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Heathrow, as you may have seen from the TV last night or the press this morning, was trailing a major announcement today about its interim investment plans in advance of seeking planning permission .....
Heathrow, as you may have seen from the TV last night or the press this morning, was trailing a major .....
12 Feb 202512 February 2025 • 53 comments
Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. Let me answer the obvious question first. Why are we covering it, given that it doesn’t earn .....
Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. Let me .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 12 comments
As we covered last week, Accor Live Limitless has launched the ALL Terrace at OVO Arena Wembley. This will allow you to redeem your Accor hotel points for VIP tickets for concerts at the arena. At .....
As we covered last week, Accor Live Limitless has launched the ALL Terrace at OVO Arena Wembley. This will .....
12 Feb 202512 February 2025 • 6 comments
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. Before the pandemic, my honest answer was ‘don’t bother – use cash’. .....
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025 • 119 comments
British Airways has, for some time now, been allowing Executive Club members to donate spare or unwanted Avios to projects supported by the BA Better World Community Fund. Until 31st March, IAG .....
British Airways has, for some time now, been allowing Executive Club members to donate spare or unwanted Avios .....
12 Feb 202512 February 2025 • 12 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer your points into selected frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer your points into selected frequent flyer schemes. .....
4 Mar 20254 March 2025 • 7 comments
Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner. 400 Nectar points will get you a voucher (in the form of a QR code, saved in the Nectar app, to be scanned in-store) for ANY hot .....
Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner. 400 Nectar points will get you a .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 77 comments
Many people believe that the general principle of collecting miles and points should be ‘earn and burn’. By ‘earn and burn’ I mean don’t let your balances build up too .....
Many people believe that the general principle of collecting miles and points should be ‘earn and .....
9 Mar 20259 March 2025 • 22 comments
It is now seven years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. The good news was that it was replaced by the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....
It is now seven years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. .....
21 Feb 202521 February 2025 • 27 comments
Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high threshold that you would wonder why such a person would ever want to set foot in .....
Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a .....
26 Feb 202526 February 2025 • 30 comments
Back in September 2020 – so it was easy to miss at the heart of the pandemic – Virgin Atlantic become the first airline in the world to give you tier points when you booked a redemption .....
Back in September 2020 – so it was easy to miss at the heart of the pandemic – Virgin Atlantic .....
24 Feb 202524 February 2025 • 43 comments
Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotels, has a slightly surprising partnership with luxury cruise company Regent Seven Seas. (Note that Regent Seven Seas is no .....
Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotels, has a slightly surprising .....
16 Feb 202516 February 2025 • 8 comments
“How to get a discount on airport car parking” is a difficult and long-winded question, especially at Heathrow. Luckily for me, the good people at moneysavingexpert.com have written .....
“How to get a discount on airport car parking” is a difficult and long-winded question, especially .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 22 comments
Whilst it is too early in the calendar year to be worrying about this, by the time autumn arrives you should have a view of whether you will be able to do enough elite nights with your preferred hotel .....
Whilst it is too early in the calendar year to be worrying about this, by the time autumn arrives you should .....
20 Feb 202520 February 2025 • 4 comments
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