Author Archives for "Craig Sowerby".
Couples or families often find themselves with hotel loyalty points spread across the accounts of different family members. Perhaps both you and your partner have jobs that involve travel. Perhaps you… Continue Reading
Many Starwood Preferred Guest members feared the completion of the merger of Starwood with Marriott. Would we lose our elite status benefits? Would we be forced to transfer our precious Starpoints to… Continue Reading
If you visit the website of any major hotel chain, you will find a promise to offer the lowest publicly available rates. Some hotel chains market this prominently, others discreetly. Their intention is… Continue Reading
Edit: It appears that UK and Ireland-based Executive Club members now need to sign up for this offer from 5 January. So, even if you have already signed up (some of you have and got a strange, mixed message)… Continue Reading
Many people choose the start of a new year to make resolutions, to attempt to change their behaviour in a positive way. For many, this might entail quitting smoking or planning to lose weight (gym owners… Continue Reading
Hopefully anybody reading InsideFlyer UK is aware of the value of earning miles or Avios – this might even involve choosing one airline instead of a slightly less expensive one, simply because of… Continue Reading
Most of the time, it doesn’t make sense to transfer miles from one person to another. You can always book a reward ticket in the name of somebody else; you don’t need to send your miles to… Continue Reading
If you ran a poll of experienced travel hackers asking about their favourite airline loyalty programme, I am pretty sure that Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan would be the winner. I know that Joe has written… Continue Reading
I love reading the Economist and generally read it from cover to cover every week. I suspect that there is a high level of overlap between frequent flyers and readers of the Economist. But for many years… Continue Reading
Avios collectors are probably pretty familiar with the British Airways Executive Club reward chart. Slightly more advanced collectors also know about the Iberia Plus reward chart with its sweet spots… Continue Reading
