News in brief: Marriott launches a UK flash sale Marriott has launched a flash sale which is running until 5pm next Monday 29th. It covers 50 hotels across the UK for weekend stays before 10th April. .....

News in brief: Marriott launches a UK flash sale Marriott has launched a flash sale which is running until 5pm .....

25 Feb 201625 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

This is my review of the Crowne Plaza Salzburg hotel, known locally as The Pitter. On our way back to the UK after half term, we spent a night in Salzburg.  I chose the Crowne Plaza Salzburg .....

This is my review of the Crowne Plaza Salzburg hotel, known locally as The Pitter. On our way back to the UK .....

25 Feb 201625 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

News in brief: Virgin East Coast Edinburgh sale for £25 Virgin East Coast is running a special promotion to push its new ’23 trains per weekday’ timetable to Edinburgh from Kings Cross. .....

News in brief: Virgin East Coast Edinburgh sale for £25 Virgin East Coast is running a special promotion to .....

24 Feb 201624 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is my review of the Plaza Premium lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. Full details of .....

This is my review of the Plaza Premium lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2. It is part of our series of .....

24 Feb 201624 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

News in brief: Win 100,000 Virgin Flying Club miles I have written about the Virgin Red smartphone app before.  It is a new product which tries to bring together customers from various Virgin Group .....

News in brief: Win 100,000 Virgin Flying Club miles I have written about the Virgin Red smartphone app before. .....

24 Feb 201624 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you .....

Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....

23 Feb 201623 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

Apologies for the delay in covering this announcement (well, it isn’t an announcement as Virgin has not actually notified people about it) due to my holiday last week. I had a few emails .....

Apologies for the delay in covering this announcement (well, it isn’t an announcement as Virgin has not .....

23 Feb 201623 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

News in brief: Airport lounge passes for £15 for O2 Priority Moments customers If you are an O2 mobile customer and are signed up to Priority Moments, you can currently buy airport lounge passes for .....

News in brief: Airport lounge passes for £15 for O2 Priority Moments customers If you are an O2 mobile .....

23 Feb 201623 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?  This is not as easy an answer as you might think and beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are .....

What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?  This is not as easy an answer as you might think .....

22 Feb 201622 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

One of the most common questions I receive via email from new readers is whether they can convert their Virgin Flying Club miles to Avios points.  I thought I would save myself some typing in the .....

One of the most common questions I receive via email from new readers is whether they can convert their Virgin .....

22 Feb 201622 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

I realised recently that I had never written much about Stansted Express, even though I have done various articles on saving money on Gatwick Express and the best way to get a discount on Heathrow .....

I realised recently that I had never written much about Stansted Express, even though I have done various .....

22 Feb 201622 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

News in brief: More exclusive Avios hotel deals avios.com has sent me details of their latest special offers for booking hotel rooms via their hotel booking portal. Hilton Heathrow T5 (which is not .....

News in brief: More exclusive Avios hotel deals avios.com has sent me details of their latest special offers .....

21 Feb 201621 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

21 Feb 201621 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

It has always annoyed me that you cannot redeem Amex Membership Rewards points for Waitrose / John Lewis gift cards.  I thought that things may change when John Lewis finally abandoned paper gift .....

It has always annoyed me that you cannot redeem Amex Membership Rewards points for Waitrose / John Lewis gift .....

21 Feb 201621 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments