American Express Travel has launched a very decent bonus promotion for Platinum charge card holders who spend £300 or more at their website. To qualify for the £100 rebate, you need to spend £300 .....

American Express Travel has launched a very decent bonus promotion for Platinum charge card holders who spend .....

18 Jan 201518 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

British Airways and Hilton HHonors have launched a new promotion that will run from now until April 30th. Ironically, we don’t yet know what the official Hilton HHonors promotion will be once .....

British Airways and Hilton HHonors have launched a new promotion that will run from now until April 30th. .....

18 Jan 201518 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

American Airlines is running another ‘buy miles’ promotion until the end of the month. The maximum bonus is 50% albeit you need to buy 70,000 for that to kick in. American is offering a .....

American Airlines is running another ‘buy miles’ promotion until the end of the month. The maximum .....

18 Jan 201518 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

British Airways has launched a January Avios redemption sale.  It is rather modest in scope – certainly nothing like what we saw last January – but it may work for you. The following .....

British Airways has launched a January Avios redemption sale.  It is rather modest in scope – certainly .....

17 Jan 201517 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Back in November I wrote about a very generous promotion that The Economist was – and still is – offering in conjunction with Iberia Plus. You will receive 12,000 Avios for taking out a .....

Back in November I wrote about a very generous promotion that The Economist was – and still is – .....

17 Jan 201517 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

One of the requests that came up during my request for suggestions over New Year was the idea of a calendar on the site which would show the closing dates for the offers I discuss. This was a good .....

One of the requests that came up during my request for suggestions over New Year was the idea of a calendar on .....

17 Jan 201517 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought back the 48-hour Flash Sale that it originally ran earlier in November. Booking is now .....

IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought .....

16 Jan 201516 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

This is my review of the Corinthia hotel in London, together with some photographs from my visit. As you can imagine, I get quite a few requests from PR agencies asking me if I want to have a tour of .....

This is my review of the Corinthia hotel in London, together with some photographs from my visit. As you can .....

16 Jan 201516 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Emirates has announced some retrograde changes to its Skywards loyalty programme.  These come into effect from February 1st. The changes are complex but the main impact is to reduce the miles earned .....

Emirates has announced some retrograde changes to its Skywards loyalty programme.  These come into effect .....

16 Jan 201516 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

Just after Christmas, British Airways scrapped fuel surcharges on its short-haul flights.  They didn’t tell anyone and no-one noticed.  Even on Flyertalk, just about no-one .....

Just after Christmas, British Airways scrapped fuel surcharges on its short-haul flights.  They didn’t .....

15 Jan 201515 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Tesco Wine is offering 800 Clubcard points this week when you spend £60 on wine. This is a decent deal given that you would receive 1,920 Avios or 2,000 Virgin Flying Club miles plus the wine – .....

Tesco Wine is offering 800 Clubcard points this week when you spend £60 on wine. This is a decent deal given .....

15 Jan 201515 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

When I wrote about the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club ‘25% off Economy redemptions’ sale last week, I said that I would do a follow-up article on their parallel offer for ‘Miles .....

When I wrote about the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club ‘25% off Economy redemptions’ sale last .....

15 Jan 201515 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Just after Christmas I wrote about some of the excellent deals available in the British Airways sale in Club World if you were willing to start your trip in Dublin.  Prices are (they are still .....

Just after Christmas I wrote about some of the excellent deals available in the British Airways sale in Club .....

14 Jan 201514 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

Back in October 2013 (yes, 2013) I wrote about a promotion launched by Shangri-La Hotels.  Basically, if you played an online game once a week for six weeks, you would receive 1,200 points in their .....

Back in October 2013 (yes, 2013) I wrote about a promotion launched by Shangri-La Hotels.  Basically, if you .....

14 Jan 201514 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments