A Marriott Bonvoy bargain opens in Corfu – Domes Miramare

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• Danyal says:

  6 Mar6 March 05:58

  When are Qatar likely to release their 2-4-1 business companion offer?

• Holiday Guy says:

  6 Mar6 March 06:32

  Domes Miramare Corfu. My wife and I were thinking about booking this hotel for April but we put off by TripAdvisior comments about the location of the hotel.

  • Mr Dee says:

    6 Mar6 March 06:43

    Agree it’s in a dump of an area as stayed on the same road, would not bother with Corfu again.

• Mr Dee says:

  6 Mar6 March 06:41

  Would not bother with Corfu it’s rally run down outside the hotels, was going to visit here but the Marriott system wouldn’t let me book the place during the merger, so stayed elsewhere.

  The hotel does look nice but the location is not the best, not really anything within walking distance that isn’t run down, you will most definitely need a hire car as you’d be lucky to get a taxi for any short journey and don’t think about the bus as it would literally be a sardine can on their route.

  You will also have to put up with a ridiculous amount of wasps on the whole island. There is a problem with trash on the island and all the bins are over full, so your journey from the airport will not be very scenic looking at all the trash.

  If you do go expect to stay at the hotel for your entire stay, that said if the place is anything like Elounda then it should be worthwhile.

  • sayling says:

    6 Mar6 March 23:31

    Ikos Dassia on Corfu is astounding. Went into Corfu Town on the (free) bus from the hotel and it was a beautiful day out.

    BA often have holiday packages to Ikos hotels.

• TripRep says:

  6 Mar6 March 06:53

  This made me go look up one of my favourite haunts from inter-railing many moons ago. Palaiokastritsa is a great beach for a day trip for any of you folks that like Corfu.

• The Streets says:

  6 Mar6 March 06:56

  I am still waiting for my bonus Hilton points from the last Amex promo in December!

  • Whizz68 says:

    6 Mar6 March 07:14

    You should have received them by now, I’ve received mined a few weeks ago, maybe try emailing them.

    • The Streets says:

      6 Mar6 March 07:19

      Yeap emailed and called both Amex and Hilton

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    6 Mar6 March 07:45

    From the 50% MR bonus?

    I transferred under this on 29/11 and points have not arrived. T&Cs said 8 weeks so once that passed I chased on chat so I had a written record. Four chats later after constantly being told that it would be resolved in 7-10 days I have cancelled my plat and raised an official complaint.

    I had a call from Amex Wednesday last week who had reviewed my complaint, agreed the service was shoddy, and offerred me £40. Told him I have no interest in discussing compensation until I have the points and the matter is closed. He said he would call Hilton (who Amex keep blaming) and call me back. A week later and I am still awaiting a call.

    I’m calling again today and my £40 will be going up somewhat. At this point I am tempted to buy the points and bill Amex on the grounds that availability is drying up at my chosen hotel.

    • Charlieface says:

      6 Mar6 March 09:57

      Had exactly the same thing last bonus about a year ago. Took me quite a few calls eventually they gave me double bonus as compo.

• Ian says:

  6 Mar6 March 07:32

  OT:

  A month or so ago I booked 3 nights accommodation via American Express Travel. The amount spent was over £200 so it triggered the £50 statement credit.

  If I were to change my booking to two nights and receive a refund for one of the nights, bringing my net spend to less than £200, does anyone know if Amex be likely to come after me for the £50 statement credit?

  • Louise says:

    6 Mar6 March 07:48

    Yes, i cancelled a hotel on the last offer and when the refund hit they subtracted the statement credit

  • Roberto says:

    6 Mar6 March 07:49

    Yes.. someone mentioned in the last few days that they had their bonus clawed back.

    • Matt says:

      6 Mar6 March 08:03

      Amex Related: I booked a BA flight via Amex. BA have cancelled the flight and moved me on to an earlier one. I can’t make that flight and want to be moved to another date. Who do I call?

      • Peter K says:

        6 Mar6 March 08:46

        Ghostbusters?

      • Rob says:

        6 Mar6 March 08:50

        Amex as your contract is with them.

      • Andrew says:

        6 Mar6 March 09:00

        It should be the travel agent.

      • Alex says:

        6 Mar6 March 09:21

        My first point of contact would be the travel agent (closely followed by the ghostbusters, as Peter has already pointed out).

  • TGLoyalty says:

    6 Mar6 March 12:48

    Yep the credit is connected and will be clawed back.

• Bonglim says:

  6 Mar6 March 07:40

  I was having a look and it looks like a reasonable redemption.
  At the same time I noticed the ‘customise rates’ button which I thought was great. Is it new? If not sorry for repeating old news.

  Anyway if you want 5 redemption nights as part of an 8 day stay, you can press that button and select cash for the cheapest days in a combined booking. The redemption days do not have to be consecutive and you will still get the 5th redemption day free.

• Will T says:

  6 Mar6 March 07:47

  OT: are there any hotels left in the ‘platinum Amex automatic status group’ that still give a late check-out? TIA

  • Rob says:

    6 Mar6 March 08:56

    In terms of ‘guaranteed’ not really. Marriott Gold wording is woolly “Get a checkout time as late as 2 p.m. (based on availability)” and Hilton is not guaranteed either.

    However …. being Plat gets you access to Fine Hotels & Resorts, and all FHR bookings DO guarantee 4pm late check-out. Those are generally five star properties although, as you get a $100 food and beverage credit and free breakfast thrown in, they can be surprisingly good value for one night stays.

    • Russ says:

      6 Mar6 March 10:25

      They also occasionally run three nights for the price of two which can tip the balance in their favor. No lounge access unless it’s specified in the package but not everyone needs a lounge and not all hotels provide them.

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