The deadline to apply for the Royal Bank British Airways Visa is fast approaching – don’t miss it. 50,000 Avios points after an admittedly hefty $5K minimum spend in 3 months – but it’s definitely worthwhile. Although BA gutted the…
Hertz and Aeroplan madness
I discovered something interesting. This is only useful for those who rent a lot, but it would paper Aeroplan people don’t read their own promotions (or phrase them wrong). There are currently two conflicting promos running on the Aeroplan site…
Wyndham stays complete!
About a month ago, Wyndham ran an interesting promo. 3 nights in certain of their properties gave you 48,000 Wyndham points, which was the equivalent of 21,500 airline miles (they have a number of partners). They also have some pretty…
Aeroplan Hotel Transfer promo
Just in time for the holidays is the recurrent mile transfer promo. Sadly, this one is not as good as the one from a few months ago, where Amex was included, but it’s still a good time to ash out…
Booked a mini-RTW for a friend
With Aeroplan being so RTW-friendly on their return redemptions, it is only natural that the savvies, when booking a trip to East Asia, tend to route over different oceans. The reason for this is that besides having legitimate claim to…
American AAdvantage purchased point bonus
Although I am not a rabid collector of AA miles, I have recently been paying attention to them as good value for short-haul one ways in random locations. For instance, otherwise expensive intra-Russia tickets on S7, a oneworld partner. Current…
Score on Radisson
Ever since I discovered the Carlson-Rezidor brand of hotels (Radisson, Country Inns and Suites, Park Inn and Country Plaza) following their stay 1-get 1 point promo earlier this year, I’ve been following them closely. My Amex Platinum gives me free…
Myanmar uncertainty
So despite all the valiant efforts by FlyerTalkers to get their tickets honoured or reinstated by the airlines that cancelled them, we are still waiting. In my own case, my ticket was issued by an Italian travel agency, eDreams, to…
Blog start-up
I felt that I should explain the purpose of this blog – for those wondering “what reason could there possibly be for ANOTHER travel blog”. Well… a few, in fact. First, most travel blogs are written by uber-frequent flyers, to…