Last chance to book in Hilton’s Winter hotel sale

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• TripRep says:

  27 Jan27 January 08:35

  Hilton Sale
  Snagged a King Junior Suite at DT Edinburgh Queensferry for £53

  My HH Gold = breakfast, +2k extra points promo, sounds terrific value for a nice modern hotel with fab views of the 3 Bridges.

  Looking at another booking elsewhere…
  Anyone recently booked 2 rooms as a Gold at a UK Hilton (not DT), did/do both rooms get Breakfast or just one?

  • Neil Donoghue says:

    27 Jan27 January 08:46

    What date did you find that bargain?? I had both rooms receive breakfast at the Hilton Deansgate on Saturday night but I am a diamond member. Shouldn’t be a problem but make sure you ask in advance to avoid any nasty surprises.

    • TripRep says:

      27 Jan27 January 08:54

      Thanks, I think I will risk it. Staff seem really friendly. Can always hope for goodwill on the day, if it’s quiet time and I’m lucky they may also upgrade both rooms to Executive Lounge access.

      • jamie says:

        27 Jan27 January 09:17

        Does DT Edinburgh have a lounge?

        • TripRep says:

          27 Jan27 January 09:40

          The DT QF doesn’t.

          The other Hilton (ie not a DT) that I am considering in another city does.

    • TripRep says:

      27 Jan27 January 09:06

      ps DT QF has plenty of dates with a room < £60 this March/April

      • Neil Donoghue says:

        27 Jan27 January 09:11

        Thanks TripRep – If you both get access to the executive lounge, breakfast shouldn’t be a problem at all. I’m assuming you have maxed out your Hilton Diamond Status match but it could be worth applying again to see if you slip through.

  • Michael says:

    27 Jan27 January 11:17

    It might have changed now but when the Queensferry Crossing opened it meant Edinburgh/Queensferry was the only crossing in the world with three bridges from three different centuries.

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    27 Jan27 January 18:12

    +1 for both rooms receiving brekky on a 2 room booking.. Although I did put both our names down for my room to help things along….

• Benilyn says:

  27 Jan27 January 08:45

  OT: Thanks for all the help so far re Japan planning all. Decided to book a hotel in Kyoto in the end, found something ~£126pn after some digging.
  Any suggestions for cash bookings for hotels in Hakone? Ideally looking for one with a private onsen but they seem expensive (~£500pn?) so any suggestions for a cheaper one. Possibly priced out of that one, so any cheap hotel suggestion there would be great. I am thinking to spend 2 nights there.

  The Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa I think was 60/70k points, but it seems too far right?

  • marcw says:

    27 Jan27 January 09:29

    Hakone is expensive. Maybe Genghis can help you with suggestions.

    • Genghis says:

      28 Jan28 January 04:11

      Not stayed in Hakone. Onsen not as good as in Kyushu. But it is convenient for a day trip from Tokyo when there. I went to Hotel Green Plaza last time, a walk from one of the ropeway stops. Decent rotenburo with Mt Fuji views. Hotel seemed nice too in public areas.

  • ankomonkey says:

    27 Jan27 January 15:24

    I’ve stayed at Hilton Odawara. It’s a nice hotel, but not what I would consider to be the Hakone onsen experience. It’s a big hotel and not near the main lake in Hakone (Ashi no ko). In my experience, the best onsen – even if not private – are in smaller, more intimate ryokan where you get fed in your room.

    I can’t advise on Hakone alternatives as it’s many years since I stayed there and I can’t remember where I’ve stayed.

    • Benilyn says:

      27 Jan27 January 20:08

      ankomonkey regardless of the no onsen experience, how did you find the location/would you recommend?

• koroleon says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:19

  OT but there is a Hilton reference in the article 🙂

  I had Hilton Gold status last year and I did not re-qualify, so it should expire in a few days. I also have an Amex Plat. Is there a specific strategy as to when I should request Gold status through Amex or should I just go ahead and do it now?

  • Rob says:

    27 Jan27 January 09:53

    Hilton updates very quickly, so little risk in waiting until it drops and then filling in the form. Tends to update in a couple of days.

• Kai says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:44

  The TAP deal is valid for economy and one-ways as well. You can add a stop-over in Portugal and that even makes the ticket cheaper due to no APD.

• Riccatti says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:55

  TAP fare is good though ex-EU 1200-1300 EUR to GIG/GRU can be met.

  TAP should amend fare rules for this fare to be used multi-city. Straight LIS departure should save 200-300GBP on APD and such. 1000GBP return to LHR fare will be news.

  LHR – LIS is the usual “economy” business.

• John says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:56

  Direct flights to Seoul can cost “up to” £1200 in J???

  Slightly odd wording at the bottom of column 4…. sounds like the author thinks that households pay for everything except “shopping”, holidays and insurance using cash.

  • Rob says:

    27 Jan27 January 10:24

    To be fair, by the standards of national press articles on miles and points, this one is substantially above average in terms of its accuracy. At least the author isn’t saying a Seoul flight is ‘worth’ £6000 because a fully flex J costs that …..

  • TGLoyalty says:

    27 Jan27 January 10:35

    Would love for business flights to cost up to £1200 to everywhere all the time.

    I assumed they meant PE

• Shoestring says:

  27 Jan27 January 10:22

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• MattB says:

  27 Jan27 January 10:56

  OT – looking to book a intra US flight for August, price $99 each so for the 2 of us total approx £150-£160 on current xrates.

  Would this be covered by S75 as item price individually sub £100?

  • Rui N. says:

    27 Jan27 January 11:11

    Why would you need S75 protection? Highly unlikely that most US carriers, being some of the most profitable in the world, would go belly up this year.

    • Shoestring says:

      27 Jan27 January 12:00

      lots of reasons – strikes/ cancellations etc

      @MattB it’s not the individual components that matter – they can be under £100 – but you must pay it all in one credit card transaction (& Amex splitting it by person on your statement wouldn’t put them in the clear for S75 liability before anybody asks)

      • Freddy says:

        27 Jan27 January 12:38

        On a strict interpretation of s.75, s.75 wouldn’t be available as each person ticket is under £100 which is the threshold regardless of the overall value.

        • Shoestring says:

          27 Jan27 January 13:15

          true but sometimes the ombudsman has ruled in favour of the claimant in similar cases

          eg Bott & Co say paying £300 for 6 chairs (£50 each) wouldn’t count if one were deficient – but you could conversely argue to the Ombudsman that it was a set of 6 & win (on a good day)

        • Shoestring says:

          27 Jan27 January 13:44

          [The single-item loophole
          Something that often catches people out is what constitutes the £100 minimum. It’s not based on your total spend with the retailer in a transaction – instead, it’s per single item.
          So if you buy four of the same item at £30 each, although you’ve paid £120 to the retailer, you won’t be covered.
          But if there was a multipack of those same items that came in at £100, then you would be covered.
          Transport such as train and airplane tickets is one to really watch here, with two singles – one outbound and one return – which are less than £100 each not providing the same protection as a return ticket that costs more than £100.]

      • Rui N. says:

        27 Jan27 January 15:47

        What does S75 give you when a flight is cancelled? (Assuming the airline already books you in another flight)

        • Shoestring says:

          27 Jan27 January 16:01

          1. often an airline will prove intractable about booking you onto a competitor airline, which might, for example depart at a similar time to your cancelled flight & be convenient – whereas your original airline might want you to wait a day or longer so that you fly with them (to save money)

          under S75, the credit card co has a contract with you to fulfil the terms of your original ticket, so you can ‘insist’ through discussion that it pays the difference between the 2 tickets, ie you get a refund on ticket 1, buy ticket 2, the credit card co paying the difference

          2. consequential losses – often a cancellation means you will have paid and lose a day’s hotel night/ car hire at destination – no airline will refund this whereas a credit card co will under S75

          3. not every airline will provide duty of care whilst you wait to leave on the new flight – the credit card co will pay your hotel/ food etc if the airline refuses

        • jc says:

          27 Jan27 January 16:17

          Shoestring, in light of these points (which I agree with), what are your thoughts on purchasing a flight on an Amex Platinum (Charge) – where S75 doesn’t apply? Some of these are explicitly covered by the Platinum travel insurance, but would Amex honour something like a new flight booking on a new airline, or are you better using a cc instead where S75 applies

        • Shoestring says:

          27 Jan27 January 16:25

          I’d prefer the certainty of law/ S75 – which is why I am cancelling my Gold charge card and replacing it with a Gold credit card

          having said that, people say Amex/ Plat insurance are good at looking after you – but how are they going to respond if (say) the costs start to mount up? you’re there ‘by their grace’ so to speak

          I was kicking myself the other day as I forgot to use a credit card for my wife’s Ryanair flight out to our place in the sun for 5 days over late May bank hols, I just automatically paid on Gold (charge) Amex

        • Rui N. says:

          27 Jan27 January 21:18

          Thanks for the explanation Shoestring.

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