Get £50 off £100 Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza hotel spend as a BA Amex cardholder

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• lee says:

  31 Jan31 January 17:48

  Paid £ 20 to reserve flights for 72 hours and Ba never emailed me the confirmation so had to call there 0344 number today to find the booking they took 25 mins to find it .

  Spoke with a indian person so im guessing they now have an international call centre His english was very poor and then to Rub salt in the wound they charged me £5 fee to Use my Ba Amex card on BA.COM

  • Genghis says:

    31 Jan31 January 18:20

    I thought everyone on here lives in Ukraine?

• AH says:

  31 Jan31 January 19:06

  not on my BAPP

• Andy S says:

  31 Jan31 January 20:36

  OT: IHG accelerate dashboard is working again.

• Third Passport says:

  31 Jan31 January 20:40

  Typical! I cancelled my BA Amex on Saturday 🙁

• Andrew M says:

  31 Jan31 January 21:20

  I just phoned Amex and a lovely lady in Brighton added the offer to my Gold, BA (free) and SPG cards.

  • Robbie says:

    31 Jan31 January 21:34

    I just called the Amex platinum number and was told they can’t add offers to accounts…

    • the real harry1 says:

      31 Jan31 January 21:36

      turn on the charm 🙂

      they can & they do

  • Mark says:

    31 Jan31 January 21:53

    I tried too but got told it was account specific 🙁

    • Andrew M says:

      31 Jan31 January 22:15

      It is kind of interesting that they added it to an SPG card!

    • Robbie says:

      31 Jan31 January 22:16

      Tried again, told they can’t do anything their end anymore. Called the number on the back of the platinum card.

• Andrew M says:

  31 Jan31 January 21:27

  I need to book some hotels in May. Any idea if a prepaid stay in May would count as long if the transaction is debited to my card before the 31st of March? I know the terms say “£100 or more spend when booking, paying and staying at participating hotels by 31 March” but how would Amex know when you stay? Surely all they see is a transaction for more than £100 and credit accordingly?

  • the real harry1 says:

    31 Jan31 January 21:35

    as long as it gets debited to your card by 31st March it will be OK – Amex do not check any further – some hotels don’t debit cards until the actual stay

    • Andrew M says:

      31 Jan31 January 21:40

      Thanks, I was hoping that would be the case. If it doesn’t debit immediately or after a few days I’ll give them a call and ask them to take the payment.

• n says:

  31 Jan31 January 21:43

  From FT, re Hilton Honors (yup, not HHonors);

  “Hi all,

  I wanted to give you a sneak peek into something we’re officially announcing tomorrow. We’re adding some new benefits for Hilton Honors members – industry-first, game-changing perks.

  And no, that’s not a typo! You may have noticed, we’ve dropped that extra “H” in our name. Simple, easy, straightforward – Hilton Honors. And so I’ll be updating my FlyerTalk name to represent that.

  We’re continuously listening to our members in these forums, and through extensive research we’re evolving the program. Today we announce three new Points benefits and a new benefit for Diamond Elite Members – just the latest stop on our journey to deliver more of what matters most to you.
  1. More flexible Points & Money –Starting in late February, Hilton Honors members can use a flexible payment slider to choose nearly any combination of Points and money to pay for their stay, any time, with no blackout dates. Members can still opt to use all Points on award stays and elite members can continue to enjoy the popular 5th Night Free benefit.

  Our Points prices will also become more flexible. When demand and room rates are lower, Points prices will flex and go lower than before. As we launch this new benefit, we’re also saying farewell to hotel categories – which will allow prices to go lower than the previous ranges. But you can rest assured about the value of your Points. As we make this transition on Standard Room Rewards, each hotel’s maximum Points price is NOT increasing.

  For example, today a Standard Room at Category 10 hotels maxes out at 95,000 Points per night. Once the new Points & Money program launches, those hotels will continue to top out at 95,000 Points, and may sometimes be priced lower than the previous category range.

  2. Shop with Points on Amazon – Come summer 2017, Hilton Honors members will be able to use their Points to purchase products on Amazon.com. Our partnership with Amazon will give members more choices and more ways to use Points.

  3. Points Pooling – Starting this April, members can combine or “pool” their Hilton Honors Points with family and friends on future award stays. We’re doing away with the previous transfer fee, so it will be completely free for a Hilton Honors member to pool their Points with up to 10 family members and friends to get to more vacations together, faster.
  New Diamond Benefit – We’re also excited to share a brand new benefit for our Diamond members. We know that sometimes life puts a pause on travel, whether that be because of a new job, a new addition to the family, or for any number of situations. Starting in March, current eligible Diamond members can choose to extend their status for a year, one-time, for any reason when a light travel period doesn’t allow them to requalify. Diamond members are eligible if they meet either criteria below:
  • 3+ years as a Diamond Elite with at least 250 nights (paid or reward) since joining the program; or
  • 3+ years as a Diamond Elite with at least 500,000 Base Points since joining the program.
  To check your lifetime years, nights or Base Points, please contact the Diamond Desk.

  I’m looking forward to hearing your questions and your feedback – and very glad to provide more details on any of the benefits mentioned above. I’ll share a link to the updated website first thing tomorrow morning. Reach out to me via PM or post your comments on the thread.

  Thank you!
  Lauren”

  • Alan says:

    31 Jan31 January 22:12

    Hmm at least we know what they were talking about – not exactly exciting changes then! Am highly suspicious re points changes – sure maybe the max isn’t going, but now hhonorspointssearchtool.com has gone we’ve got no way of know what a ‘normal’ redemption rate is for any particularly property and I think they’re likely to drift up.

• rams1981 says:

  31 Jan31 January 23:01

  Point pooling sounds good

  • mark2 says:

    31 Jan31 January 23:21

    Agreed: at present my wife has loads of the points because of a cancelled booking and I have the status. This brings Hilton into line with Marriott and IHG falls even further behind.

    • Rob says:

      1 Feb1 February 00:02

      I spoke with the head of Hilton Honors this evening …. see tomorrow.

      • N says:

        1 Feb1 February 07:58

        Sorry for scooping you on this!

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