Get £100 off £500 of Hilton USA hotel spending with an American Express cashback offer

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• Matt says:

  7 Jul7 July 08:21

  Hello all, still trying to desperately source a ticket to the HFP summer party (as I was looking after a hectic toddler both days of the sale). If anyone has a spare ticket due to someone not being able to attend etc, I’m very happy to pay you the ticket cost and throw in a beer or two…
  Hope to hear from you!

  • Rob says:

    7 Jul7 July 09:51

    Will email you, I think we have a couple of slots as Marriott is not taking its full allocation and I doubt that will change now.

• BSI1978 says:

  7 Jul7 July 08:32

  Morning all, OT

  Has anyone frequented the Amex lounge at the O2 pre event? I’m wondering what the food offering is like or whether we’d be better off at one of the other eateries?

  TIA

  • Ant says:

    7 Jul7 July 10:25

    We use it often. The food is good in the restaurant – variety of burgers and similar. Obviously not cheap.
    Depending on event you need to book.

    We always enjoy the band before and after event.
    Remember once you go in the arena you cannot go back out. There is no reentry once they scan your ticket.

  • Kevin says:

    7 Jul7 July 16:33

    Not eaten there myself but the food section is set up like a proper restaurant. The lounge is a nice space.

    Remember that you get a free welcome drink until the end of the year.

• KBuffett says:

  7 Jul7 July 09:07

  OT – I have a BA 241 voucher expiring Feb 2020. Fairly flexible in terms of destination and when to travel. Obviously not that long left to look considering availability is difficult. Ideally would like a new plane with new First cabin. Would welcome any recommendations.

  • Shoestring says:

    7 Jul7 July 09:24

    https://rewardflightfinder.com

    didn’t know Tim was covering Virgin as well, how’s that going, Tim?

    • Tom1 says:

      7 Jul7 July 12:41

      Has been for a while, and seems to be working as well as the BA one does – I.e. very well. At the start, you could create alerts, but couldn’t see them – but that has been fixed.
      Already got a HKG-LHR for later in the year.

  • Dan says:

    7 Jul7 July 13:43

    Yes, I see the Martin lewis advert too. On the right hand side of the page just under where it says ‘new to head for points’. Fairly sure it’s not a pop up but an embedded advert?

    • Shoestring says:

      7 Jul7 July 13:55

      I’ve got No1 Lounges!

• fivebobbill says:

  7 Jul7 July 09:14

  OT. May not be news to you but it was news to me.
  Just called BA to book an Avios flight. When the agent was trying to flog me a hotel stay he mentioned that if you book your hotel with BA “BY PHONE” as opposed to doing it online, you get awarded 15 Avios per £1 spent.
  I know BA hotel prices can be a bit more expensive that elsewhere sometimes, but if you also use a BA Amex the points could well justify the price.
  Anyway, as I say, was news to me, sorry if it is common knowledge…

  • Anna says:

    7 Jul7 July 11:48

    Do they still charge more for booking via phone though, unless it’s something that can’t be done online?

    • the_real_a says:

      7 Jul7 July 14:59

      Anna – its really unfortunate that whenever i need to make a phone booking the website is “crashing” causing a server error. So the charge always gets removed.

      • Olly says:

        7 Jul7 July 20:57

        😉

  • Reddot says:

    7 Jul7 July 14:09

    Upon solicitation over the phone, I went with this for a night at the Hyatt Centric in Tokyo earlier this year, stacking it with 2 reward nights. I went for free cancellation to preserve flexibility, price was comparable to directly booking with Hyatt.com. No booking fee from recollection.

  • Gavin says:

    7 Jul7 July 15:59

    It is possible to book the 15 Avios per £ offer online too, via the BA website.

• Titus Adduxas says:

  7 Jul7 July 09:24

  I’m rather stunned. One of the pop up adverts on this page is by Caezarsdigital claiming to be endorsed by Martin Lewis. It’s selling something called Bitcoin Trader and is very believable. It is a Scam!!!

  Is there no vetting on these things?

  • Stuart says:

    7 Jul7 July 09:29

    Just install an AdBlocker. Problem solved.

  • Rob says:

    7 Jul7 July 09:47

    We don’t have pop up ads. Anything that pops up is from a virus on your PC.

    If you mean an ad in the sidebar, Google is meant to block them at source. We can block them when we see them.

    • Paul says:

      7 Jul7 July 10:08

      Literally below this comment I got a variation advert about Martin Lewis recommending a stocks and shares website.

      • Shoestring says:

        7 Jul7 July 10:18

        Martin Lewis won £3m for anti scam charity from Facebook for this kind of scam ad
        https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2019/01/martin-lewis-drops-lawsuit-as-facebook-agreed-to-donate-p3m-to-a/

        • The Original Nick says:

          7 Jul7 July 10:33

          OT: Morning Harry, I’ve just applied for the Halifax Clarity CC as I’ve cancelled my LLoyds Avios CC’s now.
          I have the Curve card which I still use but I wanted another back up card.
          Do I remember you mentioning that it’s possible to have the Halifax card in credit so that when withdrawing from an ATM abroad there’s no charge?
          Excuse me if I’m wrong.

        • Shoestring says:

          7 Jul7 July 10:41

          yep, they don’t actually like that (pre-funding) so you might be better off funding the card as soon as you spend/ withdraw

          ISTR you get until midnight on the same day and you’ll avoid all interest

          we forgot to fund £300 ATM withdrawal (well, more exactly, my wife withdrew £300 & didn’t tell me) – and the interest was only a couple of £££s, 6 weeks later – so nothing to fret about anyway

        • the_real_a says:

          7 Jul7 July 14:07

          You can just payoff the CC by online faster payments every week. Usually interest is pennies. Having said that i have pre-funded cards for 20 years and never had an issue (touch wood).

• Lyn says:

  7 Jul7 July 09:29

  Thanks, this could be useful to extend Iberia avios. Is a promotional code needed to receive the 250 avios?

  • Shoestring says:

    7 Jul7 July 09:32

    no code needed

    they don’t seem to be spamming me so far, either!

    • Lyn says:

      7 Jul7 July 09:41

      How long did it take to receive the Avios?

      • Shoestring says:

        7 Jul7 July 09:44

        only just done it, I’d expect 6 weeks judging by IB’s past record

• Matt says:

  7 Jul7 July 10:04

  Good job again Shoestring!
  Hope to see you at the party tomorrow night!

• Wally1976 says:

  7 Jul7 July 10:46

  OT – any thoughts on the best Hilton hotel in Berlin for a short break as a couple? We’re Hilton gold members and will be flying into TXL.

  On our dates we can get:
  East Side Gallery at 30k pts per night
  Alexanderplatz 36k pts
  Hampton West 40k pts
  Hilton Berlin 48k pts
  Waldorf Astoria Berlin 52k pts

  We’ve got enough points for any of those but would only go for the more expensive ones if there was a good reason!

  Thanks in advance.

  • Doug M says:

    7 Jul7 July 11:38

    So much of the answer is what you like and care about. Hard to compare a WA with a Hampton, personally I’d take the Hampton but I don’t care for the luxury hotel as such. Of much greater importance is location, although Berlin easy to get around. The old West is not that interesting, all the good sites and stuff is in what was East. I’d be looking for the Mitte district. East Side Gallery is in area that was very rundown, a lot of development has taken place, and it’s in the crossover gentrification stage, lot of clubs, but also being squeezed by new money, the Mercedes Arena is there. I’d take the Hampton East Side Gallery on those points values. S, U Bahns and Trams get you around really easily, and let you see as you go.

    • Rob says:

      7 Jul7 July 12:40

      Berlin is also very cheap for cash, of course, so points not always the best option especially if you don’t have status and would be paying for breakfast (Hampton is free of course).

  • John says:

    7 Jul7 July 11:59

    Agree with Doug M, if you don’t really care which one then cheapest is fine.

    I have to say the WA and Hilton rarely have paid rates only 1.5x those of the Hamptons, so possibly you have not picked the cheapest time to go. The Hamptons can be under 20K on Sunday nights but 40K is really high

    • Wally1976 says:

      7 Jul7 July 15:53

      Thanks for the advice Doug, Rob and John

  • Anne says:

    7 Jul7 July 19:13

    We stayed in the Hilton Berlin in 2016. Was diamond at the time so the lounge access was a bonus but nothing special. Breakfast was excellent though and has a stunning view over the cathedral. Hotel location is great, ubahn station is a few steps away although we walked to most places in the old east – Alexanderplatz and Checkpoint Charlie were both an easy walk IIRC

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