ETIHAD...
Those chaps you are referring to (as of yesterday) have no idea about their accommodation, timeframe, or its location and are currently quite happy in their new hotel.
One could have said the same in the past about management getting the first villa and a certain S/E asian country's crews....
So get the lies right first.........
Re the Carpark.......
Pay it on your Credit Card, take the rec to HR and you will leave with the cool, hard, cash within 10 min.
That email, as per normal, was a general one and not aimed solely at pilots.