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I had the same decision to make for 2025 travel to Europe and went for IHG Diamond, buying the 5000 elite point packages with refundable bookings are your friend here. Mostly for the breakfasts, higher points earn and it’s also the top status level rather than Accor Platinum having Accor Diamond...

Its not Champagne if it does not come from defined areas of France. California is just yank fizz. Knowing Accor being French they probably have it written into their hotel agreements that all French provenance rules must be obeyed worldwide.

I stayed at Hibiya last June as a solo traveller. The rooms whilst 20m2 are extremely tight and the bathrooms have dreadful lighting if you are trying to shave, makeup for the ladies would also be a challenge. So using your upgrades to the suite room would be worthwhile. Having said the...

I stayed at both just for overnights in June as a silver and both were fine for a night. I would prob prefer the one closest to the airport as I liked the outside bar which was at the highest point of the hotel and so had views above the roofline. I booked the suite there which had amazing...

Thanks all. Looks like UB and PEK are taking the win at present. AUH and DXB seemed a bit lame to me but I really hoped to pick up the fist class flight on Qatar to BKK and then onward to Tokyo with Japan airlines in first which costs 50,000 American Airlines points. Seems a bit silly to go...

looks like both NZ and OZ are Visa free for the next few years. but guess I better check with the embassy since its close to home https://visitworld.today/mongolia/new-zealand-citizenship/travel

eek, I had not looked at visa prices. I am on a kiwi one so hopefully lower as its a miss otherwise. Train from Mongolia to PEK was my thought also but with only a few days I thought I would just have a quick look see before deciding to come back. I would miss Mongolia at $400 and transit...

Got a question for the brains trust. I intended to go to Beirut/Jordan/Petra in June next year for a week from Istanbul on the way to Japan but decided to give it a miss with current situation in Israel. I currently have placeholders at DXB and AUH for 4 and 3 days respectively in nice...

Alas I am in NZ and the best I can get here is 2 % and I do not want to run up small $ balances via Rakuten or similar so American airlines is better and I prefer them anyway for good value redemptions, not that I earn many this way.

Visa card discount is great I saved 20% on 3000 euro of bookings in europe so thats 600Euro to spend on holiday. All fully refundable 3 days before stay Some of the hotels also allow purchase of bonus points on those rates. They were all higher than 0.5US cents but helpful for me to reach...

You are a star. I had to call AA to book my last trip after trying several browsers, Ipad, phones and android devices to try and make payment go through, as I had all the Problems by others mentioned above. After reading your post, I used my postal code , added a zero and looked up the zip...

I was there 35yrs ago. It staggered me then and your photos remind me to take older me there soon for a second look. When I went there were guys outside shining mirrors inside so you could see murals inside. I was always interested the the British only "discovered" it in the 1870's? as it was...

If you are really keen the TUN to BKK/HKG with Royal Jordanian for AUD 1400 ish one way is great have a few days in BKK/HKG then either cheap econ tickets or points back to oz. I intend to use that to visit Carthage next time I go to Europe You can fly Fijian back to SYD/MEL for 40,000...

I booked a bunch of IC hotels in Europe for May/June 2025 almost all with cash as I need the 5000 points daily to get to Diamond annually since I only do 20 to 30 days. IC sofia is worthwhile on points as they have a wide spread of classic rooms avaliable, the most expensive "king cosy top...

searched 9/6 to 13/6 2025 for tokyo and IHG Tokyo bay seems to be half price . lowest points 30k and price $180 USD. Lounge access rooms for $280 USD The room I actually wanted being the 52m corner suites were showing as $3,000+ so guessing there is some mispricing going on...

Spent 3 nights at Hibiya last month with lounge access and paid breakfast. Breakfast good but had to pay a surcharge for eggs Benedict! (only a couple of dollars though). Rooms small and lights in bathroom are apalling. I could barley see to shave and a woman would have no chance doing...

Just opened the NZ AMEX site and there is no Platinum Card showing on either the personal or Business Pages. Anyone know whats going on. https://www.americanexpress.com/nz/credit-cards/all-cards/?inav=nz_menu_cards_personal_cards_view_all_personal_credit_cards We lost the Edge card a few...

I thought IHG had a minimum $30USD / night room rate to count towards status? The holiday Inn express Pattaya, Thailand has I think pretty decent 20m2 rooms in the low $30 USD range and offer 3000 additional status points for $16 so for $50 x 20 days you will have around 70,000 points and...

Some comments on buying bonus points to get to Diamond on a recent trip to Japan. I brought ambassador membership before starting the trip, so was platinum for the duration. Brought either 3000 or 5000 points at each location. All were at 0.5 US cents or less. Finished the trip on 125,000...

Have a look at ALL Signature, lots about it on google. https://loyaltylobby.com/2023/11/27/accor-all-signature-subscription-15-off-through-november-30-2023-buy-all-points-at-29-off-earn-elite-points/ basically 12,000 status points and 75,000 reward points per year. So you still need to earn...