Maximising your miles from Avios, British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Flying Club and other travel loyalty schemes!
Clearly I did something wrong, because British Airways Executive Club forgot my birthday entirely last November. (Although I did get some freebies from other loyalty programmes.) However, reader James got in touch this week to confirm that the BAEC ‘birthday bonus’ programme is still going […]
Heads up that Tuesday 11th March is your last chance to earn 5,000 Tesco Clubcard points when you take out Tesco Life Insurance. Five years ago, Tesco Life Insurance was a licence to print Avios (or BA Miles, as they were then). You got 4,500 […]
I wrote a piece recently for the American Express travel blog (no, I didn’t know they had one either!) which has just gone live. I was only given a limited amount of space, but I hope it gives readers an idea of the ‘bigger picture’ […]
British Airways has brought back its “Hello Weekend” offers for 2014. These offer (sometimes) very good short-notice deals on flight and hotel packages. In a new development this year, you can now book for the coming weekend and the two weekends after that. Last year, you had […]
Two new ‘buy miles’ promotions have launched in the last couple of days. The first, with a novel format, is from US Airways. It is offering a mystery bonus. You will receive a bonus of either 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of your miles. Luckily, you […]
This post is mainly for the benefit of our email subscribers (over 2,100 people) who do not see the ‘Click To Visit Our Affiliate Partners’ banners in the right-hand margin every day! The rest of you have permission to skip this post …. Head for Points is […]
On Wednesday, I flew up to Manchester for the day to have lunch with a friend. The total cost was a grand total of £0 in tax and 0 Avios, which made it excellent value for money. How I did I do this? By tagging a […]
airberlin – the best place to turn for low tax Avios redemptions – has added some new Caribbean options for Winter 2014. As per my Avios Redemption University article on airberlin, you should be able to book a business class flight on these routes for […]
The Melia hotel group has launched an aggressive promotion with Iberia Plus which could earn you a lot of Avios in the coming weeks, especially if you are travelling to Madrid. Until 30th April, you earn TRIPLE Avios at airport hotels in Madrid and DOUBLE […]
redspottedhanky is on Amazon Local, their daily deals site. If you have any train travel planned between now and September, it is a good deal. (Remember that you can even get Heathrow Express tickets via redspottedhanky ….) For £8, you can buy a redspottedhanky gift […]
One of the most common questions I receive via email from new readers is whether they can convert their Virgin Flying Club miles to Avios points. I thought I would save myself some typing in the future by running a post on this that I […]
A very, very quick late evening post to say that redspottedhanky has launched a new TV advertising campaign tonight. The ads are offering 30,000 x £10 RSH vouchers, redeemable for UK train travel. You can claim one (or more …) by visiting this website. The […]
Dixons Travel is running a promotion with Heathrow Rewards during March which could prove attractive. The company is offering bonus Heathrow Rewards points on all Apple branded products: You receive double points for spending £300-£499 You receive triple points for spending £500-£999 You receive quadruple […]
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