It isn’t just frequent flyer schemes that offer points in return for renting a car.  Some of the hotel programmes are partners with major car rental companies too. In general the points earned .....

It isn’t just frequent flyer schemes that offer points in return for renting a car.  Some of the hotel .....

28 Dec 201428 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Last month I published a long piece on earning Avios points for car rentals. In summary, whilst the ONLY partner for British Airways Executive Club members is Avis via the special avisba website, this .....

Last month I published a long piece on earning Avios points for car rentals. In summary, whilst the ONLY .....

20 Sep 201420 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

For many of us, the only time in the whole year when we may find ourselves looking to hire a car is on holiday. If you are spending your own money on car hire, you shouldn’t be blinded by the .....

For many of us, the only time in the whole year when we may find ourselves looking to hire a car is on .....

5 Aug 20145 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Avis, the exclusive British Airways car rental partner, has made a permanent increase to the number of Avios points that you can earn from each rental. Previously, the earnings rate was 3 Avios per .....

Avis, the exclusive British Airways car rental partner, has made a permanent increase to the number of Avios .....

6 Jun 20146 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Avis, the official British Airways car rental partner, has launched a ‘double Avios’ promotion. With every Avis rental between now and 16th March, you will receive at least 1,000 Avios .....

Avis, the official British Airways car rental partner, has launched a ‘double Avios’ promotion. .....

15 Feb 201415 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Back in June 2013, I wrote about a pretty decent promotion that Club Carlson (the Radisson, Park Inn, Park Plaza hotel programme) had launched with Avis. It was offering 9,000 Club Carlson points for .....

Back in June 2013, I wrote about a pretty decent promotion that Club Carlson (the Radisson, Park Inn, Park .....

21 Jan 201421 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

The avios.com and ba.com January sales are continuing.  Hopefully the upcoming offers will be more exciting than the half-price World Traveller redemptions to the US and Canada we had on Monday. .....

The avios.com and ba.com January sales are continuing.  Hopefully the upcoming offers will be more exciting .....

8 Jan 20148 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

I posted last week about a British Airways discount code for £100 off a £350+ Club Europe ticket. There were problems with the code, though, and it wasn’t functioning. All is now working OK, .....

I posted last week about a British Airways discount code for £100 off a £350+ Club Europe ticket. There were .....

12 Oct 201312 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Last month I posted about a £100 discount code that British Airways had launched with Hilton.  This month, BA is running a similar offer in conjunction with Avis. They are offering a special .....

Last month I posted about a £100 discount code that British Airways had launched with Hilton.  This .....

7 Oct 20137 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

This is the fourth of my series of articles about – basically – earning Avios from your Summer holiday. Previous articles focussed on getting a discount on airport car parking, selecting .....

This is the fourth of my series of articles about – basically – earning Avios from your Summer .....

7 Jul 20137 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Is there anything more painful than arriving off a flight and then having to take a long shuttle bus ride to pick up your hire car?  (Er, yes.  Obviously.  It’s not exactly the end of the .....

Is there anything more painful than arriving off a flight and then having to take a long shuttle bus ride to .....

25 Jun 201325 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Last month, Avios was offering 1,500 Avios points if you turned on auto-convert in your Tesco Clubcard account to automatically send your Clubcard points to avios.com each quarter. A quick heads up .....

Last month, Avios was offering 1,500 Avios points if you turned on auto-convert in your Tesco Clubcard account .....

1 Jun 20131 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

Back in November, I wrote about a pretty decent promotion that Club Carlson (the Radisson, Park Inn, Park Plaza hotel programme) has launched with Avis. As you can read here, Club Carlson is offering .....

Back in November, I wrote about a pretty decent promotion that Club Carlson (the Radisson, Park Inn, Park .....

1 Jun 20131 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Hertz is running a couple of decent promotions at the moment which are worth a look if you are planning to hire a car, either for business or over the May holiday weekends. The first promotion is for .....

Hertz is running a couple of decent promotions at the moment which are worth a look if you are planning to .....

14 Apr 201314 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments