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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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?!).