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NS Group ticket extended again!

NS have certainly got to pat someone on the back for dreaming up this ticket, as it seems to be their biggest success in recent years. I first wrote about this in October 2013, describing the best strategies to take when booking. It includes which stations in The Netherlands you should pick depending on where you…

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Best ways to earn Aegean Airlines Star Alliance Gold flying economy class only

Gary Leff’s post yesterday points out that with US Airways’ imminent departure from Star Alliance, reaching Aegean Airlines (A3) gold is going to be a tiny bit harder. He does, however, miss the other golden details about why A3 is so good with their earnings in economy class. A3 have long been known in the air miles…

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New China Airlines (Skyteam Elite Plus) status match opportunity

I’ve been following a particular pattern on Statusmatcher and the one from China Airlines has perked my interest.

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Exploiting the NS Group Ticket. €7 day return to anywhere within NL!

NS Group tickets are by far the cheapest and most efficient way of travelling around The Netherlands by train. At €7 for a return day ticket to ANYWHERE in NL, it is incredibly difficult to get greater value for money.

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IHG’s 24 hour flash redemption sale

Today there is a flash sale over at IHG where you can claim reward nights for between 25%-75% off their normal rate. Don’t forget that you do not pay cash for these rates, these are paid in points! And also it’s for stays from 8th October – 8th November 2013. I don’t know at what…

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It’s back again…Instant Hilton Gold up to March 2015 for certain European countries

Hilton is giving Gold status to Visa Infinite cardholders again. Here is the sign up link. This time it’s for residents of: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. The offer closes on 31st March 2014, but the new Gold status will be valid until March 2015….

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Transpacific Avios redemption without fuel surcharges!

Here’s a little treat I stumbled across when searching for some flights: No fuel surcharge when redeeming transpacific flights between Santiago de Chile to Auckland, New Zealand on LAN Chile.

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Visa prepaid. The Eurozone’s game-changer.

I feel this is a turning point for the Eurozone. You see, in The Netherlands, consumer debt (i.e. credit cards) isn’t prevalent at all. It’s nigh-on impossible to use any credit cards here, not even when buying train tickets or your doing your weekly groceries. Thus manufactured-spending is extremely difficult. I haven’t even got a…

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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 buy Business and First class fares, rather than those who fly economy class. (Which business wouldn’t?!).