Maximising your miles from Avios, British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Flying Club and other travel loyalty schemes!
I wrote a piece earlier in the year about setting up and using Household Accounts at British Airways Executive Club and avios.com. Household Accounts have obvious benefits, allowing the Avios points from your entire family to be used for a single redemption. However, a BA […]
OK, there is a medium-sized catch to this headline. You need to start your trip in Cairo. And obviously there are safer places in the world than Cairo at the moment. But read on before dismissing this …. Qatar Airways is running a ’2 for […]
Heathrow Rewards - the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus via partner Lufthansa, although you can redeem the bonus with any of their partners. These sign-up bonuses come and go. This one is certainly not as generous as […]
I ran a post yesterday on a 15% discount code that BA is offering to people who book an Economy flight starting in a Eurozone country. Reader David mentioned in the comments section that a similar deal is available from the UK. The good news […]
Amex has launched a new ‘statement credit’ deal, this time with Selfridges. The discount is OK, offering £10 back when you spend £50 on your American Express card. To register, you need to log on to your American Express online statement. In the right-hand margin should […]
Eurostar has opened up its reservation system a little further in advance. Effective this week, you can now book six months ahead rather than just four months. As few people realise this yet, you might find a few bargains, even at peak times, if you […]
British Airways has launched another of its occasional discount codes. This one works nicely – giving you a 15% discount on long-haul economy flights – but is restricted to flights priced in Euro. The rules are simple: You must book before December 20th on ba.com […]
We had a bit of fun yesterday with the error on avios.com that allowed you to buy 40,000 Avios points for just £399. That loophole has now been plugged, though! There are a few other ‘buy miles’ offers about, though. As the year draws to […]
One of the more annoying parts of the miles and points game is how you deal with odd balances, often trivial numbers, that you end up with in various programmes. There are, though, often ways of using up small amounts which means that they do […]
Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc - is an oddity amongst hotel programmes. Whilst it works in the same way as other schemes, with different tier levels and an earnings rate based on spending, it is a standout programme for […]
There is an interesting little bug on avios.com at the moment. Frankly, it is unlikely to last for long after this post goes live, but you should have time to jump on it if you’re interested. (Edit – this post originally discussed buying at ba.com. However, as […]
Tesco Bank has come up with a novel way to promote Tesco Car Insurance. Every day, until 15th April, it is offering 5,000 Clubcard points to someone who asks for a car insurance quote. Full details can be found here. Unfortunately, entries are not carried […]
A quick post to say that the Amazon promotional code that I highlighted recently is, amazingly, still working. (This could be, of course, because their partner American Express seems to have forgotten to tell anyone about it!) Even more amazingly, in a desperate attempt to […]
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