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Hyatt Place London Heathrow
I love weekend trips. Adrenaline. Love. Dancing. Flying halfway around the world for a couple of days may seem crazy, but I HIGHLY recommend it. Whether its a wedding, or a family reunion in this case, it’s always filled with great memories.
It’s also a great excuse to try out new premium cabins – I flew into Manchester on Singapore Airlines 5th freedom route from Houston to Manchester on their A350-900 in business class. We would by flying out super early the next day we opted to stay at the airport. Both the Hilton Garden Inn and the Sofitel were crazy expensive so we decided to revisit the Hyatt Place London Heathrow.
On my last visit, I made the mistake of assuming there would be a shuttle – Heathrow has a ban on shuttles. That was an expensive taxi ride to the airport. So instead of making that mistake again, we parked our Sixt car in the garage and returned it the next morning. You could also, as a commenter pointed out, take a bus to the airport for a nominal fee.
Check-in
I currently hold Explorist status which was acknowledged. The perk? 2 free water bottles in the room and a runway view room.
The room
The room is very comfortable featuring a large tv, desk area, small sitting area, and views of Heathrow airport.
A reverse angle
Our room had funky storage area that was two part: One was an open closet, and then the other was around the corner featuring a coffee station, towels, safe, mini fridge.
Bathroom
The bathroom was small, but well done, clean, and had a full tub. The only thing, and watch out for this, is the door is quite wonky and unfortunately meant it was hard to keep water in the shower when bathing. We had to use a towels to mop up the water that escaped.
Restaurant and Bar
When we checked in, this area was absolutely packed. In the morning of our departure it was a ghost town and perfect for a quick snap.
I thought the common spaces were well designed and people were definitely making use of the bar at night.
Overall
I really enjoyed the Hyatt Place and we were able to lock in a rate of 5000 World of Hyatt points. A great deal when the hotel wanted nearly 150 pounds for the night.
Would I stay here again? Yep, and did.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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