May 14, 2014, 1:15 pm
Last edit by: rrgg
This thread is a continuation of the discussion posted here from 12.08.2012 - 5.13.2014: Barclays Arrival/Arrival Cards (1.05%/2.1% travel credits)
Current offer for Arrival Plus is 70K pts w/$5K spend & AF waived 1st year.
Barclays says that you earn “miles” but you’re actually earning cash back with the card since you can’t transfer your Barclays miles to airlines. But you can redeem them for statement credits at 0.5 cents per mile (poor value) or 1.05 cent per mile if you redeem for travel.
You get 5% of your miles back if you redeem for travel, so 40,000 miles gets you $400 towards travel and 2,000 miles back (5% of your miles back). You must have at least 10K 'miles' in your acct if you wish to redeem as a travel credit. 2500 'miles' can be redeemed for a stmt credit though.
If you want, you can redeem miles to cover a portion of a travel charge instead of the full amount. For example, if you have 80k miles and a $740 airline charge, you can choose to redeem just 70k to cover $700 of the charge.
You earn 2X miles on all purchases, so you’re effectively getting 2% cash back for each purchase. But since you get 5% of your miles back when you redeem for travel, this is effectively a 2.1% cash back card when miles are redeemed for travel.
This makes the Barclaycard Arrival PlusTM World Elite MasterCard® (with 2.1% cash back for travel) better than the Capital One Venture card which offers only 2 miles per $1 or 2% cash back, only if you spend $30k+ per year after first year, because Arrival Plus AF is $30 more than Venture.
If you receive a call from 302-255-8000 after applying for this or any other Barclay's card, it is a legit number! You can also call them back directly at 866-951-1437.
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Let's crowd source things that have counted towards travel redemptions that are not so obvious
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Don't forget travel purchase needs to be > $100 charge for 10K mile redemption
Airlines that post purchases of multiple tickets as one amount or split them:
One Amount
BA (USD based award ticket)
Multiple Transactions
UA (award)
DL (award)
Current offer for Arrival Plus is 70K pts w/$5K spend & AF waived 1st year.
Barclays says that you earn “miles” but you’re actually earning cash back with the card since you can’t transfer your Barclays miles to airlines. But you can redeem them for statement credits at 0.5 cents per mile (poor value) or 1.05 cent per mile if you redeem for travel.
You get 5% of your miles back if you redeem for travel, so 40,000 miles gets you $400 towards travel and 2,000 miles back (5% of your miles back). You must have at least 10K 'miles' in your acct if you wish to redeem as a travel credit. 2500 'miles' can be redeemed for a stmt credit though.
If you want, you can redeem miles to cover a portion of a travel charge instead of the full amount. For example, if you have 80k miles and a $740 airline charge, you can choose to redeem just 70k to cover $700 of the charge.
You earn 2X miles on all purchases, so you’re effectively getting 2% cash back for each purchase. But since you get 5% of your miles back when you redeem for travel, this is effectively a 2.1% cash back card when miles are redeemed for travel.
This makes the Barclaycard Arrival PlusTM World Elite MasterCard® (with 2.1% cash back for travel) better than the Capital One Venture card which offers only 2 miles per $1 or 2% cash back, only if you spend $30k+ per year after first year, because Arrival Plus AF is $30 more than Venture.
If you receive a call from 302-255-8000 after applying for this or any other Barclay's card, it is a legit number! You can also call them back directly at 866-951-1437.
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Let's crowd source things that have counted towards travel redemptions that are not so obvious
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Don't forget travel purchase needs to be > $100 charge for 10K mile redemption
- 9/11 Museum and Memorial - NYC
- Accuracy Limo (via Square, Salt Lake City, UT limo service)
- ACE Adventures (West Virginia White Water Rafting), had to call in to get it processed manually
- agoda.com
- AirAsia Flights (airasia.com)
- airbnb bookings
- airbnb GC purchased on United MPX site
- Alaska Airlines checked baggage fee $25 charge
- Amazing Bike Tours Thailand
- AA Gift Card
- American Airlines telephone booking (including booking fee)
- Amtrak train ticket >$25 (ALB-NYP)
- Amtrak train ticket >$25 (unknown destinations)
- Arrival+ Annual Fee
- Argosy Cruises (SEA, classified as RECREATION)
- Autoeurope.com
- BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) San Francisco
- Balloons over Bagan
- Bieber bus tickets
- Boston MBTA Charlie Card reload & Commuter Rail passes & tickets
- Burj Khalifa observation decks
- Buying Lifemiles from Avianca
- Capitaine Train Tickets (capitaine.com)
- Carmel Limo (NYC car service)
- carrentals.com
- cheaptickets.com hotel
- Chinese Visa Application Fees (had to call in. Credit showed up in account in 2 business days. See Post 912 and 921 for details)
- City Taxi (Tampa)
- CostcoTravel
- Cotai Waterjet (Hong Kong)
- CT Limo
- Daily Getaways purchase of HHonors points
- DB Bahn Trains Germany (bahn.de)
- Disneyland Hong Kong (Manual redemption required)
- DriveNow - all locations in EU/US
- Dublin Bus Tours Hop on, Hop off (Green)
- Eiffel Tower (manual redemption by phone allowed)
- Empire State Building tickets
- Enterprise rent-a-car, paid at the counter when returning the car (used Chase United Visa initially for primary coverage, but asked to pay with a different card when returning the car)
- Eurostar Train Tickets (eurostar.com)
- Europcar.com
- Expedia.com
- Hertz Rent-a-Car (booked on hertz.com)
- Hong Kong Airport Express Pass
- Hotel bookings through Rocketmiles (even refundable bookings or those tied to other promotions)
- Hotels.com
- Hotwire
- ItaliaRail (online booking agency for TrenItalia)
- LA Swamp Tours, Steamboat cruise, Haunted History Tours (New Orleans)
- Lahaina-Maui Ferry Tickets - booked online at www.go-lanai.com
- Las Vegas Show Booked through hotel
Las Vegas show tickets booked online (Mandalay Bay Box office) - Limo Charges - Two limo charges that I made in March PRIOR the the recent changes to what qualifies as "Travel" showed up as eligible travel charges. I guess with the changes to what's covered, and for how long, these got pulled back in.
- Lyft
- M-Life advance reservation deposit
- Montway Auto Transport (deposit)
- New York City MTA Subway Cards
- New York Waterways Ferry (between NJ and NYC)
- Ngong Ping 360 (Hong Kong)
- Norwegian Cruise Line purchase made from telephone order from vacationstogo.com
- Norwegian Cruise Line (deposits and payments)
- NS Hispeed Train Tickets (nshispeed.com)
- NYC Taxi
- Orbitz.com purchase
- ORCA card for Seattle area tolls (considered the very typical GOVERNMENT SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED)
- Paris RATP Metro/VATP (buy 10-ticket pack for >$25 and save cost)
- PeruRail (Machu Picchu train)
- PMRF Beach Cottages (Kauai)
- Priceline
- Primetime Shuttle (Worked from LAX-SNA)
- rail europe on Travelocity
- rail JR Rail in Japan, load as tourist attraction, call in to get it credit (Post#938)
- Safari Helicopter Tour (Kauai)
- Sandals.com resort booking (unique vacations) was not redeemable last year. Is redeemable online now
- SEASTREAK LLC - NYC (Commuter Ferri)
- Singapore Cable Car
- Southwest $100 gift card
- Southwest Early Bird Check-in (billed separately from airfare charges)
- Spirit of NY Dinner Cruises - www.spiritcruises.com, which have cruises in several other cities as well.
- Starwood Vacation Ownership (SPG Timeshare) Westin Princeville Kauai (coded as Timeshare).
- St Pauls Cathedral (manual redemption by phone allowed)
- Super Shuttle (mixed, worked in SF when (billed SUPERSHUTTLE EXECUCARS), worked in Boston (SUPERSHUTTLE BOSTON), failed in LA (SUPERSHUTTLE), Worked in Cancun.
- Taxi in Zürich
- Top of the Rock tickets - NYC
- Trenitalia Online
- Trimet (Portland OR public transportation)
- Trip Advisor Rental
- TurboJET (Hong Kong)
- Uber
- Uber GC through MPX $100 (re-confirmed 11/1/2018, using Arrival Premier)
- United Baggage Fee
- Universal Studio Orlando tickets (had to call in)
- Viator (sightseeing/tours)
- Victoria Clipper (passenger ferry)
- Wedding at the Stratosphere's Chapel in the Clouds (billed as stratosphere)
- Windsor Castle (manual redemption by phone allowed)
- Wine purchases from different wine tasting rooms
- WMATA (Washington DC Metro) - [[COLOR="Red"]reconfirmed 10/5/15]
- Zipcar
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Partial redemptions are possible - however you cannot redeem against that charge again. So if you have a $500 charge and you spend 40K points against it, you cannot redeem 10K points for the remaining $100 of that charge. - www.b-europe.com (SNCB rail)
- Amtrak (possibly due <$25 charge)
- Blue Water Rafting. Merchant category "Recreation Services -- Not elsewhere classified"
- Brazil airline GOL booked online codes as DIRECT MARKETING/DIRECT MARKETERS--NOT ELESWH ..
- Broadmoor Hotel Food and Beverage (Colorado Spring, CO)
- budgetair.co.uk (charged >$200)
- Car2go
- De Palm Tours, Aruba (classified as Recreation. Called Barclay twice.)
- Description: ZERVE *CA WHALES Merchant Category: THEATRICAL PRODUCERS (EXCEPT MOTION PICTURES), TICKET AGENCIES...Tickets to whale watching tour purchased over the phone.
- Evan Evans Sightseeing tours (UK based)- http://www.evanevanstours.co.uk
- Fastrak tag autoload for San Francisco bridge tolls ($25)
- Global Entry
- Gotobus.com Long Distance Buses, ~$100
- Homeaway.com, posts as real estate. Barclays said they'd make a one-time exception but future purchases won't count as travel.
- Hostelbookers.com deposit (maybe the charge which is >$25 will count?)
- Hotels.com Gift Card
- IHG points and cash hotel redemption
- Malaysian Overnight Train KUL-SIN (ktmb.com.my)
- Monterey Aquarium
- Parking at DCA - $136 (7/9/19)
- Parking at HSV ($96 in parking at Huntsville International Airport)
- Parking at IAH (Houston Intercontinental - on airport) -$76 (PARKING LOTS AND GARAGES)
- Parking at LAS
- Parking at LGA $204
- Parking at Port Imperial, Weehawken, NJ
- Parking at SNA (John Wayne Airport)
- San Francisco Clipper Card public transit (autoload from website)
- Skyjump at Stratosphere Hotel LV $150 (01/14) - not charged by hotel.
- Space Needle and Chihuly Garden Tickets
- Starwood points purchase (BUSINESS SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED)
- Taxi Magic /Curb- Taxi service
- Thello train (France-Italy night train, codes as rail-freight)
- Trenitalia (both online and in stations, posts as rail-freight)
- UBER eGift Card (bought through the UBER app) for $100 - Not coded as "travel," so couldn't redeem online and they wouldn't do it over the phone, either.
Airlines that post purchases of multiple tickets as one amount or split them:
One Amount
BA (USD based award ticket)
Multiple Transactions
UA (award)
DL (award)
Barclays Arrival Plus, now 70K w/$5k spend
Aug 11, 2014, 10:32 pm
#916
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Yours is online redemption or a manual redemption thru a CSR who put in a request?
Aug 11, 2014, 10:36 pm
#917
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: philly
Posts: 85
No. You will be given several options including 25,000 for a $250 credit and 29,700 for a $297 credit. If it is not an even dollar amount the number of points required for a full credit is rounded up to the next 100 points. For example 157.37 will allow 15,000 for a $150 credit or 15,800 for a $157.37 credit.
thank you.
I like barclays but it only gives 2points
if i spend $2000 per month that is 48000 point per year +10% when you use
so 52800 points
which i can use it for airbnb $528. is is great to sleep 5 nights near beach in CA
I think it is better than hyatt credit card.
unless you want to sleep and eat breakfast for freea at hotel
but you have to pay $85 annual fee so this comes up $443 free money
Aug 12, 2014, 12:08 am
#918
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: OZ *G; HH Diamond;
Posts: 1,644
I notice my reward miles balance went down by a large amount, upon reconciliation of recent activities it looks to me 40K was redeemed, 4000 came back as 10% rebate, and a pending, not yet posted charge has its earning included in the balance.
Yet, I have not seen the $400 credit shows up in my account.
Does this mean the request on redemption is granted? If so, how long it takes the credit to post?
Yet, I have not seen the $400 credit shows up in my account.
Does this mean the request on redemption is granted? If so, how long it takes the credit to post?
Aug 12, 2014, 12:41 am
#919
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: AA LT PLT 3 MM+, BA (very) Blue, CO nobody
Posts: 2,640
I used my 2 free Hyatt nights at Sydney Park Hyatt for rooms that start at $800 - and that was when there was no minimum spend required for the 2 nights, only first use. Also, I believe that the AF was waived for the first year (I could be wrong about this, but it hardly matters - the Park Hyatt was well worth it - it beats your $528 by a country mile)
Aug 12, 2014, 5:01 am
#920
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: philly
Posts: 85
Really?
I used my 2 free Hyatt nights at Sydney Park Hyatt for rooms that start at $800 - and that was when there was no minimum spend required for the 2 nights, only first use. Also, I believe that the AF was waived for the first year (I could be wrong about this, but it hardly matters - the Park Hyatt was well worth it - it beats your $528 by a country mile)
I used my 2 free Hyatt nights at Sydney Park Hyatt for rooms that start at $800 - and that was when there was no minimum spend required for the 2 nights, only first use. Also, I believe that the AF was waived for the first year (I could be wrong about this, but it hardly matters - the Park Hyatt was well worth it - it beats your $528 by a country mile)
I am talking about if you want to keep the card for a long time.
you got a two free night so what? then?
Aug 12, 2014, 9:13 am
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First for good news - $400 credit shows up in account activity screen, despite Reward Redemption History still not shows anything, also no email but the credit is in the account. Wiki is duly updated.
For US citizens, Chinese Tourist Visas have a flat fee of $160 standard processing fee, regardless of validity duration or number of entries. Expedited would have additional fees naturally.
Also ONLY for US citizens, thanks to a reciprocal agreement, we can get a One-Year, Multiple Entries Tourist Visa versus one-entry, two-entries, that normally are issued to other nationalities, PROVIDED you applied WITHIN US. Such reciprocal benefit does NOT extended to US citizens applied their Chinese Visas outside US.
Furthermore, China has 1 Embassy, 6 Consulate offices in US that each one governs a geographic district - you MUST apply your visa from the consulate office that governs your state, IN PERSON if you do not go thru the sanctioned travel agency. To put it in another way, if we happen to be in San Francisco and walk in the Chinese Consulate there to apply the visas, we would be turned away and told to apply at Houston.
So if you do not live in a city or very easily travel to a city where there is a Chinese Consulate, or DC, you most likely would use a sanctioned travel agency for your visa application.
We can go thru a sanctioned travel agency which would in turn submit our applications on our behalf, still IN PERSON but it is the agency's staff, authorized by us, and sanctioned by the Chinese Consulate of Houston.
The Travel Agency fee is $49 per person, plus a FedEx overnight return to send back your passports, that is $26, if you want to have a signature required delivery, add $3 (those are the standard FedEx charges). Paid by CC, 3% convenience fee. So it all adds up to $419.12 for 2 Visas standard process time (6 business days from receipt by the agency to receipt by us). Very professional service by the way.
In the Travel community of FT, you will find a China forum - there are threads talking about the nuts and bolts of Chinese Visa, if interested. I found the most recommended travel agency in that forum. The agency has 7 offices across the country but the customer service and main office happens to be in Houston.
For US citizens, Chinese Tourist Visas have a flat fee of $160 standard processing fee, regardless of validity duration or number of entries. Expedited would have additional fees naturally.
Also ONLY for US citizens, thanks to a reciprocal agreement, we can get a One-Year, Multiple Entries Tourist Visa versus one-entry, two-entries, that normally are issued to other nationalities, PROVIDED you applied WITHIN US. Such reciprocal benefit does NOT extended to US citizens applied their Chinese Visas outside US.
Furthermore, China has 1 Embassy, 6 Consulate offices in US that each one governs a geographic district - you MUST apply your visa from the consulate office that governs your state, IN PERSON if you do not go thru the sanctioned travel agency. To put it in another way, if we happen to be in San Francisco and walk in the Chinese Consulate there to apply the visas, we would be turned away and told to apply at Houston.
So if you do not live in a city or very easily travel to a city where there is a Chinese Consulate, or DC, you most likely would use a sanctioned travel agency for your visa application.
We can go thru a sanctioned travel agency which would in turn submit our applications on our behalf, still IN PERSON but it is the agency's staff, authorized by us, and sanctioned by the Chinese Consulate of Houston.
The Travel Agency fee is $49 per person, plus a FedEx overnight return to send back your passports, that is $26, if you want to have a signature required delivery, add $3 (those are the standard FedEx charges). Paid by CC, 3% convenience fee. So it all adds up to $419.12 for 2 Visas standard process time (6 business days from receipt by the agency to receipt by us). Very professional service by the way.
In the Travel community of FT, you will find a China forum - there are threads talking about the nuts and bolts of Chinese Visa, if interested. I found the most recommended travel agency in that forum. The agency has 7 offices across the country but the customer service and main office happens to be in Houston.
Last edited by Happy; Aug 12, 2014 at 9:21 am
Aug 12, 2014, 9:20 am
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Aug 12, 2014, 9:52 am
#923
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
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And it is kind of silly to use the retail value for very expensive properties - because let's be honest, who frequent here would normally stay in those places? While for you, a multiple days vacation at a nice beach might be more norm for most people and probably more enjoyable as well.
OP wants to "use it for airbnb $528. is is great to sleep 5 nights near beach in CA"
I live in SF - don't need to stay near beach in CA. I would trade a Park Hyatt for an airbnb any day.
Between the 2 of us we got 4 free nights and we stayed 3 nights in Sydney (value over $2400) and the fourth free night was in Zurich Park Hyatt (over $800). Annual free night always worth way more than an AF.
Works for us as we travel a lot.
Different strokes for different folks and as always, YMMV
Last edited by Paulchili; Aug 12, 2014 at 9:59 am
Aug 12, 2014, 10:06 am
#924
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
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Posts: 2,640
The Platinum status, while not great, is nice with free wifi (+a few other benefits). Lots of nice properties around the world and points required to stay are way less than most hotel chains.
I don't have this card but the WIKI states that if you earn 40K miles (for a $20K spend) you get $400 +10%=$440.
If I spend $20K on my Hyatt card I will have at least 20K Hyatt points but as many as 40K or 60K points - depending on where I spend the money. Even at the lowest return (20K points) gives me a value well over $440
As always, YMMV
Last edited by Paulchili; Aug 12, 2014 at 10:25 am
Aug 12, 2014, 10:49 am
#925
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: philly
Posts: 85
As I said above, the annual free night is worth way more than the AF.
The Platinum status, while not great, is nice with free wifi (+a few other benefits). Lots of nice properties around the world and points required to stay are way less than most hotel chains.
I don't have this card but the WIKI states that if you earn 40K miles (for a $20K spend) you get $400 +10%=$440.
If I spend $20K on my Hyatt card I will have at least 20K Hyatt points but as many as 40K or 60K points - depending on where I spend the money. Even at the lowest return (20K points) gives me a value well over $440
As always, YMMV
The Platinum status, while not great, is nice with free wifi (+a few other benefits). Lots of nice properties around the world and points required to stay are way less than most hotel chains.
I don't have this card but the WIKI states that if you earn 40K miles (for a $20K spend) you get $400 +10%=$440.
If I spend $20K on my Hyatt card I will have at least 20K Hyatt points but as many as 40K or 60K points - depending on where I spend the money. Even at the lowest return (20K points) gives me a value well over $440
As always, YMMV
then you can stay only 1 night? instead of 5 nights with airbnb?
and they are actual house, free laundry and dryer and wifi and parking
haha, you are kinda looking at just price of hotel which is way smaller room that gives a free breakfast which i don't care
Aug 12, 2014, 11:02 am
#926
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
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Posts: 2,640
You like airbnbs - I like Hyatts. Maybe when you get as old as I am, you may change your mind (or maybe not).
BTW, for 40K or 60K points + your free night you can easily stay for 5 nights (or more).
Enough said - Vive la Difference
Aug 12, 2014, 11:03 am
#927
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Wine Country, Finger Lakes
Programs: LFFRS BOD
Posts: 1,355
I have not gotten any email. Just happened to log in to check something and noticed the large reduction of my reward miles balance. I am actually surprised by the number including earning from a pending charge.
Yours is online redemption or a manual redemption thru a CSR who put in a request?
Yours is online redemption or a manual redemption thru a CSR who put in a request?
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Aug 12, 2014, 11:17 am
#928
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I would, especially when it is free
OP wants to "use it for airbnb $528. is is great to sleep 5 nights near beach in CA"
I live in SF - don't need to stay near beach in CA. I would trade a Park Hyatt for an airbnb any day.
Between the 2 of us we got 4 free nights and we stayed 3 nights in Sydney (value over $2400) and the fourth free night was in Zurich Park Hyatt (over $800). Annual free night always worth way more than an AF.
Works for us as we travel a lot.
Different strokes for different folks and as always, YMMV
OP wants to "use it for airbnb $528. is is great to sleep 5 nights near beach in CA"
I live in SF - don't need to stay near beach in CA. I would trade a Park Hyatt for an airbnb any day.
Between the 2 of us we got 4 free nights and we stayed 3 nights in Sydney (value over $2400) and the fourth free night was in Zurich Park Hyatt (over $800). Annual free night always worth way more than an AF.
Works for us as we travel a lot.
Different strokes for different folks and as always, YMMV
Personally we do not really care how much those expensive properties retail bookings might cost, knowing fully that 1) we could if we want to, get corporate rates at HUGE discount on the SAME room. 2) we normally dont pay such out of pocket cash. 3) Some of the properties, including the Park Hyatt Vendome, is NOT that nice...
Though the high price tags certainly stroke some egos when using the retail value as yard stick. Fully understandable.
What I REALLY MISS is the golden days when Hyatt at the FFN promotions for several years. We used them in Park Hyatt Sydney, Park Hyatt Tokyo, Grand Hyatt Tokyo (nicer than Park in several ways), plus some other international properties, as well as virtually 90% of the Hyatt resorts in US. The one in Hunting Beach CA and the one in Bonita Spring FL are particularly nice. We even got a suite in Huntington Beach on one stay in Dec. That was a nice touch. But the club at Bonita Spring is one of the nicest in the system, probably only second to the one in Kauai. Those were the much nicer days. Sigh.
Last edited by Happy; Aug 12, 2014 at 11:26 am
Aug 12, 2014, 6:56 pm
#929
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: philly
Posts: 85
Same argument for us regarding to those sought after South Beach redemption. lol.
Personally we do not really care how much those expensive properties retail bookings might cost, knowing fully that 1) we could if we want to, get corporate rates at HUGE discount on the SAME room. 2) we normally dont pay such out of pocket cash. 3) Some of the properties, including the Park Hyatt Vendome, is NOT that nice...
Though the high price tags certainly stroke some egos when using the retail value as yard stick. Fully understandable.
What I REALLY MISS is the golden days when Hyatt at the FFN promotions for several years. We used them in Park Hyatt Sydney, Park Hyatt Tokyo, Grand Hyatt Tokyo (nicer than Park in several ways), plus some other international properties, as well as virtually 90% of the Hyatt resorts in US. The one in Hunting Beach CA and the one in Bonita Spring FL are particularly nice. We even got a suite in Huntington Beach on one stay in Dec. That was a nice touch. But the club at Bonita Spring is one of the nicest in the system, probably only second to the one in Kauai. Those were the much nicer days. Sigh.
Personally we do not really care how much those expensive properties retail bookings might cost, knowing fully that 1) we could if we want to, get corporate rates at HUGE discount on the SAME room. 2) we normally dont pay such out of pocket cash. 3) Some of the properties, including the Park Hyatt Vendome, is NOT that nice...
Though the high price tags certainly stroke some egos when using the retail value as yard stick. Fully understandable.
What I REALLY MISS is the golden days when Hyatt at the FFN promotions for several years. We used them in Park Hyatt Sydney, Park Hyatt Tokyo, Grand Hyatt Tokyo (nicer than Park in several ways), plus some other international properties, as well as virtually 90% of the Hyatt resorts in US. The one in Hunting Beach CA and the one in Bonita Spring FL are particularly nice. We even got a suite in Huntington Beach on one stay in Dec. That was a nice touch. But the club at Bonita Spring is one of the nicest in the system, probably only second to the one in Kauai. Those were the much nicer days. Sigh.
okay, are you doing money manufacturing? and does a business?
actually i don't stay at hotel other than sleep so i don't need a suit.
Aug 12, 2014, 9:01 pm
#930
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: philly
Posts: 85
can i get reimbursement for hotel dining with barclays plus card?
If i stay at marriott and go to restaurant inside of hotel and tell them charge to my room, so it will be posted as marriott hotel then get the money back?
If i stay at marriott and go to restaurant inside of hotel and tell them charge to my room, so it will be posted as marriott hotel then get the money back?