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Finally booked my journey home!
I’ve had an enormous surge of visitors over the past week, (if you’re new then a big hello to you!) so those who are new may not know about my plea for help on my route home. Well I’m happy to say it’s...
View ArticleQuick tip: American Airlines ticketing fees discrepancies
I probably call American Airlines once per month to make a booking of some kind. Their UK number requires dialling a non-geographical 0844 number which charges a few pennies per minute. In addition,...
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Trip report: Introduction — Long and winding route home
Introduction — Long and winding route home Cathay Pacific Lounge Taipei Cathay Pacific Regional Business Class Taipei to Hong Kong Cathay Pacific’s The Wing Lounge, Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Regional...
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Fantastic BA tier point run fare, LAS-SJU €289 one-way. Potentially €0.723/TP
American Airlines “instant upgrade” fares are an amazingly cheap source of British Airways Tier Points (TP). You see, the British Airways way of elite qualification disproportionately favours those who...
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What do you do with your expired or current airline membership cards?
I did start to wonder if I was mad hoarding all the new membership cards every year, until I got some inspiration from a few travellers at the airport proudly displaying their shiny baggage tags....
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Seeing my own blog with fresh eyes again
It’s been 3 weeks since I wrote my last post. By most blogs’ standards, that’s pretty crap. But as I’ve tried to state in the ‘about’ page, I’m building a career outside of blogging, and I’m fully...
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British Airways Club World sale from Mainland Europe, book by 26th June 2013
British Airways have loaded a very short sale in their Club World business class seats. Here’s the link to the sale page. You don’t have long though. Fares must be booked by 26th June 2013, and...
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Flying Blue’s “Catch him and fly” giveaway
You might have received an email from Flying Blue about their most recent prize draw “Catch him and fly”. If not, here’s the link to the competition. Amongst the instant win prizes are: 400 sets of 500...
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British Airways economy and premium economy class sale now live
Continental Club has picked up on the latest round of economy and premium economy (or “World Traveller” and “World Traveller Plus”) British Airways sales departing from the UK. Here’s the link to...
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New Priority Club Points Break list from 1st July 2013, and how to take full...
At 5000 points per night, Priority Club’s Points Break are amongst the best value hotel redemptions you can make. At its most expensive, reward nights at an Intercontinental Hotel can cost 50 000...
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Earning air miles on World Hotel stays
I have a friend who’s staying in Grand Winston Den Haag (The Hague) in Rijswijk, and asked me about what to do in terms of air miles on his hotel stay. World Hotels don’t have a loyalty programme…yet....
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Hilton double or triple points promotion now live
Hilton’s Q3 promotion to double or triple your base points is now live, and the registration link is here. The promotion is valid for stays between 9th July to 30th September 2013 and to get the points...
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Hotel Des Indes lied to me about Suite availability.
I’ve just checked in at Hotel Des Indes in The Hague for the night, having booked a standard room not too long ago. I also hold Starwood Preferred Guest Platinum, which entitles me to an upgrade to the...
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Earn 8000 bonus Tesco Clubcard points at Black Circles when buying Michelin...
Black Circles, the tyre retailers and fitters, have got a semi-decent partnership with Tesco. On top of being able to claim 2.62% cashback at Topcashback, you can claim 1 Clubcard point per £1 you...
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Another Flyertalk do, Glasgow 23rd August 2013. I’m going!
A quick heads-up on another Flyertalk gathering, taking place in Glasgow. I happen to be in the city for work, so I’ve confirmed my attendance on this Flyertalk thread. If you’re in the area and want...
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Win British Airways flights from London to Granada, Spain
British Airways have launched a competition for you to win flights for you and up to nine friends on their newest London City to Granada route. Note this is not Grenada in the Carribeans! Here is the...
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Club Carlson’s latest promotion. Stay 1 night get 2000 points, Stay 2 or more...
Club Carlson’s launched their newest promotion a few days ago. It works pretty similarly to their previous promotion, except with much fewer points being offered. Disappointingly rather than getting up...
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Quicktip: Avoiding KLM booking fees on all flights…but with a big caveat
Two months ago I posted a quicktip on how to avoid KLM’s booking fees on transatlantic flights by booking on Delta. Thanks to reader Ralph who commented in the post to provide the missing information I...
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10% off American Airlines flights by playing Disney game. Combine with a Tier...
As per Mommy Points, Disney have an online game to get 10% off American Airlines flights. Be quick because there are only 100 000 of them to give away! I imagine this news of this promotion will spread...
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Earn 12 Starwood points for less than 1 minute of work
Admittedly this isn’t life changing, but free points are free points. Audience Rewards are giving away 2 Starwood points per correct question. Here’s the crib sheet The original first act of The...
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