Emirates removing free chauffeur cars on Emirates Skywards reward flight bookings

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• Jim Bunce says:

  8 Jan8 January 05:09

  Thanks Rob…. ARN – SIN October/November 2019 with Qsuites Thank you Thank you Thank you

• Neil Donoghue says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:32

  Stockholm – Canberra for £1889 in the bag. Cheers Rob

• Mycity says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:34

  Re Emirates free chauffeur cars, terms say from 1st March they are not available on reward bookings, does that mean you can book now for say July and they will be honoured?

  • Neil says:

    8 Jan8 January 07:34

    Yes

  • Rob says:

    8 Jan8 January 10:24

    Very much not clear, but I would assume as the system lets you book one now they won’t withdraw it.

• Matt says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:51

  The first piece of decent QR sale action for some time. Hopefully a sign of more ex-EU discounts to come from the airline.

  • Pierre says:

    8 Jan8 January 10:01

    And if combined with the Amex travel offer (targeted, £200 off £600 spend), that’s £1095 to SIN

• Crafty says:

  8 Jan8 January 06:56

  OT: Did not have high expectations for a domestic terminal lounge (T1) at Hanoi. The newly opened one that’s accessible on P.P. is excellent. Empty, good food incl. pho bo to order, beer wine and vodka.

• Lee says:

  8 Jan8 January 07:07

  OT – £20 off for £100 spending on Eurowing with both my platinum and cash back card

  • roger says:

    8 Jan8 January 08:12

    +1

• FC99 says:

  8 Jan8 January 07:32

  Is anyone else seeing an advert for Martin Lewis supporting something called “bitcoin trader” at the top of the page. A quick google search shows it’s a fake ad

  • Andrew says:

    8 Jan8 January 08:37

    Any adverts for Bitcoins are going to be fake.

    I use a phone that came at a discount thanks to an Add-X scheme. It displays an advert when the phone is woken up. Martin Lewis, Deborah Meaden or Peter Jones promoting Bitcoins regularly appear as adverts. The advertising industry has no shame.

    • Rob mc says:

      8 Jan8 January 09:55

      Yes I’ve had Martin Lewis ads on this site for months promoting books and investments

      • Rob says:

        8 Jan8 January 10:19

        Google has to block them. I can block specific URLs but these ads use a different URL each day so it is pointless. I can also block bitcoin ads but these ads register under a different category (not sure Google thought that through too well!).

• Ant says:

  8 Jan8 January 08:10

  OT: apologies I did ask yesterday but did not get any replies. Trying again today, hoping someone has been.
  Thinking of spending a couple of nights on Langkawi island using Marriott points. Trying to decide between the Ritz Carlton and the St Regis. Anyone been to and has any advice?
  Thanks

  • Matt says:

    8 Jan8 January 09:16

    My admittedly limited experience of the RC and St Regis brands, I’d choose Regis as it suits my tastes better. I did look into the Regis in langkawi a couple years and thought wow what an incredible looking hotel. The only reason we didn’t go was because the weather didn’t seem great any time of the year in langkawi – happy to be informed otherwise though?

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    8 Jan8 January 10:32

    Worth considering the Andaman as well, which is part of SPG luxury collection.

    • Polly says:

      8 Jan8 January 11:33

      Andaman gorgeous, monkeys popping onto your window sill too, to say hello! Very nice resort.

  • Allan says:

    8 Jan8 January 17:48

    St Regis looks very nice – had it booked but they moved us to Four Seasons which is excellent and would go back there.
    Nice place to visit.

    • Benilyn says:

      8 Jan8 January 18:15

      I read the St. Regis reviews on TripAdvisor, if you need a good swimmable beach, this may not be that one. I was close to booking it, but passed on it.

      I have been to Andaman in Langkawi (in 2012), and beach was amazing, but rooms inside did not seem super luxury or anything.

      Side note: select 5 days on the website, and the Deals & Packages cash pay options seem quite decent value if you wanted to save your points.

      • h2d says:

        8 Jan8 January 18:29

        I have stayed at the St Regis, the Westin, and the Andaman. The St Regis is next door to the Westin (walkable) but as noted above at low tide the ‘beach’ is a mud flat. The hard product around the resort is very nice and the restaurant overlooking the bay beautiful but I would not return, not a patch on the St Regis Bali/Mauritius/BB etc. Andaman however in my view is truly one of the best beach properties in the Marriott/SPG portfolio, gorgeous crescent shaped beach which is shared with just one other hotel (The Datai, also very good), evening jungle walks, friendly staff, solid F&B. The rooms are not spectacular or as lux as the St Regis but the location and setting are top rate. If you have SNAs, these can upgrade to rooms with private pools (although the resort in general is popular year-round). Only downside to me is you will require a car to get to anything local as it is remote, but I would not hesitate to return.

      • Benilyn says:

        8 Jan8 January 20:50

        @h2d – thanks! To add, you can have a massage overlooking the sea & beach at the Andaman, it was amazing! Nothing around though.

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