Boost your stash of airmiles

MSE_Martin

What's the deal?


The Times are running a promotion with Airmiles where 10 miles will be printed in the paper each day and 20 in the weekend papers. Up to 200 miles are still up for grabs (worth about £15) including some free miles online each week between 28 October and 24 November. Normally you get around 1 mile for a £2 spend so 10 miles for 50p is pretty good!

How do I get my miles?

Simply cut them out of The Times and send them in to airmiles. If you missed the envelope and application form in the times you can e-mail [EMAIL="airmiles@the-times.co.uk"]airmiles@the-times.co.uk[/EMAIL] and get a new one.

• 10 CUT & RUN miles to collect each day, Monday to Friday, in The Times.
• 20 CUT & RUN miles on Saturday and Sunday in The Times and The Sunday Times.
• EXTRA 30 CUT & RUN miles at Times Online. 10 miles each week. Available for three weeks.


What does 200 miles get you?

• Flights to:
  Marseille (plus £45.50 taxes), Bordeaux (plus £47.20 taxes), Toulouse (plus £47.00 taxes), Grenoble (plus £49.20 taxes) and Amsterdam (plus £58.10 taxes).
• London Eye River Cruise
  Adult = 120 airmiles
  Child = 80 airmiles
  
• London Eye
  Adult = 130 airmiles
  Child = 90 airmiles

You can also save up airmiles and use the Times cut and run ones with miles already in your account.


Is it worth buying The Times just for the airmiles?

Airmiles are worth about 7.8p each (see the Loyalty Schemes article for details of how this was calculated).

So
10 airmiles = 78p
20 airmiles = £1.56
30 airmiles = £2.34

The Times costs 65p during the week, and £2 on the weekend so it's worth it during the week but unless you're already buying it a the weekend don't bother!


Any catches?

The minimum amount of airmiles that can be sent in at at time is 100 and they must be received by 4 December. Bookings must be made by 31 May 2007 and be can be used for anything on airmiles.co.uk. You can top up with airmiles you already have but cut and run airmiles can only be used for one booking.

More offers to boost Airmiles

There are a couple of free trials you can sign up for to up your airmiles even more. You need to be logged into your airmiles account to be able to see the offers. If you're new to airmiles you need to join uo and then register your account online. Once logged in, click on 'Collect' then 'Online Shopping' then use the drop down box to find the deal you're looking for.

• Blockbuster
  Sign up for a free 2 week home DVD trial and you can bag an extra 100 miles. Make sure you cancel the trial before the end otherwise you'll be charged normal subscription rates.
• LoveFilm
  Another 14 day free DVD trial, sign up and get an extra 150 airmiles.
• The Week
  Sign up for a free trial of news and current affairs mag 'The Week' and get 100 free Airmiles plus 6 free issues of the weekly magazine. Again make sure you cancel before the trials up otherwise you'll be charged for a full subscription.

For much more info on how to boost your loyalty points stash read Loyalty Schemes: Tricks to improve you stash

DarrenGreen

Martin,

I've just tried to get the airmiles deals from Blockbuster, LoveFilm and TheWeek and I can't see anywhere that I am going to get free airmiles for taking any of the trials. Are these offers still valid and if so what do I need to do to get them.

Cheers,

Former_MSE_Archna

Hi Darren,

You need to be logged in to see these extra deals. I've amended the details in Martin's post above.

MSE Archna

alchemista

If you need 200 miles, you could buy 20 of a paper one day which would only cost 13 quid, so you basically get your flight for 13 quid + tax/fees.