I wrote at the start of the year about a couple of Flyertalk gatherings in March and April. Well, don’t forget that there’s just less than a month until the one in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK on 27th April at 1200hrs. Here’s the Flyertalk thread about it. I highly recommend going to one if you’re…
I’m doing everything I can to empty my Membership Rewards account before I close my account this weekend. A couple of weeks ago I booked and cancelled a flight to see whether I could still get the 5000 MR points for spending ?2500. It didn’t work, and now I have a -5000 points balance, which…
I realise that this is long overdue, and that I’ve kept a little quiet the last couple of weeks week. I’ve had a few issues migrating this blog from the old server to the BoardingArea server and I’ve also been incredibly distracted by all the bureaucracy of my immigration to The Netherlands, and then I…
Last weekend Hertz had a major IT upgrade/maintenance to their systems and most people’s Gold Plus Rewards accounts got changed in some way or another. Some for the better and some for the worse. I know of people whose balances got wiped to zero! However for me, my points doubled. And over the last few…
I received an email yesterday from American Express yesterday offering 5,000 MR bonus points if I spend ?2500 in the next 3 months. Here’s the link they sent me, which requires logging into your MR account. It appears to be targetted, so check your inbox. You might not receive one, you might receive a better…
As has been alluded, I’m on the move over to the Netherlands this next week and desperately need the time to sort things out. I’ll be spending most of next week saying goodbye to loved ones or converting my old bedroom into my mother’s new office! In addition, PTBM is undergoing its migration to BoardingArea this…
Thank you to everyone who entered the epic giveaway competition. I used the random.org number generator and I can announce the list of winners as: Taiwan keychain: Miffsc Hong Kong mugs: Philraub * Singapore Coasters: LC Amman Teaspoon: Cheryl London Keychain: Chihchunchen BoardingArea shirt + Starbucks giftcard: BicesterTerrier, David , JamJaw * These winners have not confirmed…
This is a last chance call to enter my competition to win little souvenirs from my journey home. You have one hour left! Here are another couple to add to the prize pot. Here’s a souvenir teaspoon of Petra in Jordan: And also a beautiful Harrods teddy keyring which I picked up this morning in…
KLM will be introducing checked-in baggage fees starting 14th May 2013. I mentioned in my post that there’s a possibility that even the lowest level Flying Blue members might be able to avoid the charge. Well, one of my friends emailed me to have a rant about the change, but inadvertently provided the conclusive proof…
I mentioned in a post a couple of weeks back that Flying Blue were honouring their misguided status match.
When I published my first post just last month, I had a vision that this blog would serve as a key resource for European travellers. I wondered what instrument of influence I would use to spread the knowledge of points. And I think I’ve struck gold.
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.
So I’m now typing this from a massage chair at Singapore Chiangi. I’ve just enjoyed a pretty decent HKG-SIN Cathay Pacific Regional Business Class flight. I’m absolutely stuffed given that they kept on serving food throughout the flight. I still haven’t had a decent snooze so I’ll be switching the laptop off after this post.
Good morning from Cathay Pacific’s The Wing lounge at Hong Kong! What a lovely day to be munching some of The Noodle Bar’s won ton soup whilst enjoying my favourite blog…
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…