North Island Resort now bookable for 358,000 Marriott Bonvoy points per night

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• John Dodd says:

  19 Feb19 February 07:43

  Victoria is the Capital of the Seychelles Male is the capital of the Maldives.

  • Cat says:

    19 Feb19 February 09:08

    Victoria, the capital, is on Mahe island in the Seychelles.

    • Lady London says:

      19 Feb19 February 14:20

      You’re heading there again soon, aren’t you, Cat?

      • Cat says:

        20 Feb20 February 11:01

        Yes! Sorry for the late reply, only just spotted this. I’ll be there in 1 month and 14 days, for the 3rd time! Bring it on!
        It really is my idea of paradise, I can’t recommend enough.

        • Lady London says:

          20 Feb20 February 16:40

          Grrr lucky you @Cat

• Vit says:

  19 Feb19 February 07:48

  OT: Rob et Al, regarding Amex Reward Gold – – understood amex advise to wait for 28 days for the LOUNGE CLUB™ card to arrive in the mail. In general, how soon do you receive the card?

  Once you received the card and register, can you use the card for lounge access straightaway

  And also need to show both lounge club and amex gold card for the complimentary lounge access?

  Cheers

  • BJ says:

    19 Feb19 February 08:13

    Nowhere near 28 days IME. Not as quick as the PP on platinum but I am sure it was always about 1-2 weeks at most.

    • Matt says:

      19 Feb19 February 08:21

      How do you register the card? My Lounge Club card arrived yesterday. When I downloaded the Lounge Club app it wanted me to enter the details of the payment card that is associated with the Lounge Card but when I entered my Amex Gold card it said it wasn’t recognised.

      • BJ says:

        19 Feb19 February 16:32

        Never registered one. I think on the rare occasions I used one I just handed it over and it worked.

• Richard says:

  19 Feb19 February 08:13

  Don’t forget, if you stay 5 nights with points you only pay for 4 nights. 🙂

  • Northern Lad says:

    19 Feb19 February 08:58

    Not on North Island!

    85,000 points discount per 5th night.

    • Anna says:

      19 Feb19 February 09:25

      Yes, I think this is standard now, you get the cheapest night free on award stays.

      • Northern Lad says:

        19 Feb19 February 09:49

        Unfortunately a whole new approach. 358K per night but 273K on 5th night i.e. points for a ‘standard’ night removed.

• Rob says:

  19 Feb19 February 08:21

  O/T.

  Any recommendations for where to stay in St Lucia with 2 young children over New Year?

• LewisB says:

  19 Feb19 February 09:15

  OT: Has Virgin sorted out the errors for booking KLM with connections? I had a try last night and I could certainly find one-way connections from CWL to BOS for example but nothing on a return. Tried a few itinerary. Anybody had any luck?

  • Shoestring says:

    19 Feb19 February 09:33

    easy enough for me to find award flights via AMS to European destination

    one way but why would you want to buy a return anyway? – isn’t 2x one ways more flexible?

    • LewisB says:

      19 Feb19 February 09:48

      I’m probably more likely to return on an avios redemption. Just wanted to know if it was possible to search.

• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  19 Feb19 February 09:26

  I can’t see an Accor credit card coming any time soon. Going with Visa really restricts their options in the UK market – Virgin, Creation, NewDay are all MasterCard only, & Amex/Diner’s Club obviously not getting involved. HSBC and Capital One do have Visa partnerships and rewards cards, but clearly prefer MasterCard as their credit card platform. That leaves just Barclaycard or Jaja (who now own the old Bank of Ireland portfolio). I doubt this is particularly exciting for either of them.

  • DB2020 says:

    19 Feb19 February 14:47

    Mastercard has invested heavily in their platform, so the majority of the banks prefer to work with them. Visa has a lot of catching up to do.

• Bobster says:

  19 Feb19 February 09:30

  OT: I will be travelling through Dubai on Emirates (economy) and have an 8 hour layover – 1 minute more would have qualified me for a free hotel. I have a Priority Pass and Amex Plat. What lounges are considered best?

  • Sandgrounder says:

    19 Feb19 February 10:31

    I am guessing you are staying overnight, I think you can get a couple of hours in a sleep pod in T3 with your PP for a snooze.

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    19 Feb19 February 19:59

    If we’re talking about literally one minute …. have you tried the effective and underrated tactic of phoning up CS and asking (nicely!) if you can have the free hotel?

• Mark says:

  19 Feb19 February 09:50

  O/t thinking of upgrading my return Denver flight from WTP to CW, there’s reward availability and I have the Avios just torn because it’s the old 747s and it’s a work trip so almost annoyed I have to spend my own Avios. But the thought of being in a wtp seat overnight is filling me with dread

  • The Original David says:

    19 Feb19 February 10:06

    Cool story… is there a question here? 🙂

    • Mark says:

      19 Feb19 February 10:24

      Sorry yeah wasn’t clear, is it worth the 25k Avios for the mid J CW or is the overnight in WTP bearable?

      • The Original David says:

        19 Feb19 February 10:57

        Overnight in WTP is bearable, people even manage it in WT! That said, I’d definitely take the upgrade assuming you can spare the avios. A mid-J flat bed is still a flat bed, vs a chair in WTP.

        • Lady London says:

          19 Feb19 February 12:26

          For a work trip I am ensuring if your employer if forcing y or py overnight then I assume they are giving you the following day off to sleep. No way would I use that amount of avios on my employers work trip. Especially on BA J

  • Polly says:

    19 Feb19 February 10:14

    Ask Anna, she does the overnight home mostly now in Y or WTP, seems quite doable. At least in wtp you got some extra space to relax in, and take a Nytol tablet to sleep….

    • Anna says:

      19 Feb19 February 12:20

      Yes, but I always book at T-355 so I can reserve the exit row seats – this is key! Then pop a Sominex (much better than Nytol), have a couple of drinks, put on your eye mask from your outbound F or J flight, stretch out your legs and away you go. Not great quality sleep, but not that much worse than in J.

      • Anna says:

        19 Feb19 February 12:29

        Also – do all this asap and make sure you avoid eye contact with anyone who looks as though they think they can persuade you to swap seats by staring at you intently once they realise how much better your travel experience is going to be! Because this happens.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      19 Feb19 February 13:03

      Overnight is WTP is more than fine. CW is obviously better but I wouldn’t spend 25k if my own avios is just be telling my employer I’m working from home

  • MrHandBaggageOnly says:

    19 Feb19 February 10:54

    I’d say that as long as you’re heading home when you land, then WTP is generally fine for an overnight, especially if you’re on a 747 where WTP is just behind First. Save the Avios. If you have to go to work after you land, then I would take the upgrade and also question the travel policy at your company.

    • Lady London says:

      19 Feb19 February 12:28

      I’d be questioning my wish to remain employed at that company 🙂

      • Mark says:

        19 Feb19 February 12:35

        Haha don’t worry about that Lady London, the policy recently changed banning businesses class flights for all except directors, the directors were happy to implement this policy shockingly. The staff that have to travel are leaving in droves but the management don’t seem to care atm.

        • Anna says:

          19 Feb19 February 13:42

          Are you not at higher risk of DVT and other health conditions if you fly a lot in Y? Has your employer done a risk assessment in respect of this, or are they not a UK/EU company?
          My uncle died of a heart attack at 59 after repeatedly being told his monthly business trips to Asia were adversely affecting his health. Life’s too short.

        • Lady London says:

          19 Feb19 February 14:01

          I would suggest leaving and meanwhile I am sure quite a few staff might find they don’t just need the following day to sleep but may also need to extend this sometimes because of bugs caught on the plane/trip. My body definitely shrugs off slot of bugs and stresses and strains if I can make sure some level of decent sleep overnight even relatively short.

          Not good for the individual either but I am sure numbers of travellers arriving unwell must be increasing sick leave at the company and not just for interviews for other jobs.

        • Secret Squirrel says:

          19 Feb19 February 14:49

          Do you get to keep any loyalty points from your employers bookings? My previous employer used an OTA & all points were sent to the companies account.

        • Lady London says:

          20 Feb20 February 16:21

          And you stayed there?

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