Maximising your miles from Avios, British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Flying Club and other travel loyalty schemes!
‘Travelling Connect’ is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling business person, who uses their phone heavily outside the UK. It is, if nothing else, genius in its simplicity. All you need to do is register your mobile number and then […]
This is a very interesting offer which has crept out very quietly under the radar. I haven’t seen any other coverage of it so far. In 2011, Marriott acquired a Spanish hotel operator called AC Hotels. It has since been working hard to build the […]
Just a quick heads up that November 15th is the last day to register for the latest Marriott MegaBonus promotion. It is worth remembering that the promotion runs until January 15th. If you think you may have a Marriott stay between now and January 15th […]
Last week I published this post which pointed you to an interesting analysis of decent Hilton HHonors hotels which had been listed in their lowest redemption category, just 5,000 points per night. Loyalty Traveler has continued its work on this theme, and has now published […]
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 […]
Marriott is offering a bonus of 1,500 Avios points if you book a ‘UK Weekend Romance’ package before Christmas. You can stay as little as one night if you include a Friday or a Saturday. Full details are here. You will receive: a bottle of […]
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. […]
If your company is a member of the British Airways On Business programme, it will have received an email on Monday. This explained that Marriott will no longer be a partner, and that from the end of the year you can no longer redeem for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marriott has launched its major promotion for the Autumn, which will be another outing for MegaBonus. This promotion is active across all Marriott brands, including Renaissance, Courtyard, Autograph, Edition, JW Marriott, Gaylord and the various US ‘extended stay’ chains. There is a positive twist this […]
Back in March, the Starwood hotel group and Delta Airways announced a unique tie-up. This gave Starwood elite members certain privileges when flying on Delta, and gave Delta top tier members special privileges when staying at a Sheraton / Westin / W etc hotel. One […]
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