Car rental company Avis is currently offering up to 5,800 bonus Avios for car hire – if you book quickly! There are actually two separate offers but both require a rental minimum of 3 days and the… Continue Reading
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Life of a #LuxuryTravelHacker? – Not Always What You Might Think…
In an attempt to help gloss over my colleague John’s recent travel hacking fail (he is getting a little old after all…), I thought I’d share my own latest tale of ‘travel woe’… Continue Reading
Get 500 Points per Stay When Booking With the Hilton Honors App
Hilton Honors has announced a simple promotion that will be good throughout 2017. Members can earn 500 bonus points when booking through the Hilton Honors App. Pre-registration is required so, before… Continue Reading
Norwegian Air Flash Sale!
Just a quick heads-up that Norwegian Air is running a 3-hour flash sale this morning (8th February 2017) between 10am-1pm. There is no real indication yet about which routes are going to be available,… Continue Reading
Hurrah! You Can Now Earn Cashback on Ryanair Flights
Just when I thought my love affair with Ryanair couldn’t get any sweeter, I find out that you can now get Ryanair cashback on a large number of their flights. Yes it’s wonderfully opaque in… Continue Reading
Get a 35% Bonus When Converting Hotel Points Into Avios
Between now and 8 March, 2017, British Airways Executive Club is offering a 35% bonus when converting hotel points to Avios. These are the hotel programmes that qualify and the minimum conversions required:… Continue Reading
Are Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Miles Still Worth 1p after the Recent Changes?
Many travel hackers place a value of 1p on their miles, at least those offered by the two major UK frequent flyer programmes. I’m often not sure whether this is just “round number syndrome” or whether… Continue Reading
Hilton Cashback and $5 (Yes, Dollars) Free
Although you do have potentially more lucrative points-earning offers via such places as the Avios eStore, we recently flagged that the only way to earn “hard cash” cashback on Hilton stays… Continue Reading
Review: Kandolhu Hotel, Maldives
A tiny island, no bigger than London’s Piccadilly Circus. Perfectly formed with white pillow-like sandy beaches, a warm lagoon and vibrant house reef. It’s 70km south west of the capital Male in the North… Continue Reading
Should You Upgrade a Paid Ticket or Book a Standard Reward in Upper Class with Virgin Atlantic?
Many miles collectors have no reason to doubt that one of the better uses of miles is to upgrade a paid ticket to Business Class. Upgrading Using Avios – usually from Premium Economy to Club World –… Continue Reading
