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• Harry T says:

  15 Nov15 November 10:10

  OT:
  Anyone know if you can pay off Plan 1 Student Loans from SLC with Curve card or a rewards credit card?

  • Nadeshka says:

    15 Nov15 November 12:28

    Unless something has changed, I successfully did so in December last year.

    • Nadeshka says:

      15 Nov15 November 12:29

      To clarify it was curve linked to my virgin rewards card, and there weren’t any additional charges (at least not that I saw).

      • Harry T says:

        15 Nov15 November 12:37

        Thanks

        • BJ says:

          15 Nov15 November 13:03

          Monese? Too much hassle, or cold feet now? If you have never self-referred on amex then that’s obviously not a concern.

        • Harry T says:

          15 Nov15 November 15:03

          Good thought! I’ve self referred a couple of times, so probably in the naughty books! I’d be more concerned if they took umbrage with referring your partner multiple times, to be fair.

        • BJ says:

          15 Nov15 November 15:59

          Everybody has referred their partner and their granny multiple times, don’t really see them coming after us for that. Sane choice as many, we either play it straight from here in, or just go for broke if we think we’rd had it anyway. With a partner to refer, the first option is obviously the most sensible.

        • Harry T says:

          15 Nov15 November 17:51

          Agreed – referring my partner probably makes more sense, though not as efficient/lucrative as self referrals plus partner referrals. But most of the other rewards cards in the UK are awful, so probably best to keep in Amex’s good books.

• will says:

  15 Nov15 November 10:35

  Ref: BA houshold accounts.

  If I want to spend a particular persons avios, not pro rate split it over the entire household, whats the best method to do so post avios.com?

  I used to just transfer out to avios, make the booking and then transfer back. Is Iberia the best route or are there other options as I have a member who doesn’t have an iberia account and I believe you cant make transfers until the Iberia account is 6 months old.

  • Shoestring says:

    15 Nov15 November 10:40

    we’re not living in 2019 PA (post avios.com) – it’s alive & well – but now used for AerClub and Vueling, so sign up to an AerClub vios.com account and you can do the same as before

    • will says:

      15 Nov15 November 11:12

      Excellent thank you very much.

• Hg333 says:

  15 Nov15 November 10:54

  O/T
  One of those questions that always gets asked…do I need to pay for a car rental with my AMEX Plat in order to get all the insurance benefits (excess cover, etc.)? If so, I’ve paid a deposit for it on another card – would this influence in anyway? Car rental in Oman, any additional considerations?

  I know AMEX seems to sneakily change their T&Cs every now and then – any input appreciated.

  Thanks,

  H

  • Rob says:

    15 Nov15 November 11:40

    No requirement to pay with Amex. However, it makes it easier to process claims as they can easily see the damage charge and refund it.

  • guesswho2000 says:

    15 Nov15 November 11:49

    100% no on a UK Plat card, not so for non UK Plat cards – UK is an anomaly, I had a claim in Canada, and the guy at rental returns even mentioned it, but Amex paid out fine. I didn’t even have to pay upfront, Amex settled with the rental co directly (I assume that’s purely dependent on the company though).

    • guesswho2000 says:

      15 Nov15 November 11:52

      Claim on a UK card as a non-UK resident too, for clarity – if you’re on a weird itinerary, the insurers want proof you came from your country of residence and returned to the same one – in my case, I flew from Aus to Japan, and from HK to Aus, they weren’t interested in how I got to Canada, or that I didn’t live in the UK, I was very impressed with them actually as an insurance company.

• Kerry says:

  15 Nov15 November 11:10

  The BA Schiphol lounge is probably the worst in the system – I have been repeatedly rejected from there (as a gold BAEC member) due to lack of capacity; effectively lounge access is not possible at busy times of the day unless you show up very early, which is a disgrace. I can’t possibly imagine how they could accept priority pass guests as well since they already turn away their own elites. What a joke.

  • guesswho2000 says:

    15 Nov15 November 11:55

    Agree, although if you think BA’s AMS lounge is bad now, you should have seen it pre-refurb (around 2013/14 IIRC) – it was probably the worst in the world, stale sandwiches and Baileys was about it.

• Anna says:

  15 Nov15 November 12:12

  OT – following on from yesterday’s review of PremiAir at MAN, the website is now giving a price of £83 for 2 weeks’ parking on top of the lounge fee; this is actually a major bargain given that faffing around using MAN’s Jet Parks would cost over £100 for the same dates. I think I’m going to go for it – it’s just after my OH’s 50th and the holiday is coming in well under budget so far thanks to RFS and a hefty timeshare members’ discount on our rented accommodation.

  • Anna says:

    15 Nov15 November 12:17

    Rob – do you know how early you’re allowed to arrive? I know part of the attraction is being able to arrive later than usual but our flight isn’t till 2 pm and I do love a champagne breakfast to start off my holidays!

    • Rob says:

      15 Nov15 November 12:35

      3 hours according to the email I was sent when I booked. If you have baggage there is a 2 hour cut-off.

      • The Savage Squirrel says:

        15 Nov15 November 13:44

        Hmm Min 2 hrs with baggage (i.e. consierably worse than the terminal? … and max 3 hours. A strict one hour arrival window isn’t exactly premium given they’re claiming to increase convenience and flexibility for business users….

        • Anna says:

          15 Nov15 November 14:48

          They must not want HFP readers turning up 8 hours early to sample all the menus and drinks offerings!

        • Rob says:

          15 Nov15 November 16:10

          That’s because they need to take your bag to the terminal though!

• Boi says:

  15 Nov15 November 12:16

  OT: I have never done balance transfer before but exploring: so my bill on virgin is £9200. I have an offer on horizon of 3.9% pa interest and zero transfer fees. 1. How can I use this for max benefit? 2. Would I get the 0.5% cash back for the transferred amount?

  (Ps I can pay the £9200 bill in full)

  • Anna says:

    15 Nov15 November 12:19

    Just be aware that a lot of card providers will charge interest on any purchases you make on the card if you have a transferred balance outstanding, I was absolutely livid to get caught out with this with Lloyds who tuck this away in their Ts and Cs so you don’t realise until you get the first month’s statement after the transfer. So the general rule now is, don’t make any purchases with a card until you have paid off any transferred balance.

• BS says:

  15 Nov15 November 13:15

  OT: Can you use reward flight savers on connections to long-haul? I am aiming to do LHR – JNB, and then JNB – LUN.

  When I do the flights separately the JNB – LUN flights price up successfully, but when I do it as one through booking, the full (ludicrous) taxes/charges are used for the JNB-LUN flight. I could get round this by doing two bookings, but then I couldn’t check bags through… The difference is about £150.

  If I should be able to do this there any evidence RFS can be used as a connection to long-haul on the BA website anywhere to show the CS agent?
  Thanks

  • BS says:

    15 Nov15 November 13:30

    Apologies LVI not LUN

  • Charlieface says:

    15 Nov15 November 15:22

    The only way is to book more than 24 hr stopover as one ticket.

• Nick_C says:

  15 Nov15 November 13:22

  OT – Qantas non stop to Sydney – reporter Luke Jones said on the BBC News Channel earlier that Qantas are looking to charge a 30% premium for non stop services!

  His report (not including that comment) at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-50432814/ultra-long-haul-flight-non-stop-from-london-to-sydney

  • marcw says:

    15 Nov15 November 13:38

    All non-stop routes are charged higher than one-stop.

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    15 Nov15 November 13:39

    Not exactly worth an exclamation mark? The London->Perth service runs at a premium to comparable tickets 1-stop tickets of 25-50% depending on how you work it, which is fair enough.
    More choice – having the choice of whether to pay more to get there faster or not – has to be a good thing?

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