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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you're fairly new to this, or you've got a stash of Avios you're a bit scared of spending wrong, here's some good news. We've made all the mistakes for you! Most of what we know about Avios and points, we learned by getting it wrong first, and inevitably that cost us. You'll see online people claiming to have optimised every point, never wasted a voucher, and they read every word of the terms before applying. I've not always been that person, and if I'm being honest, I'd b