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• Tilly says:

  4 Sep4 September 07:15

  Sorry for O/T, Curve card related. How long does it take for Curve to respond to emails when disputing a transaction and getting a chargeback because the merchant hasn’t fulfilled the order (House of Fraser)? Contacted Curve on Sunday after 2 weeks of getting nowhere with House of Fraser.

  • Genghis says:

    4 Sep4 September 07:32

    Remember no S75 protection with Curve

    • Tilly says:

      4 Sep4 September 08:16

      I know but info on the app looks like they can help.

  • Memesweeper says:

    4 Sep4 September 08:07

    It can take over a week for a response in my experience.

    • Tilly says:

      4 Sep4 September 08:16

      Thank you.

  • the_real_a says:

    4 Sep4 September 17:12

    Curve service is becoming a joke (slow response, and cut an paste answers) – they are becoming worse than the legacy banks they criticized so much in the early days.

• BJ says:

  4 Sep4 September 07:31

  Wish Lufthansa would run a 25% conversion bonus from MR.

  • Rob says:

    4 Sep4 September 07:43

    Lufthansa isn’t a MR partner, full stop!

    • BJ says:

      4 Sep4 September 08:19

      Oh nooo, I’ve messed up big time here, schoolboy error 🙂 No matter, I should hopefully generate enough miles from the Hilton promo for a decent regional flight in Asia.

      • BJ says:

        4 Sep4 September 13:35

        ! Thanks all, I will probably just keep the points in MR until required as I have now decided to keep the platinum card. If another conversion bonus comes along for FlyingBlue then I will probably top up the miles I have there. My Hilton stays should yield 27.5-30k M&M which I can probably best use on a one way regional business flight or mileage bargain. Had a look at LH hotel redemotions, truly shccking!

    • Oli says:

      4 Sep4 September 08:57

      In some countries you can transfer MR to Payback to LH, at a bit of a loss though!

  • Peter K says:

    4 Sep4 September 09:16

    MR to Marriott to LH?

    • Rob says:

      4 Sep4 September 09:42

      Yes, that works – did it myself in the past (via SPG).

• Brian S says:

  4 Sep4 September 08:29

  OT: For those that have completed the Hilton Diamond challenge do you get an automatic acknowledgement of the completion and confirmation of extended Diamond status?

  • Pangolin says:

    4 Sep4 September 09:15

    Yes, you should receive an email within one or two days, with the validity date included.

  • Craig says:

    4 Sep4 September 09:16

    Yes you do, it’s titled.

    ‘A message from Hilton’s Global Head of Hilton Honors’

• Roger Wilco says:

  4 Sep4 September 08:34

  M&M. Looking to wind down account. Is there any reasonable routing for M&M to Marr/SPG? Am grateful.

  • Rob says:

    4 Sep4 September 09:50

    Heathrow Rewards, redeem for a Best Western or Radisson gift card, redeem for a discount via their hotel portal.

• Barry says:

  4 Sep4 September 08:39

  O/T Amex offer for 5k MR on £150 spend at Hilton
  Terms say that it is not valid on online spend and must be paid at hotel checkout. Is this accurate as this will invalidate any advance purchase rates?

  • Rob says:

    4 Sep4 September 09:50

    You SHOULD be OK, because the hotel processes your payment and Amex can’t tell how it was done. It better work as I have prepaid a stay in October (just after the offer closes) purely to hopefully make it count for this ….

  • Brian S says:

    4 Sep4 September 11:14

    I used this offer on a mix of prepaid rates and payment at checkout and worked fine.

    As Rob has said the actual Hotel processes it so I don’t see how Amex can tell if its checkout or not.

• John says:

  4 Sep4 September 08:48

  Rob

  Aer Lingus sale on to annoy Ryanair, including transatlantic flights.

  Book for fares, better service, Dublin preclear. Forget about miles, points etc as, just like Gold Circle, nothing works and it’ll only annoy you repeatedly chasing them up.

• Choons says:

  4 Sep4 September 09:10

  OT – got an email from BA yesterday saying that it would be offering 15pc off all avios hotel and car hire bookings made by 30 September – that is, only those paid for in full or in part with avios. Does not seem to be active yet and I’m not sure if it’s account specific either. Might be of use to some.

  • Rob says:

    4 Sep4 September 09:47

    It is active, but it is personalised to you. When you log in and search for a hotel you will see you are getting 0.66p per Avios. This is 15% better than the usual rate. Still rubbish, but 15% better ….

    • Peter K says:

      4 Sep4 September 12:38

      Not sure if it is because of the offer but a hotel I booked back in June with Avios to stay in Jan 19 is now only available B&B, no other food/drink options. Had hoped to rebook at the lower Avios cost but will stick with what I have!

• Tony says:

  4 Sep4 September 09:10

  Blacklane seem significantly more expensive (20-40%) than mydriver for the same type of car. Am I missing something?

  • Rob says:

    4 Sep4 September 09:46

    Blacklane is pricey and good. mydriver has a bad reputation, at least among HFP readers.

    • Tony says:

      5 Sep5 September 08:53

      Interesting to learn. I’ve only used mydriver half a dozen times or so & never had a problem. Perhaps I’ve just been lucky!

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