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Update, 21 August 2026: Since publishing this piece we have had a number of messages and emails from readers. Some had success. Others did not. Our own experience now looks like it was in the minority. It would be unfair, then, to call this the definitive new way of booking reward seats. We would recommend keeping the US number to hand for now, just in case. I've lost track of the number of times…
We need to have a talk about devaluations, because that's what Air France/KLM are doing with their Flying Blue programme. But the way they're devaluing their programme may not be the way you expect. Three ways a programme can devalue your redemptiom I'd argue that a loyalty programme can take value off you in three ways. It can put up the number of points needed, like BA did in December 2025. It…
I'm currently going through one of life's many pleasures by talking (screaming internally) to Virgin Media attempting to renew our broadband for another year, pleading for a price that doesn't make me want to go through the switching to another provider because I'm already quite busy, something I'm sure you can relate to! Considering how my live chat experience is going, I may soon be looking for…
In our third guest post, today's post has been kindly written by Robbie Watson, on Instagram as @robbiewatson, where you can follow along with his travels, whether that's extreme day trips, value/points led trips, cruises, or taking trips to less well travelled parts of the world. If you'd like to guest write, just simply DM us on Instagram or email sam@pointswellmade.co.uk with an idea, and we…
A short and sweet one from us today. Long have we bemoaned the fact we rarely, if ever, get to see the bonus point conversions our American brothers and sisters enjoy. Every few months another US bank runs a juicy transfer bonus to Avios or another airline programme, and those of us on this side of the pond just watch on wistfully. Well, for once, we've actually got something worth talking about.…
It seems like the industry is taking their summer holidays all at once, but that's no bad thing, because it's given us a chance to get some guides out for you all. Did you know you can book Avios flights earlier than 355 days? That's BA's window, but it's not an Avios rule. Qatar, Finnair, and Iberia all open their own seats before BA's booking window even starts. Revolut has announced it's…
That may sound like a funny question, surely I have to take it as soon as I've earned it? Not quite. There are two ways to earn a Cabin Upgrade Voucher, and the answer is different for each. If you've not come across it, the Barclays cabin upgrade voucher lets you book a seat in one cabin while paying the Avios price of the cabin below it. So a Club World seat will cost you the Avios rate for a…
If you're a British Airways Club member (you're here, so let's assume that), here's a quick win worth adding to your Avios-earning routine this month. Register a new debit or credit card on the Avios website for in-store purchase, spend £15 or more in one transaction at a participating in-store partner, and you'll bank 250 bonus Avios on top of whatever you'd normally earn. Registering your card…
Watch out, American Express, there's a new kid on the block. Revolut has just thrown its hat into the airport-lounge-ring as it were, and it's doing it in typically bold fashion. The bank is calling the project "Revolut Lounge": a network of its own branded, premium airport lounges, kicking off at Copenhagen Airport in 2027. The plan, by the sounds of it, is for the Copenhagen lounge to become the…
355 days in advance is BA's booking window, but this isn't an Avios rule. Seven airlines now use Avios (being BA, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair, Loganair, and Vueling), but each opens bookings on its own schedule, with a few opening earlier than BA's window. This isn't a trick for getting BA seats early. BA opens at 355 days, and that's that. It's that Qatar, Finnair and Iberia start selling…
