Coming at 1.01pm – a big hotel loyalty announcement

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• Andrew says:

  8 Jan8 January 09:35

  But thanks!

  Just realised my points are due to expire in a couple of weeks. I’ll find out at 13.01 if it’s worthwhile buying some to top up as all my Marriott stays last year were heavily discounted flight+hotel deals via Expedia.

• George says:

  8 Jan8 January 09:37

  I’m ~100pts from a Marriott Travel Package – worth transferring for the category below and paying a top-up after the fact just in case?

  • Genghis says:

    8 Jan8 January 09:39

    It’s always worth buying the lower category for flexibility which costs you nothing.

    • George says:

      8 Jan8 January 10:29

      Thanks Genghis – I always forget that. Just booked it as a precaution – and the agent I spoke to didn’t let on anything about changes despite my gentle probing – so maybe not related to TPs / agents not trained yet.

• Rob D says:

  8 Jan8 January 09:38

  No sign of my Hilton stay wheel yet on the App, so with all their status matching I reckon…

• Sebastian says:

  8 Jan8 January 09:55

  It is going to be Marriott as the partnership with SPG has created too big of a honeypot.

  • shd says:

    8 Jan8 January 10:49

    Speaking of Marriott, got my first-ever Marriott stay coming up in a couple of weeks, in Asia. No Marriott status yet. Have got SPG Gold. Should I link accounts now and then try asking Marriott for a Platinum challenge?

    • Czechoslovakia says:

      8 Jan8 January 11:28

      You should automatically get gold with Marriott when linking your spg gold?

    • Relaxo says:

      8 Jan8 January 11:48

      Yes, link your accounts and you will get Marriott Gold automatically. Sufficiently good benefits & recognition unless you really want Platinum for a specific reason.

• New Card says:

  8 Jan8 January 10:46

  OT – FYI Rob the Amex judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU re interchange fees etc is due 7 Feb

  • Rob says:

    8 Jan8 January 12:15

    Ooh, excellent. Thank you.

• Cate says:

  8 Jan8 January 12:02

  Oh Rob you’re such a tease 😛

  Whatever the changes I’m sure that HfP’ers will rise to the challenge and still get the best value out of them.

• czechoslovakia says:

  8 Jan8 January 12:21

  Coincidence that the IHG booking platform has changed? IC site won`t let me book for points….

  • Scallder says:

    8 Jan8 January 12:33

    I can still book for points across both website and app…

• Cate says:

  8 Jan8 January 12:39

  I’m wondering if IHG are changing Pointbreaks. To be honest the offering over the last few releases hasn’t been inspiring.

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