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• Blair Waldorf Salad says:

  21 Feb21 February 05:16

  I feel I’ve lost my mind trying to work out whether the Marriott buy points bonus is actually worth my time. Anyone who has done their sums and cares to share, that’d be most welcome

  • TGLoyalty says:

    21 Feb21 February 05:40

    Unless you have a specific need. No

  • NorthernLass says:

    21 Feb21 February 11:36

    IMO it’s only worth it if you have an imminent need for them for an outsized redemption. With points prices going truly silly at some properties since the changes I’ve more or less given up collecting Bonvoy points, especially as collection opportunities are pretty limited if you don’t stay a lot.

    • Rob says:

      21 Feb21 February 12:00

      The only ‘almost no brainer’ is a Hyatt buy points offer, because of a combination of guaranteed reward availability (if there’s a standard room for cash, you can book it on points) and fixed award charts. Even then, with hotel prices looking a bit softer this year, it’s less of a slam dunk than it was.

      Just booked Thompson Central Park New York for Easter. Cash rate inc all taxes and resort fee is $2,026. Buying the points cost $1,566 – I save 25% but last year would have saved more.

      To be fair, a comparison with a fully flexible room (given that the reward is fully flex) shows a bigger saving. Cash rate of $2,221 vs $1,566 for buying the points.

• G says:

  21 Feb21 February 06:06

  Little incentive to donate to Flying Start given that BA cannot even associate the cause for the suffering in Ukraine due to Russian aggression.

  • Jose Marques says:

    21 Feb21 February 07:45

    Are you even for real.

  • LittleNick says:

    21 Feb21 February 08:20

    Are you saying they don’t provide aid in Ukraine? Not sure what I’ve missed here?

  • Novice says:

    21 Feb21 February 10:50

    Ukrainians need weapons and the west is giving enough that if there’s ww3 we might not have enough for ourselves.

    Turkey/Syria is a natural disaster ffs. There’s no comparison and shouldn’t be made also unless someone has another agenda for comparing.

    In that case, I can’t see ppl opening homes for Turkish/Syrians the way they did for Ukrainians so the least ppl can do is if they don’t have anything good to say just don’t say anything at all. Might save yourself from showing lack of humanity and empathy.

    • Charles Martel says:

      21 Feb21 February 15:41

      I wonder what the Wests weapon donations do for Chinese thinking on Taiwan. Unless the coalition supplying the Ukraine decisively win soon we might reach a situation where we’re unable to continue our support through lack of munitions. In that event, would China see an opportunity to take what they believe to be theirs while we’re too weak to intervene?

      • Novice says:

        21 Feb21 February 16:05

        I’m not a strategist nor a diplomat but I think it’s common sense that the countries providing Ukraine 🇺🇦 much needed support start thinking global strategy and start stockpiling weapons for their own defence as well.

        It’s not great to hear reports that our army is lacking due to decades of underfunding or maybe mismanagement of funds; not sure.

        Anyway this is a points website not a political forum and should remain non-political. My comments were due to the disbelief I felt at @G lack of compassion for Turkish/syrian citizens in comparison to ukrainians.

        • Briand says:

          21 Feb21 February 17:48

          Surprised, maybe not, that this thread has not been deleted.

  • Lady London says:

    21 Feb21 February 12:44

    Ché ? You on the right website, @G ?

    I’m more concerned about the amount of any donation that will actually reach the people who need it. So many greenwashing schemes are a scam, however people running them seem to do well, ditto the big aid organizations with massive overheads and outrageously high cost packages for management.

    • Novice says:

      21 Feb21 February 13:07

      @LL, if you’re interested in helping directly then there are some gofundme pgs where Turkish kids; who have family here like uncles etc who via education and jobs are uk residents; are now orphans so the families here are trying to get them here by raising funds for legal help and reunions. But you have to know ppl or research to find out who is legit.

      But Cpt Tom managed to become a legend by raising millions for nhs who are now refusing to work and his daughter seems to have used some funds so Yh it’s hard to know how to donate or who to.

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