Since the UK left the EU, many mobile phone contracts no longer include free European roaming, while using your phone further afield can be even more expensive.
I’ve used Airalo on numerous trips before but we investigated to see exactly how it works, how much it costs and what savings can be made.
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Split Ticketing is a fully legitimate way of reducing the cost of a railway journey by purchasing multiple train tickets for a journey instead of buying one through ticket.
As specialist split ticketing websites quote typical savings of 23%, we decided to investigate further…
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Flying Blue is the frequent flyer programme for Air France and KLM, with miles redeemable for reward flights on both airlines and a wide range of partners including Delta and Virgin Atlantic.
In this guide, we explain how Flying Blue reward flights work, how many miles you need, what taxes and charges you’ll pay, availability and some of the best ways to use your miles.
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Hotel stays can be an excellent way to grow your Avios balance, with tens of thousands of hotels around the world offering opportunities to collect Avios.
However, earning the most Avios isn’t always as simple as adding your British Airways Club number to a booking. Depending on the hotel group, you might earn more by collecting hotel points and converting them later, choosing Avios instead of hotel points, or even crediting the stay to Iberia, Finnair or Qatar rather than BA.
In this guide we compare the major hotel programmes and show you the best strategy for maximising the Avios earned from your stays.
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If you regularly travel with Avanti West Coast, joining Club Avanti could earn you free Standard Premium and First Class train tickets.
Club Avanti is the loyalty programme of Avanti West Coast, which runs trains between London and cities such as Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and many other stations in between. This straightforward scheme rewards regular Avanti travellers with free train tickets and other extras.
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Smartphones are an invaluable piece of technology for communicating and are definitely one of the most useful things you can take on a trip. From storing boarding passes and finding your hotel to translating a menu, tracking a delayed flight or working out who owes what after dinner, the right apps can make travelling considerably easier.
We have put together the travel apps that we actually find useful – including some obvious essentials and a few that you might not have considered. All are free to download (although some have premium options) and will hopefully save you time, money or stress on your next trip.
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Airport security isn’t the nicest part of travelling, and the ability to bypass a long queue and get through the screening process in a few minutes can be extremely appealing for many travellers.
We compared Fast Track prices at 21 UK airports and looked at the different ways you can access priority security without paying the standard fee.
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Avios held in a British Airways Club account can be used for reward flights or flight upgrades. However, there is another option: using Avios as part payment towards the cost of a cash flight or British Airways Holiday.
It’s incredibly easy to do and can reduce the cash cost of your booking – potentially all the way down to just £1. However, there is a catch: the value you get per Avios varies considerably depending on how many points you use.
In this guide we explain how Avios Part Payment works, what the rules are and, most importantly, whether it actually represents good value for your Avios.
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Hotels.com has an interesting loyalty programme that can be particularly attractive if you stay in a mixture of hotel chains and independent properties.
Stay 10 eligible nights averaging at least £75 per night and you’ll receive £100 in Hotels.comCash towards future stays. Depending on how much you normally spend on hotels, that can effectively mean getting more than 10% of your money back.
But there’s a catch: booking through Hotels.com will usually mean giving up the points, status credits and benefits you’d receive by booking directly with a major hotel chain. So when does Hotels.com Rewards make sense?
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Delay Repay is a national scheme designed to compensate train travellers who have experienced a delayed arrival at their destination. Many rail passengers know they can claim compensation, but not everyone understands how the system actually works.
Depending on the length of the delay, passengers are entitled to claim up to 100% of their ticket price – although frustratingly the rules do vary between train operators.
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