Emirates, Qatar Airways and Cathay Pacific have chosen to extend their frequent flyer elite statuses for their customers. Lets dive in and see what they are offering to their customers. Emirates/flydubai (Skywards) Emirates Boeing 777-300ER at Oslo Gardermoen Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The Skywards loyalty programme will allow its members to retain elite … [Read more...]

With the partnership with Tesco being dissolved, Avios have chosen a new UK earning partner - Nectar. The new earning process goes live on the 25th of January 2021. From that date. you can convert Nectar balances into Avios.  It's not going to be cheap - with 400 Nectar points to 250 Avios.  When you convert to Avios, you can convert those use with  British … [Read more...]

For those of you who collect Tesco Clubcard points/vouchers and convert them into Avois, time is running out to convert them with the conversion due to end on the 18th January. If you want to convert Clubcard balances, you need to do to so today. Where can I convert them? Head to https://secure.tesco.com/clubcard/british-airways-executive-club-avios/UK-000237.prd. You … [Read more...]

It seems change continues to be in the air, with British Airways and The Avios Group ending their partnership with Tesco.   Tesco currently offers two ways of converting Clubcard points to Avios: Auto conversion of Clubcard points to Avios (which you can set up in your Clubcard account).  Manual conversion of 250 Clubcard points to 600 Avios a time It … [Read more...]

I've been doing a few segments on Aer Lingus recently. And whilst they've been fun and such - they've been quietly accumulating Tier Points and Avios in the background. There is however a minor problem - most of my mileage earning and burning comes from actual flying - not credit card spend I know. Let that sink in for a minute. As such I've been accumulating Avios and … [Read more...]

If you're a little short of Avios in your British Airways Executive Club Account, now might be a good time to stock up on them, with British Airways offering a 50% bonus on Avios purchases (both for yourself and for gifting to others) The offer runs until 21st May and is valid on purchases of 1000 Avios upward to 200,000 Avios when buying Avios through the BA … [Read more...]

British Airways are offing a new Double Avios on booking offer, that could be beneficial if you've got to book some flights coming up. You will need to book your flights between now and the 19th April for them to be in this promotion and fly the legs by the end of 2019. The offer is valid on: British Airways (UK Domestic and International Flights including … [Read more...]

In news that should come as surprise to exactly no-one, Flybe is to withdraw from the Avios frequent flyer point collection and spend scheme from 30th April 2019 Image, FlyBe. A full FAQ has been loaded at https://www.flybe.com/avios/faqs, but here are the highlights: The Airline will not be an Avios partner from 30th April 2019 No Earn and spend … [Read more...]

It's that time year again, where Intercontinental Hotel Group is trying to drum up trade with a flash sale for the next five days (Until 1st February 2019). The sale is restricted to IHG Rewards Club Members (and let's face it - the majority of you should be members by now). It covers hotels in the UK and Ireland - however, you'll need to dig into the The offer … [Read more...]