Bits: £787 in Business to Bangkok and other Qatar Airways deals, Amex 2015 FHR brochure

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• pauldb says:

  27 Mar27 March 11:25

  Another bit: think about paying your council tax by credit card. Some council make zero charge, mine is £2.50 per transaction. Particularly timely if you have a bmi credit card with an earning rate that drops on 31st March.

  • Rob says:

    27 Mar27 March 11:34

    Running another piece on this soon. Just paid mine on a CC for zero fee 🙂

    • Eastland says:

      27 Mar27 March 13:56

      Sadly I dont have this option, mine only takes DD or debit cards

      • Rob says:

        27 Mar27 March 17:57

        So does mine – credit cards go through though!

        • richie says:

          27 Mar27 March 23:17

          I just paid for mine on debit as I couldn’t get Amex to work

• Rob says:

  27 Mar27 March 11:35

  It only works because of the status tweak – pretty awful deal otherwise for anyone who is not status chasing. What I don’t understand is why Accor does this with just one airline, and picks Finnair!

• Kai says:

  27 Mar27 March 11:46

  It seems the bonus points don’t have to be transferred to Accor? Everyone could register for double miles then.

  7:1 is paltry, but it may be an easy way to extend expiry or reach the elite threshold.

• Geoggy says:

  27 Mar27 March 14:43

  I’m sure there were more UK hotels than in the new FHR brochure. The Lowry in Manchester is one I can think of not in the new brochure

  • Rob says:

    27 Mar27 March 17:57

    It may be in the UK Hotel Collection brochure, search HFP for my article on that.

    Rocco Forte sold The Lowry and it may have dropped in quality – they struggled to get the room rates needed to operate as a five star.

• Debz says:

  27 Mar27 March 17:12

  Just booked this deal to Bangkok too tempting !
  Never flown with Qatar which loyalty scheme should I sign up to ?

  • Rob says:

    27 Mar27 March 17:55

    If you are in the UK, crediting to BA makes most sense. You would be very close to BA Silver with an Asian flight.

    • debz says:

      28 Mar28 March 10:39

      Thanks
      Anyone know if Qatar have a lounge in Amsterdam ?

      • Rob says:

        28 Mar28 March 11:23

        I would guess, for one flight a day, they are using someone else’s.

        • Leo says:

          28 Mar28 March 13:25

          Sorry to be thick Raffles – but does this also mean if I buy a Qatar business flight to Asia from LHR as a Blue – I get nearly enough points for silver? I can’t really face the thought of coming home via AMS after a change in the Gulf.

        • Nick says:

          28 Mar28 March 18:29

          Sorry to jump in: yes you would – I imagine it would be 560 points for a return flight from London to Asia, and you need 600 for Silver so yes.

          However for the avoidance of doubt, there are no discount fares from London. The discount fares apply to journeys starting in Amsterdam, as a promotional event to celebrate the opening of the Amsterdam – Doha route. E.g. Amsterdam to Bangkok is about £1600 for 2 people; London to Bangkok on the same dates is £3,700.

        • Leo says:

          28 Mar28 March 19:21

          Many thanks – I did realise that the offer was only from AMS but I was being lazy – now I’ve crunched the numbers I think it’s Tulip Time.

        • Rob says:

          28 Mar28 March 21:27

          That offer closes tonight remember!

• Nick says:

  28 Mar28 March 11:34

  Awesome. I’m Looking down the barrel of at least £600 in seat booking charges this year as a lowly blue. This should get me silver, which makes the real cost of some of these routes less than the economy equivalent. Thanks.

  • Nick says:

    28 Mar28 March 15:47

    Bugger. I thought I had 80 tier points this year and I did, but the year ran out about a week ago. Whoops! That means I need to find 40 more tier points. I guess paying a full cash CE fare to Amsterdam is the best bet.

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