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Daily Digest — 2026-10-16

Friday, 16 October 2026

Daily Digest — Friday, 16 October 2026

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Most frequent flyer schemes have some obscure deals tucked away in their reward charts – and given that reward charts are rarely published these days, they are even more obscure! bmi (the old British …

World of Hyatt is dropping American Airlines as its preferred airline partner, and has signed a deal with Air Canada and its Aeroplan loyalty scheme to replace it. It’s not something we have focused o…

Finally! One of the most antiquated processes in the entire loyalty industry was transferring World of Hyatt points between members. Of course, it was great that Hyatt allowed you to transfer points t…

Is it possible to leave a British Airways Household Account without the permission of the account head? We wrote about how to open a British Airways Household Account in order to pool Avios. In this a…

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