Author Archives for "Craig Sowerby".
I could tell that the e-mail was a trap, but I just couldn’t resist the part about 25,000 bonus Marriott points… At first glance, it seems like a pretty good deal. For £279 you could receive:… Continue Reading
Hilton Honors has updated its Best Rate Guarantee policy (BRG for short). It is now to be called Price Match Guarantee. The headline of the BRG policy remains the same. If you find a lower qualified price… Continue Reading
Earning elite status with British Airways Executive Club can be easy or excruciatingly difficult, depending on how much business (or paid long-haul in a premium cabin) travel you do. Status is determined… Continue Reading
I have a certain “process” when putting together a travel itinerary. It goes something like this: Find award availability for flights (or occasionally a mistake or special sale fare) Book… Continue Reading
I recently wrote a post posing a simple question – is First Class worth it? One example I provided took advantage of American Airlines AAdvantage miles to travel in First Class between the Middle… Continue Reading
Hong Kong has been a travel hacker’s paradise for a few years now. Besides the fact that the Asian city is a great place to spend a few days, the authorities had – in our opinion – wisely… Continue Reading
More than a month has passed since the Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest were “merged” into one, as yet unnamed, loyalty programme. The process has not gone smoothly, to say the… Continue Reading
If you travel, it has happened to you. Maybe the taxi meter was tampered with. Maybe the driver “accidentally” took the wrong turn or chose a longer route to your destination – because… Continue Reading
Many people often don’t realise their reliance on Google products… until they find themselves behind the great firewall of China! Recently I found myself using Skyscanner is an attempt to… Continue Reading
Trust should be important in a loyalty programme. The underlying premise is that travellers can save up points from paid travel (business or otherwise), and spend those hard-earned points on leisure travel… Continue Reading
