Get triple Accor points on your next hotel stay

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• Eden says:

  27 Jun27 June 09:28

  How well does IHG’s geographical coverage match your typical travel patterns? There’s really no point in pursuing elite status with a hotel chain if you can’t feasibly stay at one (or more) of its properties on a regular basis. Be sure to consider IHG’s hotels in and around your common destinations.

• Alan says:

  27 Jun27 June 09:30

  O/T but lounge related.

  I have still never been in any airport lounge, despite having the free passes from an AMEX Gold card for a while, so I am curious to know how long before your flight you are allowed in to the lounge? I’m thinking I might well have a long wait before a Hong Kong flight and using a lounge might be the best way to while away the hours.

  • David says:

    27 Jun27 June 09:49

    Usually 3 hours for pay-per-use lounges. If you enter the wild world of oneworld Sapphire status, you could spend all day in the glorious HKG lounges…

    • Alan says:

      27 Jun27 June 14:34

      Thanks David

  • Alan says:

    27 Jun27 June 17:03

    The Amex lounge in Hong Kong is fantastic if you can get in there – we did with my Platinum last year.

  • the_real_a says:

    27 Jun27 June 21:36

    You can also use the Plaza Premium “Arrivals” lounge land side before your flight, take a shower and get something to eat. I often do this if arriving very early before checking starts or simply to break up the boredom.

• Peter K says:

  27 Jun27 June 09:32

  Anyone else finding the creation login keeps saying you can’t get in due to “maintenance”?

  • Neil Donoghue says:

    27 Jun27 June 09:49

    I have had that message at least once a week since I joined a year ago! If you keep trying you will finally get in

    • David says:

      27 Jun27 June 09:50

      And yet still people on here talk about how pleased they are that IHG & Marriott use Creation. There must be some secret benefit that I’m not missing…

      • David says:

        27 Jun27 June 09:50

        that I *am* missing!

      • Andrew says:

        27 Jun27 June 10:06

        I suspect they are pleased *only* if they work for Creation.

      • Mark2 says:

        27 Jun27 June 10:16

        absolutely! do some research

        • David says:

          27 Jun27 June 10:33

          I’d better find someone at the HfP party who can spill the beans… I think I might know what the deal is already, but I don’t think that benefit is limited to Creation? If there’s something unique to Creation, I’m in the dark…

      • Neil Donoghue says:

        27 Jun27 June 10:59

        Considering the recent changes with Amex, I am just delighted that there is still a glimmer of hope in the market. If Creation are the only ones brave enough to release new products then I welcome them with open arms and will suffer through not being able to login in every week.

    • BJ says:

      27 Jun27 June 12:55

      Been trying for two days without success.

  • Mark2 says:

    27 Jun27 June 10:12

    Just logged in with no problem using Edge

• Duncan says:

  27 Jun27 June 10:31

  O/T – Curve
  Does anyone know if curve have a contact number for transaction queries?
  I’ll be ditching them if they are not around to tell me why a spurious transaction has appeared.
  Thanks

  • John says:

    27 Jun27 June 11:49

    Email them, they respond quickly now

  • the_real_a says:

    27 Jun27 June 21:40

    +44 203 322 2585

• Chrisasaurus says:

  27 Jun27 June 10:39

  OT – Amex referrals

  Anyone ever seen this? Was attempting to refer OH from my Plat:

  “We are sorry, but the Account details you used are not eligible for this referral programme”

  • Craig says:

    27 Jun27 June 10:49

    Same for me today, probably a temporary glitch.

• paul says:

  27 Jun27 June 11:00

  just cross your fingers you dont bump into Prescott in his Pj’s

  • Neil Donoghue says:

    27 Jun27 June 11:01

    Or stumble down a secret tunnel!

• C says:

  27 Jun27 June 13:14

  Might have missed this being covered already (sorry if so) but I just noticed from the amex platinum upgrade link which I have bookmarked on my computer that it now says ‘Explore a world of benefits and enjoy a welcome bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points when you upgrade to The Platinum Card®, and spend £4,000 in your first three months.’ Bit of a jump from the old ‘spend £1k get 10k’ deal!. Was considering getting green and upgrading but I think that spend is pushing it in 3 months, plus the new higher fee!

  • Peter K says:

    27 Jun27 June 15:23

    It changed when the platinum fee increased.

  • Alan says:

    27 Jun27 June 17:05

    Does anyone have any data points on what happens with the annual fee for the Platinum, assuming you’ve already been charged the £60 for Green?

    • Shoestring says:

      27 Jun27 June 17:10

      been reported a couple of times it was a straight pro rata refund of £60 and full charge of Plat

      no free hols

      • Alan says:

        27 Jun27 June 19:12

        Generous, not…

• Liam says:

  27 Jun27 June 13:30

  OT — I have a balance transfer offer on my Lloyds Mastercard: 4.9% interest over 36 months with a 0% fee. Am I right in assuming that if I transfer, say, my Virgin Atlantic credit card balance and pay it off immediately, I’ll pay no interest but will earn Avios on that balance at the usual Lloyds rate (is that 0.4 Avios per £1 now)?

  • Charlieface says:

    27 Jun27 June 13:46

    Yes people have been doing this. Even better if you have free cash withdrawals on another credit card, like Halifax Clarity, use that to run up balances, then pay off Lloyds with the cash.

  • Mark2 says:

    27 Jun27 June 14:42

    Thanks for the reminder; I have tried it on my card which has changed to new rules. Can anyone remember please whether you get points if you do this on the old card (my wife’s has no yet changed).

    • EwanG says:

      27 Jun27 June 15:43

      @Mark2 – is this info related to your comments about why you like Creation?

      • Mark2 says:

        27 Jun27 June 16:52

        No

        • EwanG says:

          27 Jun27 June 16:55

          Thanks. I’ll continue looking!

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