Maximising your miles from Avios, British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Flying Club and other travel loyalty schemes!
Following the recent devaluation announcement by Hyatt Gold Passport, which led to a new higher Category 7 being introduced, the group has sweetened the pill by announcing a raft of new innovations. The main one is the introduction of ‘cash and points’ awards. This is […]
Hyatt is offering a special bonus for Avios collectors when you stay at one of its properties before the end of January. This covers Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Andaz, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt, Hyatt House and Hyatt Place. Full details can be found here. The headline […]
The reward chart at Hyatt Gold Passport has seemed a little unsupportable for a while. Park Hyatt – the most luxurious brand in the portfolio – operates some extremely fine hotels, such as the Park Hyatt Tokyo seen in ‘Lost In Translation’. And 22,000 points for […]
Hyatt has finally decided to join the cashback bandwagon, and announced a deal with Affiliate Window this week to launch a full affiliate programme. At the time of writing, it has not appeared on TopCashBack. However, it is on Quidco. They are offering 3% cashback […]
A quick heads up that October 31st is the last day to register for Hyatt’s ‘Discover The Possibilities’ promotion. The web page for full details and registration is here. The promotion runs until the end of November, so make sure you register if you think […]
United Airlines has taken a leaf out of the British Airways promotions book and is currently offering a 25% bonus on all hotel and car hire points transfers. There is a bit of small print to follow: You must transfer at least 5,000 miles-worth of […]
Here is a final reminder that Tuesday October 15th is the last day to initiate a transfer of hotel points to British Airways Avios points to receive a 25% bonus. Here is a quick reminder of the promotion, outlined here at ba.com. Rule 1: You […]
The British Airways promotion offering a 25% bonus on conversions from hotel schemes into Avios is still running for another two weeks. Triggered by this, reader James emailed me to ask whether I thought it was, in general, worth converting hotel points into airline miles. […]
Back in June, I told you how Hyatt Stay Certificates offered a great opportunity to get a big discount on a luxury hotel room. Basically, Hyatt sells gift vouchers which get you a free night at a participating hotel. There are different sorts of certificate, […]
Until 15th October, British Airways is offering a 25% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty schemes into Avios. Since most of the hotel programmes allow you to buy points – and often have special offers – I thought it would be […]
Etihad Guest has jumped on the transfer bonus bandwagon! If you transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Etihad before 11th October, you will receive a 20% bonus. You will also receive a 20% bonus on transfers from the Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Club Carlson and Shangri-La […]
A quick heads up that registration is now open for Hyatt’s ‘Discover The Possibilities’ promotion. This gives you a bonus when you complete 5, 10, 15 and 20 Hyatt nights before the end of November. (EDIT – registration is now live, if you checked earlier […]
Finally, after a couple of false starts here and here, which I think were errors by the hotel groups, its back. The BA ‘25% bonus when you transfer your hotel points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion! It is a very simple promotion, outlined here at […]
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