Bits: Cabify update, Accor adds tickets for new Wembley events, good Bangkok flight deal

News in brief:

An update on earning Avios from Cabify

We ran an article yesterday on earning Avios in Spain via taxi app Cabify.

This was wrong in a couple of respects. In my defence I blame ba.com, which shows different information depending on whether you are on the UK, Spanish or Mexican sites.

It turns out:

• you CAN earn Avios in The British Airways Club from Cabify – it isn’t just for Iberia Club members

• you can also earn in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Portugal – although reader feedback below is that Portgual and Mexico are now closed

Our Cabify article yesterday has been updated and is hopefully now comprehensive. Thanks to those who submitted feedback.

Accor adds new tickets for OVO Arena Wembley events

Accor Live Limitless has added tickets for more upcoming concerts at OVO Arena Wembley.

The tickets give you access to the exclusive ALL Terrace, which I explained here.

The current options are (pricing is for TWO tickets):

• Pierce the Veil – 23rd September – 4,500 ALL points
• Parcels – 27th September – 9,000 ALL points
• Attack on Titan – 28th September – 4,500 ALL points
• Deacon Blue – 3rd October – 5,000 ALL points
• Parkway Drive – 4th October – 5,000 ALL points
• Kane Brown – 10th October – 6,000 ALL points
• Simply Red – 11th October – 8,000 ALL points
• SKYLIGHT with Emmanuel Smith – 12th October – 4,000 ALL points
• Flo Rida – 14th October – 9,000 ALL points
• Killswitch Engage – 17th October – 7,000 ALL points
• Hot Wheels Stunt Show – 25th/26th October – from 4,000 ALL points

The Parcels event comes with added extras:

• Private meet & greet with the band
• Backstage tour
• Gift bag with official merchandise

You can redeem your points for the ALL Terrace on the Accor website here.

Beware – the ALL website is weird. To ensure that all the UK options appear, you must set your ‘place of delivery’ (the truck icon at the top of the screen) to ‘United Kingdom’. If you don’t, you won’t necessarily be shown everything.

Accor is the largest hotel group in the world outside the Americas, so there are no shortage of ibis, Novotel, Pullman, Mercure, Sofitel, Raffles etc hotels where you can earn. Our full overview of Accor Live Limitless is here if you want to find out more about how the scheme works.

There are no credit card partnerships, directly or indirectly. You CAN transfer Avios into Accor Live Limitless points via Qatar Airways Privilege Club but the rate isn’t great at 4.5 to 1 – read more here. It may work for you if there is an act you are very keen to see and tickets are otherwise unavailable.

A good China Southern flight deal to Bangkok

Chinese airlines are often the cheapest way of flying to Australia and the Far East.

A couple of weeks ago we mentioned some good deals dug up by Luxury Flight Club to South East Asia or Melbourne from Heathrow.

A new deal to Bangkok has now appeared at £1,533 return in business class. It is widely available across November, December and January.

This is with China Southern via Guangzhou. China Southern is a British Airways joint venture partner and you earn Avios based on miles flown, even when you book under a China Southern flight number.

Stopovers are available for an additional £100. The train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong can be as fast as 49 minutes if you wanted to visit.