The expiration of miles and points is an issue that infrequent travellers often confront. Loyalty programmes are geared towards “loyalty”, and many airlines and hotel chains – or at… Continue Reading

“Part Pay With Avios” is a redemption option offered by British Airways Executive Club. Rather than book a reward seat out of limited reward availability, you instead book a standard paid ticket but offset… Continue Reading

At the end of last year, we flagged a very generous IHG Hotels offer, where you could earn a free night certificate after 2 stays at IHG’s new (former ‘Principal’) hotels in the UK After… Continue Reading

It is truly a sad state of affairs when one cannot rely on the information provided by customer service agents. It’s not really their fault – working in a call centre isn’t a particularly… Continue Reading

Yesterday I shared a bunch of free 6-month AwardWallet Plus memberships. At the time I thought I only had 10 to give away, but the referral code still seems to be working fine (a lot more than 10 people… Continue Reading

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is a decent “back-up” frequent flyer programme for members based in the United Kingdom, given the number of opportunities to earn Virgin miles on the ground. It’s… Continue Reading

Lufthansa Miles & More is a difficult programme to appreciate. Not only do they charge outrageous surcharges for many Lufthansa reward flights, but an economy class traveller will earn pitifully few… Continue Reading

Last month I turned 39, and not for the first time… ahem! 😉 I don’t expect readers to care too much, but as I was digging through the emails sent to me by a variety of travel companies, I… Continue Reading

It’s easy to dislike Ryanair but, for all its flaws, it does at least help to drive down airfares across Europe. Of course, it is precisely that competitive spirit that has led airlines such as… Continue Reading

I wrote yesterday about a superb Iberia Plus offer that had been picked up by Spanish-language points/miles blog Ultima LLamada. The deal looked great: From today until February 10, you can buy flights… Continue Reading