Bits: exclusive HfP competition, two Lufthansa hotel deals, free Etihad First Class upgrade

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• Sanjay says:

  8 Sep8 September 05:52

  Platinum and Centurion cardholders.

• Alex W says:

  8 Sep8 September 09:55

  I wouldn’t mind betting that J fares could exceed the cost of non-flex First class fares! Sadly nonbusiness travel for me at the moment.

• Tony says:

  8 Sep8 September 11:01

  As an American Express® Cardmember, you can still enjoy up to 10% off eligible First, Business and Economy Class flights with Etihad Airways (excluding taxes, and charges) from London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh.

  1. Economy Smart Seat only available on certain routes.

  American Express Cardmembers can receive up to 10% off when booking a flight with Etihad Airways. Cardmembers must book and travel by 30 June 2018. Payment must be made with an American Express Card and bookings must be made on etihad.com/amexoffer Flights and fare types are subject to availability at the time of booking. Offer is only valid on eligible one-way and return trip fares. The discount would not apply on multicity destinations or stopovers.

  The discount only applies to flights that are sold by Etihad Airways and operated by Etihad Airways or their codeshare partners. Flights eligible for the discount are clearly signalled by a yellow star next to them. Please ensure only flights eligible for the discount are selected when booking. The discount only applies to the base fare and not on taxes or additional charges. The discount is valid on all Economy Saver, Economy Classic, Economy Flex, Business Saver, Business Classic, Business Flex, and First, excluding child or infant fares.

  From time to time, Economy Class fares categorised as Economy Deals may be available for sale. Discount will not apply to these Economy Deals, but they will be bookable through etihad.com/amexoffer Changes and cancellations are subject to charges and fees as per published fare rules. All changes must be made with Etihad Airways via etihad.com or Etihad Airways call centres.

• Wally1976 says:

  8 Sep8 September 11:07

  OT – trying to look for the cheapest way (in cash terms) to fly DIRECT from England (not INV or JER!) to NYC return in J using a sensible amount of points in some programme.

  I was thinking AA from LHR with AAdvantage points but as far as I can see the MileSAAver rewards are like hens teeth on AA metal and if you book them on BA metal the fees are similar to BA on Avios (i.e. £500+ each return). AAnytime rewards for the dates I looked at were a whopping 245k points each return!

  Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

  • Rob says:

    8 Sep8 September 12:41

    I think you’ve summed it up nicely!

    Really, using Iberia from Madrid will save you a lot of Avios (only 68k return off-peak), tax is minimal and if you do want to stay overnight the day before / after then there are worse places.

    Aer Lingus will be 100k off-peak but at least the taxes (if booked by phone with BA, not at avios.com) are peanuts. You can clear immigration in Dublin which justifies the connection.

    • Wally1976 says:

      8 Sep8 September 14:09

      Thanks Rob; was hoping I was missing something on the direct options but it appears not!

• Dieter says:

  8 Sep8 September 13:43

  Does the triple M&M offer combine with Hilton’s double points promotion? Just booked 7 nights yesterday at the Conrad Tokyo in the flash sale so I’d be grateful for any advice on how to maximise this!

  • John says:

    8 Sep8 September 21:50

    Annoying

    Missed this

    Was it on HfP?

    • the real harry1 says:

      8 Sep8 September 22:02

      today’s post

      Two new Lufthansa Miles & More hotel deals with Accor and Hilton

      Two new Miles & More deals have been launched for anyone looking to boost their Lufthansa balance.

      Hilton Honors is offering triple Miles & More miles between 1st September and 30th November. To take part, you need to register at this page on the Hilton site and change your earning preference from ‘points and points’ to ‘points and miles’.

      You are trading off five Hilton Honors points (which I value at 1.5p) for three Miles & More miles (which I value at 3p) so this is a decent deal if you have a Miles & More balance.

      • John says:

        8 Sep8 September 23:04

        Sorry – was referring to the flash Hilton sale!

  • Dieter says:

    9 Sep9 September 22:07

    So Hilton have confirmed via twitter that these can be combined. Does this mean that I’m trading effectively 10 points for 3 M&M (i.e. 2x 5 HH points because of the double promotion)? Or does the double up promo “only” give 2 x 10 HH points plus 1x 5 points (if not doing Miles& points)? If I set my earning preference to Miles and points I’ll be getting 2x 10 HH points plus 3x 1 M&M per $ spent, right?

    • Rob says:

      9 Sep9 September 23:15

      Correct. Past Hilton offers worked the same way.

      • Dieter says:

        10 Sep10 September 02:12

        Thanks, this is a tough one, which one would you choose as I have a £2k stay coming up? I have a sizeable amount of bothM&M and HH, but since the recent Hilton changes I think the scheme has devalued. For example, a standard room at the WA Amsterdam for next Saturday is €926 or 431,000 points. 431,000! That would give me 0.21 Euro cents per point. To earn this many points, I would need to spend $14,366 in the current promotional period before tax (i.e. 14366 x 15 x 2). Admittedly a status member would need to spend less but even then, isn’t this a notoriously poor return?

        • Alan says:

          10 Sep10 September 08:42

          Is totally ignore that WA redemption rate. It’s not what I’d consider a true redemption, instead you’re effectively purchasing the points off Hilton and as you say it is appalling value. Instead look at standard redemptions, which should be in the 50k, 60k, etc range.

• the real harry1 says:

  8 Sep8 September 20:55

  lounge passes!
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/expensive-luxury-or-money-saving-hack/

• Kevin says:

  10 Sep10 September 16:58

  Thank you for this lovely info! Managed to book JNB->LHR with AUH->LHR upgraded to first (one way). £1319 total cost! Never thought I’d ever get to try Etihad First for that price!

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