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• Boi says:

  4 Feb4 February 14:50

  OT:
  1.How many people can “pool” points to make a booking if they live at same address?
  2. Can this be done online as it used to with SPG?
  3. Is there any limits each member can transfer?

  Thanks.

  • Lee says:

    4 Feb4 February 15:33

    1. doesn’t matter if they are in the same address
    2. No, you have to call
    3. each one can transfer upto 100k to anyone per year, each one can receive upto 500k per year

    • Boi says:

      4 Feb4 February 17:46

      Thanks Lee

• SPG says:

  4 Feb4 February 15:03

  O/T I’ve just finished my first month of SPG Amex (first statement dated yesterday) and have >30K points (incl bonus) showing in my online Amex account – when exactly do the points transfer across to my Marriott account?

  • Shoestring says:

    4 Feb4 February 15:21

    random

  • Mark2 says:

    4 Feb4 February 17:45

    Should be six days before statement. Have a small number gone across?

    • SPG says:

      5 Feb5 February 00:34

      None at all Mark….

• Benylin says:

  4 Feb4 February 15:17

  OT: Any recommendations for hotel for 2 nights in Dubai on a budget? 3 or 4 star, so just needs to be clean (good shower and bed). Anywhere but Deira / But Dubai, so preferably more south than that.

• Tom says:

  4 Feb4 February 16:50

  The Lord,

  Most US airlines run lounges for their elites, in all classes of service. Flying paid First domestically won’t get you in unless you have BA Gold or Silver.

• Dominic says:

  4 Feb4 February 17:27

  OT Curve

  Had a nightmare with a mortgage application this week. Bank was asking why I was withdrawing thousands in cash on my credit card.

  I was not being charged as a cash-like transaction with anything on checking my statements so I carried on but they are apparently showing as such on my credit file after a hard search. I’ve used the full 50k on my curve card, 95% of it being at places you can’t normally use credit cards. So you can image how bad it looked.

  Not personally seen anything similar on here so thought I’d mention. Be wary if you’re looking at a new mortgage/remortgage. My bank was happy with my explanation but not would not have used it if I had known.

  • Anna says:

    4 Feb4 February 17:32

    Just to be clear – did you withdraw that amount of cash, or was the bank treating your general Curve transactions as cash advances? Curve does strongly advise against taking cash out from credit cards and this is probably one reason why.

    • Dominic says:

      4 Feb4 February 18:01

      very little cash withdrawal on Curve. Less than 1k before I gave it up as I couldn’t be bothered. All actual card use.

      • Rob mc says:

        4 Feb4 February 18:08

        Was this since curve stated that the code attached to usage would be changed? What sort of use were you doing?? Paying off amex ?

  • Memesweeper says:

    4 Feb4 February 17:48

    “Bank was asking why I was withdrawing thousands in cash on my credit card”

    Hope you explained your tactics in detail and sent a plat referral link and Curve code 😉

    Seriously, any way you know the rest of us can check this? I’ve done cash-like top ups with Curve linked back to Barclaycard and Creation and would like to know if I’ve just trashed my credit history…. (although 90% of my Curve is HMRC) …

  • Benylin says:

    4 Feb4 February 18:44

    Wow didn’t know this! I have only taken out £1.2k give or take so hopefully not that bad?!? But will stop now I guess!

  • RakishDriver says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:29

    what was your credit card? creation and virgin ok for me till now – scores’ are almost perfect.

    • Dominic says:

      4 Feb4 February 20:08

      Hilton Barclaycard. Score is fine but just a lot of cash advances showing haha. This is post the code change. But as above, I checked a few transactions and no charge so thought all was good. Technically, if you’re not bothered about getting credit in the near future all is still good.

  • RTS says:

    4 Feb4 February 23:32

    Uh I just did my mortgage app. I’ve had no issues and I use curve too.

    • Benylin says:

      5 Feb5 February 03:41

      @RTS but did you make cash withdrawals (i.e. at ATM)?

      • RTS says:

        5 Feb5 February 11:24

        Yes.

• Benylin says:

  4 Feb4 February 18:51

  OT: Made my first IHG stay since “joining” this site and it’s wonders about 10 months ago. With my Platinum status from IHG card, got upgraded to a Suite in a Holiday Inn! Chuffed, it’s massive, much bigger than the Suite in Shangri-La I got upgraded to few days svo. (Jade status via Plat Amex).

  Anyway, just got this after check in at my Holiday Inn: Point Deposit Type: Welcome Amenity
  Points Deposited: 500
  Any ideas what this is?

  • Benylin says:

    4 Feb4 February 18:52

    its*

  • BJ says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:03

    You got upgraded to a suite by HI on your first stay as platinum…you got very lucky…enjoy…you will likely come down to earth with an almighty bump on your second stay 🙂 Actually, FWIW I generally did better with platinum than I did the two years I was Spire.

  • Whizz68 says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:03

    They give you welcome points due to your loyalty membership. Sometimes you can choose between drinks vouchers and 500 welcome points .

  • Alan says:

    5 Feb5 February 01:43

    It’s a wee welcome gift as an IHG member with status. You’re normally given the choice of drinks voucher or points but sometimes the points post anyway so I always pick the drinks voucher!

• Ian M says:

  4 Feb4 February 19:03

  OT – Curve!

  Received my new Metal card today and activated it on the app, and my surprise they have cut my annual spend limit! I paid £150 for the card on the basis of having Amex support and higher spend limits (they advertised up to £1.4m a year). As we all know, Amex support has already been removed, but now they’ve reduced my annual spend limit by 60%, from £100k to £40k!! Incredible.

  Has anyone else had their limit reduced after ‘upgrading’ to the Metal card?

  • Roger says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:14

    Yes, down from £50K to £10K

    • Ian M says:

      4 Feb4 February 19:30

      Unbelievable. You pay for their premium product and get your spend limit slashed! I’ve already been waiting 6 days for a response from their customer service for a different issue.

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:54

    Chances of me applying for Curve upgrade now zero.

  • Grant says:

    4 Feb4 February 20:18

    New post on the Curve blog today about introducing payment protection… talk about rearranging the deckchairs!

    The first para tickled me – “We’ve all been there. You order something online and the goods received aren’t quite as expected” Like a Curve Metal card, perhaps.

    • Grant says:

      4 Feb4 February 20:19

      *purchase protection – an important distinction!

    • Ian M says:

      5 Feb5 February 01:29

      “The first para tickled me – “We’ve all been there. You order something online and the goods received aren’t quite as expected” Like a Curve Metal card, perhaps.”

      That truly made my laugh out loud! So true

• Adam says:

  4 Feb4 February 19:08

  OT as bits: IHG do you get extra 25.000 points every year you requalify as spire or is it “first time and once gift”?

  • Roger says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:14

    every year.

  • BJ says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:15

    Every year.

  • Peter K says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:41

    every year.

  • u07ch says:

    4 Feb4 February 19:55

    every year, so far, I have had to call up and get them to credit them 🙁

    • BJ says:

      4 Feb4 February 20:23

      There is a section on the online account page you can go to select them IIRC.

  • Alan says:

    5 Feb5 February 01:44

    Each year, it’s one of the Spire benefits you can choose from each year you requalify.

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