My extraordinary 4.5-hour flight delay with Storm Isha!
After I booked my return flight to LGW from Seville I realised there’s no train from Gatwick on that day (Jan 21st) due to engineering work....
2 February 2024
Marriott Q1: double elite credits and 1,000 bonus points
There were rumours last week about a repeating Marriott offer from last year, which turned out to be true. You could sign up to Marriott’s 1000...
30 January 2024
My review of NEW Hotel Athens
After Melia Athens I wanted to move closer to the Acropolis, and decided on the NEW Hotel, a member of Marriott’s Design Hotel collection. 65,000 points...
28 January 2024
GHA D$20 for completing a survey
(Edit: now fixed and only works for targeted members) GHA sent out a new survey lately, and it’s your chance to earn some free D$! To...
24 January 2024
ITA Airways extends status again!
One reader spotted this and reminded me last night – it seems that ITA Airways has quietly extended elite status once again this year! If you...
23 January 2024
My review of Melia Athens
Back to Athens after nine years, and it’s the rare chance for me to stay at a Melia hotel again. €178 for two nights with breakfast...
21 January 2024
New IHG targeted offers: 8K points every 4 nights and more
IHG currently has a double point promotion which ends at the end of January. They have just revealed the next round of promotion, which seems to...
19 January 2024
Error fare: Virgin Atlantic LHR-PVG Upper Class for 30k points
(UPDATE: Virgin woke up and pulled the “offer” – it lived for almost 20 hours though!) Virgin Atlantic launched a new global reward sale: It is...
19 January 2024
Reminder: London NYE hotel bookable now on points
Just a quick reminder that, if you need a hotel for the New Year’s Eve, they have already been loaded into the system and bookable using...
17 January 2024
Devaluation: Choice Hotels & AirHelp Plus
No one likes the word devaluation, but it is kind of unavoidable in the world of frequent travellers. It has just happened to two schemes which...
16 January 2024
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