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The best ever New Zealand North Island self drive itinerary - Part 2

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Iberia Family Account: A Guide to Pooling Avios

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News you may have missed at Points Well Made - 20th September

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The best ever New Zealand North Island self drive itinerary - Part one

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Sep 19

Staybridge Suites London Heathrow Review - September 2026

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Helena

Sep 17

British Airways is flying to Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar from May 2027, and more!

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Sam

Sep 17

Limited time offer: Emirates Skywards double miles offer

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Helena

Sep 16

This Month's Card Offers

One week left: two huge offers on both of the British Airways American Express cards, up to 60,000 Avios!

If you've been sitting on the fence about applying for either the British Airways Premium Plus American Express, or the free British Airways American Express, now's the time to hop off it. The enhanced welcome bonuses on both the free card and the Premium Plus card end on 6th October 2026, which gives you just one week left to apply. Here's what you need to know. Just a quick heads-up: Points Well Made is here to dish out the juicy details on miles and points, but we're not y

The Lufthansa Group Miles & More debit card has launched: here's what UK travellers get

Currensea and the Lufthansa Group have launched the Miles & More debit card for UK travellers today. This is the fourth co-branded card from Currensea after Hilton, Marriott and United. We've had an early look ahead of launch, and here's everything the Lufthansa Group Miles & More debit card (catchy name) includes. Quick facts: Lufthansa Group Miles & More debit card at a glance Detail Summary Annual fee £180 (free for Senator in year one, free every year for HON Circle) Welc

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard: 70,000 point welcome bonus until 1 December, plus £790 cashback if you're new to Premier

You've heard of Amex. You've heard of Barclays, and if you read us regularly you've heard of Currensea too. But how about HSBC doing reward cards? If you haven't, there's a good reason. HSBC's reward cards are only available to people with an HSBC Premier bank account, and Premier needs a six-figure income or six figures in savings. That rules most people out, which is why we've hesitated in covering HSBC in the past. We prefer to cover topics that benefit everyone, but HSBC

Op-Ed / Guest Writer

How to earn and use Virgin Points as a young adult, without a credit card!

Today's post has been kindly written by Joel Sycamore, and you'll find him on Tiktok @travelswithjoel. Joel is 19 and just starting out in points, but he's earned a healthy stash all without a credit card! Once again, thank you to those of you who have contributed, you can read all past guest written posts here. If you would like to put yourself in of front our audience and wish to guest write, just simply DM us on Instagram or email sam@pointswellmade.co.uk with an idea, and

How to stay at the St. Regis Maldives for 60% less

Today's post has been kindly written by Henry Ross, CEO of Ruma Travel. Ruma Travel is a free reward flight search engine that compares the price in points and cash and tells you which is better value. You can read our write-up of Ruma Travel here. Once again, thank you to those of you who have contributed, you can read all past guest written posts here. If you would like to put yourself in of front our audience and wish to guest write, just simply DM us on Instagram or email

Two families, one obsession: Flying the world using points

In our fourth guest post, today's post has been kindly written by Beta and Nat from Fly Smart Club. They're two best friends from Brazil who use points to see their families more frequently, and take the odd holiday too! We're exceedingly happy with the response from you all to our guest writers. If you'd like to guest write, simply DM us on Instagram or email sam@pointswellmade.co.uk with an idea, and we will make it work! Hey! We are Beta & Nat from Fly Smart Club, two frie

You were never supposed to be this good at collecting points, so they're changing the game to status

By now I'm sure you know the BA Premium Plus Amex is having its Avios earn rate trimmed, from 1.5 Avios per £1 down to 1.25 from 7 October, with the 3 Avios earn rate on BA and BA Holidays spend also being reduced down to 1.25 Avios per £1 spent. Whilst the cuts to the Avios earn rate captured most of our attention as points collectors, it is the other half of the announcement that I want to bring your focus towards. Amex isn't just taking Avios away with the change to the BA

One of Avios’ sweetest redemptions: Trip review of Loganair, Heathrow-Kirkwall via Dundee

In our third guest post, today's post has been kindly written by Robbie Watson, on Instagram as @robbiewatson, where you can follow along with his travels, whether that's extreme day trips, value/points led trips, cruises, or taking trips to less well travelled parts of the world. If you'd like to guest write, just simply DM us on Instagram or email sam@pointswellmade.co.uk with an idea, and we will make it work! Avios redemptions tend to make people think of long-haul busine

Travel Q&A: Favourite Destinations, Dream Bucket List & Best Travel Moments

Today’s post is a little bit different - we’re stepping away from flight reviews and points earning credit cards to bring you something more personal. I am Helena, one of the co-founders of Points Well Made, other half to Sam, passionate traveller, and all-round adventure seeker. I've always loved travel, but since meeting Sam I consider myself thoroughly infected with the travel bug. We have been on many adventures since meeting, all over the globe. I thought we'd do a quick

How to travel as a family of four multiple times a year, without a lottery win!

Today's post has been kindly written by Heather Shipley, on Instagram as @heather_shipley_, where you can follow her pursuits to give her family the best life possible thanks to points. Naturally, that is what she'd like to tell you all about today! If you would like to put yourself in front our audience and wish to guest write, just simply DM us on Instagram or email sam@pointswellmade.co.uk with an idea, and we will try and make it work! Let’s set the scene. We are a workin

Well that was predictable … my experience trying to get a ticket on the BA x Amex 25th Anniversary Flight

Updated at 10:00 Thursday 16th July We have had a statement from an IAG Loyalty spokesperson: "As you know Avios-Only flight to New York sold out yesterday afternoon following exceptional demand. Customers who registered their interest can still join a waitlist on our website should any tickets become available through cancellations. We know customers experienced technical issues accessing the booking page, due to the very high volumes of booking requests. We're sorry for the

Do solo travellers have an unfair advantage in the points and miles game?

In a Points Well Made first, today's post has been kindly written by Neil Woodhouse, otherwise known on Tiktok and Instagram as ManofMilesUK. We would like to extend this invitation to any of you who may wish to guest write, just simply email sam@pointswellmade.co.uk with an idea, and we will try and make it work! Hi, I'm Neil – or as some may know me, ManofMilesUK – and let me show you the good, the bad and the uncomfortable reality of being a solo-travelling points collecto

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Points Well Made is our UK-based loyalty and travel rewards site, where we help readers maximise Avios, Virgin Points, and American Express Membership Rewards while spending less. We're Sam and Helena, and we built this site to share everything we've learned about earning Avios through credit cards, everyday shopping, and flying, as well as booking reward flights for maximum value with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. We share in-depth guides, airline and hotel reviews, a free 40-page Avios guide, and handy tools like our Avios calculator, which compares reward pricing across all six Avios airlines. With regularly updated news on credit card offers, airline sales, and points-earning opportunities, we're here to help UK travellers turn everyday spending into free flights and upgrades.