Head for Points

[...] British Airways is currently running a shopping promotion aimed at overseas visitors called “The Big [...]

[...] to take a look at the three main alternatives.   If you are looking for the best British Airways economy seat or the best Club World seat, are they a real help? I looked at three of the seat [...]

[...] you through to the relevant site. Here is a quick reminder of our main affiliate partners: British Airways We recently added BA as an affiliate partner. Clicking through on the BA logo in the right [...]

[...] A new British Airways promotional code has appeared – this is the first one to launch this year as far as I [...]

[...] on your next stay. The first offers double points on your next stay. The second offers 750 bonus points (worth €15) on your next stay. The third offers 250 bonus points (worth €5) on your [...]

[...] 2,000 bonus points, your second 3,000 and your third 5,000. The registration page for this offer is here. As [...]

[...] offer can be found here. (Click on this link 10% off UK Marriott weekend breaks, plus 1,000 bonus points throughout the day to read comments on this post from other readers, or to leave your own [...]

[...] offer runs until April 6th. Separately, I saw a couple of mentions yesterday about 50 bonus points when you buy a bottle of Finest wine. I have not been able to verify this – it is [...]

[...] via email from new readers is whether they can convert their Virgin Flying Club miles to Avios points.  I thought I would save myself some typing in the future by running a post on this that [...]

[...] your Tesco Clubcard account. That gives you 1,050 Clubcard points. These convert into 2,520 Avios points or 2,625 Virgiin Flying Club miles. You are effectively ‘buying’ Avios points for [...]

[...] I wrote recently about earning Avios points via Tesco Clubcard by buying cheap used printer ink cartridges on ebay and then selling them [...]

[...] that you can in fact buy up the annual cap in all three programmes and then merge the Avios points together using ‘Combine My Avios’ online. PS.  Purchases of Avios [...]

[...] after a typical 4 months Notes on valuation The biggest question mark is over the value of the sign-up bonus. For hotel cards, I have valued points based on the number required for a top-end [...]

[...] to register your business if you have a US trip on a Star carrier coming up. Claim your sign-up bonus and get a free flight upgrade If your company is not already a PartnerPlusBenefit [...]

[...] not clear how the sign-up bonus works.  I have now got to the bottom of this. As part of the relaunch promotion, you will [...]

[...] ; You also do not get any bonus points for spending in Starwood properties.  The sign-up bonus is very good, though, especially during promotions when it doubles to 20,000 points. [...]

[...] Platinum card in your hand first.  This means, realistically, that you need to apply for Amex Platinum in the next 2 weeks to be certain that you receive it before 31st March. If you are not [...]

[...] here. You must apply for the free Cathay Gold card by 31st March.  You must have your Amex Platinum in your hand to do that.  Amex can take 10-12 days to get your card to you – [...]

[...] Return. Faster Status: Achieve Five Star status after 7 rentals (or get it free with Amex Platinum!) This one, though, IS worth having: Extra Driver: Pay no additional driver fees for a spouse [...]

[...] points – big global network, easy to achieve Platinum status via promotions or Amex Platinum, decent Platinum benefits at Sofitel Weak points – points have a fixed monetary [...]

[...] and a 100% point bonus. Some Accor brands offer specific extra benefits to different tiers. Platinum status is given free to American Express Platinum card holders for as  long as they keep the [...]

[...] of SPG Gold status.  Lifetime Platinum requires 500 eligible nights and 10 years of SPG Platinum status. If you are able to do a number of SPG stays within a three month period, it may be worth [...]

[...] and a non-guaranteed upgrade to a ‘better’ room.  You can also receive Platinum status for free by taking out the £99 IHG Black credit card. These benefits are undoubtedly [...]

[...] redemptions, free top-tier status with the £99 fee credit card Weak points – Platinum status is a joke except at some Crowne Plaza hotels, benefits do not apply to InterContinental [...]

[...] on its Airbus A330 aircraft.  You only tend to see two seats per flight released for Avios redemptions, so this is not one that is suitable for a family unless you fly in Economy. (It is not a [...]

[...] I do this?  By tagging a free UK domestic flight onto the start and end of two other Avios redemptions. You may remember that I was in Amsterdam last month, to check out how easy it was to do a [...]

[...] economy redemptions generally require fewer miles and £100 less in taxes than Avios redemptions? You might be better off trying to find a way of topping up your Virgin miles for a [...]