Bits: no more 5% Tesco bonus at TopCashback, Flybe Christmas sale, Carlson sale

News in brief:

No more 5% uplift on TopCashback transfers to Tesco Clubcard

An easy way of accumulating Avios points cheaply is to transfer cashback earned from shopping site TopCashback into Tesco Clubcard points.

You can move £50 per year of cashback from TopCashback to Tesco in exchange for 5,000 Clubcard points.  That would get you 12,000 Avios points or 12,500 Virgin Flying Club miles, so you are effectively buying Avios points for 0.4p.

Until last week, you would also receive a 5% uplift when you transferred cashback to Tesco.  £50 became £52.50 of Clubcard vouchers. This deal has now ended.  £50 only gets you 5,000 Clubcard points.

If you are not already a TopCashback member, there will an EXCLUSIVE signing up promotion on Head for Points during the next fortnight.  Do not sign up before then or you will regret it.

Flybe Christmas sale now on

Flybe has launched a Christmas sale for travel from Christmas to next Spring.

Fares start at £24.99.  You must book by Tuesday 24th November for travel between 25th December and 24th March.  The Christmas sale booking page is here.

Club Carlson sale – with bonus points

Radisson, Park Inn and Park Plaza have launched a 30% off sale.  It runs until 29th November for stays between 30th November and 28th February.

If you book by Sunday evening, you will also receive free breakfast and 2,500 bonus Club Carlson points with every booking!  These are a valuable extra benefit, especially at cheaper hotels.

To get the free breakfast and bonus points you need to book via this special Club Carlson page before Sunday night.

How to earn Radisson Rewards points and status from UK credit cards (December 2021)

Radisson Rewards does not have a dedicated UK credit card. However, you can earn Radisson Rewards points by converting Membership Rewards points earned from selected UK American Express cards.  These include:

• American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 60,000 Radisson Rewards points. This card is FREE for your first year and also comes with two free airport lounge passes.

• The Platinum Card from American Express (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 30,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 90,000 Radisson Rewards points

• American Express Rewards credit card (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 5,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 15,000 Radisson Rewards points. This card is FREE for life.

Membership Rewards points convert at 1:3 into Radisson Rewards points which is a very attractive rate.  The cards above all earn 1 Membership Rewards point per £1 spent on your card, which converts to 3 Radisson Rewards points.

Even better, holders of The Platinum Card receive free Radisson Rewards Gold status for as long as they hold the card.  It also comes with Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Gold and MeliaRewards Gold status.  We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here.

(Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)