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A quick heads up that Sky appears to be reversing payments that were made on 3V Virtual Visa cards in recent days. As I reported last week, 3V suddenly blocked their cards from being used for paying .....
A quick heads up that Sky appears to be reversing payments that were made on 3V Virtual Visa cards in recent .....
20 Dec 201320 December 2013 • 82 comments
I have slotted this in as an afternoon article because of the small number available, and because Amex has already been promoting it via Twitter today. Amex and Foursquare are offering £10 cashback .....
I have slotted this in as an afternoon article because of the small number available, and because Amex has .....
17 Dec 201317 December 2013 • 31 comments
Since I first wrote about them in June, a minor cottage industry has sprung up around the purchase of 3V Virtual Visa cards. Basically, you can purchase these Visa gift cards in Tesco stores for face .....
Since I first wrote about them in June, a minor cottage industry has sprung up around the purchase of 3V .....
13 Dec 201313 December 2013 • 172 comments
One of the more annoying parts of the miles and points game is how you deal with odd balances, often trivial numbers, that you end up with in various programmes. There are, though, often ways of using .....
One of the more annoying parts of the miles and points game is how you deal with odd balances, often trivial .....
10 Dec 201310 December 2013
A quick post to say that the Amazon promotional code that I highlighted recently is, amazingly, still working. This could be, of course, because their partner American Express seems to have forgotten .....
A quick post to say that the Amazon promotional code that I highlighted recently is, amazingly, still working. .....
8 Dec 20138 December 2013 • 31 comments
I recently did an interview with Nomadic Matt, probably the worlds most-read travel (as opposed to miles and points) writer. The man is in over 500,000 Google+ circles and has 59,000 Twitter and .....
I recently did an interview with Nomadic Matt, probably the worlds most-read travel (as opposed to miles and .....
6 Dec 20136 December 2013 • 13 comments
Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is currently offering membership to Priority Pass for half price. The link to buy is here. Priority Pass is a network of .....
Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is currently offering .....
29 Nov 201329 November 2013 • 16 comments
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the new Qbic hotel in London and their plan to offer 5 rooms per day for just £1. This promotion is going live today at midday. The system is a little odd – .....
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the new Qbic hotel in London and their plan to offer 5 rooms per day for just .....
27 Nov 201327 November 2013 • 49 comments
The Lanesborough hotel sits at Hyde Park Corner in London, directly opposite the back gardens of Buckingham Palace. Across the road is Apsley House, and next to that the InterContinental Park Lane and .....
The Lanesborough hotel sits at Hyde Park Corner in London, directly opposite the back gardens of Buckingham .....
24 Nov 201324 November 2013 • 2 comments
Someone recently asked in the comments section about the value of the BA Amex credit card given that they usually travelled alone and had little use for the 2-4-1. This led me to think about how .....
Someone recently asked in the comments section about the value of the BA Amex credit card given that they .....
18 Nov 201318 November 2013 • 15 comments
East Coast trains is jumping on the redspottedhanky bandwagon by giving away 10,000 x £10 discount vouchers tomorrow. There is some information on The Telegraph website here. No minimum spend will be .....
East Coast trains is jumping on the redspottedhanky bandwagon by giving away 10,000 x £10 discount vouchers .....
16 Nov 201316 November 2013 • 41 comments
Business Traveller magazine has launched its annual online charity auction. This year the cause is Refuge. They have put together a huge list of items, from flights to airline cuddly toys! It is .....
Business Traveller magazine has launched its annual online charity auction. This year the cause is Refuge. .....
16 Nov 201316 November 2013 • 2 comments
Hilton HHonors has teamed up with Global Giving to offer 10 Hilton HHonors points for every US$1 donated to aiding the recovery efforts from Super Typhoon Haiyan. If you were considering donating .....
Hilton HHonors has teamed up with Global Giving to offer 10 Hilton HHonors points for every US$1 donated .....
15 Nov 201315 November 2013
I spent an hour last Friday down at The Luxury Travel Fair, at Olympia in London. And, yet again, it was a rather frustrating experience. Not helped, this year, by torrential rain and a fire at .....
I spent an hour last Friday down at The Luxury Travel Fair, at Olympia in London. And, yet again, it was a .....
13 Nov 201313 November 2013 • 2 comments
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