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Thanks for the hot tip! Saved $10 this morning! 😅

Slight update - made Platinum Elite from my previous stay that only came through mid-current stay and was promptly upgraded mid-stay (for Friday and Saturday nights!) to a Studio Suite with associated benefits including $40 breakfast credit per day, 4pm late checkout etc

Turboprop coming in to land at Billy Bishop Toronto airport (YTZ) right in front of the CBD as I was looking for a restaurant to have dinner - looks like a Porter Airlines flight? Love YTZ's proximity to the CBD!

Status: Gold Property: W Toronto Rate: 666CAD/night, member rate prepay (5 nights) Booked: Base room (standard) Upgraded: Deluxe (top level, no discernible other difference?) Late Checkout: Was asked if I needed one at checkin and granted until 2pm of final day Really nice room and not dated...

AA (operated by Republic Airways as American Eagle) LGA-YYZ. Newly renovated LGA was amazing, hands down nicest and easiest airport in NYC. Admirals lounge was quite decent. US$45 cash upgrade from Y to J well worth it. Photo taken from 1F on approach.

Datapoint - have stayed in Marriott properties in London, Madrid and Barcelona in the promo window (currently in NYC and will do Toronto next to finish up this trip, both at Marriott W hotels). Have earned 1000 bonus points per night plus 1 elite night extra per night, at all 3 hotel stays so...

Just to put my 2 cents in… Landed at JFK yesterday on AA67 from BCN. Flight attendant on deboarding saw me using my phone and explicitly advised me not to let CBP agents see me use my phone in the queue or it’ll give them a reason to search the contents of my phone ? The queue took 2 hrs and...

Status: Gold Property: W Hotel New York - Times Sq Rate: 419USD/night, Longer term stay (7 nights; not including $30 per night resort fee which must be spent daily at the hotel bar) Booked: Base room (Wonderful) Upgraded: Spectacular (slightly bigger floor plan, skyview level) Late Checkout: Was...

Status: Gold Property: Renaissance Barcelona Rate: 267EUR/night, Member Rate Stay Longer On Us (7 nights) Booked: Base room (Essential) Upgraded: Urban Superior (bigger floor plan, higher level) Received: 500 points plus a bottle of wine Late Checkout: Was asked if I needed one at checkin and...

I met the spend requirement in the first couple of weeks and the bonus points came through towards the end of the 2nd statement period and were swept into my account on the first Monday after the second statement

Got a $50 wine voucher (expiry 7th February 2026) - looking to swap for a hotel voucher

NZ2 AKL-JFK on approach to landing (absolutely lucked out on this sector - only around 6 people in the entire rear cabin of Y on the Dreamliner so had the exit row for meals/entertainment and next row back for sleep...cabin crew also came around mid-meal for 2nd and 3rd servings of the mains as...

Off topic for SQ so apologies in advance, but re the way boarding passes are heading - in a recent flight in IAH to MEX in Nov ‘24, I had to scan in my passport in the UA app during online check-in and boarding only required face recognition at the gate by a camera fixed to the counter manned by...

Does anyone know what “A Member who elects to earn Miles is not eligible for this promotion.” means in the promotion T&C? Given it’s not points OR double elite nights, but AND?

Got 33 nights booked exactly within the promo period - ooof what luck! Should help me hit ambassador elite this year for the first time 🥳

No idea about aerobus but the pricing for the BCN pass seems a tad on the exy side - unless the bus ticket is for 48 hours instead of 24. Depends where you’re staying, having an extra day of the bus might be handy if you’re going up to Montjuïc for the national art gallery and Miro museum. But...

Forgot about this until I was going through some photos tonight Went wandering about Reforma in Mexico City in Nov ‘24 (as you do) and passed by the Four Seasons and was confused what all the barricades and commotion was about - Paul McCartney was in town and due to exit the hotel (see...

Squeezed in an early May family trip to spend time with my 5yo niece in Hong Kong via plentiful QF redemptions on the MEL-HKG route (and a side day-trip to Shenzhen on a food safari with brother in law). Will be the first time I’ve been back since the infamous protests. Very keen to see how HKG...

Ah that’s unlucky - my 120k bonus points posted to my NAB rewards online account yesterday and I suspect it’ll sweep into my velocity account on Monday

There’s a half lobster laksa for breakfast - and if you ask nicely you should be able to get it upgraded to a whole lobster laksa 😉 Exhibit A: