We drove into the city and straight to the hotel, thanks to the help of the lady at the car hire place. Home for our 4 nights in San Francisco was the InterContinenal Mark Hopkins – 2 nights using the 2for1 Ambassador Certificate, 1 night using the Barclaycard free night and one on points at… Read More Only one InterContinental in San Francisco gets Top Marks
MummyAiriles emailed this evening to let me know how her latest trip is going. Thankfully for her bank balance, and my inheritance, it is a relatively cheap trip thanks to the bestowal of some Emirates Skywards miles. Some months ago, MummyAirmiles reported on her Emirates business class trip to Mauritius and back from the Seychelles… Read More MummyAirmiles flies easyJet – Emirates pays!
Different card providers have different ways of presenting data using their online platforms when it comes to miles and points. American Express are very clear: on the BAPP, you earn 1.5 Avios per pound on everything except BA spend, which is double. This is shown on the statement like this: The £5.39 in Tesco is multiplied by… Read More Why it is worth checking your points statments
MummyAirmiles got in touch recently to ask about some hotels for her late summer jaunt to New York. She has clearly been paying attention to some of the advice I give her, as she booked an exCPH fare in Club World using 30,000 Avios per person to fly both her and Dad for an outlay… Read More MummyAirmiles’ hotel dilemma
If you have followed parts 1-4, you should be sitting on a pretty impressive pile of miles from credit card sign up bonuses and spend, shopping and flying more ‘efficiently’ (in terms of mile accumulation). But how best to redeem them? There are three main ways that I have used; Reward Flight Savers, Redemptions and… Read More Part five: Flying on miles
Over the last couple of days I have been writing about using SPG and Hilton points, partly because I am thinking about whether or not to use them for my next holiday and branch out from IHG for a change. In both those articles, I looked at the basic room rate and compared them with… Read More Why booking with points can save you more than just the room rate
I had a message from a good friend this morning asking if they should use 7500 Avios to save £100 off the cost of flights during the Easter holidays. The answer is “it depends!” My thought process for this was as follows: How many Avios do you have? Is there Avios availability? Can you split… Read More To part-pay or not to part-pay with Avios
You can buy Ambassador Status, a sub-tier of the IHG Rewards Club for the InterContinental hotels. When staying at an InterContinental as an Ambassador, you are guaranteed a complimentary room upgrade, an in-room gift, extended check-out to 4pm. This is in addition to the priority check in at reception. It costs $200 a year (or 32,000… Read More IHG – you spoil me with your Ambassador status
My Tier Point year ends on the 8th March and, as I have no more flying lined up, I thought it would be interesting to review my year in the air. This year I have flown more than I have ever done before, including: My first ex-EU fare My first American Airlines legs, including F on the… Read More My flying year 2015 – 2016
As I pointed out in the About Me page of this blog, I am not a frequent flyer jetting round the world on business, but a Geography teacher who enjoys travel. As part of my love for my subject, I am going to be giving up some of my own holidays and money to attend… Read More Accelerate 2016 – can I earn over 40,000 points for one stay?
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