Win a luxury London weekend break with Hilton hotels

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• Ammar says:

  9 May9 May 12:37

  OT – Do Melia and Hilton Points and cash booking – collect any points on the cash element?

  • Kai says:

    9 May9 May 14:08

    Yes to both

• Alex says:

  9 May9 May 12:55

  OT; Booked LHR-HKG with LH in their deal for me and my partner – Business P class. Where should I credit the miles for someone who has absolutely no Star Alliance miles and probably won’t amass enough to be useful…

  • Peter K says:

    9 May9 May 13:31

    Wheretocredit.com may help.

    • Alex says:

      9 May9 May 16:01

      For me it is more about which airline will be the most practical opposed to offering the highest return

  • Gavin says:

    9 May9 May 13:39

    I decided on Lifemiles, because they run regular promotions for buying miles (and transfers) which will probably be needed if I plan to use them. I’m not sure if i’ll end up using them though.

• Michael says:

  9 May9 May 14:50

  Did the gold to Plat upgrade for 20K MR – hit the target and got the bonus points, is there any risk now in downgrading to green?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    9 May9 May 16:51

    No but why bother. Has the annual fee hit your account?

    • Michael says:

      9 May9 May 23:38

      It has. Want to keep my MR alive.

      • David says:

        10 May10 May 00:03

        Get an AARC

        • Rob says:

          10 May10 May 07:35

          Or an ARCC 🙂

• Graham Walsh says:

  9 May9 May 15:38

  Can’t remember if I posted this. G/F cancelled her SPG card and they offered her double points for 3 months if she kept it. I cancelled mine today and was offered to speak to someone on the phone. Looks like they want to keep cardholders!!

  • AndyGWP says:

    9 May9 May 16:09

    Before anyone starts taking up the “double points” offer, make sure they clarify with you that it definitely is an additional 3 points on top of the 3 points you would normally get.

    When I was offered this promotion (a few months ago), they confirmed it would be some sort of weird hybrid of the old double points offer when 1 point = £1 (so the offer they were wanting to give me was in fact 1 bonus point, for every 3 points earned (£1 spend))

    Hope that makes sense.

• nick says:

  9 May9 May 16:26

  re: foreign cash withdrawals.

  yesterday Genghis wrote “For cash withdrawals, I use Starling – fee free and doesn’t show up on credit report (unlike Clarity). For purchases, I use Revolut…”

  But why not use Revolut or Curve for cash withdrawals too? (especially if mid-week)

  • TGLoyalty says:

    9 May9 May 16:54

    Curve isn’t free £2 fee and I think Revolut is only £200 free

    • Rui N. says:

      9 May9 May 16:57

      Curve is free.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        9 May9 May 17:09

        perhaps thinks have changed ATM withdrawals abroad had a £2 fee

        • TGLoyalty says:

          9 May9 May 17:14

          *things

          and yes they have £200 for free card, £400 for black and £600 for metal fee-free subject to fair use policy

• ThePrince says:

  9 May9 May 17:22

  OT: First time I’ve ever asked a question here so please be gentle! Booked LHR-ATH-LCA with Aegean and the first leg was late, missing the ATH-LCA connection. They’ve booked me on the later flight but I will arrive well over 3h late. Anyone any experience with claiming EU261 off A3? My only previous experience was Flybe and they were oddly proactive about things.

• Premier01 says:

  9 May9 May 17:56

  OT- The Europcar £ 1 one way offer has disappeared! I found a link and it is showing availability for various locations/datesbut error message is displayed when selecting ‘confirm booking’. 

  If that’s the case it’s not good news at all.. this has been a great deal (thanks to HFP yet again for the heads up) and clearly Europcar have found it to work for them also.

  I’ve E-mailed Europcar wanted to book a rental for nedt week- I will post here if get a reply from them.

  Anyone else any data points on this one?

  • Shoestring says:

    9 May9 May 18:21

    been like that for nearly 2 weeks

    • Premier01 says:

      9 May9 May 21:30

      Think it’s had it’s time or temporary glitch? Guess most of the other big rental companies get by without it…..

      • Charlieface says:

        9 May9 May 23:46

        Hertz One
        https://www.hertz.co.uk/p/hertzone

        • Premier01 says:

          10 May10 May 09:32

          Yes seen this one though very quirky routes… well certainly not anything suitable for North West UK!

          Seen Avis advertise £ 9 one way rentals but website page doesn’t seem to work for that either

          Any others available?

• Dimitri says:

  9 May9 May 18:25

  OT: I tried the Holiday Inn Express Soho in Hong Kong. This must one of the worst holiday inn express I have ever stayed and definitely the most disgusting breakfast I have ever had in any hotel ever. Just a warning to whomever is considering it as an option! I am very surprised how their reviews are very good. Something is very fishy here..

  • BJ says:

    9 May9 May 19:39

    Stayed there for a few nights some years ago. Never ate there, as we were never up in time for breakfast, so I cannot comment on that. We got it on pointsbreak for 5k which is why we stayed but I seem to recall it being a points bargain in any case, don’t know if that is still the case. To best of my recollection rooms were fine as far as HIX goes. It had too main things going for it, probably the best harbour view rooms of HK on a budget if lucky enough to get a high floor. Showing Wan is good to use Airport bus and avoid traffic jams by going deeper into city. Area is supposed to be great for food but we failed miserably with our choices. Although found nothing offensive about hotel like you, I will not be going back either, even at 5k/nights. Much better places to stay in HK, even on a budget.

    • David says:

      9 May9 May 23:59

      I stayed there 3 nights last November at 30k/night. If that’s the worst breakfast you’ve had in any hotel ever, you must have led a very sheltered travelling life! Considering cash prices around Central (I was looking at £160-200/night for anything else), 30k seemed reasonable.

      Yes, breakfast was busy and crowded, but it was all clean, regularly restocked, and mix of asian and western stuff.

      I’d definitely consider staying there for a couple of nights again…

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