Avios and British Airways Executive Club have a new hotel partner – Best Western. You may be surprised to learn that Best Western was not already a partner.  It was an existing Virgin .....

Avios and British Airways Executive Club have a new hotel partner – Best Western. You may be surprised .....

26 Sep 201726 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and British Airways sales end today Today, Tuesday, is the final day for the current Virgin Atlantic and British Airways sales. I won’t go through the deals again .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and British Airways sales end today Today, Tuesday, is the final day for the .....

26 Sep 201726 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

One of the downsides of cancelling an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or Platinum charge card is that you are required to empty out your Membership Rewards points account. The Preferred .....

One of the downsides of cancelling an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or Platinum charge card is that .....

25 Sep 201725 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

News in brief: Luxury Travel Diary auctions ending soon The Luxury Travel Diary site dropped us a line about a new wave of its auctions that are closing within the next 48 hours. Most of the items .....

News in brief: Luxury Travel Diary auctions ending soon The Luxury Travel Diary site dropped us a line .....

25 Sep 201725 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

If you have kids, hotel reward redemptions can be a bit messy.  Most programmes only make standard rooms available for redemption and, especially in big cities, these are small with a maximum .....

If you have kids, hotel reward redemptions can be a bit messy.  Most programmes only make standard rooms .....

25 Sep 201725 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Potentially the biggest upheaval in the UK frequent flyer game in 2018 is going to be the addition of Air France and KLM as Virgin Atlantic Flying Club partners. As I wrote here, Air France and KLM .....

Potentially the biggest upheaval in the UK frequent flyer game in 2018 is going to be the addition of Air .....

24 Sep 201724 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

If you have ever bought Avios, IHG Rewards Club points or various other miles, you may have noticed that your credit card statement showed ‘points.com’ as the merchant. points.com is a .....

If you have ever bought Avios, IHG Rewards Club points or various other miles, you may have noticed that your .....

24 Sep 201724 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Qatar Airways has launched an excellent sale fare between Prague and Shanghai. (Qatar Airways has a history of launching random sale fares.  My guess is that they find two routes which are under .....

Qatar Airways has launched an excellent sale fare between Prague and Shanghai. (Qatar Airways has a history of .....

23 Sep 201723 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

It was due a return and now it is back.  I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page .....

It was due a return and now it is back.  I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you .....

23 Sep 201723 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

News in brief: Uber loses its London private hire licence Yesterday’s breaking news about Uber losing its taxi licence in London was a surprise for many. Transport for London has announced that .....

News in brief: Uber loses its London private hire licence Yesterday’s breaking news about Uber losing .....

23 Sep 201723 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 43 comments

Yesterday I told you about the long list of new conerts at the O2  Arena in Greenwich which are now bookable with Starwood Preferred Guest or Marriott Rewards points.  These allow you to see .....

Yesterday I told you about the long list of new conerts at the O2  Arena in Greenwich which are now .....

23 Sep 201723 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

If you’ve ever travelled from Porto on a British Airways flight you might have been in the awkward situation of being turned away from the only lounge at the airport. That is because at some .....

If you’ve ever travelled from Porto on a British Airways flight you might have been in the awkward .....

23 Sep 201723 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 50 comments

Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has brought back its potentially generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Avios or €120. You will earn €120 of .....

Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has brought back its .....

22 Sep 201722 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest has released a nice batch of O2 concerts.  All of these are for the SPG Suite, and includes all you can drink and a very decent hot buffet. Here is the list of tickets .....

Starwood Preferred Guest has released a nice batch of O2 concerts.  All of these are for the SPG Suite, .....

22 Sep 201722 September 2017 by Anika Burnett • 68 comments