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Nostalgia corner – 40 years of BA First Class and Life at Heathrow in 1964

I spent two days at a Loyalty Fraud conference this week (and a day at World Travel Market) so today you are getting a bit of ‘filler’.  However, in terms of filler, this is pretty cool. .....

I spent two days at a Loyalty Fraud conference this week (and a day at World Travel Market) so today you are .....

by Rob Burgess19 comments

Bits: Hilton Weekends sale on, good Marriott Moments events launched

News in brief: Hilton weekend sale now on for Hilton Honors members Hilton has launched a week-long pre-sale event of its major ‘Weekends’ sale for Hilton Honors members. You can see full .....

News in brief: Hilton weekend sale now on for Hilton Honors members Hilton has launched a week-long pre-sale .....

by Rob Burgess117 comments

Amex launching a Platinum Card pop-up lounge with free drinks in London

American Express does, indeed, work in mysterious ways. The company has decided to launch a pop-up ‘Centurion Lounge’ in London for six days in the run up to Christmas.  Free alcohol is .....

American Express does, indeed, work in mysterious ways. The company has decided to launch a pop-up .....

by Rob Burgess107 comments

Review: the No1 Lounge at Edinburgh Airport

This article is my review of the No1 Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. A long layover at Edinburgh Airport last week gave me a chance to take a look at three of the lounges – No1 Lounge, Aspire .....

This article is my review of the No1 Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. A long layover at Edinburgh Airport last .....

by Rob Burgess39 comments

Review: the Aspire lounge (Gate 4) at Edinburgh Airport

This article is my review of the Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport.  This is the original Aspire lounge by Gate 4.  Our review of the new Aspire lounge, by Gate 16, is here. This is part of .....

This article is my review of the Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport.  This is the original Aspire lounge .....

by Rob Burgess23 comments

Some more clues about Avios ‘dynamic pricing’

British Airways is planning a move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Avios redemptions, it was disclosed at the Investor Day presentation last week (read more here). If you want an idea of what .....

British Airways is planning a move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Avios redemptions, it was disclosed at .....

by Anika Burnett111 comments

Review: the Tesco Premium Mastercard credit card

This is my review of the Tesco Premium Mastercard credit card. 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 Tesco Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking .....

by Rob Burgess70 comments

All MBNA airline credit cards withdrawn – what are your alternatives?

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the MBNA airline credit cards. It was good advice. All eight MBNA airline credit cards were .....

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the .....

by Rob Burgess155 comments

What Alex Cruz had to say at World Travel Market yesterday

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between Monday and Wednesday this week.  Monday is restricted to the media and key buyers and is when .....

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between .....

by Rob Burgess79 comments

Plaza Premium lounge now open in Heathrow Terminal 5

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in Heathrow Terminal 5 yesterday afternoon. This was odd timing, given that every travel journalist .....

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in .....

by Rob Burgess62 comments

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