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Why change your loyalty programme address?

I put out an invite on PTBM’s Facebook account yesterday asking if anyone had a question or topic they want answered in a post. Nick asked the following Are there opportunities for being based in one European country but registering a frequent flyer account in another European country, and are there any practical upsides or downsides for doing…

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Help me decide my route home!

So despite promoting this site as Europe’s answer to loyalty programmes, I’ve actually been in Asia for the last 2 months and am looking forward to finally getting my feet back on home soil. Except I haven’t bought my ticket home yet. But I want to give my readers the opportunity to decide how I…

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A couple of decent Tier Points routes on Cathay Pacific

British Airways Executive Club (BAEC) has an unusual tier level qualifying system in that distance actually has a minor role in deciding your status. Instead they look at a combination of 1) how many premium cabin tickets you have paid, 2) how many segments you have flown and 3) if those segments were short/long haul….

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Making the most of MPM ticket surcharges

Bookmark this post. Next time you buy a flight and want to squeeze extra mileage into it then this could be very handy! If you’re in any way familiar with air fare rules then MPM, or Maximum Permissible Mileage, should be familiar to you. If not, then here’s a quick explanation.

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Trip Report: Paris to Hong Kong Cathay Pacific New Business Class

I arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport(CDG) off the 07:20 BA304 British Airways flight from London Heathrow. Being bleary-eyed from an all-nighter I was concerned that my Cathay Pacific flight which I booked only 10 hours before through American Airlines (AA) hadn’t been ticketed. I called AA 3 times whilst at Heathrow to ask…