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A travel hacker usually wants to earn miles when they pay to fly (or, even better, when somebody else is paying!). These miles usually have two separate purposes: qualifying for elite status and earning… Continue Reading
A common beginner’s mistake is to sign up for the frequent flyer programme of whatever airline they happen to be traveling on. This inevitably leads to a few miles that expire unused and/or the… Continue Reading
I know that I’ve been banging on a bit lately about loyalty programmes outside of the UK mainstream – for example when I looked at a bunch of different reward charts. But with British Airways… Continue Reading
You might be wondering… What was the point of all of those reward charts? I have my BA Amex and I shop at Tesco, so I can convert Clubcard points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club if necessary…… Continue Reading
Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has just launched a fun and potentially lucrative promotion -‘Mile Madness’. This seems to be based around the popular US college basketball tournament ‘March… Continue Reading
For the next installment of my series on reward charts, I’m going to look at rewards between Europe and East Asia. Each frequent flyer programme takes a different view of what it defines as “Asia”,… Continue Reading
At InsideFlyer UK, we write a lot about versatile reward currencies such as American Express Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest. But to take advantage of such flexibility, you need to be… Continue Reading
Starwood Preferred Guest has returned with its offer to sell you Starpoints at a discount. For many years, the maximum discount was 25% but, after the merger with Marriott, the maximum discount has varied… Continue Reading
If you manage accounts with several different frequent flyer programmes, you might have miles in a several different places, but elite status with only one or two of those airlines. For example, I enjoy… Continue Reading
I admit that this “miles and points” hobby can get complicated. Each airline and hotel chain has its own system for awarding miles and points, as well as for providing rewards in the form… Continue Reading