How we get our luxury for less.
A new year is upon us and it is a great time to set your premium travel goals and strategy! In 2019, I earnt two free first class upgrades on Emirates, and redeemed a first class round trip for two to Tokyo with BA for just £576pp. Today I share how I plan to earn points in 2020 and how I may spend them.
Today's guide looks at how packaging up a flight, even when you may not really need a hotel or a car, can bring big savings to premium flight fares! I personally used this technique in 2018, flying United Airlines in Business from London to Chicago with 3 nights in a hotel for £1,400. At the time you couldn't even get a flight for below £2,000!
It is the quiet before the storm in the world of luxury travel at the moment, as prices stand slightly inflated ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2019. So don't book anything just yet! But when 29 November comes, the number of deals and speed at which they sell out can feel overwhelming. Prepare now and make sure you get a fantastic deal!
I am currently sat in the British Airways Galleries Lounge South in Heathrow Terminal 5, waiting for my flight to Stockholm. I'm not holidaying in Stockholm, I'm just going there for a night so that tomorrow I can fly Etihad First Class for less than half the price I would have paid going from London. And that brings me to this guide - making First Class more...
Those of you who follow my Instagram @flashpackermax may have seen a story recently on an upcoming booking for 2020 in Tokyo. We have two first class return tickets for just £576 (and a whole shed of Avios!) I got some DMs questioning how I did it. So here is the breakdown of how!