Redeem a lot of Hilton Honors points for a McLaren track day

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• Ian M says:

  15 Sep15 September 10:53

  OT – Marriott peak/off peak redemption pricing..

  I’ve spent 20min this morning looking at various dates over the coming 12 months at different hotels I visit and I am yet to find ANY off peak redemption rates. Only peak and standard..

  Seems like a bigger devaluation than I feared.

  • Rob says:

    15 Sep15 September 11:03

    Marriott has sent me a list. New York is off peak is Jan-Feb for example, although not all hotels in all days.

    • Freddy says:

      15 Sep15 September 14:41

      I have checked a booking of mine for London in March 2020 where I was using points advance. Good news for me in that the points required has dropped from 60k to 50k per night without me having to rebook.

      However may be worth others checking their bookings to check it hasn’t gone the other way for peak times!

  • Will says:

    15 Sep15 September 11:49

    My personal approach is to assume everything is now peak and see it as a bonus discount if it’s standard or off peak.

  • Munch says:

    15 Sep15 September 12:42

    Agree with the devaluation comment – I do fancy a stay at Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai which shows off peak in May if you can stand the heat. Is it still full board for a redemption? I’m only gold in Marriott so usually push my points towards Hilton where I’m Diamond.

    On the positive The Langley is showing plenty of dates at only 30,000 points – probably the best value redemption in the UK? When I stayed I received free breakfast as Gold not sure if this was an error?

  • Pangolin says:

    15 Sep15 September 14:36

    Leap Days are off peak. Not sure about anything else.

    • Lady London says:

      15 Sep15 September 16:10

      🙂

      And just in case they accidentally left any days as not Peak, don’t forget they will be reviewing off-peak dates (or is that peak dates?) monthly.

      Dynamic pricing, pretty much.

      • Russ says:

        15 Sep15 September 18:05

        As you rightly predicted if I recall…

• Will says:

  15 Sep15 September 11:47

  The chap with his hands in the air and tongue stuck out on the Hilton/mclaren promotional slots is a HfP reader;)

• Ryan M says:

  15 Sep15 September 15:36

  OT:

  Do AA release all of the reward seats at once for domestics? Looking for seats ORD- Kansas City in April and only options on the return are very early morning or via Charlotte with 50 minute connection which I do not fancy at all. Nothing showing on the later direct flights.

  Every flight that IS available has 7 seats.

  Will buy cash if I need to, but if something is likely to come up I will wait.

  • Anna says:

    15 Sep15 September 18:13

    IME AA release award seats quite unpredictably and they can appear any time up until a few days before the date of travel. We once got 3 award seats in AA first from MIA to BOS a week before we flew for whatever the avios rate was plus $4 each in taxes, which was an extremely pleasant way to fly and also a bargain as it included seat selection and checked luggage. Bear in mind they often seem to be delayed which could have a knock on effect on a connecting fight – but we might just have been unlucky!

• Shoestring says:

  15 Sep15 September 16:08

  GATWICK will become the first British airport to permanently use facial recognition technology, in a move that will allow passengers to travel without being checked by staff.

  The airport, which conducted several trials in a joint venture with easyJet, will use the face-scanning technology on eight departure gates after the runway extension in 2022.

  Heathrow airport is expected to announce similar plans before the end of this year, as executives are understood to be in advanced talks to roll out technology permanently after a £50million trial this summer.

  • Russ says:

    15 Sep15 September 18:06

    ‘after the runway extension in 2022’

    blink…blink..!

• @mkcol says:

  15 Sep15 September 17:47

  The worst thing about the Europcar £1 One Way offer is this…. https://www.europcar.co.uk/deals/one-way-uk.step?fromHP=true&place=small-1

  Utterly abysmal & possibly the most painful website I’ve ever encountered.

  • @mkcol says:

    15 Sep15 September 17:56

    And once you have managed to force their site to take your money you’re presented with a variety of antiquated things other big brand hire companies don’t demand, including “UK and non-UK residents should bring a PAPER BASED PROOF OF ADDRESS (such as a bank statement or utility bill) that is less than 3 months old).”

    If it wasn’t for the £1 One Way rates then I wouldn’t bother with this bunch ever again.

    • Drew says:

      15 Sep15 September 19:33

      So don’t bother … Doubt they will miss your £1 lol

      • Shoestring says:

        15 Sep15 September 19:46

        you can speed up the website by scrolling the map and clicking on your departure point, eg Newquay airport is 10

        I can’t see that bringing a bit of paper with your address (eg credit card statemnt!) on it is too difficult!

        • @mkcol says:

          16 Sep16 September 01:46

          When your life is digital & you don’t possess a printer, that’s when it gets difficult.
          The only paper bill or statement I get now which would comply is my annual council tax notification.

• Anna says:

  15 Sep15 September 18:58

  The new Marriott points pricing structure seems to be based on days of the week rather than periods in the year, e.g. Tuesday and Wednesday or Wednesday and Thursday are standard while the rest of the month is peak.

• Shoestring says:

  15 Sep15 September 19:40

  Important week coming up for Thomas Cook
  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/15/thomas-cook-in-race-to-secure-rescue-deal

  [Thomas Cook will on Monday request a delay to a key bondholders’ meeting on Wednesday to try to maximise the chances of securing a £1.1bn emergency rescue package to help stave off imminent financial collapse…The 178-year-old global travel group also needs to persuade the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – which administers the Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (Atol) scheme covering travel companies – that it should renew its licence at the end of September for another 12 months.]

  • Mikeact says:

    15 Sep15 September 20:05

    I guess the Guardian will be next if you don’t volunteer a minimum £1.

    • Shoestring says:

      15 Sep15 September 20:12

      you can read it free on http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
      with a library card number along the lines 800147XXX

      also good for the Daily Telegraph, The Independent and a few scruffy redtops

• Jeremy says:

  15 Sep15 September 20:14

  Rob, you’re the Curve man. Whats the best joining deal at the moment for the free Curve card? Thanks

  • Rob says:

    15 Sep15 September 21:15

    Not sure there is any other one than the £5 refer a friend deal.

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