Holiday lessons (1): Avios is not always the answer
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I am back in the UK after 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. We stayed in seven different rooms in five different hotels (long story ….) but luckily for you I am not planning to review it all.
I had to use a variety of techniques to get the cost of this trip down, since we booked at short notice and hotel costs were not far behind what you would pay in the Maldives or Barbados. Instead of reviewing each stage of the trip, I want to focus on lessons worth sharing.
No more cheap £4 US to Europe flights on Virgin Points after ‘no notice’ devaluation
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Virgin Atlantic has, with no notice, massively devalued Virgin Flying Club redemptions on US airline (and 49% Virgin shareholder) Delta.
Before we go into this, I want to be clear about one thing.
There is no change to the pricing of Virgin Flying Club redemptions on Delta if you are flying from the UK.
Business Class redemptions from the UK to US on Delta remain at 95,000 to 135,000 points off-peak and 115,000 to 155,000 points peak, return.
Get 30,000 Membership Rewards points with the Amex International $/€ Cards
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Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on any of the personal UK American Express cards, there IS one generous bonus which you may well be able to get.
American Express is still offering 30,000 bonus Membership Rewards points when you apply for the American Express Platinum International Currency Card.
You will get the sign-up bonus even if you currently hold a Gold, Platinum or any other Membership Rewards-enrolled UK Amex card as this operates via a different Membership Rewards scheme.