News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other routes, British Airways has announced that Iberia will operate two of the BA Madrid .....

News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other .....

16 Jun 201616 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

I dropped in an extra article during the day yesterday to cover the relaunch of the Travelex Supercard.  You can download the free app here. If you read that article, some of this piece will sound .....

I dropped in an extra article during the day yesterday to cover the relaunch of the Travelex Supercard.  You .....

15 Jun 201615 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Tucked away in the new issue of ‘Departures’, the magazine for American Express Platinum charge card holders, is an intriguing new offer. The ‘intriguing’ element comes from .....

Tucked away in the new issue of ‘Departures’, the magazine for American Express Platinum charge .....

15 Jun 201615 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, now with a .....

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on .....

15 Jun 201615 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

This is a midweek reminder that, thanks to Hotels.com, I am running a great competition this week to promote the Hotels.com Summer Sale and the Hotels.com Rewards programme. Between now and Friday, .....

This is a midweek reminder that, thanks to Hotels.com, I am running a great competition this week to promote .....

15 Jun 201615 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

As of 10am this morning, the Travelex Supercard website is back up, a new app appeared in the app stores and it began to accept new applications. If you want to get one, click here to download the .....

As of 10am this morning, the Travelex Supercard website is back up, a new app appeared in the app stores and .....

14 Jun 201614 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 123 comments

News in brief: 10% Diamond Club discount for British Airways flights ends If you have one of the old bmi Diamond Club credit cards, you probably remember receiving a letter in March 2015 telling you .....

News in brief: 10% Diamond Club discount for British Airways flights ends If you have one of the old bmi .....

14 Jun 201614 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

An InterContinental presentation mistakenly placed online shows that the company is planning changes to its Ambassador loyalty scheme for 2016. Before I come to those, I want to summarise how .....

An InterContinental presentation mistakenly placed online shows that the company is planning changes to its .....

14 Jun 201614 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

News in brief: Moneycorp pulls currency pre-order facility I wrote last week about how you could protect the cost of your holiday this year by pre-ordering currency from Moneycorp. Moneycorp would let .....

News in brief: Moneycorp pulls currency pre-order facility I wrote last week about how you could protect the .....

14 Jun 201614 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

Thanks to Hotels.com, I am running a great competition this week to promote the Hotels.com Summer Sale and the Hotels.com Rewards programme. Between now and Friday, you can win a £500 Hotels.com .....

Thanks to Hotels.com, I am running a great competition this week to promote the Hotels.com Summer Sale and .....

13 Jun 201613 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

News in brief: Delta to launch Glasgow to New York flights for summer 2017 Delta, the 49% shareholder of Virgin Atlantic, has announced a new Glasgow to New York service for Summer 2017.  This will .....

News in brief: Delta to launch Glasgow to New York flights for summer 2017 Delta, the 49% shareholder of .....

13 Jun 201613 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

There are a number of hotel groups who partner with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club but who do not work with Avios.  I covered them in this article. One of those is Red Carnation Hotels. Red Carnation is .....

There are a number of hotel groups who partner with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club but who do not work with .....

13 Jun 201613 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Here are a couple of interesting flight deals if you are spending your weekend wondering what to do over the Summer. More Qatar Airways bargains from Pisa Qatar Airways is pushing its Pisa route again .....

Here are a couple of interesting flight deals if you are spending your weekend wondering what to do over the .....

12 Jun 201612 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various promotions now and then – you may have received an interesting email from Iberia this .....

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various .....

12 Jun 201612 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments