Originally Posted by
craigthemif
I would do it, although you get brekkie as gold anyhow. Not just because of the status (bonus HHonors points, better upgrade chances, etc.), but you have the Virgin Atlantic and Iberia/BA weekend promos - so you'd get 9000 VS miles from 3 stays, and 1750 Avios per weekend night stay.
Are these promotions still running?
I have at least three London stays before the end of the year (i.e., before the end of fixed miles), and possibly two more.
I was planning on earning 750 Iberia Avios per stay but 3k VS/stay would mean 9k points, so with that and a cheap Hertz rental I'd be able to book 20k Hilton points, so £120 of value (by my usual point spending criteria) back on £242 of spend that I'd make anyway, whereas the Avios would probably only be valued at £22.50 or so.
Do you have details of the promotion as I couldn't find anything online.