OW need to call enrich call center. They'll do the booking over the phone. Also can immediately check the tax. It changes daily due to currency fluctuation

So the Starwood-Marriott deal is now off again. I might continue to be SPG Gold for the 9th year after all!

Hi guys, wat is spg gold? How to sign up with credit card? Thanks!

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredgue...rview#InnerPage

Is the free upgrade to gold applicable to master world card with one nite stay or visa infinite aso entitled. Tried searching the info online can't seems to find any.

might as well go for SPG Lifetime Plat

I'm still on the wait & see mode...if after June no significant change on the program i try to clock in as much night as economically possible, requalifying for another elite year & lowering the gap for lifetime gold. need 3 more years elite & 138 nights more
It's hard to do this purely out of pocket, without spg amex & immediate restriction in business travel

Lifetime Platinum is too far away haha. But I agree with travel restrictions I'm also somewhat limited on the number of nights I can/willing to do on my own. With business travel I could typically reach 25 nights on business travel alone. Oh well...

Just wondering which frequent flyer program is better?

which program has the better redemption rates?

Currently i am using EM.

This post has been edited by puddited: Mar 21 2016, 01:13 AM

Your questions are too generic. Hard to answer without knowing what your primary objectives are.

Same thing with redemption rates, what's your primary objective plus how are you earning those miles?

Google and read up more info online, ask more specific questions and there will be plenty of people to give you opinions.

Perhaps the first question you need to ask yourself is: Which airline would you prefer to fly with? Coz once you have a target, you will be able to focus on the best way to get all the miles required, instead of searching all over the places.

Just my 2 cents

Hi all Sifus, I am new here, may i know there is any promo now for Gold Membership Status in Le Club AccorHotels upgrade using Visa infinite and / or World Master card?? thank you.

nope, never heard of accor status upgrade promo

is it ?? so need to get the gold status by achieve the stay requirement ?? i though can upgrade like others such as hilton and/or spg...

yeah, seldom see accor doing promo with credit card. in europe they have AMEX Platinum that grant gold/platinum status.



so, i got my gold status with 30 stays ...

I see.. thanks for your clarification.

But with 9 years as Gold, dont you have a Lifetime Gold status now?

and sadly Marriott outbids Anbang offer & now on the winning side....sigh

My early years were SPG Gold from my US Amex Platinum charge card, only in the past few years that I'm with a US based company that I've stayed more at SPG properties, primarily in Houston So I've been gold since 2008 but still 100+ nights short of lifetime gold, with the economy the way it is I guess I won't be getting lifetime Gold anytime soon.

So Marriott upped their bid, but Anbang still has lots of cash. I'm surprised Marriott actually went all out this time, I'm hoping Anbang will win this one. I guess we can hope

OT thanks to the AA devaluation it's next to impossible to find EY F awards on the A380 now...


This post has been edited by tishaban: Mar 22 2016, 11:45 PM

I was browsing, yesterday for T+331 days flights, even J inventories are empty on alot of the CX and JAL flights.

Ya lor, hoping for last minute miracle
How's Gold treatment at the US?

As for me, back to the drawing board on the next best loyalty program to collect points. preference will be Hyatt but ugh limited hotels in Msia and most of the time very expensive. They will have points promo soon in April (looks really generous if can clock in the nights), im thinking of trying at least get the 5 nights in for 5k points at Hyatt KK.

After my last stay in Novotel Melaka, i find Accor property quite nice. soon to open the Pullman Miri. If SPG is totally dead i will sign up for Accor Plus membership asap

So far I've been treated quite well as SPG Gold in the US. When I'm traveling alone on business I don't really care about room upgrades etc but the 4pm late checkout is almost always a given and it's a huge advantage. I've not tried it yet but the online check in/key is also a nice advantage especially if you're checking in to a busy hotel like the Sheraton NYC where there's like 30+ people waiting in the regular line and 20+ people waiting in the SPG Gold/Platinum line to check in

I was Accor Platinum for 1 year back when I traveled Europe a lot. Locally I like the Pullman in Kuching and Putrajaya, fantastic hotels with very reasonable rates but I don't get recognized or upgraded much (at all?). It's like most of them don't know what Accor Platinum is although this was probably 3-4 years ago. So I used up several thousand points to get the cash vouchers and haven't stayed at Accor hotels much.

Hyatt is nice but as you said, expensive if you're paying yourself. I also don't see much benefit being Hyatt Platinum during my last stay at Grand Hyatt Singapore. Their cash + points rates are very attractive though so I might just continue this one.

Finally I recently started with IHG, fantastic service and upgrade at the Intercontinental while I was in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. Great service at the Holiday Inn Melaka some weeks back too, but I didn't get an upgrade. I might stay with IHG for awhile.

I don't do Marriott, not yet at least