Bits: £1350 Etihad business to Asia, Etihad Guest 20% points transfer bonus

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• Brian says:

  3 Apr3 April 07:58

  OT – there are some new Amex offers out this morning, including House of Fraser.

  • James67 says:

    3 Apr3 April 08:46

    Mine were £20 off £30 at the Times and 4% ATG theatre tickets.

  • mark2 says:

    3 Apr3 April 10:59

    Also £50 off £250 at some (mostly UK) European properties.

    • James67 says:

      3 Apr3 April 11:13

      Hilton?

      • mark2 says:

        3 Apr3 April 11:35

        Yes, sorry. There is also Hilton cash back on some Lloyds cards which will stack.

        • James67 says:

          3 Apr3 April 16:15

          Thanks, guess I missed out this time.

    • Brian says:

      3 Apr3 April 19:37

      Think the Hilton one has been around for a while, with expiry date at the beginning of May, unless you have a new one?

• Fadi says:

  3 Apr3 April 11:11

  Where is this on FT?

  • Rob says:

    3 Apr3 April 14:00

    Premium Fare Deals forum

• James67 says:

  3 Apr3 April 11:12

  OT: Indirectly, another potential spanner in the works for our hobby. Getting tired of everbody having to pay the consequences of those who are stupid, or simply irresponsible with money.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39476895

• Frenske says:

  3 Apr3 April 12:10

  Are there no direct flights to the Dominican Republic from London!?

  • Ben says:

    3 Apr3 April 13:16

    There are plenty.

• PAL says:

  3 Apr3 April 13:42

  OT been given a diamond Hilton challenge of 21 nights in 90 days. Was told the 8 stays in 90 days was not possible.

  • Rob says:

    3 Apr3 April 13:57

    That’s annoying. I’ve just asked for this match. I have 8 nights booked over 3 stays in the next 90 days so I thought that I could rustle up another 5 cheap one-night stays if it meant Diamond until 3/19. I don’t fancy doing 13 mattress run nights though! It would only make sense if I found myself in Sheffield and booked 15 nights in the Hampton in one block for 150k points, although that isn’t exactly a great deal either.

    • PAL says:

      3 Apr3 April 15:50

      Agreed. I am still a little unsure whether if it is hit diamond only after the offer if successful, or have diamond for 90 days and if you fail the offer revert back.

      • Rob says:

        3 Apr3 April 16:25

        Latter – you get it for 90 days.

        • aliks says:

          3 Apr3 April 19:11

          I have a couple of Hilton reward nights in San Francisco this weekend, but my diamond match (from IHG) ran out on 1st April.

          I applied for another match and today, Hilton offered me the same deal – 90 days extension, but 8 stays to retain it.

        • PAL says:

          4 Apr4 April 08:22

          It seems to be the former. Account now says reach diamond in 21 nights. Status still the same. Will be status matching via BW diamond as soon as I can find a cheap stay somewhere…

  • Rob says:

    3 Apr3 April 20:59

    You were told to wait 5 days after submitting the form …..

    • Mark1980 says:

      3 Apr3 April 21:13

      If you applied for the challenge but didn’t complete it (and therefore only got a 90 day extension), what would happen to bookings you made whilst you had your extension? For example if I booked a stay now (whilst I was diamond) for 2018 – would the hotel see my status as it is now at the time of booking or my 2018 status when I arrived at the hotel?

      • PAL says:

        3 Apr3 April 21:26

        Ask on LC

      • Rob says:

        3 Apr3 April 21:58

        Historically Hilton has worked this way. However I am not prepared to risk it given that I will lose lounge access in Tokyo if they realise I have dropped, hence the 90 day match application yesterday.

        I MIGHT try to hit 8 stays given the Amex £50 cash rebate on £250 of stays plus the other bonus point offers. Would require a few trips to Hampton Croydon unfortunately!

    • Michael says:

      3 Apr3 April 21:14

      Thanks Rob. Silly me.

      • PAL says:

        3 Apr3 April 21:31

        Ok it is 21 nights as a challenge. 8 stays for a status match from another highest tier hotel membership…

• Peter K says:

  3 Apr3 April 18:53

  Just read some reviews on the Caribbean hotel in the comp and it doesn’t sound that great. Not high quality and still under construction. It is free, but as with anything, do since research 🙂

• the real harry1 says:

  3 Apr3 April 19:02

  We’re getting a lot more of these ‘bad for BA’ stories such as Pensioner forced to sit in wet clothes for 13 hours after BA crew refused to let her use toilet http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/ba-staff-refused-to-let-pensioner-use-the-toilet/

  I wonder what it all means? Reporters picking up on the negative vibe and happy to stick the knife in? I hope so, BA Mgt is appalling at the moment, well, Cruz is, anyway – and he’s BA.

  So the little old lady couldn’t hold it in, begged to go to the loo, was refused & pee’d in her seat? I’m not sure I believe it, as most BA crew would have said go on then, be quick. I’ve been in that situation, said I’m bursting and they did say be quick.

  More to the point: are we seeing public opinion VERY rapidly switching negative on BA? So we should, Cruz is so bad for BA that the Board should move in and replace him as soon as decently possible, no wonder they didn’t sanction his bonus for last year, he’s destroying BA’s Brand Value down into deeply negative territory.

  • Anon says:

    3 Apr3 April 19:34

    TRH – How’s your MCOL for the BoB coming along? 🙂

    • the real harry1 says:

      3 Apr3 April 19:44

      as per previous I’m waiting until I get a few flights out of the way so that there’s nothing vindictive sent my way in terms of flights cancelled by them

      happy to wait, I’ve got 6 years

      • Anon says:

        3 Apr3 April 20:07

        thought about CEDR instead?

• the real harry1 says:

  3 Apr3 April 19:55

  O/T read it & weep Sussex Bantam Why a ‘significantly undervalued’ pound will bounce back this year http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/04/02/significantly-undervalued-pound-will-bounce-back-year/

  big implications for points people if I happens to be true

  • Sussex bantam says:

    3 Apr3 April 22:27

    Hmm. The daily telegraph. Such a reliable source of brexit information.

    We will see.

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