Starwood, the parent of Sheraton, Westin, W, St Regis and other hotels, has launched its new Android app.  This adds to the existing iPhone app. If you are registered for the Better by the Night .....

Starwood, the parent of Sheraton, Westin, W, St Regis and other hotels, has launched its new Android app.  .....

4 Nov 20124 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I spent yesterday morning down at The Luxury Travel Fair, at Olympia in London.  And, yet again, it was a rather frustrating experience. This is the 4th time I have been to the show.  .....

I spent yesterday morning down at The Luxury Travel Fair, at Olympia in London.  And, yet again, it was a .....

3 Nov 20123 November 2012 by Rob Burgess

The October Tesco Clubcard mailings are hitting doorsteps this week.  Hopefully you will have earned enough points (650) to receive the Quarter 4 ‘2,000 bonus Avios’ via the ‘Get .....

The October Tesco Clubcard mailings are hitting doorsteps this week.  Hopefully you will have earned enough .....

3 Nov 20123 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Regular as clockwork, American Express has brought back its special November promotion on the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card. This card usually comes with 10,000 SPG points as a .....

Regular as clockwork, American Express has brought back its special November promotion on the Starwood .....

2 Nov 20122 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Last weekend, bmi finally died.  The last bmi flight landed at Heathrow (see photo below), the bmi credit cards were closed to new applicants and www.flybmi.com was closed down. If you still have any .....

Last weekend, bmi finally died.  The last bmi flight landed at Heathrow (see photo below), the bmi credit .....

2 Nov 20122 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

A quick heads up of a couple of new Tesco Direct promotions with Epson. This is an interesting deal if you are looking for an inkjet printer.  It costs £79, but comes with 2,000 bonus Clubcard .....

A quick heads up of a couple of new Tesco Direct promotions with Epson. This is an interesting deal if you are .....

2 Nov 20122 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect changes over the past month.  After a quiet start to the month, things have really picked up .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect .....

1 Nov 20121 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I have found yet another BAA WorldPoints sign-up promotion. See here (EDIT: link removed as dead). This one requires a new member to spend £75 in one transaction (not ‘in one day’, .....

I have found yet another BAA WorldPoints sign-up promotion. See here (EDIT: link removed as dead). This one .....

1 Nov 20121 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I have spent the last few days with some friends of ours in Stuttgart.  Had I not been there, I would have tried to get across to the Hyatt Churchill Hotel in London, where a group of 40 or so .....

I have spent the last few days with some friends of ours in Stuttgart.  Had I not been there, I would have .....

31 Oct 201231 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Tesco Direct has launched another pre-order promotion on up-coming CD’s and DVD’s. Take a look here. You get 150 bonus points (360 Avios, 375 Virgin miles) for every product you order. The .....

Tesco Direct has launched another pre-order promotion on up-coming CD’s and DVD’s. Take a look .....

31 Oct 201231 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

I have written a few posts in recent weeks about specific airline promotions running with Hilton. The Virgin Atlantic promotion I covered here is probably the most generous.  Other versions include: .....

I have written a few posts in recent weeks about specific airline promotions running with Hilton. The Virgin .....

30 Oct 201230 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Back in early September I wrote this post about a (theoretically targetted) offer for the Hilton HHonors Visa card. The Hilton card is already one of favourite cards to get purely for the sign-up .....

Back in early September I wrote this post about a (theoretically targetted) offer for the Hilton HHonors Visa .....

29 Oct 201229 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

A few months ago I wrote a post on the different ways of finding a Heathrow Express discount. Quite a few things have changed since then, though, and as the post has also proved to be one of the most .....

A few months ago I wrote a post on the different ways of finding a Heathrow Express discount. Quite a few .....

29 Oct 201229 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Well, the results of my experiment are in. This is what turned up on my Membership Rewards statement: 22/10/2012 AMEX TRAVEL MONEY Charge: £166.92 Base points: 166 Bonus points: 0 Total points: 166 .....

Well, the results of my experiment are in. This is what turned up on my Membership Rewards statement: .....

28 Oct 201228 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments