Get 12.5% off Plaza Premium lounges for couples – or kids go free for families

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• Chris C says:

  5 Aug5 August 09:35

  OT- For the Miles and More Diners card, do I need to carry my Diners card for lounge access (I usually only carry the MC)? Also do I need to be flying a star alliance flight?

  • Rob says:

    5 Aug5 August 10:20

    Yes, must be the Diners element. There is a list of the included lounges online somewhere.

• Charlie says:

  5 Aug5 August 12:20

  O/T I just cancelled a reward stay at The Langley, Bucks. Date 8th-9th August. Should be available for someone, possibly here, to pick up.

  • Alex W says:

    5 Aug5 August 13:37

    Ditto, I just cancelled The Langley 26th – 31st August.

    Having a staycation instead, and a weekend at the new Courtyard in Oxford. Saved myself 110,000 points and probably a load of money on terrible breakfasts.

• Spaghetti Town says:

  5 Aug5 August 12:32

  My mums never held an Amex before apart from being a supp on my account.

  Whats the best way to get her into points? Can she get a gold first and then qualify for the BAPP bonus after?

  Obviously i’ll refer her too.

  • Rob says:

    5 Aug5 August 12:57

    Yes

  • Alex W says:

    5 Aug5 August 13:38

    I thought the preferred order was SPG, BAPP, Plat

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      5 Aug5 August 14:42

      I think the SPG stops you getting the bonus on anything else. I think Rob was trying to get advise Amex on excluding it to it’s own family.

      @ Rob – Thanks.

      • Genghis says:

        5 Aug5 August 14:45

        Not on BAPP or Plat…

        • Spaghetti Town says:

          5 Aug5 August 15:17

          So would SPG > Gold > BAPP work for her then?

          I’m sure Rob did an article on it now – will try and dig that out.

        • Genghis says:

          5 Aug5 August 15:24

          No. As Rob notes in the other article, “The Amex Gold sign-up bonus is only available to customers who have not held a personal or small business American Express card in the previous 24 months.”
          So SPG->BAPP->Plat would work. Or SPG/Gold -> BAPP would work…

        • Spaghetti Town says:

          5 Aug5 August 15:51

          Thanks Genghis. Plat sign up bonus is well out of reach for her so it will be SPG > BA PP and that’s it.

    • Rob says:

      5 Aug5 August 17:30

      Or SPG Plat BAPP

• Ricardo says:

  5 Aug5 August 13:07

  OT / bits:

  Is the Shop Small offer still running? I had it on one of my three cards a few weeks ago and was 99% sure I saved it at the time. Then this weekend, ahead of hoping to use it, I went back to check which card as couldn’t remember and now I can’t find it on any of the cards… Has it been pulled or am I going mad?

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    5 Aug5 August 14:40

    I never had it in the first place haha

  • Matt B says:

    5 Aug5 August 15:01

    I assume it is as I got my £5 credit today. Rather weirdly it was triggered by booking the Cheltenham doubletree last week.

• Andy S says:

  5 Aug5 August 14:13

  OT. Intercontinental ambassador.

  I am wondering if now IC ambassador gives you platinum status with IHG I could get rid of the black card, and get ambassador instead which only costs 65 quid over the 99 quid card fee. Also IHG are offering me 15,000 points if I sign up worth 60 quid.

  Have I missed something in this calculation?

  • Genghis says:

    5 Aug5 August 14:35

    Or have both? I do. The IHG black card is £99, offers a high earn rate and offers the free night after £10k spend.

    • Alex W says:

      5 Aug5 August 21:39

      Yes if you haven’t used the card.

  • Andy S says:

    5 Aug5 August 14:45

    Trouble is I’ve been focussing on other cards and haven’t hit 10k.

    If I cancel after the fee has been charged does it get refunded?

    • Genghis says:

      5 Aug5 August 14:47

      Have a read of this
      https://headforpoints.com/2017/07/04/ihg-rewards-club-premium-mastercard-free-night-question/

• Rui N. says:

  5 Aug5 August 14:43

  OT following a conversation that I’ve started regarding Tesco converting Clubpoints into multiple hotels.com vouchers (in my case, instead of a £60 voucher they gave me a £45 and a £15, and hotels.com only allows one voucher at a time).
  I’ve contacted Tesco via their form and they’ve told me that I’m not the only one with this issue, and they are trying to solve it: “We are currently receiving a lot of contact regarding this issue and our Operations Support Team are aware of this and have asked us not too refund or exchange these at the moment until we have a solution.”
  (I have used the £45 voucher, and had asked the £15 one to be refunded back to Clubpoints.)

  • Rui N. says:

    5 Aug5 August 14:52

    (the conversation that I’ve started was on the “bits” article from yesterday)

  • Lady London says:

    6 Aug6 August 19:21

    Please let us know what excuse Tesco eventually come up with, for this.

    Btw for some strange reason I had thought hotels dot com.was to disappear from Tesco Boost soon?

• NIKA says:

  5 Aug5 August 15:51

  All of a sudden moscow hotels in the Hilton app are sticking on an extra 20% tax at check-out.

  I booked 2 other hotels with Hilton last week at no taxes were added.

  Anyone know?

• Nick says:

  5 Aug5 August 16:21

  If you book 1 night on expedia, and the next night direct with Hilton with status – any chance you can get the free breakfast (and any other gold benefits) on the first night?

  Can they also link bookings on arrival – so you don’t have to change rooms after 1 night?

  • meta says:

    5 Aug5 August 20:24

    I’d do it the other way round. Book first night direct then second via OTA. Worked for me in the past at various hotels. Got upgrades, lounge access and free breakfast.

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