IHG opens a new Hotel Indigo in Madrid – Hotel Indigo Madrid Princesa

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• Secret Squirrel says:

  15 Mar15 March 12:33

  Datapoint:
  Amex spend target bonus recent offers. As soon as you reach spend, bonus points post.

  • EwanG says:

    15 Mar15 March 19:42

    Does anyone have any experience of how refunds are treated for these bonus points? On the PRGC which I am a supp for, we are now expecting a refund for flights which the airline cancelled earlier today. There was already quite a high threshold for spending to get the points, and from recent comments I don’t want to push Mony too much!

    • BJ says:

      15 Mar15 March 20:31

      Unfortunately the bonus points get clawed back so ideally you want to move any balance out before that happens. You can avoid this by cancelling the card before the refund hits but cancelling is not always desirable. Otherwise you will just be running a negative MR balance, but it would probably reflect badly on your internal amex file if you subsequently cancelled the card with a high negative balance on it. Best to jeep spending on it until it returns to zero before cancelling.

      • EwanG says:

        15 Mar15 March 21:39

        Thanks BJ. Not yet managed to hit the threshold for these extra bonus points (the March spend x get y points one) and the flights weren’t too expensive (just over £400 in total) but it does make hitting the spend threshold for the bonus points even more difficult and will probably just give up on trying to hit it. I guess I will just make sure I hit the far easier threshold on my plat card, only £100 still to go!

        • BJ says:

          15 Mar15 March 23:02

          I know the feeling, my partner and I both have potential (lucky) amex bonuses at stake but with all the goings on at the moment there is little to spend money on. Council tax will cover one but not both. If we use Moneze on tbe othef it will probably cost us one of our accounts.

• Roy says:

  15 Mar15 March 13:00

  O/T: Some countries – at least Spain and Israel, and maybe others – seem to be ordering all hotels to close. Any idea what happens to people staying in the hotel?

  • BJ says:

    15 Mar15 March 15:03

    Given the measures others are taking it will be interesting to see how long the government can sustain the current UK approach. I hope one day we will also know what other strategies the government was presented with and whether the one they have adopted was the one most highly recommended by their scientific and medical advisors or not.

    • Roy says:

      15 Mar15 March 15:23

      Personally I think Boris Johnson (or rather, is advisers) are being the realists here.

      The problem with these “lockdown” measures is that they will potentially need to be maintained until an effective vaccine is found – which could be years. No one has any strategy as to how to end the lockdowns without sliding back into the abyss.

      • BJ says:

        15 Mar15 March 15:48

        There would be no good options, horrendous decisions for both the government and their advisors. I think the strain has been clear to see in Johnsons demeamour.

      • marcw says:

        15 Mar15 March 17:42

        There won’t be a COVID-19 vaccine, OMS hopes to minimise spread and hopefully eradicate the disease. It’s possible. Asian countries have WAY MORE experience than European ones with novel and emergent diseases, such as COVID1, and they are way ahead of us reducing the spread to single digit new cases.

    • AJA says:

      15 Mar15 March 17:44

      After the event it doesn’t really matter what other choices the government may or may not have had. What matters is that we get through this. I hope the impact is not the worst case and I wish everyone well.

      It’s weird Johnson is vilified because he ignored the experts on Brexit and now he’s vilified even though he is listening to the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Adviser.

      Some people can’t accept that we have the government we have. We had a chance to vote last December and the results are what they are. That’s the consequences of out FPTP electoral system. It last worked in Labour’s favour in 1997. It hasn’t since.

• Stephen says:

  15 Mar15 March 17:45

  Does anyone know if Virgin treat MCC 6540 as purchase or cash advance?

  Thanks

• Matt says:

  15 Mar15 March 19:48

  Been trying to find the link for Theatre tokens on the virgin Atlantic Flying Club website, not sure if it has been removed, anyone got a link?
  Good time to diversify some of my many Virgin miles, as it does not look as though I am going to be flying anywhere soon!

  • BJ says:

    15 Mar15 March 20:14

    Best find a theatre with less than 500 seats then.

    Wonder if we’ll ever see the Morrisons FC miles many of us have been collecting.

    • Also says:

      15 Mar15 March 21:00

      If I remember correctly, theatre tokens don’t expire so should be good for when things are back to normal

      • Matt says:

        15 Mar15 March 21:12

        Hello, yes, I am happy with theatre tokens, but can’t find them listed anywhere on the virgin flying club website.
        It seems all redemotions (even Hilton) you have to call for, nothing can be done online, but you can’t call virgin flying club at the moment, 3 plus hours on phone…

• AndyK says:

  15 Mar15 March 21:57

  OT. Am I the only one who cannot open Monese?

  • Chas says:

    15 Mar15 March 22:02

    Mine‘a refusing to go past the blue screen…

    • mark2 says:

      15 Mar15 March 22:24

      Mine just opened fine

      • BJ says:

        15 Mar15 March 22:47

        +1

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