A Marriott Bonvoy bargain opens in Corfu – Domes Miramare

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• r* says:

  6 Mar6 March 11:02

  Which are the nicest Melia hotels in europe? I have some points left over to use, was looking at the Gran Melia in Rome but there doesnt appear to be any of the non-revenue based points redemptions available all year so need other options.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    6 Mar6 March 12:54

    ME in London isn’t bad

    Can’t the points be used for dining credits? If so it has an STK if that’s your thing

  • the_real_a says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:17

    ME Ibiza absolutely stank. Like rotten rubbish outside. We left early although the hotel was nice.

• fivebobbill says:

  6 Mar6 March 12:09

  OT/ Lloyds Avios
  Just to give everyone the heads up that the Lloyds Avios Upgrade Vouchers are STILL being awarded.
  The wife and I hit our annual “renewal” date about 3 weeks ago, and had the £24 fee added to our February statements. I happened to have a fairly big outlay lined up and was able to put £7k on each of the Amex versions of the cards.
  We both got an email today to say that new Upgrade Vouchers have been awarded, valid until end of March 2020 – so awarded roughly 7-10 days from qualifying spend.
  Assuming the 1.25 avios per £1 is still being awarded on the Amex version, hopefully we’ll also get 17,500 avios between us come the March statements.
  Had worse starts to the day 🙂

  • the_real_a says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:20

    Yep – my renewal is April so looks like I might be able to sneak in another voucher too. Having said that the tax and charges on BA redemption’s are now are getting so ridiculous that taking a strategic positioning flight to the EU first is becoming much more of a no-brainer.

    • fivebobbill says:

      6 Mar6 March 14:08

      They do seem to be ever increasing the fees yes, however there is still reasonable value to be had sometimes. I was able to upgrade to Business one-way Belfast-LHR-Abu Dhabi in Jan there for 26k avios and £386.
      You don’t even wanna know how much the cash price was !

      • fivebobbill says:

        6 Mar6 March 15:18

        Additionally, last November, one-way Belfast-LHR-Rome in Business for 10,500 avios and 50 quid!

  • Anna says:

    6 Mar6 March 14:56

    Vouchers will be awarded as per Ts & Cs until Lloyds close your card (after giving you 60 days notice in writing). I stopped all payments on mine and used it for a balance transfer anticipating that it would happen sooner rather than later but I still haven’t had the letter. Don’t suppose you get anything for a balance transfer?!

    I’ve had 3 “free” vouchers on top of my regular 2 so can’t really complain!

  • Louise says:

    6 Mar6 March 15:43

    I received my email today too, wonder if they send them out in batches

    • Neil Donoghue says:

      6 Mar6 March 17:29

      This is very strange, Louise did your annual fee roll over in February? My annual leave rolled over on the 16th of Feb and I received my voucher today although I am £287 short of the £7k target. I know this as I am only 2 weeks in and my current balance is £6,713 with no pending charges!?

      • Louise says:

        6 Mar6 March 20:48

        My annual fee hit 14th Jan, i hit 7k on 20th Feb (thanks to curve) so was expecting an email around 20th March (4 weeks as per their instruction)

• ols says:

  6 Mar6 March 12:16

  o/t BA have published some details of the updated First class soft product on their website. Or is that old news?

  • New Card says:

    6 Mar6 March 14:00

    From 31 March, enjoy a whole host of new features and thoughtfully created comforts in First.

    Delicious, indulgent dining experience, with exclusively designed crockery, cutlery and glassware from the finest British designers, William Edwards, Studio William and Dartington
    Foam and microfibre mattress topper and 400 thread count bedding
    Exclusively-designed male and female Temperley London loungewear, amenity bag and slippers
    A range of luxury Elemis skin care products
    High performance Meridian headphones offering a fully immersive in-flight audio experience
    The rollout of new First products will start 31 March and will be complete by mid-April.

• James says:

  6 Mar6 March 12:27

  Avis – Soft Landing ??

  Hello,

  I am currently Avis Rewards Presidents Club tier.
  I have only had a few rentals so far this year with Avis and so will not be re-qualifying for Presidents Club.
  I also won’t qualify for Preferred Plus (on spend or number of rentals).

  Will I therefore drop all the way down to the bottom tier for next year (Preferred) or is there a soft landing down just one tier to Preferred Plus ?

  Thanks for any help.

• Travel Strong says:

  6 Mar6 March 12:54

  In the same way that we often refer to “100k Avois”, I hereby table a motion for all points schemes to be referred to by their brand.
  “So you’re getting 0.8p per Bonvoy”
  “I now have 0 Honors”
  “It will earn you 80,000 Virgins”

  • James says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:16

    Hell, even ISIS don’t get 80,000 !

  • TGLoyalty says:

    6 Mar6 March 19:18

    Would it not be 0 Hilton’s?

    Or is it 80,000 flying clubs?

    An Avios is the name of the currency

    • Alex W says:

      6 Mar6 March 21:35

      An Avio singular 😂

• Freddy says:

  6 Mar6 March 13:09

  Is there any other Marriott family friendly hotels in sunny climes anyone can recommend?

  • James says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:17

    Domes of Elounda in Crete

    • Rob says:

      6 Mar6 March 15:37

      There is one in Dubai Marina we covered once where reward suites sleep 5-6 I think.

  • James says:

    6 Mar6 March 13:20

    ah, whoops !

  • Mark says:

    7 Mar7 March 10:19

    Westin Mina Seyahi in Dubai (up to 4 per room) and Al Habtoor (5-6).

• Alex says:

  6 Mar6 March 14:27

  Gold Amex q – do the Lounge Club passes get renewed every year?

  • Rob says:

    6 Mar6 March 15:36

    Yes

• N says:

  6 Mar6 March 14:28

  What are the best airports for ex-EU ‘from’ searches? My go-to list is;

  AMS, ARN, TXL, OSL

  Any others worth including?

  • memesweeper says:

    6 Mar6 March 14:54

    DUB, Milan

  • Alex W says:

    6 Mar6 March 21:37

    There is a good list here

    https://headforpoints.com/2017/03/16/how-to-use-ita-matrix-to-find-cheap-british-airways-flights-from-europe/

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