I would advise anyone who has the opportunity to collect miles and points to sign up for whatever loyalty scheme, promotion or offer that has caught your eye as you never know when it might be useful. I explain in this article why I think it is a good idea, and this is another example… Read More Using Lufthansa miles for Amazon vouchers
Last May half term, I stayed at the Meliá Cala Galdana hotel in Menorca. It was a great hotel in a fabulous location with top notch service in The Level. Now, as a standard member, points are earned at the rate of 10 per € spent. There is a multiplier as you go up the… Read More MeliáRewards – what are they and how can they help get you cheaper Avios?!
There are times when buying Avios is a good idea – more on that to come soon – but there are also times when you can ‘buy’ Avios in a round about way. One of those times was through buying a subscription to the Economist. Another has just been available with Avis. Through British Airway’s… Read More ‘Free’ car hire when buying Avios?!
American Express have been putting on some decent offered recently, including a £100 rebate for spending £500 with British Airways, and a £50 rebate for spending £200. An offer has just popped into my inbox offering a bonus 7,000 Avios if I spend £7,000 between now and the end of July. Now, given that the… Read More 7,000 bonus Avios from BA and AmEx
I wrote the other day about how I was planning on giving up my IHG Barclaycard. An offer came through today for the first time from Barclaycard; a tie up with Uber offering free rides reminiscent of the AmEx deals. All you need to do is link up your Barclaycard to your Uber account and… Read More Barclaycard join with Uber to offer free rides
After years of stuffing my clothes into a small suitcase with one broken wheel, I decided that it was time to invest in a new cabin suitcase. I had had lots of opportunities to travel with just hand luggage but my old suitcase was just too small. I did some research online and decided that… Read More A new bag is on the Horizn
I got an email yesterday telling me that I was the lucky recipient of a special bonus on the purchase of some Avios. I can buy up to 100,000 this year with a 30% bonus. If I were to buy 10,000, I would get 13,000 for $300 (£246.50 at today’s exchange rate). In the back of… Read More Bonus Avios? I’ll take a bonus Economist!
I got sent details of two new offered from Avios which may be of use to some people. If you shop online you probably already use Topcashback. However, there is now an option to get 1,000 Avios for shopping online to help you on the way to your next holiday. From the 3rd of October… Read More Some new offers from Avios
