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• HannahLucy says:

  28 Jan28 January 05:51

  Will Virgin / BA extend their sale for a week as per usual?

• Roger says:

  28 Jan28 January 06:37

  Rob

  Curve article at 10 AM?

  • Anna says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:14

    Fingers crossed – it’s my day off so I’m hoping to be able to play with this!

  • Rob says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:44

    Might be ….

    • Grant says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:52

      Given that all of us legacy black card users appear to have been auto enrolled in trial of the new black I’m hoping Rob is able to provide some detail on grandfathering and whether we need to opt out of the new black at the end of the trial and how long the trial is.

      As several people have already said, this update hasn’t been handled particularly well by Curve. Aside from the communication issues, auto enrolling legacy users in the new subscription model just seems wrong.

      • Rob says:

        28 Jan28 January 10:11

        T&Cs say 3 months but I had heard 6 months.

      • Grant says:

        28 Jan28 January 10:45

        This is an example of at least one last minute change to their previously published position.

      • Alan says:

        28 Jan28 January 13:33

        3 months for all, 6 months if you were part of the beta

  • Mr Dee says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:58

    Will hit the 50k limit so need to know if I will get an increased limit if it can be upgrading if I pay for the upgraded cards, I suppose I will have to ask them (I know you said not card dependant).

    Important one, Is the new card still a debit card as it doesn’t say on the pictures?

    • KimJoi says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:21

      Official website is live now … https://www.curve.app/en-gb/metal

      Scroll to bottom at “Welcome to financial freedom”, you’ll see “debit” printed at the back of the card, read something new today (at least for me) … save £29.88 on subscription fee (£150 if paid annually in advance) instead of £179.88 (£14.99/month).

      • Mr Dee says:

        28 Jan28 January 11:03

        thanks

    • Alan says:

      28 Jan28 January 13:34

      Limits aren’t linked to card type (for now at least) so just a case of pushing spend through and asking for increase.

  • Simon says:

    28 Jan28 January 09:35

    I got an invitation to join the BETA version last week. I’ve downloaded the latest version but apart from that nothing has changed – I was expecting info around AMEX use or what was different. Am I missing something?
    S

    • Anna says:

      28 Jan28 January 10:04

      Delete the app, re-install and log in to your account. You should be able to add Amex now. Oh, happy day!

• Rash says:

  28 Jan28 January 07:13

  OT: I will ring Qatar once UK call centre open but just wanted some advice first. I’ve a flight five weeks away and noticed yesterday that the first flight to Doha has ‘flight status:Not confirmed’ the second flight from Doha to Penang is fine. Has anyone seen this before?

  (I booked the flight lst July and have e-ticket numbers….)

  • TGLoyalty says:

    28 Jan28 January 07:45

    Has there been a slight schedule or plane change and need to confirm your seat again.

    • Rash says:

      28 Jan28 January 07:52

      Ah yes! There has been a 35 minute change on one of the legs. Thankyou!

• Anthony says:

  28 Jan28 January 07:32

  OT: I’m planning on booking a 2-4-1 Oz flight T-355, any advice on what call centre to ring and at what time? Do I just say I’ll call back in two weeks to book the return? Thanks

  • Liz says:

    28 Jan28 January 07:36

    If you are booking the outbound leg tonight you can do it online, then call when you want the return flights added.

  • Jonny says:

    28 Jan28 January 12:30

    I called the US call centre the other night at midnight to add some return flights. Worked fine. Did cost £24 on my mobile though, so you may want to find a more cost effective method to make the call than I did! They won’t care about you calling up in 2 weeks time when you’re booking the outbound, so no need to mention it.

• Rob mc says:

  28 Jan28 January 07:53

  OT, gold supp card does that come with the 2 X lounge passes as well? Thanks

  • RTS says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:35

    Yes.

    • Walty says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:01

      No

      • grim says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:40

        might do lol

      • John says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:50

        Yes (to the No) 🙂

• Chrisasaurus says:

  28 Jan28 January 07:54

  Voco: is it meant as a stepping stone towards full conversion into a brand?

  Ie is the implication that there is an agreement to make those changes and become a proper ihg hotel?

  • Rob says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:42

    No. A ‘conversion’ brand like DoubleTree or voco has no brand standards. You can close one night as a Marriott and reopen next day as a voco with no capex needed. All other brands have rules over everything down to hairdryer power.

    (For eg, Kimpton Fitzroy told me during my recent tour that Kimpton standards meant the gym now had to have flavoured water in it as well as standard water.)

    This is why conversion brands are attractive. Less so with guests as you literally don’t know what you will get.

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:00

      Interesting, thanks

      DoubleTree seem to be consistently decent in the UK and from my limited experience in the US, but I don’t see the full value that IHG obviously do in the unknown (new) but still IHG brand that conveys no guarantee of standards..

      It’s a bit Best Western, I guess is my point. (When is a brand not a brand.) – what will be next, VocoPlus to highlight the non-terrible ones and guarantee the rest nothing but coach parties for eternity?

    • TGLoyalty says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:27

      Voco is meant to be their upscale leisure equivalent of CP though

      St Johns has just been through a full refurbishment so I imagine there are some standards it’s just not uniform in terms of design etc

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        28 Jan28 January 12:34

        I might give it a go, have a couple of nights booked at the CP Solihull next month but might be fun to change it up a bit and see what Voco is going to do for us..

• Neil says:

  28 Jan28 January 08:14

  OT – Does anyone know any good tier point runs from BKK please?

  • BJ says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:45

    Check online travel agents for cheap exThailand (Bangkok, Phuket and maybe still Krabi) business class flights on MAS. They come and go, Loyaltylobby usually flags them. If Sri Lankan still have their 5th freedom flight to HKG that might be a good option. I think they might still have one to someplace in China too. Finally, I’m not remember for sure but I think there was a 5th freedom CX flight from BKK-SIN at one time so worth a quick look.

    • Rob says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:03

      As you need to fly over 2000 miles to get 140 tier points in Business your options will be slim.

      • BJ says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:31

        Not sure how many TP he needs but in Las sale Bangkok to Beijing was just over £500return in Business with MAS.

      • rob says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:37

        I picked up recently that Dubai to Jakarta with Sri Lankan picks up 560 Tier Points and is only £674 return. I appreciate that is entirely unhelpful as it’s not BKK but still very good value.

        Flight times are horrendous though.

      • Neil says:

        28 Jan28 January 10:02

        Appreciate all the replies, thanks. I ended up going for GCK – CMB – DXB return for £628. Costing me £60 to get to GCK – Easy 560 Tier points

  • Roberto says:

    28 Jan28 January 09:42

    40TP each way to Langkawi or Penang on MAS. I paid less than $100us return. Its not a lot of points but easy to do a few over a few days

• Go says:

  28 Jan28 January 08:14

  My curve app on iPhone is still the previous version and I’m not being prompted to upload the new Amex version. Others seem to have uploaded. Is there a way to force the update or do I need to delete and re install?

  • Grant says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:39

    Go to the App Store > updates > refresh (pull down on the screen), and it should pop up.

    • Go says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:43

      Cheers Grant, updated app, added card, loaded, spent 😀

  • Anna says:

    28 Jan28 January 08:44

    I’ve updated mine but still getting a message saying that Amex is not yet available.

    • Grant says:

      28 Jan28 January 08:48

      Check what version of the app you are running – Settings > About. Mine shows v3.0.1.1556 and I added my Amex Gold without a problem

      • Anna says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:10

        Mine says 2.8.7.108.1 and it was updated yesterday. If I delete and re-install it will I lose my card info?

      • Grant says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:15

        Assuming you’re running iOS, I’d try forcing the update first (as per my post above) and then, if that doesn’t work, delete and reinstall. No idea if your card details are held in the app or against your account – if its the latter I would have thought they would reappear once you’ve logged in again on the app.

      • Anna says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:22

        Disaster. I’ve re-installed it but it will only let me apply for a new card, not access my old one, seemingly. And even when I do that it keeps saying there’s a connection problem. I am desolate!

      • Anna says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:26

        Re-installed it yet again and it seems to have come back. Thank goodness I’ve got the whole day to play with it!

  • Mr Dee says:

    28 Jan28 January 09:04

    Curve Metal, I am wondering what fair use free Amex spend will be as also limited by any spending cap, if its fee free this will be the game changer and all spend going to Curve.

    Personally I think they need to remove the spending limit if they want Curve metal to be taken seriously…

    • Anna says:

      28 Jan28 January 09:31

      I have Amex and top up facility, yay! Better than Christmas.

      • Ian says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:52

        Yes – any idea if the Amex top-up and spend from this counts as part of the annual spend cap or not? Or is it separate like cash withdrawals are?

      • Liz says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:54

        MMA, are you on the original black card ? Are you now going to pay per month for having Amex.

      • Liz says:

        28 Jan28 January 09:54

        Sorry that was meant for Anna

      • Anna says:

        28 Jan28 January 10:07

        Hi Liz – I have the free card (blue, but’s it’s actually black lol). It suits me better to pay the 0.65% fee as I go along as I don’t need any of the other benefits. I’ll probably use it every few months when I have a significant spend where the retailer won’t take Amex (e.g. got a down payment on a new lease car in May), hopefully in conjunction with sign up bonuses or to trigger the 2 4 1.

      • Liz says:

        28 Jan28 January 11:53

        Ok Anna thanks. I have the original black card but don’t want to pay out for more fees. I like to have non Amex spend on my IHG card and don’t have HMRC bills.

    • Alan says:

      28 Jan28 January 13:37

      Yes you have two limits – one if fee-free top-up (for Black) then other is spend limits (all card types). You are able to top-up your Amex wallet as much as you like (generating spend on the Amex card) – either for fee or free depending on your Curve card type. However if you have wallet balance left but no remaining spend limit then you can’t spend it. You need to either wait for limits to reset (as old transactions move off) or ask support for a limits increase.

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