Singapore Airlines brings its new A380 First Class suites to Heathrow

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• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  23 Jan23 January 07:20

  I don’t think there’s any minimum redemption for a Shangri-la instant dining reward. 100 points = $10 should be good for a coffee or something at the bottom of the Shard, perhaps also higher up.

• Concerto says:

  23 Jan23 January 07:39

  I thought, to be honest, it was 500 points minimum and increments thereof. So if you have 542 points coming up for expiry as I did, 42 points go to waste.

  • Rob says:

    23 Jan23 January 07:56

    You are both right. The voucher minimum is 500 but at those hotels that can swipe your card there is no minimum. Adjusted.

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

      23 Jan23 January 09:34

      If you have Shangri-la elite status (e.g. Jade from Amex Plat) the instant dining redemption rate is boosted to $12.5/100, so you’re better off not using the voucher redemption if you can avoid it.

      http://www.golden-circle.com/thetable/member-benefits/

      • New Card says:

        23 Jan23 January 16:38

        So we can just go to the restaurant and pay using our Jade S-L card at a rate of $12.50/100pts? No voucher to obtain at the business centre? If so, that sounds great…

• Samuel Yui says:

  23 Jan23 January 07:47

  Did anyone know how long it takes for Heathrow reward points to transfer to Avios?

  • Stu N says:

    23 Jan23 January 08:00

    I sent some on Friday night, they arrived today.

    That was to BAEC and have transferred points before if that makes any difference.

    • Ben says:

      23 Jan23 January 08:28

      I send some on the 16th Jan and they came through this morning. Again to BAEC

  • Chris says:

    24 Jan24 January 12:36

    The faq on the HR site says they transfer to third parties on Mondays. There is then the lag of then processing at the other end that they obv don’t control.

• Alan says:

  23 Jan23 January 08:05

  New SQ Suites does look nice. Mind you on my flight back last week there were only 2 other pax in the cabin, so I had my Suite at 1A to eat/relax in and then then made up a double bed 2C/2D for me to sleep in – so I actually had more space than in the new one 😛 Superb service, great flights – all for only 265k KrisFlyer and £330 return to Auckland too!

• Mike says:

  23 Jan23 January 08:08

  Rob – what is the date for AMEX implementing the two year minimum churning gap between cards in order to qualify for the new card bonus. You mentioned it yesterday but not the date of implementation.

  • KP says:

    23 Jan23 January 08:24

    still rumours, see today’s article

  • Rob says:

    23 Jan23 January 09:50

    I don’t know, but they are obliged to tell me in advance.

    • AndyW says:

      23 Jan23 January 13:11

      How far in advance… and can you tell us!?

      • Rob says:

        23 Jan23 January 13:14

        Would need to check, but it has to be enough time to allow us to rework the site appropriately.

    • Rtz says:

      23 Jan23 January 14:20

      Out of interest, why are they obliged to tell you?!

      • Ben says:

        23 Jan23 January 15:14

        Humm very interesting…at least we will get some warning before hand for a panic application.

• Tracy says:

  23 Jan23 January 08:52

  O/T I have just received the 50% bonus Hilton points for transfers from Amex Platinum, so have effectively received 3 Hilton points per Amex MR. I transferred the rewards on 5th December, so took exactly 7 weeks.

  • Richard Chaplin says:

    23 Jan23 January 12:43

    Is this a current offer for Amex > Hilton bonus – can’t find any record of it?

    • Rob says:

      23 Jan23 January 13:15

      Was targeted.

    • Tracy says:

      23 Jan23 January 15:35

      I received an email in December.

      • roberto says:

        23 Jan23 January 17:53

        Was targeted and I did not get it so being a bit of a lad I phoned and asked nicely if I could get the deal added to any of my cards and was politely told no..

        However Amex did throw 10k MR into my pot and transferred the lot to Hilton at the 2 for 1 rate.. You can say what you like about amex but their customer service its bloody good..

      • jtz says:

        23 Jan23 January 20:33

        OH recently emptied his MR points after referring me to Hilton, wish I had remembered about this bonus offer and got him to call

      • Sunshinecoast says:

        23 Jan23 January 21:50

        I wasn’t targeted and have just looked at my Hilton account and I received bonus points on the 22/1, I only transferred 400 points as I was checking if it would work. So if you transferred points back when the offer was on you may have them even if you weren’t emailed like me.

• Neil Donoghue says:

  23 Jan23 January 08:55

  Any idea how much the new Q suite is one way from London – Singapore with Kris flyer points please?

  • Penelope Buchannan-Smith says:

    23 Jan23 January 09:54

    First and business class Saver space are all but absent on the London route. It’s actually been known for a while that SQ would indeed select London for its new A380 products, and saver space was accordingly blocked. If you look hard enough, you can find the odd date with First Saver space available for waitlist, but this is the exception rather than the rule. If you’re willing to splurge for Standard, you’ll find much better availability.

    First – Saver (230k) // Reg (420k)

• mark2 says:

  23 Jan23 January 12:01

  Has anyone heard anything about resumption of Marriott Rewards extra points like the NFL trivia on Sundays. I am quite missing it; can I get therapy?

  • Jonny says:

    23 Jan23 January 12:56

    Apparently its over 🙁

    • mark2 says:

      23 Jan23 January 13:29

      NFL section is but they promised up to 45,000 per person so am expecting a replacement.

      • Cate says:

        23 Jan23 January 15:53

        Yes mark2, I noticed that to.

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