Status Indonesia Guides

Jakarta

• Every expat area compared, with what popular buildings really rent for
• Sport, the coast, cinemas, live music, malls, markets and a year of events
• 89 restaurants in sixteen categories, with Status picks marked

Inside: Where to live · Apartments · Getting around · Settling in · Sport · The coast · Things to do · Malls · Markets · Nightlife and live music · Eat like a local · Where to eat · A year in Jakarta · Notes and sources

The Indonesia Hotel Elite Guide

• Reach ALL Accor Platinum with half the nights, using the Accor+ shortcut
• Use Marriott's status challenge: Platinum in 16 nights
• Find the bank cards and dining programs that open doors, including routes for foreigners

Inside: The short answer · ALL Accor · Marriott Bonvoy's status challenge · Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and GHA · Dining and lounges · Indonesia's own chains · Cards that unlock status · Where the hotels are · Promotions and your 12-month plan

The Buffet Issue

• Eat at Indonesia's five-star hotel buffets for 20–60% less
• The apps, codes, groups and memberships that cut the bill, city by city
• Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali, plus where kids eat free

Inside: The short answer · The discount playbook · Jakarta · Bandung · Yogyakarta · Bali · Eating with children · Notes and sources

Expat Essentials

• Get your SIM, apps, bank account and toll card right in your first two weeks
• Know what rent, internet, streaming, sport on TV and household help really cost
• Trains, flights, ferries, visas, health insurance and hospitals, compared

Inside: The first fortnight · Getting connected · The apps · Money · Home · Everyday life · Getting around · Staying legal · Health · Notes and sources

The Rewards Issue

• Jakarta's deals apps and dining programmes, ranked: which pay for themselves
• Grab Dine Out, Qpon, hotel dining cards and coffee-chain apps, with the maths
• The bank cards that add the most on top

Inside: Covers deals apps, hotel dining programmes (Club Gourmet, Dine@Hyatt and more), coffee and fast-food apps, and a comparison of 46 programmes

Bali

• Living on the island: areas and villa rents
• Rules, work, beach clubs and getting around
• Hotels by status program

The Festive Supplement 2026

• Christmas and New Year's Eve buffets in Bali and Jakarta, with prices
• The three days when hotel dining discounts stop working
• Goes with Edition 02, The Buffet Issue