Apples 12 Days of Christmas starts today. Today Justin Timberlake

Yup. I downloaded the app, saw that and promptly wished i hadn't bothered.

It can go either way that. The first year they did it I got some quite good stuff. As far as I remember, last year I didn't actually download a single thing.

Yes it does depend on what you like. Last year most was rubbish.

Today's freebie is the 'Kalahari' episode of the BBC series 'Africa', which coincidentally is on BBC2 as I type this .

Did you have trouble downloading it?

Didn't bother just watched it on the telly

I downloaded earlier on in the day. I did not know it was on.

Alex Ferguson My Autobiography [Kindle Edition], £5

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/ref= ... B00D8CSU2W

Avios are having a sale if you have lots of those. Cheap flights to the USA, if that is of interest to you. I could get 5 flights to New York with what I have already.

Better to use them to upgrade on flights than buy tyhem outright as you still have to pay taxes on the flght and the fare is only about £150 from UK to USA, world traveller to WT+ is 0.5x avios and you don't pay the additional taxes

I am planning a trip to Houston at some point and was actually planning on use the flight as a way earn another 12046 avios, though will have to look into it a bit more.

Book your flight in 2 legs, Wherever - Dublin then Dublin - Houston

You can clear customs in advance in Dublin and save at least £300 PP usually , even if it just means you go Dublin - Heathrow first!

Also it's additional air miles and tier points if you're a BA Exec member

I've been looking at booking through ITA Matrix (ran by google) and I can get a fudged return journey going Newcastle to San Francisco then back from Vegas (World Traveller +) via Dublin each way for less than a return to Los Angeles from Heathrow on economy both ways (lax is cheaper to fly into/from but far less convenient for what I have planned)

Yes that is looking cheaper. £520 via Heathrow with BA, £441 via Dublin with BA but £118 from Gatwick to Dublin with BA

I can get a much cheaper flight with Ryanair but will hit their luggage restrictions particularly on the way back. I was planning to do some shopping while there and might get a bag or two of things. Since I will need to get a better estimate of the weight of the luggage because what might be deal might not when the additional luggage is included.