Originally Posted by
TOMSURFER
1)
At the moment if I order a travel package with 120K miles (235,000/250,000/270,000 points) and then do not use the hotel portion I get a redeposit of 10,000 25,000 and 40,000 for a cat(1-5) cat(6) and cat(7) respectively. Can you confirm that this would still apply in the scenario you mention where a hotel portion ordered before January 15th is not used within 12 months and you no longer let it be extended.
2)
Will we be able to extend the hotel portions of travel packages after 12 months for travel packages ordered from 15th January (as we could do before this set of changes)
3)
Under the new pricing of 270,000/300,000/330,000/360,000 for a 120,000 miles travel package what will the redeposit amount be if a hotel portion is not extended/cancelled.
Question 1: Yes, if you cancel the hotel portion of your travel packages, even after January 15, the current value for the hotel portion will be reimbursed. The values, however, vary widely depending on the amount of miles you get from the package. As you pointed out, a category five ranges from 10 thousand to 40 thousand points. It is usually a much better value to redeem them for even a one or two night stay than turn them back in for points.
Question 2: The new packages issued after the 15th will be extendable, provided there are no unforeseen changes to the program.
Question 3: I will look into this. While I imagine there will be some sort of option to turn the hotel potion back in, I have no numbers on what the value will be.
Originally Posted by
slowly
Why? The Euro hopper certificate, IIRC, says "x free nights at any hotel in Europe". No reference to hotel category whatsoever. And "any" is a very unambiguous word…
This is a very good point; I may have spoken to hastily. Let me look into this and get back with you.
Originally Posted by
crazyhorse
So what happens if I order an award and do not end up using it? I understand that these are actually paper certificates, no? Do they come with an expiration date on them?
In the event they are no longer honored, do I get my points back (150K) if I dont end up using any of them? If I use one of the 3 certificates and not the others, what would be my options?
If you turn in all portions you will get the full value back. If you are only turning in one portion the value is decreased. A two night portion is 33,250 points and a three night is 46,000 points.
Ira