The Enhanced GHA Discovery program

[Lockyer Man]

I’ve been with GHA for at least 15 years. Maintained Titanium by doing 3 stays in different brands. I travel to Asia a lot so it very easy to maintain. In Australia, I use Parkroyal, Pan Pac & Oaks. In USA, I’ve used Outrigger in Hawaii and Pan Pac in Seattle & Vancouver (quite pricey though).

Yes with my extensive travelling around the world I have found that quite a few of the GHA branded hotels are more expensive if you are looking at a lot of the major hotel chains.

 

[Lockyer Man]

One catch to watch out for is that if you want to use Discovery$ to pay either for, or towards a stay, you have to book at one of the flexible rates and not on one of the reduced/ non-refundable rates as you have to pay for those rates at the booking time. You still earn Discovery$ for all rates but as it is for airline points earning nowadays, you earn more when you select a more expensive flexible rate.

 

[jase05]

GHA do not do a status match as they say that people can easily earn a level.

Yes, it’s very easy to earn status with GHA.
They are however running a current status match with Vietnam Airlines.
ViN Titanium and Gold members match to GHA Platinum whilst VN Platinum matches to GHA Titanium

 

[oz_mark]

GHA do not do a status match as they say that people can easily earn a level.

They do run matches and fast track opportunities from time to time

 

[MELso]

GHA do not do a status match as they say that people can easily earn a level.

Yes they do.

How do I know? Decided to upgrade my platinum (free through Mastercard using the link earlier in the thread) to titanium using the paid status match a couple of months ago.

This was primarily to hopefully get early check-in at the NH Grand Hansa in Helsinki given Finnair gets in about 7AM. Have a stay booked for the MEL airport Parkroyal in September, so just need one more brand.

 

[QF WP]

@straitman was only telling me the other day I needed to get Titanium. Have been a member for about 5 years and throw the occasional booking (generally single nights). Will have to look at my upcoming trips and check to see pricing versus benefits.

Have an upcoming stay in MEL that Oaks could be an option, so need to check PanPac and Parkroyal.

 

[jeza]

@straitman was only telling me the other day I needed to get Titanium. Have been a member for about 5 years and throw the occasional booking (generally single nights). Will have to look at my upcoming trips and check to see pricing versus benefits.

Have an upcoming stay in MEL that Oaks could be an option, so need to check PanPac and Parkroyal.

Avani may be an alternative to the Oaks.