Book a good Etihad fare to Australia for Christmas

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• RK says:

  23 Apr23 April 10:38

  O/T – need to book 5 or 6 rooms for Sep/Oct and I will be paying for all the rooms, am a member of IHG/Hilton/SPG

  Can anyone advise what would be the best course of action to ensure I get points for all rooms

  Thanks in Advance

  ????

• Liz says:

  23 Apr23 April 11:29

  OT: we are heading down under soon for 6 weeks and doing our first F with BA to SIN. Normally we manage to stick to the 23kg baggage limit but we are taking lots of stuff out to family so our two big cases will be more than 23kg. The limit for F is 3 x 32kg each – is this per bag – so are we ok to go over the 23kg limit. We are starting in EDI and limit seems to be the same for the domestic leg. Stopping in SIN for 5 days and then travelling onwards to BNE Business class with Singapore Airlines. Their policy is 40kg – will the same bags be ok being over 23kg. Hoping not to have to spread the load and travel out with 3 bags or have to reshuffle at checkin. Thanks.

  • sunguy says:

    23 Apr23 April 13:00

    Is your domestic leg from EDI on the same ticket ?

    If so, then the limit is what the main part of the flight is (i.e. 3x32KG).

    If you are from EDI in business and it is not part of the same ticket, you will get the business limit of 2*32kg (however, showing a connecting 1st ticket might wave the extra bag fee).

    The 23kg limit is self imposed by the carriers – the actual limit that any 1 item can be is 32kg (Health and safety is the reason behind anything more heavy and it has to be cargo above that). So, a 32kg suitcase is fine.

  • Andrew says:

    23 Apr23 April 13:04

    I understand that the limit is 32 kgs per bag. Health and Safety , someone has to lift the bags !

    • sunguy says:

      23 Apr23 April 13:37

      Take it from someone who has chucked bags and aircraft around the place – a 32kg bag on the carousel (especially one without a HEAVY tag – either forgotten or ripped off in the system) – it can get a little interesting! (particularly when they are things like drill heads for the oil industry which are in very small plasic cases and weigh a serious amount!).

      • Liz says:

        23 Apr23 April 15:00

        Yes business domestic leg is on th same ticket and it shows 3 x 32kg. Wasnt going to load them to the max – just wanted to,check it could be a bit more than usual 23kg without having to get charged or move stuff to a 3rd bag.

    • Jane says:

      23 Apr23 April 22:17

      Clearly Liz has a sherpa or two. Or at least thinks she has. And all for a bit of top notch black pudding …

      • Liz says:

        23 Apr23 April 22:52

        Taking out booze, Scottish sweets, tshirts, biscuits, posters and cushions from Steven Brown Art and certain items from M&S not able to purchase in Oz! Cases have never been so full on an outward journey! But frees up the space to being new stuff home. A Sherpa would be handy!

• C says:

  23 Apr23 April 11:57

  $200 spend for 40k points – translating to a five night stay for Gold / Diamond members at a 10k points per night hotel (Hilton Cairo at some times of the year, etc) is terrific value. Any other gems in that bracket people recommend?

• Cristian rivera says:

  23 Apr23 April 12:53

  HI ! One question.. I have 50k Amex points and I want to move them any good airline to do this ? Thank you

  • sunguy says:

    23 Apr23 April 13:05

    Christian,

    It all depends on what you want to do and where you want to go…..

    There is no need to move your Amex points to any partner until you are ready to make a purchase – infact, you are better off not to due to devaluations.

    The only reason to move from AMEX is if you are closing the account completely.

    So, what is it you are looking to do ?

    • Cristian rivera says:

      23 Apr23 April 13:59

      Thanks for answering my question. I would like to travel to Middle East using Ethihad or emirates airline but I’m looking to do it with my wife so just planing to get two one way ticket and it looks like is between 45-50k Miles one way . So I’m looking to apply for the Amex Platinum to get the 30k bonus point so I need to move the ones a have to cancelled my current gold Amex . Any suggestions thank you

      • Rob says:

        23 Apr23 April 14:07

        Cheapest option to Dubai using Amex points is Singapore Airlines Krisflyer. They charge 25,000 miles (25,000 Amex points) for a one-way business class ticket from London on Lufthansa or SWISS (for preference) or Turkish or Egyptian (if you are not in a hurry). Krisflyer now lets you check availability for partners and book online, no need to call.

      • Jane says:

        23 Apr23 April 22:23

        American Airlines? Europe to Dubai?

• Alistair says:

  23 Apr23 April 15:13

  OT: I used my BAPP to pay for a flight booked on BA.com. The transaction on my statement shows it as BA.com FRANCE and has a non-sterling transaction fee.

  What’s going on there?

  • Genghis says:

    23 Apr23 April 15:17

    Ex-France paying in EUR?

• WilliamPH says:

  23 Apr23 April 16:58

  O/T – I will be in Seattle for the weekend in 2 weeks time, just received an email from the Hampton by Hilton saying that my reservation (made in December) is now cancelled. They say:

  “Since we have more rooms that will be going out of service than we originally anticipated, we will not be able to accommodate your current reservations for this summer of 2018. I’m truly sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. I have found other accommodations with other hotels very close to our location, Please contact them to make your new reservation’s with that hotel.”

  I’m Hilton Diamond (if that matters at all).

  2 Questions

  1. I’ve noticed that IHG have an EVEN hotel nearby – that’s a new brand to me – anyone here ever tried an EVEN?

  2. Should I complain to Hilton Honors about the short notice of the cancellation?

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    23 Apr23 April 17:16

    Yes, I would complain to Hilton. Argue that you will now have to pay more than necessary because it is a short notice booking.

    We are reviewing an EVEN in New York this week so we should have something up in a couple of weeks.

  • Liz says:

    23 Apr23 April 18:59

    Same thing happened to us last year. We booked 3 nights in the HIX at Santa Monica after driving Route 66 for a month. No explanation was given or compensation offered given the short notice of the cancellation having booked it a year out. When I called IHG they didn’t know either and they couldn’t get an answer from the hotel. We ended up booking a Crowne Plaza further down the coast which cost us an extra 15k. When we told them we had just finished the route and had our previous booking cancelled we were upgraded to a huge suite, given free breakfast for 3 days, free drinks, welcome pts, reduced parking rate and ended up meeting their lovely Food and Beverage Director. He wanted to talk about Scottish whisky and so invited us both down to the bar for more free drinks and an invite to his home in Santa Barbara. He is hoping to visit Scotland next year so hope to see him again. So ended up being a very positive experience in the end. Best ever value of points!

  • mark2 says:

    23 Apr23 April 20:36

    I would recommend against Hilton Seattle if you have the choice.

• a270 says:

  23 Apr23 April 19:59

  I opened an Amex Platinum two months after cancelling the previous. I know I am not entitled to the 30,000 sign up bonus but the tracker keep showing my progress. I still need to spend £1k on it.So tempted to go ahead and see if I get it! Just checking if other have also seen the tracker and got/not got the points.

  • MarkH says:

    23 Apr23 April 23:13

    I had this when I mis-timed a BAPP application at the beginning of the year. The tracker showed for the whole 3 months but stayed at zero (the 10k tracker moved along fine)

• Boi says:

  23 Apr23 April 20:11

  OT:
  I am struggling to get the 5000 for gold companion credit card. I called Amex and they say I am not eligible coz I already had an MR account. However the MR account they are talking about is the PRG that I added PRG to. Called twice and both agents read the same note. How else would anyone get this bonus without already having an MR account? It’s a companion credit card. How have people got it?
  PRG applied for in feb, companion cc in early March.
  Ps help.

  • Alex W says:

    23 Apr23 April 21:39

    I got rejected for the plat version. They said I had to write to them and they couldn’t do anything over the phone.

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