SAVE THE DATE: HfP Christmas party, Tuesday 6th December

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• James A says:

  23 Nov23 November 11:50

  We are flying (on avios!) to Dubai the day after…wonder if we can move our flight to LHR a day earlier? 😀

• Jim says:

  23 Nov23 November 11:51

  OT

  Is anyone having trouble receiving the £100 amex credit for Naked Wines purchases that was mentioned a few days ago? Amex are stating that the offer has been pulled & they won’t be crediting the amount, despite the fact I received an email stating I had redeemed the offer.

  Naked also being sneaky by billing the purchase through Amex in two instalments, despite the original order being for more than £150.

  • the real harry says:

    23 Nov23 November 12:32

    thanks for the info

    enough to dissuade me from going for the deal a second time, though I have it saved & available to my wife’s card

    I did get the £100 from Amex first time with no problems

    a wee mention for Lidl wines – they are in the process of dumping all the stock from various promotions earlier in the year @ very keen prices – they have an extremely good reputation for providing excellent value in wines, so when you get a wine priced originally at (say) £8.99 for £3.99, it’s a true bargain – some @ £2.99 as well

    even better if you have a couple of winecarriers giving you a further £4 off per 4 wines 🙂

    • Alan says:

      23 Nov23 November 14:20

      Hmm I’ve got this deal saved to a card too but am a little dubious about making use of it now given these reports!

      • the real harry says:

        23 Nov23 November 17:38

        don’t forget it stacks with nakedwines.com/amex16 which is a £100 voucher – to get over £150 you have to order £250+ of wine, which eventually costs you £50

        • the real harry says:

          23 Nov23 November 17:52

          when you hang on that website for 10 mins, it says whoa! don’t go & sends you a free delivery code valid for 24hrs wys £80 – so you could buy headline £180, use both offers and pay £80

        • Alan says:

          23 Nov23 November 20:49

          Haha, don’t worry – I’ve kept the previous message about that 😀 Sounds like is working OK for most folk so will look again.

        • Guy says:

          23 Nov23 November 22:15

          I ordered this weekend (after reading on here). £256 wine delivered yesterday and cash back came through this afternoon. £56 paid for 18 bottles. Cheers

  • Brian W says:

    23 Nov23 November 14:33

    Jim,

    My payment got split also. I did get the email confirming I had redeemed the offer. I called Amex and they applied the credit manually for me. They are always really helpful in situations like this I find.

    The offer is still sitting on my wife’s account. I was going to use it again but this makes me wonder if it may be too much hassle now.

    • Tom says:

      23 Nov23 November 16:56

      Mine got posted at £150 and the credit applied correctly..

      • the real harry says:

        23 Nov23 November 17:39

        yes but when?

        this seems to be a recent development

        • Kinkell says:

          23 Nov23 November 18:07

          Wine delivered and £100 already credited, so no problems for me. Seems tough on others

    • Jim says:

      23 Nov23 November 18:56

      Just an update on this in case anyone revisits the comments. I called AMEX & they have pushed the issue to a specialist team to deal with & they will check with Naked Wines why it was processed as two transactions. No offer to manually credit, they will revert with decision within 48 hrs.

      It was also stated on the phone call that Naked had pulled the offer & if it was saved to your card after 15 Nov it wouldn’t be honoured.

      • the real harry says:

        23 Nov23 November 19:38

        saved to my wife’s card on 14 Nov so looks OK 🙂

        thanks Jim

        • Boi says:

          23 Nov23 November 21:37

          How can I check when it was saved?

        • Gavin says:

          23 Nov23 November 23:29

          I’m fairly certain naked had the same offer this time last year – maybe pulled as was on this year in error? Happy with 18 bottles for £56 anyway!

• Mark Bates says:

  23 Nov23 November 11:52

  Really gutted I can’t go, would be up for this another year provided knew date enough in advance but am working that day as no spare leave. I do like the idea though!

• Diydegsy says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:01

  Oh I wish I lived closer to London. Great bar all round especially if you like gin!!! Stayed there earlier in the year and the staff were lovely, great breakfast too but recently stayed at The Level which is the other part of the hotel supposed to be the better option but was extremely disappointed. Have a good evening to everyone that can attend.

• AndyL says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:04

  Superb idea! Am planning to attend but may be in Lisbon instead. Name badges anyone ?

  • Rob says:

    23 Nov23 November 13:10

    No badges. Most attendees won’t be commentators anyway.

• BlackBerryAddict says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:15

  Would like to have come, but in Heathrow until 6 pm that day so won’t be able to make it till 8pm or so

• Mike says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:26

  Great idea Rob. As one of your international followers, unfortunately, London is not in the cards (ha ha) until next year.

  One thing though….surely after 8pm, it should
  be a “card (or even contactless) bar” and not a “cash bar”! 🙂

  Have fun!

• John thrussell says:

  23 Nov23 November 13:26

  Sounds like a great idea and love thought of “secret sign” baggage tag – even if future events need to be around the country (countries?). Will the prizes be around personal good redemption stories? Only say that as writing this in great Hong Kong Qantas lounge before our Ba return flight back to LHR (outward leg was our first First, but had to “settle” for Club return) using BA amex 241. Small fry for some of your readers I know, however I don’t do any business travel.

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