News: Melia triple Avios extended, £80 Opodo discount code

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• James says:

  20 Jan20 January 05:27

  How central is it ? For leisure, not business ?
  I don’t really know Amsterdam.

  IHG sent me something about a 75% bonus on buying points yesterday or today (didn’t pay much attention) so I wonder how much it would cost to buy the 20k vs the €222 cash price.

  I don’t / didn’t have any plans for an Amsterdam trip but this could be the catalyst 🙂

  • Brian says:

    20 Jan20 January 09:08

    It’s pretty central. The area is probably rather busy, since it’s in (or close to) the area where all the tourists congregate. Amsterdam isn’t that big, though, and it’s a good place to walk around. Definitely a good choice for a budget break, therefore.

    If you have Hilton status, I’d still go for the Doubletree NSDM Wharf, though – it’s a free, short ferry ride from the Central Station, but quiet for that reason, and the breakfast is incredible. Rates can be as low as 70 euros a night, which is pretty good for Amsterdam!!

    • James says:

      20 Jan20 January 10:26

      Cheers, had Diamond ’til a few months ago. A lowly gold now with Hilton – need to brush up on what benefits that gives me now.

      • Crafty says:

        20 Jan20 January 18:36

        Still get breakfast!

      • Brian says:

        20 Jan20 January 23:54

        The Doubletree on the Wharf doesn’t have a lounge, so I doubt there is much benefit in Diamond over Gold.

  • James says:

    20 Jan20 January 10:24

    At 105,000 points for €565 in the current +75% IHG buy points promo, you’d be getting this hotel at half its expected cash price.

  • Arnold says:

    20 Jan20 January 11:07

    Google.co.uk

    • Peter K says:

      20 Jan20 January 13:51

      +1
      It doesn’t take much effort to find out details like this.

  • Lady London says:

    20 Jan20 January 14:36

    100% bonus would be more normal (and still not necessarily worth it unless you have a specific need and do your sums). If your sums work out borderline then you might want to hang on and see if 100% comes along again in a few months.

• Adam says:

  20 Jan20 January 07:25

  How do I get my veiling number to match my avios number? I’ve set an account up but can’t see how to link them.
  Staying at a Melia next week and 10,000 points will come in very handy

• Lottietiger says:

  20 Jan20 January 09:14

  Does anyone know how long it takes to get Melia gold status when requested through the platinum Amex portal. They all say 10-15 days but wondrered if any one had real time experience .

  • Kurt says:

    20 Jan20 January 09:55

    Was super fast for me. In fact the first to be linked of all hotel schemes when requested via the amex site. 3 days or thereabouts.

    • Lottietiger says:

      20 Jan20 January 19:40

      Great thanks

• Concerto says:

  20 Jan20 January 10:19

  Watch out for opodo, that is a cowboy outfit with no customer service whatsoever. Once they’ve got your money you’ll never see it again.

  • Nick says:

    20 Jan20 January 10:44

    That’s not very fair, especially with no evidence or anecdotes to explain it. For balance, I’ve booked through them and had no issues. There can be very restrictive T&C but if you read them and know what you’re ‘signing’ then it’s not a problem.

  • Peter K says:

    20 Jan20 January 13:53

    I found them fine the one time I used them. They were the cheapest place for a LHR-LAX-JFK-MAN itinerary as well.

  • Lady London says:

    20 Jan20 January 14:37

    My experience was same : just impossible to get them deal with an issue once they had my money. I’d avoid booking via them and try others first .

• Nick says:

  20 Jan20 January 10:46

  Melia – does anyone know if they’re ever ‘clever’ with the benefits? E.g. The 2-4-1 breakfast is useless to me as I’ll be staying alone, but if I stay two nights would they accept that as a 2-4-1 and give me the second day’s free? (Thinking very hopefully here!)

  • Rob says:

    20 Jan20 January 11:19

    That would be purely at the discretion of the hotel ….

    • Nick says:

      20 Jan20 January 12:23

      Yeah I guessed as much. I’ve not stayed with them before (despite being Gold) so don’t know how flexible they tend to be – in my experience in other Spanish hotels it’s usually poor English (or my poor Spanish!) that’s the biggest hindrance in any discussion on benefits. But I’ll ask them – I’m likely to have 2×2 nights in different cities in Feb, so will ask at check-in. I won’t take their breakfast if they don’t as it’s horrifically expensive for one… so will report back with the answer!

• a270 says:

  20 Jan20 January 13:26

  OT but IHG related. I will be applying for a Hilton Diamond status match as my Diamond is expiring end of March. I need to do a cheap, paid stay at an IHG property. If I use the Friends and Family link available, I am positive that it will still count as a paid stay as I will be paying it by card but just a discounted price but I would like to check it here to be sure. Thank you.

  • Rob says:

    20 Jan20 January 14:22

    It is non qualifying for points and status credit but will still show on your IHG statement. Is it worth risking Hilton causing an issue over it being non qualifying?

    • a270 says:

      20 Jan20 January 16:30

      Good point.

• a270 says:

  20 Jan20 January 13:41

  Also, I signed up for IHG Ambassador using 32,000 points and was expecting 10,000 points back but they haven’t posted. Has anyone tried emailing them? I would be grateful if someone could put a link to the IHG Ambassador sign up promo we had in November as I can’t see it by searching.

  • MJR says:

    20 Jan20 January 14:08

    For Ambassador when you get your welcome pack it will include the 10,000 points your expecting. It takes 6 to 8 weeks to arrive once you’ve joined or rejoined.

    • a270 says:

      20 Jan20 January 16:29

      I already received the pack about a month ago. I think the offer expired in November so been almost 8 weeks. Will wait a few more weeks. Thanks.

• Tyra says:

  20 Jan20 January 16:18

  Hello, does anyone know how to add an Iberia Plus number to their Melia Rewards account to convert the points directly without transferring or credit the stay directly? Thanks.

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