        Maybe as Mod you just use your judgement when a topic has gathered lots of traffic on multiple days, maybe you send off to the forums then.. Creation stories being an early candidate perhaps?

  • Aston100 says:

    9 Dec9 December 15:06

    I think if this chat thread had the ability to let you edit your posts and also to get notifications when people reply, then that would have been good enough, IMO.

    • elguiri says:

      9 Dec9 December 15:17

      I find the idea of the forum fine, it satisfies the user who knows what they want to look for information about.
      However the chat thread is great for people to read something they didn’t know they needed to know, spark an idea etc.
      Tagging posts in chat to appear in relevant forums would satisfy both of the above types.
      But I also agree with your suggestions for the chat posts themselves. It would save on all the fat finger apology posts, and stop me having to keep a browser tab open for each thread i’m following.

    • Rhys says:

      9 Dec9 December 15:18

      It wouldn’t have been good enough.

      One of the benefits of the forum over a chat thread is that it is a lot easier to find information you are looking for. Good luck trying to find anything in old chat threads.

      Clearly both systems have their positives and negatives, but I think once we properly push the forum and activity picks up you’ll be happy we did 😉

      • mkcol says:

        9 Dec9 December 17:10

        Will there be loyalty points for using the forum more?

  • M says:

    9 Dec9 December 15:07

    +1 I like the stream-of-consciousness quality of the comments 😁

  • Rhys says:

    9 Dec9 December 15:16

    The recent topics page should give you a cursory glance too: https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/forums-recent-topics/

    • Youllnever says:

      9 Dec9 December 19:01

      Is there any way to get a page for recent posts rather than topics?

• Rui N. says:

  9 Dec9 December 14:30

  Click on the “recent topics” button on the forum to get an idea of what people are discussing.

• FFoxSake says:

  9 Dec9 December 14:43

  Haha. Just tried to post a link here to HfP own forum recent topics and it went to moderation… 🙂

• Tom says:

  9 Dec9 December 14:45

  Free Now AMEX cashback – is it UK only or abroad too?

  • PeteM says:

    9 Dec9 December 15:00

    UK only from my experience.

  • Gary says:

    9 Dec9 December 16:18

    GBP only, mine was rejected for being in PLN

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