I booked a new ticket this morning – in W class so that I can use my Global Premier Upgrades – from London to Seattle, in October with United Airlines. At the end of the process, and before I was able to apply the GPU’s, United offered me an upgrade opportunity for cash. Great I…
Hyatt weekend bonus – 2,000 points (most) properties in Germany, Poland and Switzerland
Collect 2,000 additional Hyatt Gold Passport Points during your stay in Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Mainz, Warsaw and Zurich. Hyatt Gold Passport holders will earn 2,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points per stay and a free upgrade to the next available room category (subject to availability). Simply book an eligible rate between 1 February and 30…
Some unusual award options – KLM/AF – marathons, meals and tours of Paris
The Flying Blue programme has a number of oddities and several years ago when I used to fly KLM a lot, I ended up with a lot of miles through a mileage match promotion. Upgrading is comparatively hard these days and so I have been looking at ways of spending the residue of my miles.…
LH discounted award tickets (Business & Economy) – Germany, USA, Japan/Korea until 16 March
Lufthansa have reduced the cost of some of their Miles&More award tickets to destinations in Germany from the UK. Also in the sale are flights to several USA destination – Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Philadelphia. Business Class tickets to German destinations are 20,000 M&M points. Flights to the USA are 55,000 in Business. Also,…
LAN Business Class sale from Miami, New York, LA and San Francisco (Feb-June 2013)
LANChile have posted details of a sale from US cities they serve to various parts of Central and South America. Minimum Stay – 3 days / Return by 15 Dec 13 / Booked in I class / 14 day Advance Purchase Miami (Travel by 14 June) Quito $699 Punta Cana $499 Guayaquil $699 Bogota $703…
United matches BA seat sale
United appear to have matched the BA Seat sale to New York: Routing via Washington Dulles seems to keep the same price (actually +£2), but adds some extra miles.
BA Seat Sale for Easter – Premium cabins – book by Monday
BA is having another (short) sale of premium cabins over he Easter and Bank Holiday period from the UK. Highlights include JFK on the London City Service, for the same price as LHR, but with the added advantage of additional Tier Points: There are some bargains to be had to Europe as well – Under…
Hyatt confirms its promotion – 3000 points after 3 night plus 20% bonus for credit card holders
With More Possibilities, members can earn 3,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points after every three eligible nights (up to 45,000 bonus points) at any Hyatt hotel worldwide from March 1 through May 31. Plus, Hyatt Credit Cardmembers will receive a 20 percent point bonus – that’s 600 more bonus points after every three nights. With…
Update on BA Seat Shifting on Upper Deck 747’s
BA has confirmed that it has changed the seats available for pre-paid confirmation as follows:
How much is LH Senator worth? EUR 2000 say LH
I recently dropped from LH Senator to Frequent Flyer status. LH wrote, enclosing my new card and offering a buy-off offer to get back to Senator. EUR 2000 is too much for my wallet I am afraid.


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