Maximising your miles from Avios, British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Flying Club and other travel loyalty schemes!
Last week I wrote about an attractive wine deal that British Airways Executive Club was running in conjunction with Laithwaites. Basically, for £51 you would receive 12 bottles of wine, 1000 Avios points, free delivery and a pair of Dartington Crystal wine flutes. Not bad. […]
Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by converting something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes you can do a conversion which you logically would not expect to be possible. […]
Delta Air Lines announced yesterday what has been expected for a while – that Delta and Virgin will begin co-habiting in Heathrow Terminal 3. Delta will (partially) move from Terminal 4 on April 2nd 2014. This stems, of course, from Delta’s purchase of 49% in […]
Virgin Flying Club has launched two promotions in conjunction with Tesco Clubcard – a competition and a 1,000 miles opt-in bonus. The competition appears to be a response to this British Airways competition for Tesco converters. Here are the details: Right now if you convert […]
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. After a couple of years, you can re-apply for the first card […]
It usually takes a while for Tesco to take the Clubcard points earned in the previous quarter and convert them into vouchers. This time, though, they have been super-quick. If you log in to your Clubcard account, you will see that your vouchers for the […]
There is a decent Hilton promotion running with Avios at the moment, offering 1,000 bonus Avios per night when you stay a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night. More details in this post. Virgin Flying Club has now launched its own Hilton HHonors promotion, which has […]
One of the more mind-boggling posts I have ever run on Head for Points was this one from June, discussing the various complex combinations of earning Avios from buying petrol. At the end of the day, we decided that the best way was: Buying at […]
It is, of course, hugely frustrating to find that you can book half of a reward ticket but cannot find seats for other leg. On short haul flights it isn’t so bad, because British Airways now sells one-way fares on its short-haul routes. On long-haul, though, […]
In late September, Delta and Virgin Atlantic finally secured US regulatory approval for their revenue sharing venture on flights across the Atlantic. This follows the acquisition by Delta of 49% of Virgin Atlantic and, of course, the similar revenue sharing venture created by British Airways […]
Virgin Atlantic has launched a bonus promotion for anyone booking an Upper Class flight before 20th October. You have until the end of February to actually take the flight. Full details and registration can be found here. Your flights must be in booking classes J, […]
A quick heads up that tomorrow is the last day to initiate a transfer of Membership Rewards points from American Express to BA, Virgin or Club Carlson to benefit from the (targeted) 20% – 30% transfer bonuses. My original post is here. A discussion on […]
Well, this is a first for the UK! In the US, it is normal for Amex points to transfer instantly to airline and hotel partners. This is not the case in the UK, where it usually takes 4-5 days. (The best transfer partner is usually […]
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