Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is an excellent secondary option for UK-based travel hackers. And with some luck, you will receive 4,000 free miles per year from Tesco Clubcard. 😉 But Flying Club comes with… Continue Reading

Unless you are truly obsessed with miles and points, you might struggle to understand what they are truly worth. Is 25,000 points per night a good deal or a bad one? It depends on the loyalty programme… Continue Reading

Every day is a school day in the ‘travel hacking’ world and last week I came across something I’d never heard about before: Accor Hotels (Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, etc) offer… Continue Reading

Unless you live near the airport you are travelling from, staying at an airport hotel the night before travelling can be a good plan. It will significantly reduce your stress and maximise your sleep,… Continue Reading

TopCashback has boosted the rebates available for booking IHG hotels up to 15% this weekend. The level of cashback you will receive depends on the specific hotel brand you want to stay at, as follows:… Continue Reading

Accor Hotels (Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, etc) regularly offers very generous cashback rates through sites like Quidco and TopCashback. 15% is fairly common, but right now you can get up to 20% cashback… Continue Reading

Via this special link, you can currently earn 1,500 bonus Heathrow Rewards Points for a hotel stay booked through Rocketmiles (first-time users only). You will collect between 500 to 10,000 Heathrow Rewards… Continue Reading

Travel company IT is a mysterious thing – airlines and hotel groups spend large sums on websites that rarely seem to work entirely as intended, unless the intention is to frustrate and annoy potential… Continue Reading

Sometimes the simplest ‘tricks’ are the best, and that’s certainly true of one of the real golden oldies in the Points/Miles/travel hacking world: Hang Up And Call Again  (HUACA) –… Continue Reading

One of the easiest ways to find a good use for your hotel points is to see the options layered onto Google Maps. AwardMapper used to be one of my favourites, but its owners seemed to have given up on… Continue Reading