Have lunch with Clare Smyth courtesy of your Marriott points

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• AndyK says:

  1 Aug1 August 11:19

  O/T – Will one get 9000 bonus points for self-referring from Gold to BA card?

  • BJ says:

    1 Aug1 August 11:57

    Should do if SR still works.

  • Alan says:

    1 Aug1 August 13:45

    Stopped working today from other comments (and trying my own link)

• BJ says:

  1 Aug1 August 11:59

  Anybody seen anything about a new IHG Accelerate promo? They are usually announced in advance but not always. Have seen nothing for the next quarter.

  • Alan says:

    1 Aug1 August 13:45

    Often nothing this month, or a US-only promo. Not expecting to see it back until Sept.

    • BJ says:

      1 Aug1 August 17:55

      Cheers Alan, seems odd that they do not want to encourage business in August. I have been holding off on 4 stays but i guess I will just redeem some points.

• Boi says:

  1 Aug1 August 12:23

  OT Rob,
  How much is a taxi from AUH to Madinat? Should we prebook? We need a 7 seater

  • Rob says:

    1 Aug1 August 12:43

    We paid around £40 last time. 62 minutes, I timed it! For a seven seater you might want to prebook if you want absolute security that it will be there although I have always seen minibus taxes there – the locals tend to travel in large groups ….

    • Boi says:

      1 Aug1 August 13:18

      Thanks….thats cheap. I have been quoted double that! over £100.

      • Rob says:

        1 Aug1 August 14:23

        We just take a normal taxi off the rank though.

• CV3V says:

  1 Aug1 August 13:00

  I’d put this down to an IT glitch, at some point expect Amex to catch up on this, if they dont then consider it a bonus. There was one time when i took the the Plat from scratch and it was 4 months before they charged me the fee. I cancelled a few months later on got my pro rata refund….

• Charlie T. says:

  1 Aug1 August 13:20

  OT: I saw a BA Boeing 767 (I think) at AMS this morning. Does anyone know if this is a regular thing and does it have a Club World config in business class?

  • Rob says:

    1 Aug1 August 14:23

    They use these on some heavy duty peak time business services, eg Frankfurt. They have the old style (Blue) Club Europe seats.

  • Chris L says:

    1 Aug1 August 18:50

    Sadly no Club World seats, but still a much nicer Club Europe experience than an A320, especially if you’re in the forward cabin which is nice and separate. The old CE seats are much nicer too – more legroom and space, though it’s a 2-2-2 layout so no free middle seats at the windows. Solo travellers should choose the middle seats which do have a free middle seat between them. The window pairs are perfectly good for a couple.

  • AspirationalFlyer says:

    1 Aug1 August 19:41

    Yes. They used to fly them domestic periodically too. I’ve travelled on the 767 on various European routes: Athens, Madrid, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Istanbul.

    • the real harry1 says:

      1 Aug1 August 19:48

      How do you interested guys actually know what plane you’re flying on? I just get on a bus that takes me from A to B.

      • BJ says:

        1 Aug1 August 21:59

        Not difficult, once you know what they are they are then easy to identify as most are quite distinctive despite all being winged tubes. At fundamental level Boeing’s have a ducks ass and generally no winglets while Airbus does have winglets and a cone at their ass. Beyond that it is mostly just size and shape. Easy to distinguish between different family but a little more difficult within family, say an a320 and an a321. I am sure you can distinguish between Mrs Harry and Debbie Harry but can you distinguish between the Real Mrs Harry and her sister if she has one?

      • Michael Jennings says:

        1 Aug1 August 22:37

        And of course if you can/t identify the aircraft yourself, the type is always printed at the top of the safety card.

  • Doug M says:

    1 Aug1 August 22:37

    I believe all the 767’s will be gone by October. Flew on one to Frankfurt weekend before last and CC said it was going that following Thursday.

• Alan says:

  1 Aug1 August 13:47

  Bits OT – anyone found a decent use for 500 LH Miles & More points that’ll be expiring soon? Can’t see anything much in their shopping store and seems to be too low a value to transfer anywhere.

  Obviously a tiny amount but don’t like letting points go to waste!

  • Lady London says:

    1 Aug1 August 15:26

    All possible current conversion options should be on lufthansa webite under Miles & More. I have found the German version, for Germany shows a much wider choice of options.

    • Alan says:

      2 Aug2 August 00:27

      Interesting, will have a check of German version in case any further options open up!

  • AndyGWP says:

    1 Aug1 August 15:31

    OT / Hijack (sorry Alan) – I’ve got a similar issue with Avianco Amigo points (500!) that are expiring soon from a Star Alliance status match I did a few years ago, if anyone has any suggestions 🙂

• chris says:

  1 Aug1 August 15:09

  OT

  About to book a flight to the US/MX with a mixture of KLM/AirFrance/Delta flights all on one booking

  I only really have a stake in Virgin Atlantic. Can i get some points for the CDG-ATL leg on delta vy crediting it to VS?

• Rob says:

  1 Aug1 August 16:26

  Amex transfers to Starwood are now blocked until 21st August. So you’re stuffed if you wanted to redeem for a hotel or travel package at the old rates.

  • Craig says:

    1 Aug1 August 17:17

    Two questions please Rob, firstly, are we expecting the transfer rate to effectively be the same 2:1 old system and 2:3 new system which will then effectively mirror Marriott points. Secondly, if I prebook a Marriott redemption this will remain at the rate I book now? It’s my first use in this manner and I’m confusing myself I think! I need 20000 Rewards Points for the redemption, so this will require 13600MR points? My other option is to buy the points which is still cheaper than the cost of the room.

    • Rob says:

      1 Aug1 August 18:21

      Yes and yes

      • Craig says:

        1 Aug1 August 18:23

        Much obliged.

  • Brendan says:

    1 Aug1 August 22:43

    Very frustrating. I purchased 30k SPG points last month but needed to transfer Amex points to have enough for a travel package. So now I have 70k SPG points and 40k amex points. Any ideas of best value approach at this stage? Still transfer spg to marriott?

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