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Circle, previously called Golden Circle, is the loyalty scheme for Shangri-La hotels, which includes the brands Traders, Kerry and JEN.
Shangri-La is a small chain with just over 100 hotels worldwide, many in Asia.
Check out our ‘Hotel Offers’ page here to see what bonus point offers are currently running.
You can find out more about Shangri-La and the Circle program here. You can buy points here.
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page .....
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you .....
23 Sep 201723 September 2017 • 57 comments
It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you stay. I ran a sister article to this in November which listed hotel chains which do NOT .....
It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you .....
4 Apr 20174 April 2017 • 14 comments
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, changing property every night to maximise your stay .....
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start .....
31 Mar 201731 March 2017 • 115 comments
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page for the .....
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your .....
7 Feb 20177 February 2017 • 93 comments
American Express Platinum gained a new benefit yesterday, albeit indirectly – I doubt the people at American Express even knew it was coming. Singapore Airlines Krisflyer and Shangri-La Hotels .....
American Express Platinum gained a new benefit yesterday, albeit indirectly – I doubt the people at .....
28 Sep 201628 September 2016 • 89 comments
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 months since we last saw this offer. You can find full details of this offer on the Etihad .....
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 .....
3 Jul 20163 July 2016 • 29 comments
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page for the .....
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your .....
21 Jun 201621 June 2016 • 83 comments
As I announced on HfP last week, and subsequently confirmed to cardholders in writing, American Express has added three new hotel benefits to the Platinum charge card package: Hilton HHonors Gold .....
As I announced on HfP last week, and subsequently confirmed to cardholders in writing, American Express has .....
12 Feb 201612 February 2016 • 89 comments
Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status as part of the American Express Platinum benefits package. It had been slowly rolling out .....
Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status .....
6 Feb 20166 February 2016 • 126 comments
News in brief: Do you have Golden Circle points expiring today? If you earned a pile of Shangri-La Golden Circle points from their big 2013 promotion, they will be expiring today if you failed to use .....
News in brief: Do you have Golden Circle points expiring today? If you earned a pile of Shangri-La Golden .....
31 Dec 201531 December 2015 • 126 comments
News in brief: Got any Shangri-La points left to use? If you have any Shangri-La Golden Circle points left from their 2013 promotion, they are likely to be expiring at the end of the year. At the .....
News in brief: Got any Shangri-La points left to use? If you have any Shangri-La Golden Circle points left .....
16 Nov 201516 November 2015 • 40 comments
News in brief: Competition for converting Clubcard points to Virgin Flying Club Tesco Clubcard is NOT offering a conversion bonus to Virgin Flying Club this quarter, unfortunately. Instead, there is a .....
News in brief: Competition for converting Clubcard points to Virgin Flying Club Tesco Clubcard is NOT offering .....
23 Aug 201523 August 2015 • 45 comments
News in brief: Accor launches ‘up to 40% off’ Summer sale Accor, the Novotel / Sofitel / Mercure / Ibis etc group, has launched a Summer sale with quoted discounts of up to 40%. It covers .....
News in brief: Accor launches ‘up to 40% off’ Summer sale Accor, the Novotel / Sofitel / Mercure / .....
10 Jul 201510 July 2015 • 8 comments
It’s back, on the fairly regular ‘every nine months’ timetable. I’m talking about the ‘25% bonus when you transfer your hotel points to British Airways Avios‘ .....
It’s back, on the fairly regular ‘every nine months’ timetable. I’m talking about the .....
2 May 20152 May 2015 • 22 comments
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