LATAM drop its flat-bed Frankfurt to Madrid flight …. not that it matters now

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• Secret Squirrel says:

  8 Feb8 February 11:45

  Can you have both IHG Black & White cards within one account online like Amex?

  • Grant says:

    8 Feb8 February 14:56

    Not in my experience. I received my free card today and it made me register a separate account from the premimum one.

    • Sal says:

      8 Feb8 February 18:06

      So if you have ing premium card can you apply for free and still get the bonus points?

      • Secret Squirrel says:

        8 Feb8 February 18:53

        Appears so!

• Bs says:

  8 Feb8 February 11:59

  I still appear to be Platinum on Red app. It’s definitely been more than a month…

• Hugo says:

  8 Feb8 February 12:06

  Anyone know how Lloyd’s are treating curve withdrawals – no fees? Avios given? Thanks

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    8 Feb8 February 12:39

    ATM withdrawals don’t appear to be effected like top ups, or atleast not with IHG.

• Alex Sm says:

  8 Feb8 February 12:40

  Is it 10 euro or 10 dollars – the headline and the text say different things
  Seems that HfP proofing has gone out of the window recently…

• Mikeact says:

  8 Feb8 February 13:17

  Today’s Bits.
  With all these airline cancellations to, from and around the Far East ….what do airlines do with all the surplus aircraft that are not used. ? I guess it’s not that easy to double up on other routes …. just park them up somewhere?

  • Rob says:

    8 Feb8 February 14:28

    Given ongoing 787 issues the flexibility may be welcome.

  • Peter K says:

    8 Feb8 February 14:29

    No real idea but maybe do some maintenance that they’ve been holding off on doing until the appropriate time.

  • Bagoly says:

    9 Feb9 February 05:35

    They don’t want to destroy the economics of their existing routes.
    Maybe they could copy that Qantas idea from last year and run some all-redemption flights to reduce their outstanding points liabilities, on routes where redemptions are difficult to get, E.g. London to Mauritius/Seychelles/Maldives.

• Harry T says:

  8 Feb8 February 14:34

  OT:
  I’ve been thinking recently about the value of hotel status for leisure travellers, and I’d appreciate some discussion on it.

  It seems to me like a lot of the benefits such as late check out and “free” breakfast can be obtained by using a travel agent such as Amex FHR or Virtuoso. Similarly you can pay extra for a room with club lounge access etc. Does anyone who travels a few times a year for pleasure find value in chasing status with hotel chains? It seems you can acquire most of the benefits by using a travel agent, which also gives you the flexibility to stay at different hotels outside of a certain chain, depending on your preferences.

  • Genghis says:

    8 Feb8 February 15:33

    Most things can be got with cash. I prefer to get them free.

    • Harry T says:

      8 Feb8 February 18:21

      @Genghis
      I see your point but doesn’t it require a significant amount of expenditure to achieve, say, Marriott Platinum or Hilton Diamond?

      • memesweeper says:

        8 Feb8 February 19:28

        Many of us are spending the money anyway, on business travel. It’s a small but appreciated benefit that when you go on holiday you might actually get some recognition of your loyalty.

  • Peter K says:

    8 Feb8 February 16:47

    Status can make a big difference. Even just free breakfast can save a fortune. I looked at the Sheraton on Tenerife for example and it was €25 per person for breakfast, the Hotel Indigo in Rome was the same a few years ago.

    If I stay at a Hilton though I get it free, so that’s €50 a day saved straight away (or the effort of going elsewhere for brekkie).

    For the sake of putting 10k through a Hilton card I’d want that status. On the other hand, I’d not pay to stay several unnecessary nights to get a status in a hotel brand.

    • Harry T says:

      8 Feb8 February 18:23

      @Peter K
      You make a good point. I guess it depends how much it costs to acquire that status? If you get it through a credit card then that is probably better value than doing it the “hard way”, although there’s the opportunity cost related to where else you could direct that 10k expenditure (wish I had the Hilton card!).

• xcalx says:

  8 Feb8 February 15:04

  OT Received the free IHG card this morning. Can this card be used to pay Brighton, fee free.

• Spaghetti Town says:

  8 Feb8 February 15:12

  How do people keep their hotel.com rewards alive without staying somewhere?

  Wasn’t the trick to book somewhere in Kathmandu for £3 or something like that

  • meta says:

    8 Feb8 February 15:40

    Yes, that’s the way. Also if you need to reduce the value of free nights as you can only use them for room cost without tax.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    8 Feb8 February 15:50

    Recently booked a £4 hostel bed for 1 person in Cambodia worked perfectly. Though I probably left it too late in case it didn’t work so will try earlier if there is a better next time.

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