Qatar Airways launches THREE daily flights from London Gatwick

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• xcalx says:

  8 Mar8 March 09:21

  Totally off topic
  Has the IHG reward programme changed to points and cash only. ie no point only awards. Or am I having a senior moment by not finding any hotels bookable for points only

  • Rob says:

    8 Mar8 March 10:43

    You are having a senior moment. Go and rest 🙂

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    8 Mar8 March 11:42

    Shows cash and points by default now – you can choose points only if you click through.

• xcalx says:

  8 Mar8 March 09:30

  No senior moment.

  Major devaluation

  https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/intercontinental-hotels-ihg-rewards-club-intercontinental-ambassador/1896823-major-devaluation-ihg-redemption-now-requires-cash-copay.html

  • xcalx says:

    8 Mar8 March 09:33

    Hopefully just an IT glitch

  • mark2 says:

    8 Mar8 March 09:49

    If you read further down that thread ….

  • Rob says:

    8 Mar8 March 10:43

    Read the f’in thread first before posting it 🙂

    • JamesB says:

      8 Mar8 March 19:23

      WOW that is at least two Fs this week Rob!

      • TripRep says:

        8 Mar8 March 20:18

        lol, I’m liking the testy Rob, quite refreshing as he’s usually uber polite and mega patient, nice to see he’s human, plus remember not the easiest start to the week for him. .

      • Rob says:

        8 Mar8 March 21:04

        There was a smiley – but he did post a link to a thread which actually answered the question he posted!

      • xcalx says:

        9 Mar9 March 14:10

        Yeah it’s getting like the BA thread on FT. LOL

        If Rob would upgrade this site we could edit our own cock ups.

• Andrew says:

  8 Mar8 March 09:51

  Off-topic Bits…

  I was looking to book a hotel in the M6 area near Manchester/Liverpool – I usually check Expedia first for general pricing then book direct with whichever works with my current points targets.

  Booking direct with IHG was going to cost between 30-40% more than booking with Expedia. Of course, as those prices are only available when you log into Expedia, they aren’t covered by the price promise…

  • TripRep says:

    8 Mar8 March 12:02

    A wee bit to the SW, but the DoubleTree Chester is v good. Gave me the presidential suite last time I was there. Dont get over excited. Probably more suited the President of a Golf Club than a head of state… 😀

    Nice hotel tho, good pool/spa, great breakfast and friendly staff. Can be had for £65 on a Sunday eve, (I’m considering booking there again soon.)

    • Mr(s) Entitled says:

      8 Mar8 March 21:52

      Not sure if it’s really close enough to the M6 but I would second the DT Chester. Stayed there a few times and it’s a nice hotel with great grounds.

• Lee says:

  8 Mar8 March 09:55

  OT – update for using Platinum card with AMEX travel £600 £200 off offer on last day
  called AMEX today and was told they can’t see the offer stored in my account, I will have to upload the email from THEM that states the offer was used to THEIR document centre. Now the link to the document centre has broken.

  I always praised AMEX platinum cs and IT was one of the best, but experienced a few issues with them like missing rewards, late credit etc.

  • xcalx says:

    8 Mar8 March 10:36

    I too have had problems with Amex Plt customer service and the small shop promotion whereby the
    5 supplementary card holders had to each phone in to receive the £5 credits because the amex agent had decided that only the main card holder was allowed the credits. Escalated this issue but received a letter confirming that the agent was correct and all supplementary card holders would need to phone in or no credits would be issued. A total waste of every ones time.

    • Chris says:

      8 Mar8 March 17:30

      I had to cancel my Amex plat as I was left owed over £200 from Amex shop small where they refused to give me credit for some places that were on their map, and where the merchant receipt tallied with the name on the map.

      The CS agents came across as openly hostile to me each time I queried them on it.

  • guesswho2000 says:

    8 Mar8 March 12:20

    I’d give it another couple of days, I used the 50 back on 200 on the last day (28/2) and it finally turned up today, after just saying offer expired.

    Did you get the email from Amex when you redeemed the offer? Normally an email comes almost instantly when you make the qualifying purchase.

  • Cormac says:

    8 Mar8 March 18:53

    +1 Chasing down the 50% conversion bonus to Hilton points – AMEX claimed Hilton was no longer a partner (which is wrong) – so I’ve asked for a case to be opened, and they are now looking into it further. Not the AMEX that I’ve rated for years.

• AndyGWP says:

  8 Mar8 March 10:36

  OT – does an Avios.com booking (as I had to use my Lloyds upgrade voucher), have the same 24 hour ‘cooling off’ period (for full refund including £’s) that would be provided if booked via. BA.com?

  • Lady London says:

    8 Mar8 March 17:57

    It worked for me when I needed to cancel one. However on two other occasions I’ve booked an avios ticket and tried to cancel but couldn’t get any of the BA call centres to pick up the phone in the time.

• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  8 Mar8 March 11:34

  How did you get it to price up? Kept showing at 34k each way when I tried.

  • Luthar says:

    8 Mar8 March 13:07

    Change your address on your Iberia account to a Spanish or US address. The offer is technically only available to residents in Spain, USA, Argentina and some other countries. However, changing your address is all you need to do, I don’t see how they can verify it.

    • Rob says:

      8 Mar8 March 16:15

      Ah, that would explain why I couldn’t get it to work last time they did this offer ….

• SarahO says:

  8 Mar8 March 11:37

  What’s Ethiopian Business Class like? Have the option to fly with them to Windhoek but wasn’t sure.

• TripRep says:

  8 Mar8 March 12:04

  O/T: Amex Gold, finally got an offer to add a supplementary card holder for 3k MR points.

  Had it about 6 months not spent much on it recently, is that about par for the course?

  I think I’ll be tempted and bite…

  • wally1976 says:

    8 Mar8 March 14:28

    Yes I think the standard is 3k for the gold and 5k for platinum.

    Has anyone tried adding a supp card, collecting the bonus points, cancelling the supp card, adding the supp card again…??

  • Mark LLL says:

    8 Mar8 March 18:47

    TripRep, Don’t do what I did:
    3k MR Supp offer required application via link in e-mail. I used the link but did not complete my application at that time (I actually got scared I might be victim of a phishing scam).
    Later logged into my online account and discovered my Supp application sitting there and ready for completion. I foolishly completed the form from my online account – resulting in a Supp but no bonus points. Queried it with CS they adamant I didn’t use the link so didn’t deserve bonus MR.
    Unfortunately you only get one chance at a first Supp, and I blew it.

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