A new £20 Eurowings American Express cashback deal has launched

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• krys_k says:

  11 Jan11 January 07:55

  Re Qatar sale. I was going to jump in and buy Stockholm to Singapore over the summer but just trying to sort out dates. Mention above of sale details next week. Not really kept an eye on Qatar sales in the past. Worth holding back to see what’s available before buying ticket? Thanks

  • Rob says:

    11 Jan11 January 08:13

    It’s a gamble – Stockholm-Singapore offer is pulled the day before the sale starts.

    • krys_k says:

      11 Jan11 January 10:16

      Isn’t there a facility where one can hold Qatar flights for a fee? May be worth holding a Stockholm flight and seeing what the new sale has in store. Do we know what day the sale starts?

  • Russ says:

    11 Jan11 January 11:28

    Are we confident’ish there’s actually going to be a Qatar sale next week? The last January one was pretty meh and I can’t remember Emirates stepping up with anything special to give QR an incentive to launch cheaper prices. Also, I got the impression that the 17th date has more to do with the new China tie up: possibly leaving Oneworld and forming a new loyalty scheme? So sale/launch prices just to China?

    • Rob says:

      11 Jan11 January 11:38

      Could be. The Stockholm deals all end on the 16th though so it would tie in with that. Qatar hasn’t booked any advertising with us, which is the only way I would know for sure.

    • David says:

      11 Jan11 January 12:21

      What, you think QR and CZ are starting their own alliance?

• Roger says:

  11 Jan11 January 07:57

  OT_ Has anyone got any experience of staying at Marriorr Cancun Resort?
  I have booked using my Travel Package last year.
  Looking at reservation, even with MTP, I have to pay $25 + taxes (~$30) tax per night.
  So for a week’s stay I am looking at $210 in taxes.

  Other option is to cancel Marriott redemption and book via Amex Travel to use £200 off £600 spend.
  I am unlikely to use Amex Travel for any other use and fees are due very soon.

  Does anyone have any experience of cancelling Marriott Travel Package (new Category 5)?
  How many points refund, am I looking at?

  • Roger says:

    11 Jan11 January 08:02

    I should say resort fees as opposed to taxes for above $210 per week.

  • Genghis says:

    11 Jan11 January 08:05

    You’ll get back the points you paid and then a MTP which if an old one should then be converted to a new corresponding category.

    • Roger says:

      11 Jan11 January 08:09

      The trouble is old certificate was given an upgrade as a good will gesture by Marriott to be able to book new category 5 hotel from old category 5 certificate.

      Not sure if I was to cancel how many points will I get back.

  • RTS says:

    11 Jan11 January 09:06

    Out of interest how much would the week stay cost you in cash?

    • Roger says:

      11 Jan11 January 16:23

      £1200 or so – but looks like I will only get 45000 MR points if I was to cancel the TP.
      Doesn’t sound like a good deal.

  • Tracy says:

    11 Jan11 January 14:40

    I have booked the JW Marriott for summer, no mention of resort fee, is it just for the Marriott hotel?

    • Roger says:

      11 Jan11 January 16:29

      on a dummy booking it does show this notice:

      A daily resort fee of USD 25 plus tax will be added to the room rate and includes Internet, fitness classes and more!

      • Roger says:

        11 Jan11 January 16:32

        Sorry that is for Cancun Marriott Resort, not for JWM.

• Bill says:

  11 Jan11 January 08:05

  Looking to book x2 economy tickets from LHR to Dubai for Feb/March, but desperately holding out for the Emirates sale. They seem to be the only airlines that haven’t announced anything. Does anyone know if they traditionally do Sales this time of the year.

  Someone mentioned Jan -Mar is peak for Dubai so it might not happen

  • The Original Nick says:

    11 Jan11 January 08:40

    @Bill, Oct-Jan is peak holiday times for Dubai AFAIK.

  • Steve S says:

    11 Jan11 January 13:06

    Just had a special fares email

    Book by 31 January 2019 for travel from 18 January until 30 November 2019.

• pointsarb says:

  11 Jan11 January 08:07

  Yes have stayed at Marriott Cancun resort. If you’re after a basic stay with no bells and whistles it will do the job. However, we now stay at JW Marriott next door which is much nicer and our now go to place in Cancun. Problem is there is a 15k per night points difference between the 2 properties so you need to weight this up. Also, I don’t recall paying any resort taxes on a points redemption at the Marriott properties in Cancun. Just back from JW on points actually and these taxes were definitely not levied. Can’t speak for the Marriott Cancun though if it has changed recently. Hope this helps.

  Sorry can’t speak for refunds on travel packages, I’ve used 3 so far but never had the need for a refund…..

  Enjoy Cancun if you go!

  • Roger says:

    11 Jan11 January 08:11

    Cheers, I will bear in mind if resort fees are not charged on points stay.
    I hope they are not, but reservation do say resort fee is payable and was told so when I made the reservation over the phone.

    • pointsarb says:

      11 Jan11 January 08:18

      There should be no difference between treatment between travel package vs standard points redemption as far as resort fees go, well at least that’s been my experience anyway…..

    • Steve-B says:

      11 Jan11 January 13:22

      Indeed and if you do a dummy points booking it clearly adds resort fees and taxes which isn’t the case on other properties.

      All depends on whether you think you are getting a good deal over cash, factoring in these additional charges. Both of my recent Marriott redemptions have been north of 0.8p/pt which I have been happy with.

• pointsarb says:

  11 Jan11 January 08:11

  OT Used Curve to pay FX transfer on Azimo with underlying charge going to Virgin card. This has resulted in a cash advance fee and interest. If I use Curve’s ‘go back in time’ feature when the charge reverses will this reverse the cash advance fee and interest too or am I stuck with those?

  Does anybody know please?

  Thanks!

  • AlexT says:

    11 Jan11 January 10:36

    Did the cash advance fee and interest hit your online dashboard immediately, or did you have to wait until your statement to find out about them? (Apologies for not answering your question… I am not sure)

    • pointsarb says:

      11 Jan11 January 10:56

      Immediately….

      • AlexT says:

        11 Jan11 January 11:34

        Good to know, thanks!

  • Alex says:

    11 Jan11 January 11:11

    when i used back in time feature in similar circumstances, the bank (natwest) rep said it did not matter as the cash had already been taken out, but as a one off good will gesture they refunded fee and interest.

    • pointsarb says:

      11 Jan11 January 11:37

      Interesting Alex, thanks. I will speak to Virgin Money and hopefully I have the same luck as you!

• Mikeact says:

  11 Jan11 January 08:33

  Old news..alreday discussed.

  • James says:

    11 Jan11 January 09:09

    Rude

    • John says:

      11 Jan11 January 09:11

      Blunt

  • Jay says:

    11 Jan11 January 11:33

    Harsh

    • Mikeact says:

      11 Jan11 January 16:43

      Just arived back from hospital. Sorry, totally my fault…didn’t mean to be rude, in fact had positive comments to add on to my comments, but front door rang with Doctor waiting to come in, and then I realised that I hadn’t finished it but too late, while trying to find her on line prescription…again, apologies.

    • Mr. AC says:

      11 Jan11 January 18:20

      No harsh feelings whatsoever! You’re right, I missed the discussion yesterday.
      Also, wow, where else on the internet will you get an apology for such a minor faux pas…

• RTS says:

  11 Jan11 January 09:08

  Separate your bookings?

  • Joe Green says:

    11 Jan11 January 11:12

    Doesn’t help as paying 271 for 3 flights so can only triggerr 600 spend with all 3 tickets.

• RTS says:

  11 Jan11 January 09:09

  I have 2x Eurowings offer… anywhere decent to go from London? Or is it Germany only.

  • Alan says:

    11 Jan11 January 09:33

    Erm. Isn’t Germany decent?

    • RTS says:

      11 Jan11 January 09:48

      Touche….

    • MattC says:

      11 Jan11 January 10:05

      Yes, but Eurowings isn’t.
      They stranded me in Vienna and it took 1 year to get a refund out of them (no EU compensation) after taking it all the way to the German ombudsman. Web searching revealed most people have to use German lawyer to take them to court to get a penny.
      So worse than RyanAir.

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