{"id":17931,"date":"2024-01-16T22:20:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=17931"},"modified":"2024-01-16T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:20:18","slug":"devaluation-choice-hotels-airhelp-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2024\/01\/16\/devaluation-choice-hotels-airhelp-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Devaluation: Choice Hotels & AirHelp Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No one likes the word devaluation<\/em>, but it is kind of unavoidable in the world of frequent travellers. It has just happened to two schemes which we introduced very recently.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As posted by Travel-Dealz<\/a>, a few Strawberry hotels have become more pricey when redeeming Choice points<\/a>. It seems that Strawberry hotels now cost a minimum of 16,000 points, and the adjustment is in line with such guidance. The Clarion Sign Hotel in Stockholm when I reviewed here<\/a> for example, is no longer as cheap as 10,000 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I wouldn’t make too much a deal out of it. The best value of Choice points lie within the high-end Strawberry hotels. These properties, including At Six (Stockholm)<\/a> and The Thief (Oslo)<\/a>, still cost only 20,000 points which is a steal.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A much harder hit comes from AirHelp Plus, an insurance program I spoke very highly of in a recent post<\/a>. My baggage was delayed by BA just three weeks ago and I got the \u20ac150 payout very quickly, which more than triples what I paid for the insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reader reached out a few days ago regarding a negative change to the Complete plan as shown on their website<\/a>. At that time the phrasing changed from “unlimited trips” to “12 trips”. As of now it got even worse, down to just “7 trips”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m still awaiting a response from AirHelp after requesting more details of the change. However as far as I’m concerned, the new limit shouldn’t affect existing customers who had signed up previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original terms of the Complete plan was, without any doubt, way too generous and too good to be true. I can’t say I’m surprised at the cut, but it’s much more difficult to justify its value given the new stingy limit now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a “trip” could be a return with connections it covers (many) more than only 7 flights in a plan year. It might still make sense to sign up, but only register your trips with most flights or that are more likely to be disrupted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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