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| Top Picks • View from the Shard for £12.50, Kew Gardens for £10 • 750 Avios from e-Rewards • 500 Avios for trying finance app Bud • 500 Avios for joining IHG Rewards Club • Save 50% on BA long-haul economy Avios redemptions • Virgin Atlantic winter sale • Malmaison Hotels - room, dinner and wine from £89 |
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| Enjoy All Inclusive bliss amidst four swimming pools, seven restaurants, and a sophisticated Spa in the Riviera Cancun. This 5* resort is nestled in lush tropical vegetation and surrounded by cool blue waters on the Riviera Cancun coast. You'll enjoy a room upgrade and $200 worth of extras to make the most of your time in Mexico. The resort is located a brief 15 miles from Cancun International Airport. Just off the long glistening beach is the world’s second largest barrier reef. A wealth of active and leisure pursuits wait just outside your door; with charming villages, shopping, golf, historic and ecological sites nearby including, Chichén Itzá Mayan Ruins, Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen and Tulum Mayan Ruins among others. |
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| Check out our ultimate collection of 5* resorts, hotels and holidays to get you ready for 2018 |
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This week's top travel hacks |
| View from the Shard for £12.50, Kew Gardens for £10 - Buyagift are offering £10 off any purchase of £20 or more when you use the code STOCKING10. There's tons of stuff you could use it on, but my pick would be a £22.95 View from the Shard ticket coming in at just under half the usual cost - £12.50. Book two tickets on two separate Buyagift accounts for a perfect Christmas treat. Or how about two Kew Gardens tickets, normaly £30 but coming in a £20 (£10 per ticket) with the discount code. View the deal here |
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| 750 Avios from e-Rewards - Another Avios giveaway in exchange for 10 minutes of your time. e-Rewards are currently offering 750 Avios to new users who complete their first survey. Full details can be found on our post here |
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| 500 Avios for trying finance app Bud - If you're an Avios collector like me, you can grab 500 points in exchange for 2 minutes of your time. Bud is a new personal finance app and brand new partner on Avios.com. To get the Avios, use the link below to sign up to the service. Follow the instructions (which are pretty slick) and be sure to enter your Avios.com account details to link the two accounts. Once that's done, you've earned the points. There is no requirement to add any further Banking or CCard account details. Just be sure to sign up before 4 January 2018. Sign up here |
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| 500 Avios for joining IHG Rewards Club - You could get an easy 500 Avios simply for signing up. Just use the link below before 31st December and make sure you set up your profile so that you get British Airways Avios instead of IHG Rewards Club points. That's it. They'll add to your BA account with the Avios in a month or two. Sign up using this link |
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| Save 50% on BA long-haul economy Avios redemptions - If you've been collecting Avios, this might be the time to redeem them. BA have cut the amount of Avios needed by half to over 90 long haul destinations. Normally, using Avios for economy seats is a bit of a waste, but not with this promotion. A return to LA will only set you back 16,250 Avios. Some routes are excluded, including Sydney, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, San Jose (Costa Rica - which is a shame as that's where I had my eye on) and Grenada. You must book by 17th December for travel between 4th January and 30th June 2018. |
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| Virgin Atlantic winter sale - Another round of winter flight reductions has begun. Virgin Atlantic return flights can be found from £385, including Dubai, New York, Orlando and LA. While you will find flights for less on Norwegian and Thomas Cook for the same destinations, Virgin is a full service airline that scores consistently high with its customers and despite our penchant for Avios, you might prefer to join (or already be joined up to) the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. Book by Monday 19th December. Check availability here |
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| Malmaison Hotels - room, dinner and wine from £89 - A nice little winter warmer from Malmaison Hotels from £89, including a room for 2, a two-course dinner plus a bottle of wine. Maimaison Hotels are very swanky, so it's an ideal treat for someone special. The hotels can be found in Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton, Cheltenham, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford and Reading. Check availability here |
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| Important note: I've tested these hacks, but can't be sure they'll work every time. Send your own hot hacks to tips@frugaltraveller.co.uk |
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