One of the things I despair of every now and again is the state of the UK Credit Card market when it comes to airline bonuses. Well it seems AA and MBNA have come to the table with something quite interesting, with the possibility of earning 35,000 AA Miles. 5,000 AAdvantage bonus miles when you make a card purchase within the first 90 days 10,000 AAdvantage bonus miles … [Read more...]
Virgin Australia to add an option to its FF programme. A PrePay Visa Card…
Virgin Australia is trying something new with its Velocity Frequent Flyer programme - by adding a new side to it called "Global Wallet" Virgin Velocity Cards will be issued with a Prepaid Visa function - when activated, allowing members to: Load money onto their card and store it in multiple foreign currencies as well as Australian dollars Make Purchases where the Visa … [Read more...]
Priority Club messes again with reward nights
It seems Prioirty Club is having a ball with the free nights you can redeem with according to https://secure.priorityclub.com/hotels/us/en/global/offers/freehotelnight. From 18th January 2013, a new price banding is coming out: (Click to enlarge) Or for those textual inclined: Band 1 - 10,000 Band 2 - 15,000 Band 3 - 20,000 Band 4 … [Read more...]
An intresting Alitalia offer
Yes, I did promise a piece on Alitalia... and here it is They seem to have a reasonable offer on, called "MultiBonus", involving actual flying with up to 50% more miles per flight. Fly from 4 to 7 flight segments: you get 15% more miles Fly from 8 to 19 flight segments: you get 30% more miles Fly over 20 flight segments: you get 50% more miles. Offer runs until … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express partners with BAA WorldPoints to earn points!
For those of you who go in and out of Heathrow on the train often enough, you're probably paying hand over fist for Heathrow Express tickets. Well, there's a chance for a bit of claw-back with Heathrow Express joining the BAA WorldPoints programme as an earning partner (as well as a redeeming partner) Point earning is simple enough. Book online at … [Read more...]
More Diamond Club Changes: Earning options shrink, GUV’s go, and Avios conversion news
More news from Diamond Club as the programme is slowly being wound down in its current form: No miles for spending with the following ex-Partners with immediate effect: Earning and spending your destinations miles on bmi hotels (Expedia Portal) Earning and spending your destinations miles on car hire with Europcar Earning destinations miles with Purple Parking If … [Read more...]
Want some cheapish Avios? Buy them via BMI…
BMI is currently running a 20% bonus Destination Miles promotion on purchases of miles. Whilst in the past this was reasonably exciting, there is an interesting wrinkle on the horizon - the creation of a transfer tool from BMI Diamond Club to British Airways Avios. So the idea is this: Buy your miles Wait till the 3rd July Convert them to Avios So why is this … [Read more...]
