Get 6,000 Emirates Skywards frequent flyer miles with a Sixt car rental

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• KevMc says:

  15 Aug15 August 08:58

  This is not included in the offer; there are only a handful of European hotels participating. The list of participating hotels is very poor, to be totally honest.

  • RussellH says:

    15 Aug15 August 21:42

    It is a small list, but of the hotels that I have been to, they are not bad, I would have thought. Stayed at MAN once and it is certainly the nicest of the hotels there. It is usually way more expensive than the others, though.
    I was part of an international group of tour operators back in 2001 who stayed at the Hannover Expo hotel. I was very impressed, but then discovered that my room (and bed) were about twice the size of everyone else’s! Rack rate was DM999,– IIRC.
    Manchester city centre is the former Free Trade Hall; I have not stayed, but the lobby area is very impressive.
    I have the offer on my Blue BA Amex, so it might just make somewhere that is otherwise too expensive into something just about acceptable.

• Alex Sm says:

  15 Aug15 August 10:04

  Going to the quiz TONIGHT!

  • Nick says:

    15 Aug15 August 10:19

    I was hoping to do the quiz but realise now it’s not going to happen… thanks Rob for yet more disappointment ????
    Still going to go and check out the bar though, hope it’s not too rammed. If anyone is there do say hi!

    • Nick says:

      15 Aug15 August 22:56

      So I went to the Virgin bar as promised, and while it’s tiny and ridiculously expensive, it’s actually a really nice experience and credit to Virgin/Delta for putting on a good show. There were clearly some HFPers there as they were discussing spending Avios (!) but most people seemed to be using it as a ‘local’ rather than for the ‘special’ venue, if that makes sense. I do definitely recommend popping in if anyone is around the area though, especially if you like decent beer as the selection is fantastic. £50 off flight vouchers are handed out liberally and you won’t struggle to get one if you need it.

    • Alex Sm says:

      16 Aug16 August 13:16

      I was there last night and was stunned at the ratio of men vs women at 40 to 1 or close to that, haven’t seen such a sexist place FOR AGES (I am a man myself, for the record). The place is kinda cool but so small, packed and stinky – fortunately they have a very liberal drinking on the pavement policy!

• rams1981 says:

  15 Aug15 August 10:23

  OT another reason to maybe not accrue Marriott points – looking at booking a room for next year I may want to cancel – seems to suggest unless cancelled by tomorrow they will charge me! Hilton/IHG don’t do that

  • Rob says:

    15 Aug15 August 10:50

    Marriott has the same cancellation rules as everyone else unless it is a special event, New Years Eve etc. The website sometimes screws up and gives you the cancellation rules for non-refundable cash rooms.

• Jonny says:

  15 Aug15 August 11:17

  The latter, it’s usually The Old Crown

  • Michael Jennings says:

    15 Aug15 August 12:45

    On my credit card statement, it came through as “The Old Crown Public House”

• HayMow says:

  15 Aug15 August 11:21

  re Radisson/Amex offer T&Cs – how do you read the one saying the transaction must be in GBP, when most of the hotels are in continental Europe? I can’t see me asking to be charged in pounds not euros.

  • Crafty says:

    15 Aug15 August 12:17

    And that you must “rent” online. Even poorer T&C drafting than the usual Hilton debacle. I’m not going to pile in until I hear elsewhere that it’s working without fuss…

  • Rob says:

    15 Aug15 August 12:24

    That is an error. All of the hotel promos say that now, including the Hyatt one – which triggered perfectly fine for me when I paid my bill in Madrid in Euro.

    • HayMow says:

      15 Aug15 August 13:08

      Great – thanks, Rob. Though as you said, shame not all their European properties are covered, and some EU countries not at all.

  • John says:

    15 Aug15 August 17:47

    Amexes can’t even be charged in GBP outside the UK

    Main issue is I wouldn’t want to pay the 3% Amex non-sterling fee without the offer

• Chris says:

  15 Aug15 August 11:46

  Bits!

  For domestic AA redemptions using Avios – How to calculate the Avios requirements, is it simply distance related off the standard BAEC chart?

  Does the flight have to be direct or is any valid trip with sAAver availability OK?

  • Lumma says:

    15 Aug15 August 17:23

    It’s distance related but zone one (4500 avios) doesn’t exist. Two legs would be charged as two flights

• Crafty says:

  15 Aug15 August 12:16

  It now seems clear that Amex is heavily restricting the offers put on the co-branded cards, presumably in an effort to encourage people toward their own cards.

  • Lumma says:

    15 Aug15 August 17:24

    To be fair, I get very few offers on my Gold, a reasonable amount on my BA blue card and absolutely loads of offers on my Red AMEX that I’ve had since 2006

• Rash says:

  15 Aug15 August 12:35

  OT: Can I pool my brothers SPG points (or soon to be Marriott) with my own? Already have my wifes linked. Does he have to share same address?

  • Rob says:

    15 Aug15 August 12:36

    Same address for 30 days

  • Genghis says:

    15 Aug15 August 12:46

    Or prior to Sat, send up to 50k Marriotts (or is it receive?) to anyone via Marriott

    • Mark2 says:

      15 Aug15 August 13:43

      In my experience, the limit is on receiving. It is waived if the poiyts are needed to make final payment on booing.

      • Rash says:

        15 Aug15 August 13:51

        Thanks guys, he doesn’t have an SPG account at all yet so I’ll get him to set one up first.

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