Hertz to become the first non-airline member of the SkyTeam alliance

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This is, I think, a world exclusive. I was with Caroline Simmerman, the Hertz Europe partnerships director, at a reception in Amsterdam last night and she told our group that Hertz has just agreed a deal to become the first ‘non-airline member’ of the SkyTeam airline alliance.

It isn’t quite clear how this will work. All 20 SkyTeam airlines will, presumably, now offer miles via Hertz although this is unlikely to be exclusive given existing deals. There was no indication of whether you could match SkyTeam status to Hertz status although I would imagine it is likely.

A full announcement is coming soon where we will find out the full details.

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Hertz and Gold Plus Rewards, SkyTeam alliance partners

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Andrew Phillips says:

15 Oct15 October 14:34

If SkyTeam status is matched on Hertz, will it work vice versa? So if you’re Hertz Gold will that get you a status in SkyTeam?

Asking as an owner of the Amex Gold card and user of the Hertz Gold status that gets you
- Rob says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 17:06
  
  We don’t know but I’d be very surprised.
Russ says:

15 Oct15 October 14:50

OT but Marriott, has anyone else noticed Marriott’s started to include breakfast at some properties at the cheapest bookable rate? I’ve had a couple of properties booked on fully flex and when I came to book them proper they’d gone up around £19 and now include breakfast. Like many people on here I’m Plat Prem so should have breakfast free anyway. Feels like I’m paying for breakfast twice!

Also anyone share some light why bookings with visa seem to be popular with hotels now?
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 23:14
  
  Pretty sure this is just a visa promo. Pay with another card and breakfast isn’t included
Bill says:

15 Oct15 October 14:59

OT
What’s the normal Avios comp from BA for busted in flight entertainment? We were offered 15k so 30k in total.
Only issue is that it wasn’t working on the way back so maybe another 30k?
- Anna says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 16:13
  
  I would imagine it depends to a certain extent on how long your flights were.
  - Nick says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 18:40
    
    It also depends how full your flight was. If it was only your seat and they offered you another one but you chose not to move, the award is lowered (and sometimes not offered at all). If the flight was full – or if the entire IFE crashed for everyone – then obviously it’s different.
- Kris Sumner-Brown says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 16:32
  
  I received 15k for same issue LHR-ICN
  - Bonglim says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 21:18
    
    We received 15k each for a terrible meal. Not even the main meal, but the second smaller meal.
    
    It was a chicken salad and it really was truly awful. I am not even sure i could make chicken taste that bad if I really really tried. Nevertheless we thought 30k between us was a reasonable outcome.
Me here says:

15 Oct15 October 15:42

Due to travel delays (Eurostar) I found myself bored enough to read the Marriott game rules, tucked under the list of prizes I found…
“Limit one (1) Instant Win Prize per person.”

Also the rules say…
“Any prize which is not won or is left unclaimed will be donated to charity or disposed of after January 14, 2019.”

I.e. there may be 2 million prizes, but the number actually won could be far fewer.
Dan says:

15 Oct15 October 15:53

OT but looking to fly out of LHR T3 in December. Planning to leave the car for a few days and wonder what the best option is for hotel and parking?
- Lady London says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 22:51
  
  Rob did an earlier article on this and a further recent one. If you search the site for Heathrow parking or just park you should find most of it.
  - Dan says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 23:26
    
    Thank you!
Ols says:

15 Oct15 October 16:07

OT – my wife has the Amex gold credit card. Can I refer her for the platinum charge and get the referral bonus even though she won’t qualify for the spend bonus?
- Anna says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 16:11
  
  You still get the referral points even if the applicant doesn’t qualify for a sign up bonus, however I don’t know if it’s currently possible to hold Gold and Platinum – someone else might be able to enlighten us!
  - Russ says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 16:45
    
    I have both. You just apply for it like usual.
Memesweeper says:

15 Oct15 October 16:27

Good piece — bit US centric but thanks for posting!
Nathan Dimmock says:

15 Oct15 October 16:56

I managed to win 1000 points on the Marriott game the first time I played, am feeling quite chuffed now if most people only get 50. I was going to play again today but shall not bother if there are no further prizes on offer.