Bits: Gatwick train ticket prices cut, Shangri-La airline transfer deal, PartnerPlusBenefit promo

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• RIccati says:

  16 Nov16 November 20:15

  SPG & Mariott sent out an announcement of the merger.

  But the business underpinnin/economic sense of the deal is shaky. 200 million in synergies are less then premium Marriott is paying for Starwood. Going to be struggle among stakeholders to complete the deal.

  The email today is re-assuring about Starwood points.

  However, it takes one person on executive level to decide to squeeze cash out of the program and the value is gone/reduced. We already have the differential in miles between Category 6 properties and decent Category 3 as 25K vs 5K per night. If the corporate does not rein hotels in, brand deterioration is also a risk.

• ND says:

  16 Nov16 November 21:10

  Hi, sorry off topic ..but really hoping someone might have experience of this and be able to clarify?: …. I’ve triggered and redeemed 2 x 2-4-1 for 4 LHR to SEA return in 1st for next October. With all tickets safely showing as booked now in my BA account, I’ve called AMEX to cancel mine and my wife’s BA Amex cards (both downgraded from BA AMEX PLAT after triggering the initial bonus) only to be told that I should keep the cards and can only safely cancel (without affecting 2-4-1 booking) after I have taken the redemption flights ..ie end of next October …. is this true? or is this a call center person not fully aware of Ts&Cs around 2-4-1s?

  • Jason says:

    16 Nov16 November 22:33

    Never had a problem have cancelled as well as downgraded always kept voucher each when not yet booked

  • Rob says:

    16 Nov16 November 22:35

    You are fine, unless you cancel your 241 booking – there is a risk that the voucher does not come back.

    • Sam G says:

      17 Nov17 November 01:05

      I cancelled the card and then had to cancel booking and the voucher came back though neither BA or Amex seemed sure if it would !

• Rob says:

  17 Nov17 November 09:27

  Good spot. I actually looked at that page on Monday to see the current deal and didn’t see that.

• Evelyn says:

  18 Nov18 November 08:11

  Shangri la website now excludes shard from eligible hotels to spend dining points. Is this new?

  • TimS says:

    18 Nov18 November 13:00

    As far as I can see, the Shard is excluded from “Instand Dining Awards” (though this has always been the case.

    I don’t see it on the excluded list for regular F&B non-room redemptions though. The only ones excluded from regular F&B redemption are:

    -Seventh Son at China World Summit Wing, Beijing,
    -Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai
    -Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen
    -Collage Bar at Hotel Jen, Upper East Beijing
    -The Rocks Teppanyaki and Harts Pub at Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney
    -The Act Dubai and Junoon at Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai
    -Momofuku Noodle Bar at Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto

    • Tom says:

      23 Nov23 November 11:15

      …how do these differ from instant dining? Can you still use them in the Shard restaurants? How?!

• Max says:

  18 Nov18 November 12:23

  Pls advice, how I can spend 800 Shangri La points before they expire, at the end of this year?

  • harry says:

    18 Nov18 November 12:50

    Just converted our 2000 points to Avios, what an admission of failure 🙂

    Better than losing them, I guess

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