Bits: Heathrow protest today, Etihad sale, update on the 40000 Nectar points deal

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• Jo says:

  1 Oct1 October 05:49

  Would it make sense to apply as a new card member or an existing one?

  • Rita says:

    1 Oct1 October 05:56

    But how do you know new account has targetted offer?

• Matthew says:

  1 Oct1 October 06:24

  There are still some days (notably Wednesday) that have one Etihad service using an A340 in November. Still worth checking before you book.

• James67 says:

  1 Oct1 October 06:53

  Correct.

• Boris says:

  1 Oct1 October 06:57

  If it causes delays and disturbs lives it is not peaceful ….

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    1 Oct1 October 07:03

    The expansion or the protest?

    • Boris says:

      1 Oct1 October 07:32

      The protest :-).

      On the expansion they should build all three.

      • Roger says:

        1 Oct1 October 07:37

        Plus one at LGW too.

  • Steve says:

    1 Oct1 October 07:29

    To avoid any delays I’d suggest people get dropped off at either a picaddilly line tube station and tube it in to Heathrow or to Hayes overground and get the Heathrow connect train.

• Boris says:

  1 Oct1 October 07:33

  The protest :-).

  On the expansion they should build all three.

• Boris says:

  1 Oct1 October 07:36

  Is that good value?

  Accor points are quite valuable. IIRC reward nights start at 2000.

  • Roger says:

    1 Oct1 October 07:39

    2000 points don’t necessarily get you a free stay but at least gets you 40EUR off your stay.
    If your stay is below 40 EUR of course you get that as reward.

  • James67 says:

    1 Oct1 October 08:40

    In addition to Rogers reply, as a general rule it’s usually best to use hotel points for hotel stays to maximise value. However, some people are chasing big miles goals or are only a few miles short of a target so they will choose mikes over points, even if comparative value is very poor.

• Nicola Walton says:

  1 Oct1 October 07:38

  OT question for Rob, have you found out if there has been a security breach re the emails Supercard has been sending out apologising for PIn problems? I commented on this the other day and other HFP readers said they had received the same email?

  • Rob says:

    1 Oct1 October 08:44

    Not sure what is happening there. I didn’t get the email.

  • Leo says:

    1 Oct1 October 09:23

    I seem to remember they sent out similar emails before which were reported in HfP comments – there was no follow up from anyone. I’ve not had the new card they were supposedly sending out – I suppose I should contact them.

    • Jonty says:

      1 Oct1 October 11:04

      I had email last week, new card arrived first class this morning

      • Talay says:

        1 Oct1 October 11:19

        Same here for the wife but my card was never affected, potentially !

        • YL says:

          1 Oct1 October 12:13

          I go the email a couple of days ago and the new cad arrived today.
          The strange thing was that I have not used my card since it relaunched…

        • Paul says:

          1 Oct1 October 12:50

          Mt card failed when in France earlier in the week. I called and was told a new card will be posted due to pin issues. I explained how this was inconvenient as I had planned to use whilst abroad and have received an email today from CS offering £30 if I email by return my travel docs to prove I was abroad when this occured.

  • Nicola Walton says:

    1 Oct1 October 15:52

    Update – new Supercard arrived in the post today. Replacement IHG visa lost in transit new one being sent out! It really does seem a big coincidence that the IHG card is connected to the Supercard and the fraudulent charges are on the IHG card the week before the Supercard email!

• rams1981 says:

  1 Oct1 October 07:46

  OT gift cards from Tesco. Found one with Amazon and John Lewis. Went to till when lady on register called her manager who said it was a limit of £50 per person. When I pointed out Amazon gift cards were in £100 denominations he said oh, OK the limit is £100.

  When I queried his clear made up limit he said it was because of fraudulent credit card usage… I said what if I show my ID and he then made up a limit of £400…

  You’re an odd man Billy from Tescos near Brent Cross.

  Went to another Tesco after and they didn’t give a shit when I took £500 worth to the till. Will just keep buying there instead! Have some house works going on which will need kitchen appliances from John Lewis so can really get a load of Clubcard points. Is there a limit?

  • Steve says:

    1 Oct1 October 07:58

    There is possibly a limit.

    For example Debenhams have a spend limit of 4 giftcards in store and 2 giftcards online.

    Other retailers have no limit.

    Call John Lewis to be sure.

    • Jonty says:

      1 Oct1 October 11:06

      Debenhams will happily load multiple gift cards onto one reloadable one, which you can then use in store or online

    • John says:

      1 Oct1 October 12:45

      If there’s a problem you can always just buy something with 3 gift cards, then refund it onto one.

  • Johnnycl says:

    1 Oct1 October 08:25

    There’s no limit really unless they feel like making one up. I had an issue at Tesco store last week that wouldn’t let me use a Tesco gift card to pay for a third party gift card, so just went to a different store and it was fine.

    • Johnnycl says:

      1 Oct1 October 08:27

      Having said this I have found that sometimes the cards don’t always activate when you’re buying more than half a dozen in one go, so I guess it is best to buy in smaller batches.

      • rams1981 says:

        1 Oct1 October 09:46

        The till seemed to highlight ones that didn’t go through and just got another card to replace it.

        Will buy more later I think.

        • Gavin says:

          1 Oct1 October 10:16

          When I bought £600 in one go once and one gift card didn’t activate it took me about half an hour to get it sorted and I got a mini-interrogation from the manager who wanted to know why I was buying so many! I now only buy £200 at a time, means more visits to Tesco but less hassle!

  • Boris says:

    1 Oct1 October 09:54

    My cust services in the local Tesco told me 5 cards was the limit.

    So bought 10 £50 Amazon cards plus 2 bags of Mini Cheddars going round twice.

    Buying £100 Currys cards next.

    • Genghis says:

      1 Oct1 October 11:12

      Cashiers make things up. There isn’t a ‘from HO’ limit as far as I know

      • N says:

        1 Oct1 October 11:32

        There is. 20 cards per person per day.

        I’ve had to stand there and call the customer services line on speakerphone while a manager of a certain very large Tesco on the A40 in a former vacuum cleaner factory building stood there listening.

        • TGLoyalty says:

          1 Oct1 October 11:48

          Just keep going round there’s no limit if you use a different cashier.

          Find the limits are made up e.g. £500 max. When I’ve bought £1k a previous occasion. What I do know is £100 cards make it far easier and more environmentally friendly.

        • Mycity says:

          1 Oct1 October 12:27

          I bought 30 cards the other day so no limit as far as I know

  • Oliver says:

    1 Oct1 October 12:43

    How can it be fraud if I know the pin code to a card? Hate old people thinking they are the CEO

    • Graeme says:

      1 Oct1 October 14:18

      Isn’t that how ATM (skimming) fraud works, they can then effectively go on a shopping spree once the cash withdrawal limit is reached, and gift cards, once purchased, are a lot easier to sell on I would imagine.. I suspect the cashier has the best interest of everyone at heart regardless of his/her age rather than aspirations to be CEO…

    • Mr Dee says:

      1 Oct1 October 20:32

      No point arguing with the Tesco zombie cashiers just try another

  • AndyR says:

    1 Oct1 October 18:26

    Any idea if the JL cards can be used at Waitrose?

    • mark2 says:

      1 Oct1 October 19:43

      It says so on the back

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