Originally Posted by
markc0
I would stick to Intercont hotel or Hilton. My current preference is Intercont. If you can wangle it through work purchase their ambassador status which will give gold and other up-grade advantages within Intercont hotels. Pick-up their visa for an extra 10k point and with your stays you'll very quickly make platinum. There are codes at the start of the forum for stay 5 nights and get an extra 10k.
For your uk travel they have a wide range hotels even very local with the HI express. I made plat in 8 months which extends the ambassador up-grade benefits across all of the brands.
If you have an Emirates skywards number check out the skywards forum and the post on Hilton H Gold. I'm silver with Skywards and the link worked giving me gold.
Cheers
Hi there,
I must say I'm not a big fan of holiday inn express - they're about fourth or fifth on my list ;-) I'm sure my work won't pay for me to have any special priority status :-(
I'm Hilton Gold already, earned the hard way, have been for years, so I don't need to use Emirates (although I've flown Emirates to Australia and thoroughly recommend them). It's quite depressing how easy it is to get Hilton gold at the moment. My company got a special "deal" from them where everyone who stayed for four nights or four stays automatically got gold - and this after I did it properly! It was quite depressing to watch. Never mind, hopefully I should make Diamond this year!
Cheers,
-simon