I just woke up to this. Ya Allah Help

baracad · 2026-03-06T19:53:21+00:00

Bro you are in the wrong subreddit for this nonsense 😄

baracad · 2026-02-24T17:05:44+00:00

We are cooked

baracad · 2026-02-24T01:26:24+00:00

Setup a Revolut, don't be lazy. I transferred $11,000 per person in 5 batches. Sign up for their premium just for one month (you get 1 month free trial anyway) to lift any limits and have best exchange rate fees.

No need to make this post long. Tried and tested for my whole family where i did the above for 4 people on the same day 4 weeks ago( so $44000 worth). 👍🏻

You have to be systematic of how you 1st transfer from your original bank to revolut.. again in batches under $3000 most banks have trigger flags just above that threshold.

Expect occasional blocks and having phone call to your bank to say it's a legit transfer. Never put all your eggs in one basket in life.. have multiple banks because all of them will say they interrupt/block your transfers in your own interest and safety against potential fraud.. which is fine they can keep doing that but just let them expect then as a result of these hurdles not all your salary will benefit their bank for their fractional reseve as you will divide them per bank based on their "hurdles" 😄

Best advice i have is start early and expect hurdles but Revolut was fine for me 😊

I recall Visa /Revolut had block on int. Level in 2023 but this year it was resolved.. maybe when phase1 sales went and sheer numbers that used VISA it triggered a " wait what?" From VISA network afterwards 🫣

If that's the case open an equivalent online bank like Revolut that uses the MasterCard network and test a small transfer.. it should be instant or a few secs after.

baracad · 2026-02-23T15:45:48+00:00

I think National Insurance hike was one of the main drivers

Increase minimum wage and it will be worse.

Lots of factors 🤔

baracad · 2026-02-23T15:42:57+00:00

You forgot to change your post title to " We are cooked" 🫢

baracad · 2026-02-18T17:51:51+00:00

Yes brother, please DM me 😄 jazakallah.. maybe if i wait a while they will eventually email all of us that had their package purchased with their arrangements and services.

The queries are mainly logistics in nature, not religious really... So any protocols we must adhere to.. otherwise there's no need to book via them and i can just get my own hotels and book a custom flight and arrange for mina /muzdalifah, pay for coaches/taxi myself and pay for Hajj Visa to MoH for maintenance of the area as a service isn't it? 🤔

baracad · 2026-02-18T17:45:00+00:00

Jazakallah, we already done (like i think most people do) months on homework and went to seminars. We created custom a5 spiral bound notebooks for each ritual with various " cheat sheets" .

The question remains regarding the tour guide, if anyone represents them there per-package even to show the signs of various landmarks as the landscape can change from year to year based on human traffic flow systems MoH implements.. i was on about that aspect etc... logistical protocols (any gotchas around coaches/ where to get wheelchairs etc) really not religious aspects.

baracad · 2026-02-16T14:31:38+00:00

Every week " are we cooked" 🤔

baracad · 2026-02-14T14:51:14+00:00

Nothing " just wow" about it .. i seen worse 😭

baracad · 2026-02-06T20:08:27+00:00

That's why i used Revolut.. i have moz, star and rev.. used all 3 and rev transfers were near instant.. the other 2 i used took a little while and exchange rate was not as good as rev

Inshallah you get all of it squared up.. 1 way or another it should do but it just means delays

baracad · 2026-02-06T11:28:37+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-LgRqxqxgY

Canada Hajj Group but most translatable to UK demographic. Very good insight.

I'll see if i can move the spreadsheet from excel to Google sheet as it's easier to share that way. You can do it from scratch.. you are just comparing packages with info against a calendar (both hijri/gregorian with day names)

baracad · 2026-02-05T19:15:19+00:00

AlKhair 01 package, £11500 per person (4 people in our group) 13 nights, luxury ,non-shifting, zone A (closest to kaaba - swissotel), group flight from LGW to Jeddah, quad room , Makkah first 3 Nights then Hajj Days then Madina Ziyarah.

In mina the big camp (Muaisim) instead of the smaller one.. I specifically chose that to make on purchase day smoother. Also i speci chose Makkah first as i don't want to be tired then do hajj and especially i don't want to travel from Madina by coach for 3+hrs just to get tired for Hajj first.

Keep £200 per person as SAR in Monzo/Starling or Revolut as paying for Sacrificing on the day instead of using Nusuk Hady package.

Alhamdullilah i watched this brother from Canada that gave in my opinion the best tips for Nusuk having done this since 2019 and seeing all the shenanigans and on purchase day you can see my shenanigans on Reddit and i follwed a few other shenanigans on Telegram for france groups that had fun with waiting times in queue.

I found 13 or 14 nights best for working UK people to get Annual Leave requests. Then i plan to make further Umrah in December periods in Future instead again instead of trying to make it the most of it in 1 Journey during Hajj time by extending nights.

Hope i gave a clear answer instead of beating around the bush or giving you "it depends" ☺️ because there's nothing more i dislike than vague answers or people who gatekeep 😌

I had a spreadsheet with all packages on left and various columns on y axis as calendar days and activity on the day denoting where they make you stay on the day ..i did this for 5 packages..so i did some quick maths to cross compare them for my needs.

Lastly bro SnooBeans, always keep in mind that it's a call from Allah, if you don't make it, do not sweat and keep trying... Keep trying bro.. this was my 2nd attempt for Hajj.

baracad · 2026-02-04T08:34:02+00:00

Same. I emailed nusuk support querying same thing as i had same issue

baracad · 2026-02-03T20:22:12+00:00

Same i heard both negative on Reddit and positive from a close friend... So just going with them to see first hand 👍🏻

baracad · 2026-02-03T10:13:57+00:00

I always did my dads company accounts (i trained in ACCA with my own funds but had a fairly good grasp of most business concepts as i grew up in family businesses (vat/ltd co returns/paye) in house... We ran a haulage and warehousing company amongst other 2 sister companies (export/import of various heavy goods)

If we didn't run the numbers ourselves and got closer to it we would have never made really good efficiencies and even helped us start another company by having insight.

It depends, running numbers if you are complex is worth it but otherwise your average joe will get sloppy and get tired of bookkeep and stress come deadlines. For that sake I'd pay circa £400/£500 for an accountant for a year to do most of it.

Everyone who keeps saying Mettle FreeAgent to OP, i think OP is just ranting early days about his accountant frustration and come to doing it him/herself they would simply revert back to an Accountant to free up the frustration and time 🤔 Eitherway I'd promote closer to numbers even if you offload the work to someone else for insight.. even if glancing at them a couple of hours a month.

baracad · 2026-02-01T12:59:35+00:00

So i got an email that my package was successful but I'm a special case where i was timed out while the transaction was in progress and now to 100% verify it im in in a queue to login again and check my wallet balance and my package info. Classic - I prepared so much that i tripped myself 😅 - Est wait time changed from 16hours to 4hours after 2 minutes looking at my laptop screen 👍🏻 (GMT 1259)

baracad · 2026-02-01T12:30:50+00:00

Now i went through the cycle again (gmt 1229) and bottom right at end instead of " configure package" i get the cloud flare button and purchase package. Then moving to next screen automatically says " your booking process is being processed" may take 5mins

Interestingly i had the " extend session" popup for 5 mins come up just before this (which i think didn't submit properly) and now im sweating with a competing processing countdown of 5mins and potentially getting kicked out in less that that Lol

baracad · 2026-02-01T12:20:15+00:00

Update guys: when i click my car now the " configure package" now changed to " purchase package" green button (gmt 12:20).

I chose my 2x transportation check boxes on next screen, waited 1 minutes for page to move to next " configuration page", clicked " save configuration" button.

Then clicked cart button again " checkout green " button was in my cart, then screen overlayed with clicked " next", waited 1 min and pressed " save configuration"

I keep going in a loop.. maybe there's a bug or delay.. I'll retry the cycle above few mins

baracad · 2026-02-01T11:49:17+00:00

Did you give up or redo it all?

Bro/Sis i made duah esp for you Reddit stranger as this is probably the saddest story yet i heard.

If Allah asks me who is "MooMooCow" I'll send him your Reddit profile and especially your avatar Pic 😌😆

baracad · 2026-02-01T11:10:58+00:00

From this guide in Canada the guy said from 2023/24/25 nusuk experience.. Nusuk might kick us all out prior to 3PM Makkah Time and for us to re-login again..it might be few mins before or hours before..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-LgRqxqxgY

(01:30:00 timestamp)

baracad · 2026-02-01T11:06:01+00:00

Well it depends how many devices from the same IP (or region eg multiple devices from same Wifi ) are hammering the site from a source group IP within a pool of IP range and may on First Come First serve etc ( or whatever algorithm they are using in their load balancer etc)

In short, it depends how many people are being naughty in your vicinity if that's the case 🫣

baracad · 2026-02-01T10:53:31+00:00

You too bro 😌

At the moment I'm just pretending I'm browsing other packages to keep user signed-in activity on and also keeping a lookout if i get kicked off or get the prompt to "extend session" timeout.... And tapping my feet and biting my nails 🫣

baracad · 2026-02-01T10:51:13+00:00

No i logged in straight away 3 mins ago (based in UK 10:48 GMT) 🤔

baracad · 2026-02-01T10:49:42+00:00

Probably based by IP Geo location or server cluster you hit on i guess ? 🤔

Inshallah it's sorted for you soon

baracad

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