The Marco Polo Club lounge at Venice Airport joins Priority Pass

This article is closed to new posts. Discussion continues in the HfP Forums.

• mark2 says:

  21 Mar21 March 11:03

  Glad to here that Marco Polo lounge has been improved; we used it about 18 months ago and the food was poor but the place itself as good I thought.
  Of more concern was the very long walk from the airport to and from the buses/taxis in very hot sun. Could I have avoided that?

• Omar says:

  21 Mar21 March 11:28

  Well this is awkward, I did indeed get a phone call from the competition folks to say I had won a place due to the original winner pulling out.

  • Rob says:

    21 Mar21 March 11:41

    Well done, nothing to feel awkward about. Hope you have a good night.

• Mark Smith says:

  21 Mar21 March 11:39

  O/T – I got Marriott Gold status using status match from SPG Gold and was told last summer that my Marriott Gold status would expire 31 Jan 18. I have just checked and it is still showing as Gold online…any risk of this not being honoured if me booking a night triggers some sort of automatic check of my status eligibility? To be honest it probably should have expired a while ago (my SPG Gold was from holding an Amex Plat for about 2 months in Jan 2016!) but dont want to book on the basis of getting lounge access etc. to find this is then not offered. Thanks!

  • rom says:

    21 Mar21 March 14:19

    I think you would be fine. If not changed by end of Feb, then they have extended it!

  • Scallder says:

    21 Mar21 March 15:20

    If you get the SPG app, your digital card on there shows the expiry date. Your Marriott status will last for as long as the SPG one is valid

• Oz says:

  21 Mar21 March 12:56

  OT IHG Premium card: How long is the Free Night voucher valid for? Couldn’t see anything in T&C.

  • JamesB says:

    21 Mar21 March 14:02

    One year IIRC.

• JamesB says:

  21 Mar21 March 14:08

  OT @ experienced seasonal bookers: is there much chance of BA releasing further award seats in any class between 15-24 December?. Awards are currently sold out and fares are sky high, economy class is going at business class prices.

  • Rob says:

    21 Mar21 March 14:40

    To where?

    In 3 of the last 5 years BA has had a major panic in early December and started a sale to dump unsold Club World seats.

    • JamesB says:

      21 Mar21 March 15:26

      SE Asia. Yes, I recall those sales and their dumping reward seats too but I thought they were for flights departing after Xmas. I might just try to lock in anything and replace it later if a sale or more awards come round again this winter.

      • JamesB says:

        22 Mar22 March 05:18

        Thanks Anthony and Stu, will keep looking and jeep my options open. It is an unexpected trip so T-355 wasn’t an option. I got flight back on 20/1 ok so I am now just looking for outward flight. I can cancel if a decent revenue fare turns up.

  • Anthony Dunn says:

    21 Mar21 March 19:43

    Remember that BA will offer (for a booking period of only a few days) CW seats, particularly to trans-Atlantic routes – primarily NYC but I think that there are others. These are at a very substantial discount to normal rates ex-LON. The travel period appears to be in the immediate period before, over and after Christmas.

    • Stu N says:

      22 Mar22 March 02:23

      They did a flash sale in April last year, and another couple in late summer and as rob says November. Good deals too; we got EDI-LHR-JFK in CW plus 4 nights in decent midtown hotel (Melia Innside Nomad) for £3k for 2.

      For Avios they tend to open stuff up around 11-12 months out then (as far as there is any pattern) do further releases approx 6 months and 3 months out as seats are selling (or not)!

• Clive says:

  21 Mar21 March 15:22

  Well arrived in Hong Kong on BA and my bag decided to take a detour to Vegas Baby !! Bag was put on a flight to HK via SFO and arrived after we left for Bali so no bag for 4 days. Bag eventually arrived late on day four but still to receive confirmation that bag is here and they will not deliver to hotel so have to collect at the airport. I proactively called the baggage service at the airport and found that my bag had arrived so if I had not done this and went to the airport I would still be without baggage. Now we have bought necessities however apart from compensation for this do you think I should receive additional (Avios) for the inconvenience? Kinds regard P’eed off in Bali

  • JamesB says:

    21 Mar21 March 15:28

    You need to add that bag to your HHA!

  • Genghis says:

    21 Mar21 March 15:35

    Worth a try if you can be bothered. My wife’s bag arrived over two days late in CPT last month. Quick travel insurance claim and the money was in our account the week after.

• Zoe says:

  21 Mar21 March 15:27

  OT if I have BA Premium card and send my OH a referral and he clicks through then selects the Gold Amex will I still get a referral bonus?

  • JamesB says:

    21 Mar21 March 15:29

    Yes, 18k.

    • Genghis says:

      21 Mar21 March 15:36

      9k avios?

      • Chris Palmer says:

        21 Mar21 March 16:47

        It’s 9k, not 18k. Only referring from a Platinum card gives 18k.

    • JamesB says:

      21 Mar21 March 17:27

      Yes, 9k sorry.

      • Zoe says:

        21 Mar21 March 17:53

        Thanks all x

• John Pagani says:

  21 Mar21 March 15:35

  I won the the competition but refused the prize because I’m travelling this week so you were absolutely right! It pays to follow hfp!

  • Chris Palmer says:

    21 Mar21 March 16:48

    There seems to have been at least 3 winners (mentioned in the post and comments)..!

  • Rob says:

    21 Mar21 March 17:14

    We have told Hilton that they should do an event just for HFP readers, as we hijack them anyway and they would get more PR that way!

This article is closed to new posts. Discussion continues in the HfP Forums.