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Musings

The winner of the AwardWallet OneCard….

Thank you to everyone who entered my AwardWallet OneCard giveaway. There were a total of 56 eligible entries after deleting multiple entries from one user, and another user’s withdrawn entry. Using Random.org the winning number was comment number 30. Congratulations to Joe who wins the OneCard! If you didn’t win this time, don’t worry because there will be…

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Musings

Should I defect from OneWorld?

Whilst trying to book my latest long-haul trip I’ve hit a stumbling block which has really questioned my rationality. Should I fly OneWorld or not? After nearly 10 years of choosing OneWorld by default, things are starting to look a lot less promising. My new home airport is Amsterdam where it is dominated by Skyteam carriers,…

Deals

Using Proactive Online Upgrade to buy cheaper premium cabin fares on BA (re-post)

I wanted to re-post something I had written and first published in February 2013, before I first joined BoardingArea. My reason is that, while some savvy UK-based traveller will know about this already, perhaps those who rarely use British Airways may not be entirely aware of this technique. If you’ve read this before, feel free…

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Free stuff

Another AwardWallet giveaway! The AwardWallet OneCard

A big thank you to those who those who left a comment in my last post to grab a free upgrade to AwardWallet Plus. I’m impressed with how quickly they disappeared! I’ve now sent an email to each of the 20 winners. Please don’t forget to check your spam folders. But wait…there’s more! I’m giving…

Amazing deals

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….