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Via Loyalty Lobby, MeliaRewards – the loyalty scheme for Melia Hotels – has launched an interesting promotion based around your birthday. Melia has over 350 hotels in Spain and other (mainly Spanish speaking) countries, so this could be handy for a weekend break. They also [...]
You may not have heard of Worldhotels, but it is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread across 65 countries. These are hotels which do not want to formally join a branded chain but still want to be able to offer their guests [...]
International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways, took full control of Spanish low-cost airline Vueling this week. See the Bloomberg story here. The cost was €123m to take IAG’s stake to 91%. There are some interesting nuances here. Unlike Iberia, which is bleeding cash like [...]
Over Easter, I will be answering a number of the reader questions that were submitted via this article. If you didn’t take part this time, don’t worry as I will be re-running this feature in the Summer. Feel free to expand on or critique my [...]
Vueling is an airline you may not have heard of. It is a semi-low-cost carrier partly owned by Iberia, operating across Europe. British Airways, as we know, does not operate any flights from outside London. However, Vueling runs a few routes from Cardiff (Alicante, Barcelona, [...]
If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on, with a 25% discount on the number of Avios required. Given that Iberia also has far lower taxes than BA, these deals do look interesting. Full details [...]
Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 27th January, see here for further details. Note that you need to log-in to see details of the bonus offer. At the top end, you will be paying [...]
Many people forget that Iberia also has Avios as its reward currency (since BA and Iberia have the same parent) and that you can transfer your Avios into Iberia Plus. (Transfers of Avios to Iberia Plus can only be done on Iberia Plus accounts which [...]
Business Traveller reports that Iberia’s sister company Vueling is launching flights from Cardiff to Malaga from April 2013. This is in addition to their services to Alicante and Barcelona. There was also a Cardiff to Palma route operating in 2012, but it is reported that [...]
Almost a year after the launch of Avios, Iberia has finally caught up with BA and launched ‘Avios and Money’. This may be relevant to you, because Iberia redemptions booked on the Iberia website tend to carry far lower taxes than the same flight booked [...]
Iberia Plus is having a sale on Avios redemptions on certain routes. See here for details. The routes are: 2,295 Avios each-way – Madrid to Lisbon or Oran 6,500 Avios each-way – Madrid to Athens or Nouakchott (look it up!) 8,125 Avios each-way – Madrid [...]
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