Good Holiday Inn London hotel deal available on Groupon

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• Silvio says:

  6 Aug6 August 06:26

  O/T – I didn’t sign up for the Virgin MasterCard during the last promotion (30k miles) but would now be much more keen. What are the chances of them running this again before the end of the year? Cheers

  • Doug M says:

    6 Aug6 August 07:12

    36.921467%

    • Peter K says:

      6 Aug6 August 08:17

      @Doug M. I think forgot to factor in the new club suites as I make it 42.562467%

  • Rob says:

    6 Aug6 August 09:00

    Current ‘no FX fees’ deal runs to 30 August. We MAY (and I don’t know) see a bonus miles promo next.

• Chas says:

  6 Aug6 August 07:24

  OT – I have a family stay coming up tonight in an Intercontinental in California, for a “2 bed with partial ocean view” room. My reservation shows that it is for 4 people, and I’m 95% certain that I had to give the children’s ages when booking, which is that they are both teenagers.

  My guaranteed upgrade as an Ambassador is now showing in my booking, and on the positive side it shows the room as being a “junior suite with ocean view” (my wife will be thrilled as she wanted an ocean view all along….). On the negative side, the details of the room show that it is suitable for only 3 people, and that it has one bed and a sofa bed (the later being completely unsuitable for two teenagers to share…).

  Has anyone got any thoughts about what is likely to happen in this situation? Am I likely to get a further upgrade (if one is available), or will I need to stick to my original booking? What happens if they’ve already given my original room away because they are expecting me to stay in the upgraded room?

  • MattC says:

    6 Aug6 August 07:37

    Can’t you email and ask?
    Currently sounds like they might have to add a fold out bed – which they shouldn’t charge you for – as you booked for 4 and the room only takes 3 as is. That or argue for an upgrade to a room able to take 4

  • Anna says:

    6 Aug6 August 07:39

    You could email the hotel, point out that your original booking was for 4 people and ask if they can put an extra bed in the suite for one of the teenagers. I agree hotels often seem to have unrealistic expectations of the practicalities of 2 gangly teenagers sharing a bed!

    • Chas says:

      6 Aug6 August 08:00

      Thanks both – have e-mailed them to point out the number of people on the reservation. Fingers crossed that they have something better than a Junior Suite available for us.

      • Lady London says:

        6 Aug6 August 17:29

        For this kind of situation I would advise getting there relatively early in the day if you can. So, if official checkin (or your allowed checkin) is 2pm, get there 12 noon.

        Reason is you can arrange anything you like with a hotel but often Reception checking people in during the day will take an “emergency action” and grab your room without looking too closely, for someone else who’s there before you with a problem. Because hotels normally employ quite a few different staff who have the ability to do this, personally I would get there earlier in the day if I could. Arriving very late at night, regardless of what you’ve arranged, has often been a problem for me even if I’ve made specific arrangements. Same goes for rental cars – try not to be left with the only car in the lot, with no other choice.

• Mike says:

  6 Aug6 August 07:29

  For “XTRA 10% off Your First Groupon on Goods, Local or Travel Deals*
  Enter code TRIPLE at checkout

• Neil says:

  6 Aug6 August 08:04

  OT – I’m about to cancel all my Amex cards so as to reset the clock on the 24 month countdown. However I have a BA 2-4-1 voucher that I will hope to book in the next 12 months and know I’ll need an amex to make payment. Anyone know of any work arounds so as to not upset the clock? I was wondering about the Amex Basic card (blue)?

  • Anna says:

    6 Aug6 August 08:19

    Oops comment didn’t post as I used the words cash plus back! Any Amex works, so a friend or partner could pay. Or the Platinum “cash” plus “back” or SPG shouldn’t affect a later BAPP application. Rob did a good article on this when the changes were rolled out.

    • Anna says:

      6 Aug6 August 08:20

      If you mean the BA blue card I think that would stop the clock starting on a new BAPP though.

      • Neil says:

        6 Aug6 August 10:50

        No I meant the Basic Card (which is a light blue colour) – I believe it’s a chargecard, offer no rewards etc, but no annual fee.

  • Peter K says:

    6 Aug6 August 08:19

    Do you know someone else who trusts you to use their card and pay them back?

  • Neil says:

    6 Aug6 August 10:48

    Good shout, I forgot about being able to use anyones’ amex. Only problem I have is I’m one of those whose friends refuse to carry an amex, not seeing the point in what we do. I will have to persuade my parents (again) to apply for one – desperate times, odd requests!!

• Andrew says:

  6 Aug6 August 08:19

  I’m not convinced about my booking working given the layering involved…

  NextJump – TripAdvisor-Agoda-Pay At Hotel in May 2020

  But if you are PAYE and your staff benefits portal is powered by Next Jump there’s probably an offer for 25% back on TripAdvisor hotel bookings for the 7 days or so.

  • EwanG says:

    6 Aug6 August 09:06

    I had a look at this last night Andrew after your post.
    Firstly the two NextJump powered sites I have access to only have 15%, so your 25% is better.
    Secondly it mentioned pre-pay (which will give back) and paying with a deposit (which won’t). I don’t remember seeing anything about pay later. Like you I am sceptical it would pay out!

    • Andrew says:

      6 Aug6 August 11:38

      Oddly I also have the 15% offer which is identical and expires on the same day as the 25% on the same site.

      The Pay in Full Now element is often just a standard disclaimer. I had a Marriott booking earlier this year where the 15% was paid back to me two months before I paid at check in on a fully cancellable booking.

      I’ve just booked a second deal which is “pay immediately”, which has gone:-

      NextJump – TripAdvisor – IHG (full prepayment).

      However as a IHG member, I got the automatic 10% discount applied so it probably cancels that one out on the basis of no other offers.

      Will see what happens.

• GJB says:

  6 Aug6 August 10:49

  OT – my bonus points have still not been applied for the recent AMEX “spend x get y bonus rewards points” offer. I hit the spend target three weeks ago. I had a live chat and the AMEX figures were only based off spend on my new card, not the card I used to make payments (I swapped to metal a few weeks ago).

  They say it will take them 90 days to investigate. If you have changed cards during this offer period it looms like AMEX have an IT issue that is affecting the offer calculations. So you will need to chase them up directly.

  • AndyGWP says:

    6 Aug6 August 13:16

    I’d call to be honest, and ask to speak to the UK call centre 🙂

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      6 Aug6 August 14:30

      Where is there non UK Call center? Last few times i’ve called i’ve spoke to an American.

      • AndyGWP says:

        6 Aug6 August 17:49

        IIRC, there’s a US call centre and possibly one in the Philippines.

        • Sloth says:

          6 Aug6 August 18:26

          There’s still one in Brighton…you just have to insist to speak to them

        • AndyGWP says:

          6 Aug6 August 20:54

          Yeah – that’s the UK one I suggested they should ask for 😉

• N says:

  6 Aug6 August 11:04

  One pound, one way car hire…. Hertz, europcar (rip?)… anyone else?

• r* says:

  6 Aug6 August 11:07

  Is there an easy way to add avios number (or even check if one is on the booking) for a vueling flight? I dont have a vueling acct cos it always throws an error if I try to create one, bu tI cant find anything in manage my booking about flyer numbers.

  • Rob says:

    6 Aug6 August 12:49

    You can add a Vueling Club or Iberia number at time of booking. Not sure about later …

    • AndyGWP says:

      6 Aug6 August 13:20

      Worth tweeting them?

  • john says:

    6 Aug6 August 14:02

    I did a vueling club one last year but I couldn’t figure out how to add a number for the second traveller.

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