Bits: LA in PremEco for £1000, Hilton credit card free night, 40% off United miles

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• Poincianakings says:

  16 Feb16 February 08:26

  I think Barclaycard must have done a mass processing of the Hilton free nights on Friday. We hit ours at the start of Jan and got the free night voucher on Friday.

  • Mark says:

    16 Feb16 February 09:17

    Same for me; spend target reached 8/1, voucher received last friday.

• Dannyrado says:

  16 Feb16 February 08:28

  Suggestions on best uses of the Hilton free night appreciated. Europe, mum, dad, and 3 year old…
  voucher expires mid April.

  Still no IHG points for me, plat status has come through (which has been pap so far) but no points, nowhere near 8 weeks yet though.

  • Anon says:

    16 Feb16 February 08:40

    Rome or Instanbul?

    I’d like to ask Rob where he’s spending his.

    I’ve used my 2 free nights (18months apart) in Waldorf NYC and the Conrad in London, did a second night there with their 32k HH points+cash offer.

    • Rob says:

      16 Feb16 February 09:42

      I might need a night in Stockholm in May so, whilst not my top hotel choice in the city, it would be a decent saving. Getting it out of the way would also stop me worrying about not using it in time! 80 per cent I will be New York in July for a weekend but I have an InterContinental Ambassador 241 weekend voucher which could be used there (and which is also heading towards expiry).

  • callum says:

    16 Feb16 February 14:00

    Unless your idea of a holiday is going to the hotel then never leaving, surely you’d be much better off choosing a destination first then finding the best hotel within it?

• Marty Mcfly says:

  16 Feb16 February 08:57

  Raffles, is the 15000 mile bonus still active on the MBNA UNited card?? The link you provide to the card still shows the bonus, but there’s no mention of it if you apply for the card direct through the MBNA website? I’ve applied via your link and took a screenshot showing it offered the 15k bonus, would this be enough for them to honour it?

  • Rob says:

    16 Feb16 February 09:44

    I honestly don’t know. That is the page they used for the last ‘limited time 15k offer’. When that offer ended, they took away all the references to expiry dates and kept the page up so I assume it is still OK – I wouldn’t have listed it otherwise.

• Rob says:

  16 Feb16 February 09:46

  …. which is what I did. It has already been paid which is good going.

• Frenske says:

  16 Feb16 February 10:09

  Does the Hilton credit card free night also work for family rooms? More specifically rooms with cot beds (our daughter is 3 months now).

  • Rob says:

    16 Feb16 February 11:07

    You get the standard redemption room, so you need to look on a hotel by hotel basis whether their base level rooms can take a cot.

• Michalis says:

  16 Feb16 February 10:35

  Is there a way to extend the validity of the certificate by a little bit – maybe by 2 weeks? Either by booking and cancelling, or courtesy extension?

  My certificate posted this Friday, much earlier than expected and have some holidays coming up at the end of August in Maui and would (potentially) like to use it at Grand Wailea.
  Is there any way to do that or I should be looking for a different redemption?

  • Rob says:

    16 Feb16 February 11:11

    It is not something they are known for doing, lets put it that way. Especially if you don’t have a serious excuse like illness.

    • ComeFlyWithMe123 says:

      17 Feb17 February 09:02

      Does anyone know if the voucher has to be used for a stay before the expiry date or just has to be booked before the expiry date and the stay can be after?

      • Alan says:

        17 Feb17 February 09:42

        Needs to be for a stay within the voucher validity – otherwise the risk of the hotel saying the reward certificate (in this case the voucher) is invalid and cash price has to be paid instead. Occasional reports of folk having success but personally I wouldn’t risk it.

• Gary says:

  16 Feb16 February 12:29

  I signed up for this card last year and cancelled shortly after using the free night voucher, which was around the middle of August 2014. How long would I be expected to wait until I can reapply and qualify for the voucher? Six months or a year? Or perhaps longer? Any ideas?

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    16 Feb16 February 21:25

    I generally say a year but I know someone who got it again with a 6 month gap. There is no stated rule.

    • Michael says:

      20 Feb20 February 18:36

      Hi raffles

      I applied for this 2 years ago at this time for wife and I, made the £750 spend and got 2 certificates. Used them back to back at Waldorf Caledonian in Edinburgh during the festival at around £1.1k. Cancelled card in August.
      Then applied again last February and did exactly same again.
      Just been accepted today for both us again so it’s just under 6 months for me to try and repeat again.

      • Rob says:

        20 Feb20 February 19:25

        Thanks Michael, useful data point

• Tim says:

  16 Feb16 February 12:34

  I also got the Hilton free night certificate on the 13th – after hitting the spend target with a tax bill at the end of January – so impressively fast. Based on the other comments however it seems they just processed a big batch on that date.

  I’ve done one Hilton stay since getting the card but there’s no sign of the 2500 bonus points.

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