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This is today’s chat thread.
If you have specific questions about Avios, hotels or credit cards, please ask them in the appropriate forum and not here. This thread is a good place to post interesting deals you have spotted or your general thoughts on travel and all things miles and points. Thank you for contributing.
Morning all. Everyone been having a lie in today?
Will be off to the CP Docklands layer before flying to Berlin tomorrow.
Yes, indeed, and just about to put the bacon under the grill!
I’ve just spotted another 100% bonus offer for buying points in my IHG account, I must have missed the email and haven’t seen any other announcement. Similar with a double night credit offer recently, though I’ll only have 1 qualifying night before the offer ends on 31/7. So it’s worth looking at your offers and points pages as these are targeted – OH doesn’t have either.
At the current exchange rate 70k points is £256 using Curve backed with Barclays avios card, so 0.36p per point. Not many outsize value opportunities these days, but I save my purchased points for GCM hotels which currently give 1.5p – 2p per point.
Morning all.
As the Conrad is no more (what was a lovely hotel), which Hilton would you guys suggest for Miami? I’m leaning towards The Bentley, but it’s just a quick stay for my friend and I, other than somewhere to reflex between escapades, I don’t have any other requirements really…
There is an article about it today.
I think I got an email but I’m not in the market to buy at the moment. But just checked the app (logged in) and it’s showing up there.
Advantage is points stays are CSU use qualifying so good from that perspective.
I do have the bonus night offer. I already converted one night from points to cash. £ 103 a night = £ 62 per qualifying night after the bonus.
I had to cancel another booking this month but I can get 4 nights for £ 401 at the HI Amex Sur Mer costing £ 50 per qualifying night which is darn good value. I’ve got a couple of projects to finish so I’ll use the room for that during the day and sleep in my own bed at night!
Along with the other points offers I feel sometimes doing a thesis woukd be easier than working through the options!
So there is! I also get a chunk of my nights towards qualification and milestone awards from points stays.
I’ve got 4 cash nights in Madrid in a few weeks but sadly the 1st night’s stay is the last night of the offer. I would actually consider bringing the flight forward by a few days maximise the double night credit but it was a cheap, non-refundable IB booking and prices are now 3 times as much!
I wonder if I could squeeze in a couple of nights locally on the pretence of whisking OH away for his upcoming birthday …
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