Get triple Hilton Honors points on your next hotel stay

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• guesswho2000 says:

  8 May8 May 12:21

  Can confirm that the Hilton offer works, rego’d Sunday after I’d checked in, checked out Monday evening, points posted yesterday.

• Shoestring says:

  8 May8 May 12:49

  Datapoint: got the second 5000 mile bonus credited on my free Virgin card, so 10K bonus points as expected. All good.

  • Michael says:

    8 May8 May 13:09

    Please can you confirm if you hold or have hold the fee paying card as well, as in that case I am tempted to apply as well, as already having the free card.

    • Shoestring says:

      8 May8 May 13:25

      No, just the free card. If I were you, I’d wait a while – the new points offer on Virgin credit cards lasts until 30 June so you have 8 weeks – and see if others in your position start getting the points. The sign-up process makes it quite clear Virgin Money don’t want people having 2 active cards & this is against the rules, so if you managed to sign up for card #2 (which is probably easy enough), there’s no guarantee you’ll get the points.

      • Michael says:

        8 May8 May 20:07

        Thank you. I hope for people to feedback here soon. According to Rob’s post last week., everyone who is accepted will receive the bonus points. Virgin Money were previously ok with people having both cards and bonuses. I wonder why they changed their mind. Will stop many people applying for the fee card.

• S P says:

  8 May8 May 12:52

  OT,
  Anyone have any experience of the international euro amex showing progress towards the 5k eur spend? Tried over 2 days and multiple logins but nothing showing. Thanks.

• SL says:

  8 May8 May 13:19

  OT

  Took out my first personal Amex gold just before sign up changes. Is there anyway of keeping my points/not have to convert them while also being able to get sign up bonus on Amex gold business?

  My business is a small one so I estimate I can get 30K Avios using Capital on Tap (including the sign up bonus) for the £250 fee…is this worth it/good value? Is it possible to pay a student loan using this card as it’s technically not a credit card?

  Thanks!

  • Rob says:

    8 May8 May 13:26

    No, no way of getting Gold Business whilst keeping your existing points alive. (Well, technically you could open an Amex ICC Euro card, transfer your points to that, cancel your Gold, wait six months, get Gold business, move back your points from ICC Euro, but I doubt that is worth the bother.)

    30k for £250 via COT is not bad – and if HMRC treats it as a debit card I would guess that other people will too. No guarantees of course. You also need to factor in the opportunity cost, of course, since the COT spending could be directed elsewhere.

• Taylor says:

  8 May8 May 13:48

  OT: if I book hotel stays on Marriott app do I pay a Foreign transaction fee if paying in dollars? I assume so.

  What’s the best foreign transaction fee free card?

  • Shoestring says:

    8 May8 May 13:54

    I’d say Halifax Clarity but others have their favourites.

    Clarity lets you take money out at the ATM abroad – free of charges from Clarity and with a perfect Mastercard rate – then fund the account back home that day – and you won’t pay any interest either

    • Alan says:

      8 May8 May 14:26

      For credit card I would agree with Shoestring about the Clarity card. I also use Revolut now when on my travels but, of course, that isn’t a credit card

      • Genghis says:

        8 May8 May 14:35

        For cash withdrawals, I use Starling – fee free and doesn’t show up on credit report (unlike Clarity). For purchases, I use Revolut with Clarity a trusty back up.

• Kevin says:

  8 May8 May 14:01

  I am planning to have a stay Hilton Garden Inn and supposed it would qualify and count as my 1st stay prior to the following Hilton stays?

  • John says:

    8 May8 May 14:52

    Yes, the brand doesn’t matter except for the myway bonuses.

    • Kevin says:

      11 May11 May 01:10

      Thanks for the confirmation John 🙂

• Bootlace says:

  8 May8 May 15:12

  O/T I hold BAPP and Plat, is it possible to self refer or another Plat holder ( Mrs Bootlace) to refer me for Gold Business and get still points?

  • Anna says:

    8 May8 May 16:04

    I think that’s a yes but Rob did an article on this very recently which would have all the relevant details.

  • Peter K says:

    8 May8 May 20:09

    You wouldn’t get bonus spend points.

  • Alex W says:

    8 May8 May 22:45

    You would get the referral points but not the sign-up bonus.

• Bootlace says:

  8 May8 May 15:13

  or even still get!!

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