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• Jamie says:

  7 Nov7 November 09:33

  OT. If my Mrs is staying in a Marriott for work (in the US), can I book it under my name and add her as the other person staying there? Then she checks in alone and says I will be along later? (I prob wont bother joining her)

  • Rob says:

    7 Nov7 November 11:14

    Should be OK, yes. I have done this numerous times for Anika on HFP trips and obviously she doesn’t even share my surname.

    • Crafty says:

      7 Nov7 November 13:50

      Your job applicants may be rethinking things on hearing this!

• Scallder says:

  7 Nov7 November 09:47

  OT – anyone else in the situation where on the Amex account for your SPG card (both app and website) the amounts of points earned isn’t showing anywhere on the page? Trying to figure out whether it’s just a glitch on my wife’s account or something wider given the issues with points transferring across?

• NS says:

  7 Nov7 November 09:49

  O/T: Interesting letter through the post yesterday from Amex. The terms of their £200 off £600 spend were not clear that the transactions had to be in one batch. Called customer services and they have posted a £200 credit to my account. Nice touch! Completely unexpected.

  • Genghis says:

    7 Nov7 November 10:02

    I got one too saying that due to a glitch an offer credit wasn’t correctly applied to my (now cancelled) account. No other details. I’m intrigued now to receive the statement through the post.

    • Crafty says:

      7 Nov7 November 13:51

      Same, no idea what it is but surely can only be good.

      • Nick says:

        7 Nov7 November 20:05

        I got it on a card that’s as yet uncancelled. It’s for 26p ????

  • Roberto says:

    7 Nov7 November 10:05

    I spent my £602 over two seperate hotel bookings and got the £200 back with no problem.

  • PF says:

    7 Nov7 November 11:26

    Agreed, the terms weren’t clear, I was told multiple times that it needed to be a single transaction.

    However, it did trigger immediately from multiple transactions on the first card I used it for. On the second card there was no email to say it had triggered, but once I queried in chat a week later they said it had been triggered and I received the credit next day. I think it was working initially but recently it’s not been triggering correctly, either way worth chasing them if you haven’t received a credit after a week.

    • NS says:

      7 Nov7 November 12:29

      The interesting bit was my spend was only actually less than the £600 limit. Strange but i’ll take it.

• Concerto says:

  7 Nov7 November 10:12

  If you’re into miles collecting, I’m not sure the SWISS Australia deal is that great. Codeshares are very tricky on Star Alliance. You won’t get any sectors towards FTL qualification and you might get very few, if any, miles. Remember, operating carrier counts with M&M and SQ is notably stingy, with CX not even being in Star. Not sure how that one works.

• philip says:

  7 Nov7 November 10:46

  Looking to book a redemption stay at almyra pathos in cyprus. Trouble is we are a family of four and redmeption rooms are for 3 only which seems to be the case at most european hotels. What is the way around this and plan of attack. should i try spg reservations or maybe the actual hotel reservations. I am gold marriot holder FWIW. Rob have you done an article about family of four hotels in europe. I looked but couldn’t find anything. Thanks

  • philip says:

    7 Nov7 November 11:39

    Thanks rob 15 and 7 so not so little but will call the hotel. Cheers

    • Jonny says:

      7 Nov7 November 21:50

      Stayed there a couple of years ago with 2 v young kids (and enjoyed it – would like to return) – standard rooms aren’t massive, could poss squeeze in 2 kids, if they let you.

      We ended up getting interconnecting rooms – the second room was around half price + they threw in buffet dinner + extra discount (10%??) on top so worked out good value. So if you haven’t done so already worth comparing with cash price for 2 rooms + also figure out how much they charge for breakfast on a redemption booking.

  • Nick M says:

    7 Nov7 November 12:13

    Are there any good lists/posts on Flyertalk or similar of properties that have (say) 2 double beds as a standard redemption? Specifically for Marriott (IHG and Hilton would also be useful!).

    My children are 4 and 1.5 and there has always been flexibility when I’ve enquired at specific hotels but it would be handy when looking for inspiration – still not sure where we’ll use our Travel Package! (Old Cat 6 at the moment…)

    • Lady London says:

      7 Nov7 November 14:33

      Lots of IHG hotels (HIX, HI) in the mid-range have this option in the USA. Not sure about other places. It’s usually “2 Queen beds”. In the USA hotels seem more geared up for families of four travelling together generally. In Europe it seems you need a suite! (and also need to check the type of suite).

      I believe Hyatt Place may offer this too, I recall seeing it when searching.

    • Anna says:

      7 Nov7 November 16:18

      In the US they are also far more amenable for putting rollaway beds in hotel rooms for extra children at minimal cost. Here in the UK they it’s not unusual to get charged £50 for the privilege!

    • thehornets says:

      7 Nov7 November 16:18

      Same view as others: Pretty easy to find family rooms using the standard search on Marriott and Hilton websites. Obviously there are fewer aspirational properties but there are lots of midmarket chains including HI Express, Courtyard, Residence Inn where family tootare available.

      Personally find that the USA is really good for bigger family rooms, more hotels and
      general availability, whereas western Europe has smaller rooms and less availability. Obviously YMMV.

    • Nick M says:

      7 Nov7 November 21:32

      Thanks everyone!

    • Jonny says:

      7 Nov7 November 21:50

      Domes of Elounda (Crete). All suites. Superb. Though if you don’t book for next year the points cost will rise dramatically…

    • Nick M says:

      7 Nov7 November 22:27

      I’ve got an old Cat 6 certificate and about 30k points so hoping to upgrade to new Category 5 but won’t be able to get any higher than that this year

• Matt says:

  7 Nov7 November 12:18

  OT – Iberia miles transfers into BA
  I have the option to combine my Avios points from either the BA website OR Iberia, but both websites only let me transfer miles from BA to Iberia, NOT the other way around.
  I even transferred more BA miles by accident from BA into Iberia, so the transfer does work!

  Is there another way to transfer these miles from Iberia to BA?
  Getting a bit desperate here as the bonus miles expire end of Dec and not yet found a flight to use them on…

  • Matt says:

    7 Nov7 November 13:20

    Update on this – managed to move some miles via avios.com, but given that avios.com is going to close in the next few weeks, this will mean that there is no way to move miles from Iberia to BA in the future, unless someone knows another way…

  • Lady London says:

    7 Nov7 November 14:35

    Dont; they actually expire on 1st December?

    • Anna says:

      7 Nov7 November 16:19

      Yes! You have to have made your booking by then.

      • tom1 says:

        7 Nov7 November 16:40

        But what will happen if you make a BA/IB booking before 1st Dec, which you later cancel ?
        (I’m not taking any chances!)

• Lady London says:

  7 Nov7 November 13:04

  IIRC P class in the example on Swiss above, didn’t use to accrue any miles on many *A programmes. Particularly not in M&M? I’m not back to *A yet so unsure. But that used to be the case for P

• Roger1* says:

  7 Nov7 November 22:03

  Our LX LHR-ZRH-JNB flights in P earlier this year showed up in our M&M accounts..

  At least.3 of 4 did. It took an age and a half to get the fourth flight credited.

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