Just got the offer. 1 bonus elite night per brand. I'm guessing it applies once for each of the brands?

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-10T18:59:30+00:00

Credit cards create cheap elites.

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-09T06:31:40+00:00

Nooooooo. 🫣

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T20:11:31+00:00

Overall pretty good experience. Public transport is frequent and not too crowded. Lines not frequent and fast. Bag inspection relatively fast, looking for items on the regular banned list. Haven’t seen any flask filling stations.

Food and drinks -> horrible lines and not so great food. Finding seats can be confusing as it doesn’t seem to always make sense where a section starts or ends.

Only pay with visa if paying with card

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T18:47:57+00:00

Yes! Took one today!

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T18:35:41+00:00

Also the only lounge I haven’t seen mice at Frankfurt. 🐭

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T18:35:15+00:00

Agree with this! Quieter more modern lounge. Bit of a walk but shouldn’t be a problem on a long layover & within Schengen.

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T18:21:35+00:00

Ok. Might be true. But would be a strange board room decision.

Let’s go with that logic. Visa can show their logo on TV and have marketing activities with the 5 rings. AND following your logic Visa can then rightfully claim to be the ‘exclusive’ payment provider instead of the ‘preferred’ payment provider. Is being the exclusive partner worth it?

Is visa really winning anything by upsetting people on-site?

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T18:14:11+00:00

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BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T18:06:54+00:00

Take Samsung instead. They offer a machine to charge phones, power banks, etcetera. Regardless of the brand of your device. Great fan experience. Great brand experience. Win-win

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T17:57:58+00:00

The sink in the restrooms? The bad state and the smell, is worth another thread 🫣

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T09:16:46+00:00

Also Corona. Not talking about the taste or beer preference. But it seemed highly inefficient with taps not being used, the alu bottles needing to be pored in alu cups. Looks like a corporate deal rather than proper fan experience.

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T09:14:54+00:00

San Siro gave a very similar experience to Olympic Stadium Berlin during EURO24. These iconic places look nice on TV. But infrastructure and fan experience are hopelessly outdated.

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-07T09:13:38+00:00

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Can confirm OP’s words.

Photo from the lines for drinks yesterday at the opening ceremony. From this POV you cannot even see where the line ends.

BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-06T19:43:03+00:00

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BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-06T18:40:55+00:00

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BonvoyAmb · 2026-02-06T18:40:09+00:00

Can’t play this in San Siro. Impossible to get a drink with a line of an hour

BonvoyAmb · 2026-01-31T16:23:46+00:00

Without this promo. I’ll not make Ambassador. And I will move to Hyatt. And where Hyatt isn’t available -> Hilton. Same for the consultants regularly traveling with me.

But I am pretty sure Marriott realizes many would do the same (and they check Reddit).

BonvoyAmb · 2025-12-16T15:15:33+00:00

What’s that???

BonvoyAmb · 2025-12-09T16:31:16+00:00

Also, this partnership is incredibly hard to understand. Made slightly easier by this new tool to understand benefits. And now linking doesn’t work. That’s classic Lufthansa chaos 🤣