This post was originally published in 2016 and refreshed first in 2019. It is up to date as of January 2022 I love travel, and when I can’t travel I love to talk about it – so you can be sure that I was delighted when a colleague wanted to know more about the miles… Read More Part one: Dipping your toes in
The other day I wrote about how PayQwiq can help you in collecting Tesco Clubcard points is an easy way to get Avios which you can use to pay for your flights; topcashback is a way to earn more Clubcard points to make this happen faster. Like any shopping portal, you log into http://www.topcashback.com and… Read More Topcashback – a fast way to cheap flights
Air Passenger Duty (APD) is a tax levied on fliers departing airports in the UK. It started off, when first introduced, at £5 short haul an £10 long haul; now it can add up to £146 to the cost of a ticket. An announcement yesterday by the Scottish Government said that there were plans to… Read More Understanding (and reducing) APD costs
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
Once my last flights of this tier point collection year had posted, I did a short analysis on my flying year. I thought that it would also be interesting to see where the miles and points have come from, and what I have used them from. Avios Flights 32505 Car Hire 2916 BA Holidays 2532… Read More My annual miles and points analysis 2015-16
If you are ever short of Avios for a redemption flight, you can always buy some, but this is generally seen as an expensive way of doing things. A couple of emails have popped into my inbox this week which have given some more interesting possibilities for collecting miles. British Airways Birthday email To qualify,… Read More Other ways to ‘buy’ Avios
On of the biggest perks in the miles and points games must surely be the AmEx 241 voucher from the British Airways Premium Plus card. If you spend £10k in a year you get a voucher in your BAEC account which allows you to book 2 tickets for the Avios of 1(although you also have to… Read More Did I get good value from my AmEx 241 voucher?
One of the upsides of being a teacher is that I know when my holidays will be, and they are plentiful (although don’t get me started on those ‘hilarious’ people who think that we are always on holiday and don’t work hard…!) which means that I can book in advance. I like to have something… Read More Part-pay with Avios – Business Class return to SFO for £750
I have written before about how good Avios can be in a last minute bind when cash tickets can be outrageously expensive. My LHR-FCO-LHR ticket would have cost £1025 but I paid 25,500 Avios and £50. I had been hoping that these would go towards a First class redemption somewhere, but they are of more… Read More The benefits of paying with Avios
I’ll freely admit that I am a klutz and own up to the fact that I left my iPad on an Alitalia plane TLS-FCO last week. After some searching and emailing and dealing with Italian bureaucracy, it has been found and is safe and sound at FCO. However… Alitalia’s office is only open until 1550… Read More Why having a stash of Avios can be a good idea…
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