Last chance: Hilton EMEA sale, £1500 business class London to Sydney or Melbourne

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• Stu R says:

  27 Jan27 January 05:06

  So, to clarify Rob, to gain BA Silver, you need 600 TP’s and 4 BA flights. Suppose I get the 600 TP’s first, then do the 4 flights after …. does this still get Silver as long at it’s in the same collection period?

  • Rob says:

    27 Jan27 January 08:45

    Yes

  • Rebecca says:

    27 Jan27 January 09:37

    I have this booked already, off to Sydney in May. Am doing a day return to Paris tomorrow to get me on my way to my four flights so I get silver status straight away. Not a bad day out either!

  • Nick says:

    28 Jan28 January 17:25

    Can I ask, if I buy this flight direct with Malaysian from their website, is it attributed to my BA Executive account by using my BA account number when I book or do I transfer points and flights later to gain this status?

    • Rob says:

      28 Jan28 January 18:35

      You add your BA number when booking (or via phone later, or at check in). Avios and TP go directly to BA.

      You cannot get this price direct though. It must be booked via Expedia in the way I describe.

• Tony says:

  27 Jan27 January 06:12

  @Stu R – correct. Doesn’t matter which comes first so long as in same collection year

• Mike says:

  27 Jan27 January 06:31

  Rob – Conflicting info above – does the APAC sale end on 31 Jan or 20 Jan? You quote each above. I just went to the APAC site and couldn’t see any reference to the sale?

• Anon says:

  27 Jan27 January 06:40

  Think APAC is inaccurate, thought it was EMEA.

  I flagged up in the comments on another post a few days before the 20th that the APAC sale was coming to an end. There’s often a 4 day flash sale that happens about every 3 months..

  • Anon says:

    27 Jan27 January 06:51

    Have to say it is weird that the banner ad I’m seeing at the top of this page is still advertising 35% Asia Pacific Hilton’s.

    But no, the deal is dead, as I warned in advance on the 18th and referenced LL article on it.

    https://headforpoints.com/2017/01/18/airberlin-restructuring-route-list/comment-page-1/#comment-232408

    Thankfully my current line up of Asia hotels are all point based. (No massive resort taxes either)

    • Rob says:

      27 Jan27 January 08:46

      Yes, odd, will check with Hilton. Those ads are booked to the 31st!

• Anon says:

  27 Jan27 January 06:52

  There’s a juicy HH promo coming next week, stay tuned to Rob covering it when the registration page goes live.

  • Genghis says:

    27 Jan27 January 07:32

    @Anon you seem in the know – will the HH promo run over Easter? Could do with a decent points haul from my cash stays.

    • Anon says:

      27 Jan27 January 07:45

      Believe so, it’s from Feb til end of April & an extra 2000 points per NIGHT! 🙂

      Also valid on redemptions with most hotels participating.

      Lauren (from Hilton) announced it on FT..

      Like I say Rob will be running it once we can activate it.

      Hot on the heels of the 5k Visa promo and triple points using the App, there’s no wonder my IHG Accelerate challenge doesn’t get a look in.

      ps Thumbs up for Newcastle Airport Doubletree successfully resolving a few niggles I had when I stayed the other wknd.

    • Alan says:

      27 Jan27 January 08:05

      2k per night, no property exclusions, worldwide was the chat from Loyaltylobby (which presume got it from FT). Decent deal!

      • Genghis says:

        27 Jan27 January 08:08

        Cheers @Anon and @Alan.

    • Wilbur says:

      27 Jan27 January 08:11

      This was actually covered by Loyaltylobby.com two days ago (along with the corresponding press release) so that’s probably where Anon is getting their information.

    • Lady London says:

      27 Jan27 January 16:12

      Think i might have had this advertised to me when I checked my booking for this weekend on their website earlier this week.

• Kirill says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:13

  Booked Bali for Easter, going to travel around the islands a little bit and a 7 day stay at Courtyard in Seminiyak as well.

  Booked KL in economy using the Expedia trick, funnily enough, the economy Malaysia Airlines flights were just as much as taxes on the economy redemption!

  Just booked the DT for the last night before our flight from KL, thanks for the tip Rob.

  Just out of curiosity, how much should the KUL-DPS flights cost with AirAsia? Wondering if it is worthwhile to wait for a sale of theirs, perhaps for Lunar New Year.

  • Graeme says:

    27 Jan27 January 09:54

    There could be a sale around Nyepi (Balinese ‘new year’-type day), although you’d have to wait for the end of March for that.

  • Genghis says:

    27 Jan27 January 10:34

    We paid IDR 2,449,800 ages ago for two people single DPS-KUL at the end of April with the premium flex package (seats, meal, luggage etc).

    • Genghis says:

      27 Jan27 January 10:37

      Kicking out at IDR 2,598,000 for same flights now so only saved a few quid booking ages ago. Oh well.

      • Sam G says:

        27 Jan27 January 12:19

        Air asia flights don’t seem to change in price much even close in, except on peak dates.

        Bali is one of the more expensive routes.

        They do have frequent sales and also download the app as there is quite often a 20% off base fare promo code that’ll they send you a notification for

        • Polly says:

          27 Jan27 January 12:52

          Just booked air Asia two days before leaving da nang, same price as ages ago.. Weird. V smooth flight to KUL today. Leaving on QR late tomorrow night. NY fireworks here in KLCC. Great views of towers.

      • Anon says:

        27 Jan27 January 17:19

        About the same for early next year for me too.

        How easy is it to get to the other terminal for a BA flight to LHR??

  • scott says:

    27 Jan27 January 11:58

    Hello, from Seminyak! I just walked past the Courtyard this morning, looked Ok from what I remember but this was around 4AM. Have a great trip!

    • Kirill says:

      27 Jan27 January 17:16

      Cheers for the tips guys, will book this weekend then. Looking forward to the trip!

  • Shaun M says:

    27 Jan27 January 21:00

    Try Malindo Air for DPS-KUL (or vice versa) and they fly from KLIA main terminal

• Andrew H says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:13

  Does that Hilton offer ending today still include the 5000 points if you book with VISA? Or was that offer only for stays up to today?

  • John says:

    27 Jan27 January 09:29

    The 5000 points for paying with visa is valid for any stays where you check out by 31st Jan

    It is separate to any other offers

    • Andrew H says:

      27 Jan27 January 15:09

      Sorry, yes, I meant Jan 31st not today. Thanks!

• Shaz says:

  27 Jan27 January 10:24

  Thanak for the thumbs up I’m trying BKK or Phuket for early Feb and end Feb just keep getting an error message cannot find any flights on my dates
  Very strange …

  • Barry says:

    27 Jan27 January 10:39

    Me too, various destinations/dates all give “cannot find any flights”

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