Bits: get 1000 free Marriott points, Qatar Airways food pre-orders

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• Chris says:

  22 Aug22 August 11:46

  Slightly OT, but for those who were fortunate enough to get the 1,000 bonus Marriott sign-up Avios, have the Avios actually made it to their BA accounts? My Marriott account shows “07/31/2017 2017 DOUBLE MILES – 1K BONUS Total Earnings: 1,000 miles”, but they haven’t shown up in my BAEC holding. Should that happen automatically, or do I need to transfer them somehow? Thanks!

• Mark says:

  22 Aug22 August 12:10

  thanks 333 star points bagged for very little effort!

• Tracy says:

  22 Aug22 August 12:33

  O/T I have received the 5*2000 Avios from hilton promotion. Anyone had more stays and received more than 5?

  • Rob says:

    22 Aug22 August 12:55

    There is an Iberia version of the offer but Iberia never launched a registration page!! It is mentioned on iberia.com under their Hilton page. If you can get Hilton to sign you up (either by calling or Twitter seems to work for some) then you can credit 5 stays to Iberia Plus and get 5 x 2000 Avios in Iberia, which you can transfer to BA via Combine My Avios.

    • h1tvd says:

      22 Aug22 August 14:19

      I noticed this was mentioned before on HFP but I couldn’t find a registration page for it. I did online chat with Hilton who say they have now added the promotion to my account. I have changed my airline partner from BA to Iberia, so I will see if they credit properly or not soon….
      As a side note, I had an expensive booking at the weekend so decided to do the points & points instead and forgo the avios, however, the 2000 avios posted anyway along with the bonus hilton points = result. Just wish I had done it for all the previous stays too lol

  • h1tvd says:

    22 Aug22 August 14:20

    Can’t say I usually have any problems booking rooms with Hilton, most of the issues come with the stay itself…..

• Doug M says:

  22 Aug22 August 13:18

  They offer a lot and deliver little. I guess the points they do pay are fairly meaningless, and they get the social media follows they want for free.

• Steve says:

  22 Aug22 August 13:22

  This is the response I got re the missing 1000 Avios

  Thank you for contacting Marriott Rewards.

  The issue below is a known problem with British Airways. BA have advised that they are working on resolving the issue, but have not yet provided a timeline on this. Please do rest assured that your miles will be posted as soon as possible. We do apologise for this inconvenience.

  • Chris says:

    22 Aug22 August 14:10

    Thanks for the update, Steve!

• flyforfun says:

  22 Aug22 August 14:01

  Just create a new facebook account. Then delete it once you get the miles!

  • Rob says:

    22 Aug22 August 14:40

    Marriott if working for me got the 1000 point bonus for linking social accounts not receiving at least 50 points a day thanks to Hootsuite sending an auto tweet and sometimes extra points on top of this if they do another promo and I spot it 18000 in a year thanks to an auto tweet I’m not going to complain. Also keeps my points alive

  • Steve says:

    22 Aug22 August 21:30

    That’s what I did.

• David says:

  22 Aug22 August 14:21

  OT: Looking for advice on Heathrow.
  We fly into T5 at 1400h, out of T3 at 1130h the next day. Which hotel? Am Gold with Hilton, Spire with IHG.
  Lounges – Flying F redemption, and realise the Concorde Lounge is not available in T3 – am I stuffed for a decent breakfast, and will that influence the hotel choice?

  • n says:

    22 Aug22 August 14:27

    I think you can use Cathay Lounge at T3?

    • David says:

      22 Aug22 August 15:00

      That’s a relief if true. Was worried I’d have Mrs David moaning about being stuck in an old Terraces lounge.

      • Kinkell says:

        22 Aug22 August 22:48

        Cathay First lounge in T3 is very nice with a waiter service breakfast, and lots of choice on the menu. However, be prepared for a leisurely breakfast as the service was a tad n the slow side.

• Peter says:

  22 Aug22 August 14:42

  I stayed at the Thistle last night… might as well already be closed down! Rooms were dirty, creaky and tired. On the other hand, walked past the Ibis and it looked really busy and friendly!

  • mark2 says:

    22 Aug22 August 15:37

    If you ring Holiday Extras they will put you in a brand new deluxe room for about £12. Or can be added if booking direct. Still small though and I think I will look elsewhere next time.

    • Peter says:

      22 Aug22 August 15:58

      Client paid anyway… was only down for a meeting. I wouldn’t have been happy if I’d have been paying for it myself… TV screen was smaller than my computer monitor ha

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