Bits: Monarch Vantage Club, Hilton tweaks ‘fifth night free’, Miles & More app bonus extended

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• Tilly says:

  3 Oct3 October 08:29

  Thanks for reminding me of 5th night free. Totally forgot and only yesterday I was wondering if I had enough points for 5 nights in Toronto, hopefully staying next year in the spring if I can get a 241 flight redemption too in F or J (might be lucky). should have enough points for 4 nights so thinking we should be ok if we can get the flights ……..should have 241 voucher by Christmas.

• Scottydogg says:

  3 Oct3 October 09:07

  O/T , with regards to the Black IHG Mastercard .
  Does anyone know if you can churn this card to get the sign up bonus again after ‘X’ amount of time ? I cancelled mine after hitting the £10,000 spend but i do kind of like it to put my non amex spends on .
  I can only justify the £99 if i can get the sign up bonus again and the free night after £10,000 spend .
  Anyone know how long i would have to wait ?

  • Genghis says:

    3 Oct3 October 09:23

    Not heard / read about anyone who’s done it (it’s still quite early having only launched in what was it, Jul/Aug 16). There’s nothing in the T&Cs saying you can’t apply again and get a bonus. Perhaps be a pioneer and report back?

    • Scottydogg says:

      3 Oct3 October 13:02

      Might do , im thinking perhaps 6 months and try again 🙂

  • Rob says:

    3 Oct3 October 13:23

    We don’t know, the card has only been around 15 months or so.

• meta says:

  3 Oct3 October 09:09

  O/T It does concern Miles&More though. I just noticed that I got an extra 1000 miles in August, but posted on Friday. It just says “Top Secret – Did you know”. Not that I’m complaining, but does anyone know what’s this for?

• Richard says:

  3 Oct3 October 09:23

  >>British Airways remains the only European airline to make short-haul redemptions attractive

  Lufthansa also has an attractive short haul scheme since you can pay the taxes with additional miles. so the redemptions cost nothing at all, only miles. if you have lots of miles that seems quite attractive.

  • RussellH says:

    3 Oct3 October 10:43

    It is also reasonably attractive if you only have a fairly small amount of miles, and unlike BA there is no additional charge for a two leg flight when setting out from MAN. You can combine one of their mileage bargains (15 000) with a further 15 000 for taxes and charges and get a completely free journey for 30 000 miles. It is not marvellous value if you compare getting 1 avio per £1 on a BA Amex with 1 LH mile per £1 on an MBNA Visa, but if you have 32 000 LH miles and little prospect of getting many more it is a lot better than nothing!

• Max says:

  3 Oct3 October 10:01

  I’m a bit concerned about the claim that “some City analysts are questioning whether Norwegian can survive the quiet winter period”. Is this based on anything concrete, or is it a case of malicious rumour-spreading? Once rumours like this start to spread, they can perpetuate and lead to market worries. Of course, if there really is some well-founded doubt about Norwegian’s ability to survive the next few months, then fair enough. But otherwise, this seems like rather an irresponsible claim to make.

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    3 Oct3 October 10:10

    Besides which, having spent a few decades in the City most talk complete B/S and confuse opinion with fact. Pick an analyst and look at their record. The successes are publicised, the numerous times they are way off the mark with ratings are routinely forgotten. It’s a crap shoot.

    * Caveat, watch Norwegian fold like a deck of cards within minutes of my post.

    • Genghis says:

      3 Oct3 October 10:16

      🙂 Like @TRH1 on Sunday?
      “so my guess would be something like 90% likely they’ll still be flying Wednesday”
      https://headforpoints.com/2017/10/01/flybe-flights-london-southend-glasgow-launching/#comment-284197

    • Aeronaut says:

      3 Oct3 October 10:21

      Ha!

    • the real harry1 says:

      3 Oct3 October 10:54

      https://leehamnews.com/2017/07/19/norwegian-trouble-part-2/
      July 19, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Last week we raised the question if Norwegian Air Shuttle was in trouble. The CFO, Frode Foss, left a few days earlier. Analysts were worried and the stock dived 8%.
      Last Friday, the airline presented its 2Q2017 result. An optimistic report. New destinations, increasing revenue and a profit of NOK 861m ($107m). But the stock tanked further, now down 11%. What’s behind the increased worry?

  • Andrew says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:19

    It’s how the city works. When a number of companies in a sector fail, the market starts paying close attention to the next weakest.

    Still, looks like Monarch’s failure will be a blessing for Ryanair. There’s suddenly a large pool of unemployed pilots to choose from…

    • Michael Jennings says:

      3 Oct3 October 13:57

      >Still, looks like Monarch’s failure will be a blessing for Ryanair.
      >There’s suddenly a large pool of unemployed pilots to choose from…

      All of who are qualified for Airbus A320s/A321s rather than Boeing 737s, alas. So they won’t be any immediate help. Along with Monarch’s Gatwick slots, this might be an opportunity for Easyjet, though.

• pommy ray says:

  3 Oct3 October 10:13

  hi
  the MasterCard ihg link 30 per cent partner rate off (upto 30 per cent off flexible rate) would not get cash back but does usually qualify for accelerate offers. I’m assuming company or partner rate don’t get cash back. sometimes the cash back can be as good as the mc discount plus you have the full access of rates. need to compare both situations separately.

• lev441 says:

  3 Oct3 October 11:22

  O/T – flying virgin upper class today for the first time – anything I should look at doing at the clubhouse?

  • Mark says:

    3 Oct3 October 12:59

    drinking a red head 🙂

    • Rob says:

      3 Oct3 October 13:19

      Get a free haircut – but you need to put your name down when you go in. Take your trunks for the in-lounge jacuzzi (if it survived the recent refurb). Have a meal, the restaurant is very good.

      • Neil says:

        3 Oct3 October 15:09

        Also don’t forget to “Borrow” the Salt & Pepper when on board. I use mine every day at home and I still love them.

        • Alan says:

          3 Oct3 October 15:13

          Haha agreed – also love how they assume that you’re going to do that in advance (see bottom of the shakers for those that haven’t!)

      • Lev441 says:

        3 Oct3 October 16:03

        Thanks rob. Thanks to you/hfp I’ve been able to travel premium classes since I started my own business a few years ago and getting clued in to the many ways to collect points.. Had a great meal and trim at the clubhouse and now I’m on board the newly configured a330. Last night the seat map at check in looked like it was swapped to the more dense cabin but it seems like it swapped back today! Unfortunately the jacuzzi is no longer!

      • Lev441 says:

        3 Oct3 October 22:17

        @neil and @alan – love the salt and pepper shakers!

  • Alan says:

    3 Oct3 October 14:33

    Make sure you head up to the roof – nice viewing platform 🙂

    • Lev441 says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:04

      Great little spot, I say up there with a cocktail!

• Andrew says:

  3 Oct3 October 11:38

  500 Bonus Avios on BA Amex with £10 spend at Tesco

  (Apologies if already posted)

  • the real harry1 says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:53

    not for me! boo, hiss

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