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• Wally1976 says:

  12 Aug12 August 08:36

  OT – might be a daft question but wife and I are staying at the Hilton Garden Inn Dublin Custom House soon. As gold members (via Amex platinum) should we select free breakfast in the MyWay benefits or will we get it anyway (and can take the bonus points as well)? Any tips for this hotel welcome too (booked with points for one night and two nights on Hilton Barclaycard vouchers – ‘better’ Dublin hotels were unavailable for all three nights ☹️). Thanks

  • djfost says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:13

    Stayed here as a Hilton Gold recently – free breakfast wasn’t included by default so you’d have to opt for it with your myway benefits. All in all a really nice place nice property, very modern and clean and super friendly staff.

    • Wally1976 says:

      12 Aug12 August 11:27

      Good to know, thanks

      • BJ says:

        12 Aug12 August 13:06

        If you think you could do 8 stays in the next 90 days you could opt for a platinum challenge if you have status with another chain. That way you can get both breakfast and 1000 points, and platinum for at least the next three months.

      • Wally1976 says:

        12 Aug12 August 22:04

        Thanks BJ but that’s not an option I’m afraid.

        I notice on the MyWay benefits for Garden Inns it says “cooked to order breakfast”. Is that correct or is it a buffet (at this particular hotel)? Don’t mind either but would like to know.

      • BJ says:

        13 Aug13 August 09:55

        I only wish cooked to order was true as I am not a fan of buffets. Only stayed at 2 HGI hotels, both were buffets and I would be very surprised if yours is not a buffet.

      • Wally1976 says:

        13 Aug13 August 18:15

        Thanks BJ

• Ginza says:

  12 Aug12 August 09:08

  This is now highly amusing now…
  https://headforpoints.com/2018/07/27/marriott-travel-package-arbitrage/

  • Rob says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:57

    It was based on a phone call with the CEO of Marriott Rewards though.

    • BJ says:

      12 Aug12 August 11:51

      Not your fault, too many people at Marriott been singing from different hymn sheets and changing their tunes too.

  • Will says:

    12 Aug12 August 11:11

    They’re a bit vague though in what they mean by “convert”. I still think there’s a chance the conversion will end up being a points refund.

    The main problem they face is the people who wish to upgrade to a higher package which will be at a big loss here, and given they’re not saying how they’ll map them over right now I don’t think that’s particularly fair.

    If they’d released the info on how they’ll map different story. Right now you have to guess what travel package to buy to get what you want post sept 18 which is really poor.

    Even being generous with the mapping isn’t going to wash as I might hold a 1-5 wanting to upgrade to top tier.

    • ankomonkey says:

      12 Aug12 August 19:52

      Loyalty Lobby claiming Marriott will announce the new TP mappings on 18/8, even though functionality not there until 18/9.

      • Rob says:

        13 Aug13 August 09:58

        Bit pointless then!

• Munch says:

  12 Aug12 August 09:14

  OT – So after 18th Aug I can book the St Regis Miami for 60000 pts or 5 nights for 4 so 240,000 pts for my total stay? Is there a way of receiving free breakfast. Would upgrading Amex Plat give me the correct status for free breakfast? Thanks

  • Lee says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:43

    No free breakfast from Amex Plat before or after merge

• rtid says:

  12 Aug12 August 09:23

  o/t

  With an Amex PRG card, does a supplementary member also get their own lounge access card?

  • Rob says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:53

    No

  • The Original Nick says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:55

    If you mean the Lounge Club card, no. It’s just two free passes which comes with your PRG Card.

• The Original Nick says:

  12 Aug12 August 09:33

  Morning all. Is anyone having problems logging into their Marriott accounts this morning?

  • RussellH says:

    12 Aug12 August 10:37

    Not today. Yesterday, yes.

• Jerry says:

  12 Aug12 August 10:41

  OT – are there any downsides to taking up the 5000 Amex Membership Reward points for taking the Gold credit card alongside the Gold Preferred Reward charge card? Is the offer targetted (shows in my online account) or open to all? Presumably would need to cancel both to churn in 6 months?

  • Wally1976 says:

    12 Aug12 August 22:27

    I think just a potential hit on your credit record and yes you’d have to cancel both in order to churn in 6 months. Pretty sure it’s open to all.

• Alan says:

  12 Aug12 August 10:44

  Hmm not great use re the TPs. Marriott Melbourne is booked out for my dates so can’t make a booking there just now. Also is currently cat 8, moving to cat 5 and bought a cat 6 cert (in the hope it would move to cat 5) so couldn’t book it using cert just now anyway. Two SPG properties both have points availability but won’t know until Sept now if there’s availability or not to use cert (will also both be cat 5, but I think mapping cat 6 old to cat 5 new seems reasonable). The 132k UA miles did eventually arrive after a couple of weeks at least!

  • Alex W says:

    13 Aug13 August 08:09

    If you have a cat 6 cert you can book a lower cat hotel. You may or may not get some sort of partial refund.

    • Alan says:

      13 Aug13 August 21:59

      Yes, but the new cat is 5 so assuming cat 6 cert transitions to 5 it’ll be the correct level – of course whether there’s still ex-SPG availability in a month remains to be seen!

• Delbert says:

  12 Aug12 August 11:52

  Does anyone know if Accor Hotels is having a sale anytime soon. Sofitel Heathrow is pricing October stays at silly money.

  • BJ says:

    12 Aug12 August 19:37

    Sign up to their emails or check on loyaltylobby. Latter is better than emails as it covers all regions. Rob tends to highlight the best UK offers here too.

    • Rob says:

      13 Aug13 August 09:59

      lastminute.com still has Sofitel T5 as a ‘top secret hotel’ if you know where to look – https://headforpoints.com/2018/04/18/book-5-star-sofitel-heathrow-terminal-5/

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