TopCashback is a site which allows you to earn a small amount of cashback from your day to day shopping by clicking through to participating online shops from its site. It is very similar to Quidco if you are a member of that site. British Airways and Virgin […]
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25% bonus on TopCashback transfers to Avios – and get 625 Avios when you join for free!
25 September 2016 By 2 Comments
Why Marriott Travel Packages are exceptional for Avios if you have lots of SPG points
25 September 2016 By Leave a Comment
In my discussion of the implications of Marriott’s decision to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest points into Marriott Rewards at the ratio of 1:3, I said that Marriott Travel Packages looked a very good deal. Today I want to go into this in more detail. Marriott […]
Last chance: Avios from Tesco gift cards, Avios from LEGO, Avios from Diamond Club credit card
24 September 2016 By 60 Comments
We will shortly be saying goodbye to three generous Avios collection opportunities. If you want to take advantage, this weekend is the time to do so. Last day for 360 Avios per £50 Tesco gift cards On Sunday, Tesco is ending its longest running – […]
Bits: share your HEx upgrade code, Finnair launching San Francisco, extra BA Tenerife flights
23 September 2016 By 66 Comments
News in brief: Share your Heathrow Express upgrade codes Heathrow Express emailed its database on Wednesday with a free First Class upgrade code. These are valid for one person on a ticket (one-way or return) booked in advance via the Heathrow Express website or app. […]
My review of BA’s Jet and Air lounges at Vienna International Airport
23 September 2016 By 14 Comments
British Airways, or their selected third party, lounges in Europe are generally unexciting and I wasn’t expecting to find anything to write about in Vienna. However, it turned out that I had access to a number of different and decent lounges and so I thought it […]
It’s back – 10,000 Avios for opening an ISA with Nutmeg
21 September 2016 By 70 Comments
Wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous Avios offer. You will receive up to 10,000 Avios points when you open a Stocks & Shares ISA or a pension with Nutmeg before 9th October. Full details can be found on the Nutmeg website here. […]
Bits: 3600 Avios and £10 off with LEGO Friends, £15 off Lufthansa flights, flying with a Galaxy Note 7?
21 September 2016 By 55 Comments
News in brief: 3600 Avios and £10 off with LEGO Friends As we covered on Shopper Points yesterday, there is a VERY generous LEGO deal running again this week on Tesco Direct. As you can see on this page, you will receive 1500 bonus Clubcard […]
Now official, with pictures – ‘The First Wing’ comes to Terminal 5 in April
20 September 2016 By 49 Comments
Some good news from British Airways for a change. Yesterday, the company officially announced the new First Class, Gold Executive Club and oneworld Emerald access route at Heathrow Terminal 5. Click to enlarge the images. ‘The First Wing’ is being built in the area behind […]
Last chance to book in the current BA and Virgin sales – BA deals improved by ‘triple Avios’
20 September 2016 By 57 Comments
Tomorrow, Wednesday 21st, is your last chance to make a booking in the current British Airways and Virgin Atlantic sales. I wanted to do a recap today of some of the deals on offer. British Airways Since the sale was announced, British Airways has launched […]
EXCLUSIVE: Earn 250 Avios when dining at local restaurants from 1st October
19 September 2016 By 37 Comments
Avios is gearing up for the launch of a new feature on 1st October – a new restaurant-booking portal called Restaurant Circle which will give you 250 Avios points with every table booked. The system is being run by ResDiary which handles bookings for 5,900 […]
Do you know the expiry rules for your airline miles?
19 September 2016 By 50 Comments
There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once dropped a few miles from a one-off promotion and then […]
British Airways ‘to sell M&S food on short-haul’
18 September 2016 By 121 Comments
Following on from my story on Saturday that British Airways is training cabin crew to sell ‘buy on board’ food on short haul – but only after they sign a confidentiality agreement – the Daily Mail reported on Sunday that British Airways has signed a deal with […]
Bits: £20 for TripAdvisor hotel booking, Clubcard bonus on kids games ending, corrected Etihad codes
18 September 2016 By 23 Comments
News in brief: £20 in Amazon vouchers with a TripAdvisor hotel booking TripAdvisor is offering a £20 Amazon voucher when you book a hotel via their UK site for £150 or more. Details are here. It is a little fiddly but the deal seems decent […]
Bits: British Airways launching buy-on-board?, Etihad 30% discount code, Concorde memorabilia
17 September 2016 By 116 Comments
(EDIT: Etihad codes now fixed!) News in brief: British Airways believed to be launching buy-on-board catering in 2017 There are a steady stream of rumours at the moment that British Airways is poised to announce the launch of buy-on-board short-haul catering from early 2017. My […]
‘Kids Fly Free’ on BA until 1 November to/from Leeds, Newcastle, Inverness and Belfast
17 September 2016 By 15 Comments
I wrote about this deal back in July but, as it is still running for another six weeks, I thought it was worth a reminder. British Airways is currently running a bigger and better version of the ‘Kids Fly Free’ offer which it has run in the […]
Inside No 1 Lounge Gatwick South – your alternative BA lounge from January
16 September 2016 By 89 Comments
It is now just over four months until the big terminal switch at Gatwick. On 25th January 2017, British Airways will move overnight from the North Terminal to the South Terminal. easyJet will move across to the North Terminal, consolidating their entire operation under one […]
What happens to your Avios points when you die?
16 September 2016 By 39 Comments
Yes, a cheery subject for a Friday morning. However, this is something that rarely comes up but does impact quite a few people, especially those who were hoarding Avios during their career to spend during retirement. I last focused on this two years ago. I […]
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