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.
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New Priority Club Points Break list from 1st July 2013, and how to take full advantage
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 points per night, so this is a way to get the room for a tenth of its usual points cost.
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.
Trip report: British Airways ex-BMI A321 Club World Amman to London Heathrow
I’d just spent the last two nights sleeping in Etihad’s Pearl Business Class lounge in Abu Dhabi and Royal Jordanian’s Crown Lounge in Amman prior to this flight. Two consecutive 13-hour layovers in airport lounges isn’t everyone’s idea of fun but this was my final straight and I hadn’t been home in 3 months. I…
Quicktip: Avoid KLM booking fees on transatlantic flights by using Delta.
I’m sure this won’t be news for most of you, but I discovered this trick by accident. I’d noticed that KLM (KL) imposes a €10 “booking fee” on all online transactions. You can avoid this simply by performing your online booking on Delta (DL) instead as they have codeshare ventures between them.
Quadruple Lufthansa M&M miles per weekend night at Hilton
Between 1st April – 30th June 2013, Hilton have an ongoing promotion with Miles and More awarding 2000 miles per Friday, Saturday or Sunday night stay instead of the usual 500. Here’s the registration link which also includes the full terms and conditions.
Trip report: Cathay Pacific Regional Business Class Taipei to Hong Kong
I had been a little too ambitious with my pre-flight lounge visit and ended up with only 3 minutes to get to my gate. As it turned out the gate agents had delayed boarding slightly, so whilst I was the last of the business class passengers to board, nearly all the economy passengers hadn’t started…
250% bonus Asia Miles for 2nd and subsequent London – Hong Kong trips in Cathay Pacific
If you’re lucky enough to be able to fly revenue fares (as opposed to award tickets) between London and Hong Kong, consider this promotion by Cathay Pacific carefully if you’re not in need of elite qualifying miles or tier points on other airline programmes.
Trip report: Cathay Pacific Lounge Taipei
I absolutely loathe early-morning flights, and I absolutely loathe airports that are miles away from the city they predominantly serve. Welcome to Taiwan Taoyuan Airport (TPE), about 30km west of Taipei City Centre. Of course I’m whinging and there’s nothing too bad about that distance, and the metro line extension to the airport due to…
BBC’s video on Air Miles, my additions, and what beginners should learn from the examples
The BBC has a video report entitled “Do frequent flyer programmes offer value for money?“. I imagine most of my UK readers have seen it, but have a watch if you haven’t. I wanted to add my own comments and what beginners should learn from it.
Quick 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, the UK agents also charge a ?5 offline ticketing fee, though you can sometimes ask for this to be waived if the…
Waldorf Astoria London Syon Park to be rebranded as Hilton
Thanks to Raffles for alerting me to this. The Waldorf Astoria London Syon Park, where rooms are often in excess of ?150 at their advanced purchase rate, will be rebranded as “Hilton London Syon Park” at some point during March 2013. There is a message on the front page of the hotel’s website to notify customers…
Is it worth using Reward Flight Saver redemptions for Club Europe?
The introduction of the Reward Flight Saver in November 2011 made redeeming for flights short haul economy class on British Airways a financially viable option. At 4500/7500/10000 Avios (depending on flight distance) plus £17.50 fee for a one-way redemption this is a fantastic way to avoid those last-minute expensive tickets. I use this type of…
Using Proactive Online Upgrade to buy cheaper premium cabin fares on BA
British Airways, like most airlines, allows a 24 hour ‘cooling-off’ period when buying tickets which allows for full refunds with no penalty. This is typically to allow the customer to check, and where necessary amend, important details on a ticket and be satisfied that a correct booking has been made. You can cancel ‘non-refundable’ tickets…
Flying Blue are honouring their misguided status match!
Flying Blue recently ran a status match promotion for anyone wanting to get a fast-track gold status. News spread pretty damn quickly! Then they decided to restrict it to Scandinavian residents, which is what was they intended all along, and also bring the closing date forward, then ending the promotion outright. Well according to this…