Delta Air Lines acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic last year and the two have slowly been integrating their services to the US.  Timetables have been tweaked to even out the spacing between .....

Delta Air Lines acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic last year and the two have slowly been integrating .....

27 May 201427 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

As a rule I do not cover ways of collecting Nectar points on Head for Points.  Whilst you can redeem them for travel, primarily via easyJet or via Expedia, there is nothing ‘special’ .....

As a rule I do not cover ways of collecting Nectar points on Head for Points.  Whilst you can redeem them for .....

27 May 201427 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I wrote last week about the new Marriott Rewards promotion linked to social media. When you cut through the small print, it turns out that you can earn 2,000 Marriott Rewards points very easily be .....

I wrote last week about the new Marriott Rewards promotion linked to social media. When you cut through the .....

26 May 201426 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Tesco has closed down its online Travel Store, as per this announcement on its website. There was nothing clever about this site – it was simply a ‘white label’ version of .....

Tesco has closed down its online Travel Store, as per this announcement on its website. There was nothing .....

26 May 201426 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club Black credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth .....

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club Black credit cards. It is part of my series of articles .....

26 May 201426 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

If you follow any of the Avios social media feeds, you will seen a few plugs for the new Avios Multi-Currency Cash Passport in recent weeks.  I thought it was worth taking a look. The card is a more .....

If you follow any of the Avios social media feeds, you will seen a few plugs for the new Avios Multi-Currency .....

25 May 201425 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The BBC has finally released the transmission dates for ‘A Very British Airline’, a three part fly on the wall series on British Airways. It will be broadcast on June 2, June 9 and June 16 .....

The BBC has finally released the transmission dates for ‘A Very British Airline’, a three part fly .....

25 May 201425 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club White credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club White credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking .....

25 May 201425 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

It is a couple of months since there has been a decent promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping.  There used to be a steady flow of them which made it an easy way of picking up Avios points. .....

It is a couple of months since there has been a decent promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping.  There .....

24 May 201424 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Don’t ask me, because I honestly don’t know. See: ….. which comes from this website here. Please post below if you know. Otherwise it looks as if we will have to wait until Wednesday .....

Don’t ask me, because I honestly don’t know. See: ….. which comes from this website here. .....

24 May 201424 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is my review of the United Airlines MileagePlus credit cards issued in the UK. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they .....

This is my review of the United Airlines MileagePlus credit cards issued in the UK. It is part of my series .....

24 May 201424 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I mentioned in passing yesterday that we taking our 3-year old to Thomas Land in July.  Whilst not the nearest hotel, we are going to stay at the Hilton at St George’s Park (ie the National .....

I mentioned in passing yesterday that we taking our 3-year old to Thomas Land in July.  Whilst not the .....

23 May 201423 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

As well as launching their ‘20% off Economy and Premium Economy redemptions’ sale yesterday, Virgin Flying Club also announced a 20% bonus when you buy, transfer or gift Virgin Flying Club .....

As well as launching their ‘20% off Economy and Premium Economy redemptions’ sale yesterday, .....

23 May 201423 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

We are now getting very close to the grand opening on Heathrow Terminal 2 on June 4th. You will hardly notice it at the time because – learning lessons from Terminal 5 – the airport is .....

We are now getting very close to the grand opening on Heathrow Terminal 2 on June 4th. You will hardly notice .....

23 May 201423 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments