I posted a few days ago about the Iberia Plus offer of 2,500 Avios points for your kids if you enrol them in the new ‘Iberia Plus Kids’ programme for 2 to 11 year olds.  At the time, most .....

I posted a few days ago about the Iberia Plus offer of 2,500 Avios points for your kids if you enrol them in .....

21 Jul 201221 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

AA has emailed me with details of a Summer discount for buying AAdvantage miles. The discount goes from 10% if you buy 5,000 up to 25% if you buy 40,000.  The link is here. Frankly, it .....

AA has emailed me with details of a Summer discount for buying AAdvantage miles. The discount goes .....

21 Jul 201221 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is the 4th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections .....

This is the 4th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

20 Jul 201220 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

View from the Wing reports on a potential US lawsuit against BA due to the high level of taxes and surcharges on Avios redemptions …. Whilst it is easy to shout ‘mad Americans!’, it .....

View from the Wing reports on a potential US lawsuit against BA due to the high level of taxes and surcharges .....

20 Jul 201220 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

One of the usual key indicators of the arrival of Summer, along with the cricket season and your first Pimm’s of the year, was the launch of Heathrow Express’s ‘2 for 1’ .....

One of the usual key indicators of the arrival of Summer, along with the cricket season and your first .....

19 Jul 201219 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

There are two recent Iberia partnerships worth knowing about.  You will need an Iberia Plus account to earn Avios points with these, but they can be quickly transferred across to an avios.com or .....

There are two recent Iberia partnerships worth knowing about.  You will need an Iberia Plus account to earn .....

19 Jul 201219 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

An email arrives from Club Carlson promoting 50% off selected redemptions for stays between 1st August and 30th September. Theoretically, according to the rules, you need to use code 50REDEEM to see .....

An email arrives from Club Carlson promoting 50% off selected redemptions for stays between 1st August and .....

18 Jul 201218 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I posted recently about the ability to earn 500 free Delta SkyMiles for changing your Le Club Accorhotels earnings profile to SkyMiles. It seems that this promotion is also available for Air .....

I posted recently about the ability to earn 500 free Delta SkyMiles for changing your Le Club Accorhotels .....

18 Jul 201218 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

We finally have a date.   31st August is the last day for Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members to redeem or earn Virgin miles on BMI flights. I assume this is reciprocal, so that 31st August .....

We finally have a date.   31st August is the last day for Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members to .....

17 Jul 201217 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Well, via this link we now have full details of what has been rumoured for a few days – that British Airways tickets issued by travel agents, most importantly corporate travel agents, will .....

Well, via this link we now have full details of what has been rumoured for a few days – that British .....

17 Jul 201217 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

It seems that the 50% bonus on converting Tesco Clubcard points to Avios points will also apply to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles. From the Clubcard website: Exchange your Clubcard vouchers between .....

It seems that the 50% bonus on converting Tesco Clubcard points to Avios points will also apply to Virgin .....

17 Jul 201217 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Until 22nd July, Tesco Clubcard is offering 50 bonus points when you buy 2 x £1 bags of prepacked salad.   That is usually equivalent to 120 Avios points, but due to the 50% bonus promotion .....

Until 22nd July, Tesco Clubcard is offering 50 bonus points when you buy 2 x £1 bags of prepacked salad. .....

17 Jul 201217 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Iberia runs regular redemption offers on flights to and from Spain and the UK, which can make it cheaper to move Avios points to Iberia Plus from BAEC or avios.com and redeem from there, rather than .....

Iberia runs regular redemption offers on flights to and from Spain and the UK, which can make it cheaper to .....

17 Jul 201217 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

Here is a quick example of how to exploit the 50% Avios conversion bonus I flagged in the previous post, based on the HP inks offer.   However, as you need your points to post by 21st July you really .....

Here is a quick example of how to exploit the 50% Avios conversion bonus I flagged in the previous post, based .....

16 Jul 201216 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments