See Simple Minds with your IHG Rewards Club hotel points

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• SG says:

  28 Feb28 February 20:26

  OT:Amex Platinum-upgraded from green mid February,are the statements generated at the end of each month,or is it still 28 days and then you get about 10 days to pay in full?I can not remember,I thought I will ask here first before contacting Amex,I was waiting for the first statement so I can plan my further spending!
  Many thanks

• Shoestring says:

  28 Feb28 February 21:02

  OK so I’ve got £2000 of M’s giftcards literally hidden down the back of the sofa to save 20% on my diesel for the next year – making it 95p/ litre I see from today’s price movement at the PFS, & oil is getting sold low very nice on the back of pussycat virus so could go lower but I’ll still get my 20% discount thanks to the institutions involved 🙂 – how do I deal with the stress of getting robbed of my £2000?

  • fivebobbill says:

    28 Feb28 February 21:06

    Well you obviously don’t need any more drink…!

    • Shoestring says:

      28 Feb28 February 21:11

      Fair point but barely imbibed more than a beer or 2, @fivebobbill – and let’s not forget I drank nothing at all Sept-January (all months) apart from school hols had a few out at our place in the sun 🙂

      • Shoestring says:

        28 Feb28 February 21:20

        thinking about it, my wife & I both fill up about twice every 3 weeks, let’s call it £75 a time

        so that’s 2x £75x 17 more or less

        = £2550

        I need to go out tomorrow and buy some more M’s giftcards, obvs

        and what if these offers never get repeated/ fall in the same lucky sequence?

  • marcw says:

    28 Feb28 February 21:25

    No one knows you have 2000 worth of gift card in your sofa. The same as walking with a backpack with 10k. No one knows you are walking around with a backpack with 10k.

    • BJ says:

      28 Feb28 February 21:53

      All he has to do is stick some fishing hooks down the sofa along with them, problem solved!

  • mark2 says:

    28 Feb28 February 21:29

    Thanks for the reminder. Must put in safe.

    • Lady London says:

      29 Feb29 February 00:00

      Is your safe fire-resistant?

  • BJ says:

    28 Feb28 February 21:48

    …if Morrisons don’t go bust or your kids and their friends don’t find them first and exchange them for biofuel! Fortunately I just have to worry about the first scenario 🙂

  • Petty melons says:

    28 Feb28 February 23:25

    More to the point how did you get 20%…

• Russ 😷 says:

  28 Feb28 February 21:34

  Not good when a trade travel show get’s pulled.

• TravelITB says:

  28 Feb28 February 21:36

  Seems Rob was misguided – he thought there was no chance of it being cancelled

  • Rob says:

    28 Feb28 February 21:48

    Once they pulled the Geneva Motor Show I changed my mind!

    I am now in a sticky situation. I have 2 nights at the Waldorf in Berlin. If I don’t show, I am fined the fully flexible rate which, at time of booking, was over Euro 1,500 (hence using points!). However my Mrs clearly doesn’t see why she should be inconvenienced just so I can hang around in 5-star luxury ….

    • Shoestring says:

      28 Feb28 February 21:53

      fully flexible?

      • Rob says:

        28 Feb28 February 21:57

        NOTHING is fully flexible during ITB. Cancellation deadline was 11th February even on flex rates and points bookings at the Waldorf. Berlin is low on hotel rooms and this event is the biggest travel event in the world.

        I might nip down for a day, because my options are a) show up, check-in and leave, losing 140k Hilton points (about £450-worth) or b) do not show up and get a four-figure bill based on Best Flexible Rate, albeit with my points returned.

        I will try the Hilton Diamond Desk, which reportedly has some influence at times like this.

    • Lady London says:

      28 Feb28 February 23:35

      I suppose you could do like on a mattress run. Fly in, rumple the sheets, fly out.

    • Nick says:

      29 Feb29 February 00:15

      Why don’t you call to ask if they’ll refund it anyway? Many hotels booked with non-refundable rates have allowed customers (particularly ones with status) to cancel if they explain their travel plans have changed because of chinapanic. I’ve heard far more success stories than failures to be honest.

• Anuj says:

  29 Feb29 February 00:11

  Say I have a Amex gold, and wanted to apply for the marriott bonvoy. Could I use someone elses referral link to apply for the Marriott card. And if I can, would I still earn the referral bonus, even if I’m not eligible for the general bonus for spending ?

  • Rob says:

    29 Feb29 February 09:20

    No, but your referrer would get their 9k.

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