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• BJ says:

  28 Feb28 February 14:24

  OT @Rob, have you heard anything to suggest further amex changes may be imminent?

  • Rob says:

    28 Feb28 February 16:12

    Not in terms of card changes, no.

    • BJ says:

      28 Feb28 February 19:06

      Thanks, interesting response 🙂

• Magarathea says:

  28 Feb28 February 14:34

  OT. W Hotel and Crowne Plaza in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi placed in “preventative quarantine” due to two of the Italian cycling team testing positive for coronavirus. The remainder of the UAE cycling tour race has been cancelled. I am due to arrive there in just over a week. Am glad all of my bookings are flexible!

• Nick says:

  28 Feb28 February 14:44

  OT – on a Qatar booking for April, received an email from a codeshare airline that a leg of the return journey operated by them has been cancelled and that’s now showing as “not confirmed” on Qatar booking page – does anyone know what will happen next and if I need to chase please? Thanks

  • BJ says:

    28 Feb28 February 15:03

    Personally I would chase it with Qatar now as I dislike uncertainty and the quicker you do the more likely you are to get acceptable alternative arrangements. Others may prefer to play dumb and hope for something better, compensation, upgrades etc on the day if you are not contacted by Qatar before then. Your call.

    • Nick says:

      28 Feb28 February 17:02

      Thanks – yes similar to you wouldn’t want it to weigh on mind and being first leg of return trip decided to call and not risk issues on the day, thanks again

• Jtz says:

  28 Feb28 February 16:46

  OT are there any other avenues to pay direct debits now that we cant use revolut? I was using revolut to monzo.
  Thanks

• rams1981 says:

  28 Feb28 February 17:43

  OT FLASH20 in Monese for £20 off £100 gift card.

  • Shoestring says:

    28 Feb28 February 17:48

    cheers, got it fine

    • Shoestring says:

      28 Feb28 February 17:54

      Not yet on HUKD if you have got 10 mins to stick it up here, Rhys/ Raffles – might pay my subscription with that suggestion

      £80 —>£100 for readers, a few Monese referrals for you

      • Rob says:

        28 Feb28 February 18:00

        We’ve all left the building!

        • Shoestring says:

          28 Feb28 February 19:48

          sounds like a fair few people on HUKD never heard of Monese and are signing up on the back of a free £20

          plus if anybody’s interested, FEB10 is also working for another £10 off £100

        • Alex Sm says:

          1 Mar1 March 01:35

          Tried all four codes – for all of these says ‘sold out’

  • Craig says:

    28 Feb28 February 17:53

    Thanks, I’m losing track of this, averaging about 20% discount at Amazon!

  • George says:

    28 Feb28 February 18:00

    Cheers, missed the last one!

  • Harry T says:

    28 Feb28 February 18:34

    Thanks, got this one.

    • BJ says:

      28 Feb28 February 19:03

      Harry, your question last night. Presumably your gf has Monese? You can also get joint accounts but I have not checked if those are in addition to sole accounts.

      • Harry T says:

        28 Feb28 February 19:43

        @BJ she does have Monese, although we are trying to keep her record pristine with Amex, as I’ve done a couple of self referrals in the past.

        • BJ says:

          28 Feb28 February 22:05

          My partner doing the same, I have more than two to worry about.

        • BJ says:

          28 Feb28 February 22:07

          Self-referrals I mean, not partners!

        • Shoestring says:

          28 Feb28 February 22:11

          not sure it’s gf hoho! 🙂

          BJ you know it doesn’t mean anything to me & I like you & your contributions:)

          in fact you’re my favourite poster of February!

        • Harry T says:

          29 Feb29 February 10:15

          @BJ
          One partner probably is enough to worry about!

  • Dave B says:

    28 Feb28 February 18:48

    Thanks, did not bother with yesterday’s 10% off but 20% is a different matter.

    • Alex M says:

      28 Feb28 February 18:55

      I don’t need Amazon, but can I buy Sainsburys GF?

      • Alex M says:

        28 Feb28 February 18:55

        not girlfriend – gift Card of course…

      • BJ says:

        28 Feb28 February 19:00

        I saw they had argos so probably yes. They have asda.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        28 Feb28 February 19:14

        JL M&S Costa Asda Nero Argos curry’s directly and you don’t have to use the whole £100 at one.

        I think with currys, Asda or Argos you could probably buy some other retailers.

        • Shoestring says:

          28 Feb28 February 19:57

          Amazon, Argos, Asda, Cineworld, Costa, Debenhams, Currys PC World, Decathlon GB, Evans Cycles, Foot Locker, Halfords, John Lewis & Partners, lastminute.com, Marks and Spencer, New Look GB, Nike UK, Not on the High Street, Pizza Hut Restaurants UK.

        • Lady London says:

          28 Feb28 February 23:54

          Beware of some. I lost a purchased gift voucher when Evans Cycles went bust. They came back but of course vouchers purchased before they went bust were not honoured.

          Most people here on HfP will go for the more generically usable ones like Amazon or vouchers they would normally have a rolling need for like supermarkets but if you’re tempted by others – or think you might not use them for a while – I’d have a think.

  • BJ says:

    28 Feb28 February 18:59

    Thanks, thought this might happen when I saw yesterdays offer had not sold out today.

  • Bill says:

    28 Feb28 February 19:43

    Thankyou !

• Ben says:

  28 Feb28 February 18:17

  O/T anyone who chanced getting the SPG card even though not technically eligible for bonus… did you receive bonus points and if so, did you use separate details/log ins for online account?

  • BJ says:

    28 Feb28 February 18:39

    Got the bonus.
    Used exactly the same details for applications as I have used for years (except those that obviously vary over time).
    Added thd card to my single longstanding online amex account.
    Forget all the theories, you get it or you don’t. Same as the 6000 avios for upgrading BA blue to black.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    28 Feb28 February 19:08

    No special formula I didn’t change any detail at all and got it plus on BAPP. Assume it’s random. IT glitches/coding

  • sloth says:

    28 Feb28 February 23:02

    got my mum and gf to apply for the spg each (i referred them both) but couldn’t apply myself as in the midst of moving my mortgage…

    i did the spending for both, neither got the bonus points 🙁

    • Rob says:

      29 Feb29 February 09:22

      Eh? If they applied and qualified under the rules then they would have had their bonus. Irrespective, you were due the referral bonus.

• Voltron says:

  28 Feb28 February 18:36

  Did the Qatar seat sale post get deleted? Only see 2 post for 28 feb now

  • marcw says:

    28 Feb28 February 18:41

    Looks to be the case.

  • BJ says:

    28 Feb28 February 18:41

    Thanks, couldn’t remember what was missing 🙂

  • John W says:

    28 Feb28 February 19:08

    I was asking myself the same – It looks like it has disappeared
    I am sure Rhys / Rob can update us what the situation is with the sale which was not

  • TGLoyalty says:

    28 Feb28 February 19:09

    There wasn’t a sale rather just 2 leg business 2 leg eco fares?

  • Rob says:

    28 Feb28 February 19:11

    Qatar in London asked us to pull it whilst they look at the mixed cabin issue.

    • Mr(s) Entitled says:

      28 Feb28 February 20:16

      Would this be the same Qatar who paid HfP to post it in the first place? It must have seemed like a good idea at the time until the sharp practice was highlighted.

      I’d mark this up as a win for HfP readers who undoubtedly saved less sophisticated buyers from being mislead.

      • Shoestring says:

        28 Feb28 February 20:23

        I doubt if it was intentional to make it less than obvious to people they might be buying a mixed class ticket. Nothing in it for Qatar after the first ‘swizz’.

      • Rob says:

        28 Feb28 February 21:52

        I promise you it was as big a surprise to the London team, whose money it is, as it was to you.

    • John W says:

      28 Feb28 February 20:41

      Thanks for confirming Rob
      Are we likely to see the Qatar sale at headline numbers without economy this time ?
      I am ready to book for the right price !

  • Lady London says:

    28 Feb28 February 20:11

    Guessing it’s been pulled while the unexpected mix of classes (incl Y seats coming up within long haul itineraries for J searches) is being investigated as a possible IT glitsch. Disconcerting as it was taking a lot of time for people checking their search results to be sure which results on J searches did not contain Y on some of the longhaul legs.

    If QR can solve the problem so that J searches dont have unexpected Y longhaul seats within the itineraries that come up, I expect the sale will be re-posted tomorrow or in not many days.

    • Lady London says:

      28 Feb28 February 20:12

      *didn’t see Rob had already replied

    • Mr(s) Entitled says:

      28 Feb28 February 20:18

      The cynic in me wonders how unexpected it was but should that have been the case I hope they honour the headline for anyone who purchased a ticket and make in Business all the way.

      • Shoestring says:

        28 Feb28 February 20:24

        and lots of downside PR potential

• Roy says:

  28 Feb28 February 19:26

  ITB Berlin is cancelled:

  https://www.itb-berlin.de/en/Extrapages/HealthInfo/

  • Roy says:

    28 Feb28 February 19:33

    What’s the betting that Aircraft Interiors Expo will suffer the same fate? High, I would imagine.

    • marcw says:

      28 Feb28 February 20:10

      If things stand like they are now, it’s likely that all major events will be cancelled.

      • Lady London says:

        28 Feb28 February 20:15

        A pity. Huge economic damage. That will be recovered later. But till the threat is contained looks like nobody’s taking any chances.

        • Shoestring says:

          28 Feb28 February 20:19

          Not sure I agree that the losses in GDP can be recovered, ever. Countries go back to normal growth rates – but from a lower base. There won’t be a V-shape bounceback here – rather a new, lower base then recovery from there.

          The good news for anybody considering pension transfer is that treasuries/ gilts have hit new highs today (and that’s what pension transfers get calculated in).

        • TGLoyalty says:

          28 Feb28 February 21:00

          It won’t be recovered later. Geneva, MWC, ITB etc are cancelled not delayed so that’s revenue that the local economies won’t be ever making back and fixed (so late probably even variable) costs that won’t be recovered by anyone either.

        • marcw says:

          28 Feb28 February 21:23

          Surely the point is to avoid COVID-19 as a recurrent disease… like flu. Does anyone know whats the yearly impact of flu, both in terms of GDP and Pubic Health? Massive. COVID-19 is a Public Health issue – not a disease issue. If we can eradicateCOVID-19, then we probably save future COVID-19 GDP negative impacts.

        • BJ says:

          28 Feb28 February 21:39

          Surely you don’t believe that? The opportunity to effectively batten down the hatches presented itself weeks ago and we, like the rest, never took it. No worries, the stooges in Westminster have a fabulous four part plan which includes DELAY!

        • Shoestring says:

          28 Feb28 February 21:40

          @marcw – there are apparently 6 of these pandemics that we call flu – so we don’t need a 7th

          but that does actually put it in context – if things turn out badly, Coronavirus will just be another flu, killing off old people with underlying conditions etc – but just another one like the other 6 flus – mutating a lot but not that dangerous to healthy people with good immune systems

        • Shoestring says:

          28 Feb28 February 21:45

          Chinese kids: please don’t eat bat soup

        • Rob says:

          28 Feb28 February 21:54

          I don’t see much economic damage. Every hotel in Berlin was only accepting non-refundable bookings for ITB, as happens every year. Apart from uneaten restaurant meals, probably 80% of the money that was going to be spent (on hotels and airfares) has still been paid out. Most exhibitors are already in Berlin anyway. A fair chunk of those hotel rooms will now be sold for a 2nd time to someone else who fancies a cheap last minute break.

        • Shoestring says:

          28 Feb28 February 22:04

          markets 15% down (in some cases) don’t agree with you

        • marcw says:

          28 Feb28 February 22:16

          @BJ, unfortunately, we may have reached that tipping point. Or maybe not. I think no one knows. @the good things with the different flus… there’s effective treatment and vaccines. There’s no guarantee that there will be treatment or vaccines. For the time being, there’s no effective treatment or vaccine against feline coronavirus, despite decades of research. That doesn’t mean there won’t be treatment or vaccine agains COVID-19 – but there’s a chance there won’t.

        • Lady London says:

          28 Feb28 February 23:30

          Agree. By ‘recovered later’ I was thinking airlines and hotels will seek to recoup by raising prices in the future.

        • Roy says:

          29 Feb29 February 12:28

          The flu comparisons aren’t necessarily helpful. Yes, the vast majority of people who get it will survive, but the impact on our health services will be extreme.

          COVID-19 has substantially higher mortality, and substantially higher levels of severe illness requiring hospitalisation (both around 10x higher than seasonal flu). It is also more transmissible than flu (higher R0). There’s no vaccine yet to protect the elderly and other vulnerable groups. There is likely to be little or no natural immunity to this virus.

          Oh, and we don’t know yet whether it is seasonal. This thing might just keep going through the summer. It might just keep going until pretty much everyone on the planet has had it, or we find a vaccine – which ever comes first. You can do the maths yourself to see just what the former would mean. Hence the importance of slowing this pandemic down as much as possible to give time for treatments and vaccines to be developed, as well as simply to prevent hospitals being overrun.

      • Russ 😷 says:

        28 Feb28 February 21:36

        It do.

  • Russ 😷 says:

    28 Feb28 February 21:34

    Not good when a trade travel show get’s pulled.

  • TravelITB says:

    28 Feb28 February 21:36

    Seems Rob was misguided – he thought there was no chance of it being cancelled

    • Rob says:

      28 Feb28 February 21:48

      Once they pulled the Geneva Motor Show I changed my mind!

      I am now in a sticky situation. I have 2 nights at the Waldorf in Berlin. If I don’t show, I am fined the fully flexible rate which, at time of booking, was over Euro 1,500 (hence using points!). However my Mrs clearly doesn’t see why she should be inconvenienced just so I can hang around in 5-star luxury ….

      • Shoestring says:

        28 Feb28 February 21:53

        fully flexible?

        • Rob says:

          28 Feb28 February 21:57

          NOTHING is fully flexible during ITB. Cancellation deadline was 11th February even on flex rates and points bookings at the Waldorf. Berlin is low on hotel rooms and this event is the biggest travel event in the world.

          I might nip down for a day, because my options are a) show up, check-in and leave, losing 140k Hilton points (about £450-worth) or b) do not show up and get a four-figure bill based on Best Flexible Rate, albeit with my points returned.

          I will try the Hilton Diamond Desk, which reportedly has some influence at times like this.

      • Lady London says:

        28 Feb28 February 23:35

        I suppose you could do like on a mattress run. Fly in, rumple the sheets, fly out.

      • Nick says:

        29 Feb29 February 00:15

        Why don’t you call to ask if they’ll refund it anyway? Many hotels booked with non-refundable rates have allowed customers (particularly ones with status) to cancel if they explain their travel plans have changed because of chinapanic. I’ve heard far more success stories than failures to be honest.

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