{"id":7548,"date":"2020-06-24T20:59:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=7548"},"modified":"2020-06-30T21:40:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:40:12","slug":"instant-ascott-platinum-for-amex-platinum-cardholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2020\/06\/24\/instant-ascott-platinum-for-amex-platinum-cardholders\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Ascott Platinum for Amex Platinum cardholders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday we spoke about the ludicrous buy points promotion from the Ascott group.<\/a> Today I’d like to give an update on their membership tiers and status match programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ascott has four membership tiers: Classic, Silver, Gold and Platinum. They offered instant Platinum upgrade last year to Amex Platinum cardholders, although the special sign-up link was actually open to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, that promotion ended already. I tried my luck to signed up via that link anyway, and to no one’s surprise, my status turned out to be, err, Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if the Amex Platinum promotion is still running? I sent an email to enquiry.member@the-ascott.com asking if they could still offer me an upgrade to Platinum status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial response was for me to forward the invitation email as it was an “invitation-only” initiative. Well I saw this on the Internet so obviously I don’t have one. Then they asked me to send them pictures of my Amex Platinum card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I sent pictures of my (UK) card, with sensitive information masked of course. Within minutes, I got a reply saying that I was already upgraded to Platinum!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In theory, I believe you can also match to Gold if you hold Amex Gold card instead. These two tiers come with the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ascott Gold<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • 30% off birthday voucher<\/li>
  • Welcome gift or drink<\/li>
  • Early check-in & late check-out<\/li>
  • Free airport transfer in the Middle East<\/strong><\/li>
  • Room upgrade in Europe (subject to availability)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Ascott Platinum<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • 40% off birthday voucher<\/li>
    • Welcome gift or drink<\/li>
    • Early check-in & late check-out<\/li>
    • Free airport transfer in the Middle East<\/strong><\/li>
    • Free breakfast in Europe<\/strong><\/li>
    • Room upgrade worldwide (subject to availability)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Free airport transfer is a great deal and I believe Turkey is treated as Middle East here. Free breakfast is also great as long as you are in Europe. I’m not sure how room upgrade works in practice, although I suspect it might be similar to Best Western, i.e. much more “miss” than “hit”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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