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Black Friday Flight & Hotel deals roundup

25 November 2023 / Leave a comment

Etihad

  • Book by November 27th
  • Travel between January 15th and June 12th
  • Use promo code WHITEFRIDAY20 or BLACKFRIDAY20
  • Save 20% on economy and business class fares

Note that the 20% discount applies to the base fare only, which means in reality the savings will be much less.

Aegean

  • Book by November 27th
  • Travel between January 15th and October 26th
  • No promo code needed
  • Save up to 50% on all tickets across the network

The actual discount depends on your travel date.

ITA Airways

  • Book by November 27th
  • Travel between December 1st and December 31st
  • Use promo code BLACK
  • Save 30% on all tickets except Economy Lite

The offer is available to many markets including UK, Europe and US (20% off).

Cathay Pacific

  • Book by November 26th
  • Travel between December 1st and June 28th
  • Use promo code UKBLACKFRI for flights departing from the UK
  • £100 off business class and £75 off economy / premium economy

Similar deals are available for France and Germany etc.

Air China

£100 discount on UK flights to China / Asia. Claim your voucher on Trip.com – they have other Black Friday offers as explained in this blog post.

TAP Portugal

London – Boston in business class for ~£1000 return, and the cost can be further reduced if you add a stopover (>24 hours) in Lisbon to avoid the UK APD. Example:

Use Google Flights and Skyscanner to find cheap date combinations. Book by November 28th.

Virgin Atlantic

  • Book by November 27th
  • Travel by September 30th
  • Pay 30% fewer points for all reward flights

This is an incredible deal for flying to/from Shanghai:

Redemptions for US destinations are unfortunately bundled with outrageous fees, so they might not be a great deal even with the 30% discount.

Melia

  • Book by November 26th
  • Stay by December 20th, 2024 (hotel dependant)
  • Save up to 50%

Remember to stack the Gold 20% off and App 5% off. The discount is genuine although not necessarily at 50% at most properties, and many of the rates are flexible.

Accor

20% bonus on digital gift card purchases. Gift cards are valid for 5 years, and can be used at participating hotels in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece and Poland.

Kimpton Hotels

The following UK Kimpton hotels are offering 20% discount of gift vouchers:

Gift vouchers are valid for 12 months and can be used upon hotel checkout. They work well with pay-at-hotel rates, including Amex FHR and IHG Luxury & Lifestyle.

Malmaison / Hotel Du Vin

Malmaison – rate starts at £100, including £50 dinner credit

Hotel Du Vin – rate starts at £145 for two nights, including £50 dinner credit

Aegean flash sale: £30 off and buy 1 get 1 free!

1 November 2023 / Leave a comment

The Greek airline Aegean is working with Trip.com to launch a flash sale targeting the UK market. You can see the offer details here.

For our London audience, the most relevant bit is the BOGO sale.

  • Going live on November 2, 10am
  • Buy two economy class tickets from London to Athens for the price of one
  • Travel between November 15 and March 31
  • Limited availability

In addition there’s a promo code YXWFIVIWAW that you can claim and redeem until November 10. It gives you £20 discount when travelling from London / Manchester / Birmingham / Edinburgh to Athens and the Greek islands, but unfortunately London – Athens is excluded.

Remember that by booking via the Trip.com app you get an additional £10 off – £30 off a flight is not to be sniffed at, although not as good as the BOGO deal.

As you can see from the image above, your itinerary doesn’t have to be entirely Aegean, but somehow it doesn’t always work. Note that you must enter the passenger information first before being able to see whether the £20 promo code applies.

Aegean giving away up to 2 million free miles!

7 December 2022 / Leave a comment

Aegean Airlines is the national carrier of Greece, best known for their easy-to-maintain Star Alliance Gold status. Additionally, they’ve also run a lot of promotions to give away free miles in the past.

A new promotion has emerged.

  • Ends December 23
  • All Aegean Miles+Bonus members can participate
  • Win an instant of prize of between 500 and 2,000,000 miles

It’s very simple to participate. Just pick one new-year resolution and a city to win the prize. My first three attempts ended up in IT errors though, but at the fourth time it paid out. I won 3,000 miles which is not bad.

Aegean miles never expire. A domestic flight in Greece costs 5,000 miles, and partner redemption starts from 12,500 miles. You can transfer miles between accounts at the cost of €15, the annual limit being 50,000 miles.

You can also convert Aegean miles into Accor points at the ratio of 2,000 : 500 (worth €10). It’s probably easier to redeem than flight tickets, although I’m not totally sure if there’s any restriction on new accounts.