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One of the most common questions we receive at Thrifty Points relates to finding available BA reward flights using the British Airways website. We completely relate with the frustration of readers who have a considerable number of Avios points and struggle to be able to …
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What are the alternatives to buying Virgin Atlantic miles? With a reasonable business class product and an economy offering which is head and shoulders above British Airways, Virgin Atlantic is a popular choice for people redeeming air miles. But what if you’re hoping …
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Maximising Amex Points Redemptions… American Express Rewards points regularly feature on Thrifty Points! Today we’ll be taking a look at the best ways to spend Amex points in the UK. In doing so we’ll look at the various Amex points redemption options and which one is …
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The Lloyds American Express Credit Card has lost its way… At the start of 2018, Lloyds announced that they would be stopping new applications to the Lloyds Avios Rewards American Express and Mastercard credit cards. Nearly six months after this Lloyds began sending out …
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A Full Review of the Best Rewards Cards UK The wonderful world of UK rewards credit cards can be a confusing place at times. Making the right choice between a credit card offering 1% cashback or a 2-4-1 voucher at £10,000 of spend may seem daunting. To help our …
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Everything You Need to Know About the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card With the recent announcement of the launch of the combined Marriott and Starwood Preferred Guest rewards programme – Marriott Bonvoy – we thought it was about time we undertook a Starwood Amex …
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IHG Points Purchase – Cheapest Way to Buy IHG Points I’m currently in the process of writing a detailed article on the IHG rewards programme which is due to be published shortly. As part of this process I stumbled across a neat trick which may be of interest to people …
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Is It Really the Number One Lounge at Gatwick North Terminal? Some years ago I visited the No 1 Lounge Gatwick North when I was flying from London to Antigua in Business Class with British Airways. For a short period of time, BA were using the Gatwick No1 Lounge for …
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Priority Pass – Everything You Need to Know Some 8 years ago the UK's 40 busiest airports handled a total of 213.9 million passengers. Whilst that’s an impressive number, total passenger numbers have increased an astonishing 34.6% to 287.9 million in 2017 with 2018 …
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