I received an interesting email yesterday highlighting what is effectively a new Uber rewards scheme, in partnership Barclaycard. The premise is extremely simple: “Every 11th ride using Barclaycard… Continue Reading
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New Singapore Airlines Award Chart Sweetspots
Following on from our recent article about about the upcoming changes to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer loyalty programme, I thought I’d have a closer look to see if I could spot any new Singapore… Continue Reading
Hilton Honors Diamond Extension Now Available
When Hilton Honors announced changes to its loyalty programme, including the dropping of the second “H”, it promised to bring in the opportunity for select members to extend Diamond status… Continue Reading
Reward Charts – How to Get from Europe to the Middle East / India for the Fewest Number of Miles
In my second installment of a series on reward charts, I am going to look at rewards between Europe and the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. Many programmes group the two regions together; others… Continue Reading
Eurostar sale! France and Belgium for £29, March through May
Hopefully live by the time you read this, today (Tuesday 7th March) Eurostar (the cross-channel high-speed rail operator) are launching another of their sales. This one is for travel from 21st March until… Continue Reading
Cheap Avios: 1050 for £6.99 (0.67p Per Avios) + Free NOW TV for 6 Weeks!
TopCashback is back with another excellent NOW TV offer – effectively providing the opportunity to buy cheap Avios (0.67p per Avios), even if you have no interest in NOW TV! Note that you have to… Continue Reading
Win ‘Free Travel for Life’ From Marriott (But Don’t Get Too Excited…)
Marriott Rewards is offering the opportunity to win ‘free travel for life’ – to one extremely lucky winner. Free travel for life is defined as 3.75 Million Marriott Rewards Points –… Continue Reading
Fantastic New GHA Discovery Status Match Opportunity! (TBC)
German travel blog YouHaveBeenUpgraded (YHBU) is reporting that it is currently possible to take advantage of a GHA Discovery status match to get top-tier Black status. According to YHBU, all you have… Continue Reading
How to Visit Parts of China Without a Visa
If you have ever thought of visiting China, you might have been put off by the visa application process. I am definitely not a fan of applying in advance for a tourist visa of any kind; I know that many… Continue Reading
Booking Avios Redemptions Using Alexa
We take a step (slightly) closer to this with the Avios skill for Amazon Alexa. Who’s Alexa? Rather confusingly, there has been a company called Alexa for a while. The company was originally formed… Continue Reading