Originally Posted by
GentleGiant
I wish all these were that easy in the UK!
I found it quite easy to get to the Spire threshold this year in the UK using the bonus point packages. It helped that I was staying in cities with Indigo hotels which were cheap in January and February, and Indigo allows the purchase of 5K points per night as part of the bonus packages. Hotel prices seem to be creeping up now, but there are some good value ones if you do stay in hotels in the UK.