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• Simon says:

  14 Oct14 October 04:04

  I would like to book the £400 Marriott deal for my parents. What’s the best way of going about this; will they need to show my Platinum card at checkout/billing time? Is it sufficient that the family name matches the name on the card, or is it best to book my father under my name?

  • JP-MCO says:

    14 Oct14 October 05:36

    Others will confirm but I’m sure the stay would have to be paid for on the eligible Platinum card.

  • StillintheSun says:

    14 Oct14 October 07:47

    Nice idea. I’d probably just book it online and then call up the hotel and let them know that the stay is a present to your parents and you would like to settle the cost before they arrive using your card.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    14 Oct14 October 08:12

    Do you care about the points going to your account? If not just book under their name and give them your card.

    They don’t check the name on the card in uk.

    • Rob says:

      14 Oct14 October 08:43

      And indeed they can transfer the points to you for free afterwards, albeit a call is required.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        14 Oct14 October 08:58

        That is true. Can’t transfer elite night though.

• Cheshire Pete says:

  14 Oct14 October 06:43

  Your link didn’t take me to the Top Up registration page, Rob, had to search the offer out from Lightning deals. Yeah Amazon also sneaked out a 10% discount on iTunes gift cards the other day, just before Prime Day started. It was very limited and you had to stumble across it! Good saving if you pay for Apple services per month.

  • Cheshire Pete says:

    14 Oct14 October 06:59

    Just to clarify, as I wasn’t sure this was going to work! But in the first email you get it doesn’t show the extra £10 at all in the confirmation. Made me think had they exceeded the number limit stated in the t&s’s! But it it get added when applied to the top up status about 5 minutes later, then a 2nd email comes later showing this also.

  • Claire says:

    14 Oct14 October 07:10

    Do you mean you can pay for Apple music with an itunes gift card?

    • Cheshire Pete says:

      14 Oct14 October 07:15

      Yes. I do this every month. I generally get 6% off iTunes cards via Perkbox. Sometimes Costco sells packs of £60 for about £54, so the Amazon 10% was really good. I got a £100 for £90. It’s gone now anyhow! But yes I generally get Apple Music Family £14.99 / month and your saving 6% generally by pre paying discounted cards.

      • Claire says:

        14 Oct14 October 07:27

        Thank you for that, I did not know you could do that! Scottish Friendly have discount gift cards service which I use all the time. Vectis card I think it is called. 7% off Argos, around 4-6% off supermarkets, 10% off restaurants etc
        I assume there is a place in settings where you can select to pay Apple music by gift card balance?

        • Tariq says:

          14 Oct14 October 07:55

          If you have a gift card balance on your App Store account, then that balance is used first before the payment card on file.

        • Nick_C says:

          14 Oct14 October 08:28

          Pay for Apple Music a year in advance and you save a further 17%. £99 for the year (individual).

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      14 Oct14 October 12:04

      Yes like Amazon it’s the default payment method

      Anyone know if or how you can pay for the annual plan with gift card credit?

      In the US they are apparently merging iTunes and Apple store gift cards into one system which will obv mean the end to these discounts if it comes here too…

• Martin Clarke says:

  14 Oct14 October 07:25

  I haven’t heard anything back from the hotel booking service (Amex Platinum deal) although I sent it yesterday morning. Is that right? I imagine they must have had a lot of people wanting their service

  • Rhys says:

    14 Oct14 October 08:36

    Emyr was prioritising Langley stays but hopefully he’ll get back to you today 🙂

• Alan says:

  14 Oct14 October 07:53

  Oh, when I saw the headline I thought you meant Amex had responded to complaints and extended the offer to previously excluded cardholders, but sadly not 🙁

• Nick_C says:

  14 Oct14 October 08:28

  Pay for Apple Music a year in advance and you save a further 17%. £99 for the year (individual).

• Stanley says:

  14 Oct14 October 08:44

  So my Langley points booking in early December, I can now drop £400 on dinner and the spa, and get it all back. Now that is good news. I think @Anna and some others may be in the same boat too…..

  • Andrew says:

    14 Oct14 October 09:21

    Likelihood of restaurants and spas being open in December approaching nil.

    • Stanley says:

      14 Oct14 October 09:48

      Thats the spirit Andrew!

    • Rob says:

      14 Oct14 October 09:49

      Not open ‘for mixed groups’. Even under the new rules in Liverpool you can eat with your family.

      Met an astonishing cafe dragon on Sunday who a) wanted my little boy to wear a mask and b) would not accept a single ‘track and trace’ smartphone check-in because my wife could not provide written proof to her that she was actually my wife and that we lived together.

      • Stanley says:

        14 Oct14 October 09:54

        There are definitely some very odd people who are loving the crazy rules and regs. Enjoying their moment with a clipboard.

      • Andrew says:

        14 Oct14 October 09:55

        I guess time will tell. Certainly if Labour get their way we’re heading to a full lockdown for a period.

        And yes some staff really do seem to be letting this power go to their heads and are enjoy a bit of rule enforcement. Everything really does seem a lot of hassle these days.

        • Stanley says:

          14 Oct14 October 10:04

          Yep. Doing some things is soul destroying at the moment. I like to think (hope) that Boris has the minerals to keep things open as much as possible.

      • Harry T says:

        14 Oct14 October 10:08

        Was she concerned you were taking your kids out to lunch with a mistress? Seems a little bizarre!

        • Anna says:

          14 Oct14 October 12:24

          Well, he might have been Neil Ferguson ..

        • Lady London says:

          14 Oct14 October 18:05

          moral hazard I suppose @Harry T! though some of us will never agree on what age children should wear a mask. Apparently at least one airline in the US was insisting for a two-year-old…good luck getting a two year old to do anything they dont want to.

          For airlines in UK it’s about age 6 or so I think when they want the child wearing one?

      • Brian says:

        14 Oct14 October 11:43

        Hope you left and went elsewhere!!

      • Anna says:

        14 Oct14 October 12:22

        Lol. My teenager does all our Track & Trace stuff as he’s the most tech-savvy of us!

      • TGLoyalty says:

        14 Oct14 October 12:42

        under 11’s are exempt!

        • Rob says:

          14 Oct14 October 13:53

          I know!

        • tony says:

          14 Oct14 October 15:04

          Interesting as I’ve stayed in both the Doubletree Tower Hill and Andaz Liverpool Street in the last 6 weeks. Both properties are actively promoting the CDC standard of everyone over 2 must wear a mask. Now, City of London hotels midweek are quiet enough anyway and i can’t see them being a top family pick, but even so….

  • Anna says:

    14 Oct14 October 12:21

    Ha. I haven’t got a Platinum Amex so no £400 offer, plus my stay misses the current cut off for the £50 off spend offer by 3 days! Hoping for more offers in December maybe?

• KBuffett says:

  14 Oct14 October 08:50

  Is the Grosvenor on the list to get any extra perks from Emyr?
  Is it a nice place to spend the night or perhaps who, I live in Surrey

  • Rob says:

    14 Oct14 October 08:54

    Yes – see the article yesterday. Upgrade, free brekky, $100 credit.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      14 Oct14 October 12:44

      nope you always have to compare all the offers

      Find Emyr and FHR work best when you dont have status and when trips are last min

      • Kevin C says:

        14 Oct14 October 13:20

        I don’t think Grosvenor House is on FHR.

        Emyr service also offers upgrade on availability and he is very good at communicating with the hotels. I haven’t compared prices though.

        • Rob says:

          14 Oct14 October 13:52

          It’s not, I looked yesterday.

    • Rob says:

      14 Oct14 October 13:58

      No. The Grosvenor is discounting massively from BAR so Emyr is less value here unless he can access something under BAR too.

      I am attracted by the £260 ‘work’ package which gets me 6am check-in and (next day) 6pm check-out. Throw in lounge access (it IS open) via my status and £140 to blow in the restaurant and it could work nicely.

      • Kevin C says:

        14 Oct14 October 15:07

        There are also a couple of hotels that have a family ‘buy one room, get one half price’ offer. The Grosvenor and the Park Tower have it, not sure if there are others.
        Breakfast and a late check out are included. How late doesn’t seem easy to find out.
        I know main restaurant is closed in Park Tower but we would be going for room service anyway as that is a family treat for us.

• Barry says:

  14 Oct14 October 09:46

  Amazon balance topped up and HfP subscription paid!

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