Club Carlson 2-4-1 and 4-4-2 rates – a great deal for Gold members

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• Sandgrounder says:

  20 Sep20 September 04:32

  Don’t these rates include breakfast anyway? I have used this deal three times so far and it has always included breakfast, upgrade or not.

  It is worth mentioning that Club Carlson are quite generous with status matches. My wife previously had Gold through the PRG offer a while back. This had expired, so I emailed a scan of my Accor Platinum card a couple of weeks ago, and I have been given Gold until the end of Feb 2017. Off to Sweden shortly with a nice saving.

• Idrive says:

  20 Sep20 September 04:32

  I love it but careful, i have always been upgraded to an executive room for the two rooms i booked but depending on the hotel it is not always free breakfast and free minibar!!
  I had to pay in Parkinn for example
  And no mention in Radisson re free minibar!!

  • Sandgrounder says:

    20 Sep20 September 06:40

    The rate details will tell you if you get breakfast. I did in Oslo, Riga and Malmo. All Radisson Blu though not Park Inn. I got the upgraded room each time but not the room service breakfast advertised for business rooms, just the standard as per the rate.

• James says:

  20 Sep20 September 05:33

  Some great rates to be had indeed! Had a look around Christmas market time, availability isn’t bad at all really.

• Dirtyneedebluesky says:

  20 Sep20 September 07:50

  Also works for silver status members (at least for me although I was once gold).

  Although the booking conditions state you will need to show your gold card at check-in nobody has asked for this.

  The rates are that good they even make the hotel staff envious as it beats their staff discount!

• @mkcol says:

  20 Sep20 September 10:40

  Just tried the Park Inn, Belfast 8th Jan for 2 nights.

  1st night £79
  2nd night £0 (was £99)
  Total £143.32

  There’s a whopping £64.32 of “Estimated Additional Fees” – yet I can’t see anywhere what they are, even when I open up the full rate details. Any ideas?

  If I don’t login as gold member & just select the 2 nights in the same hotel, not on the offer, guess what – the price is £142.40 on their advance purchase rate. I smell a rat!

  • RIccati says:

    20 Sep20 September 11:11

    Looks like they trying to circumvent the deal rate.

  • xcalx says:

    20 Sep20 September 17:48

    Booking the Belfast Radisson Blu for the same nights does have the second night free, £97 for the 2 nights. I have used the 241 quite a few times and have not seen Estimated Additional Fees at this level before. I would ring IHG or the hotel direct for an explanation.

    • @mkcol says:

      20 Sep20 September 19:31

      I tweeted @ClubCarlson who have asked me to email them full details for investigation – I have just done so.

• Andrew says:

  20 Sep20 September 10:58

  Availability in London is non-existent…. Was looking yesterday for a weekend in Dec and there is nothing…. Even with the F&F…. I also brought up the availability calendars up and there is nothing upto February either.
  Disappointing

  • sandgrounder says:

    20 Sep20 September 14:31

    I am seeing some availability in Jan, for example Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, Park Plaza Riverbank and Plaza on the River are available 8th to 10th, And the week after. But I agree, it’s not great in the capital. Unless you count Thurrock!

• Chewbacca says:

  20 Sep20 September 17:24

  Slightly off topic -I cancelled Platinum in early June, took out a Gold and just got 20,000 bonus points can I get an upgrade bonus to Platinum now or would I need to wait until early December?

  • Rob says:

    21 Sep21 September 01:51

    Even worse – you need to cancel Gold and THEN wait 6 months. You need to be ‘Membership Rewards free’ for 6 months.

    • Chewbacca says:

      21 Sep21 September 10:19

      Really? I was kind of surprised to get points on the Gold having only got rid of Platinum in June. I thought I’d seen posts on FT about upgrading Gold to Platinum for extra bonus points unless it’s changed…. pity Platinum so much I like the lounge access but don’t travel enough and already have medical cover at work.

      • Chewbacca says:

        21 Sep21 September 10:46

        Do Priority Pass cards lapse when Platinum is cancelled or on expiration of the card?

        • Alan says:

          21 Sep21 September 12:45

          They stop when the Amex stops, the other status cards continue for the remainder of their year (occ longer).

      • Rob says:

        21 Sep21 September 14:04

        Amex IT can be ropey but you can’t seriously expect me to encourage hundreds of people to do something just because it (mistakenly?) worked for a couple!

        I would encourage someone to buy a newspaper in Tesco if it was mistakenly giving out Clubcard points. I am not going to encourage someone to take out a charge card with a £450 annual fee and associted credit file hits etc just because some people got a bonus they were not expecting.

        You CAN upgrade from Gold to Plat and get a 15k bonus – the link is advertised on the HFP ‘Avios Promos’ page.

        • Chewbacca says:

          21 Sep21 September 15:16

          Sorry getting a bonus was a plus (not sure what couple ref was about) I wouldn’t expect a bonus for upgrading to Platinum to be honest and if I did it would be a plus and of course anyone taking a card out does so of their own free will. I might try the link thanks for that can always cancel later anyway.

• Dan says:

  20 Sep20 September 18:01

  Thanks for highlighting this Rob!

  Just booked the G&V royal mile in Edinburgh – £219 for a 2 night stay in Jan 2016. I’d been looking for a hotel in Edinburgh anyway – so this offer tipped the balance!

  Is this a long term benefit for golds or just a promotion? Might make me rethink about trying to requalify next year rather than slipping down to Silver!

  • Rob says:

    21 Sep21 September 01:51

    It has been running for years – my Riga trip was probably 7 years ago!

    If you can’t renew, an option is getting Amex Platinum, applying for Carlson Gold and then cancelling quickly. You’d get most of your £450 fee back pro-rata and the hotel cards last until the usual expiry date.

    • Nick says:

      21 Sep21 September 13:08

      Am I right in thinking that Club Carlson allowed ANY amex holder to get Gold status? Or was that a one-off/cock-up?

      • Rob says:

        21 Sep21 September 13:56

        What you are thinking of was a cock-up. Platinum supplementary cardholder gets it, though, as they do the SPG and Accor cards.

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