Until 10th July, British Airways Holidays (click here) is offering extra discounts on all packages: £25 extra discount on Flight + Car holidays to any destination for bookings with a min spend of .....

Until 10th July, British Airways Holidays (click here) is offering extra discounts on all packages: £25 extra .....

6 Jul 20186 July 2018 by Rob Burgess

Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus Avios for hotel bookings made before 31st August. You must be a British Airways American .....

Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus .....

5 Jul 20185 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

If you took part in what was (effectively) Iberia’s “buy 90,000 Avios for £200” promotion two weeks ago, you should now have 90,000 Avios sitting in your Iberia Plus account. Now .....

If you took part in what was (effectively) Iberia’s “buy 90,000 Avios for £200” promotion .....

5 Jul 20185 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 172 comments

This is Part 2 of my article on how to spend your 90,000 Avios from the recent Iberia promotion.  Part 1 is here. Iberia is the home of low taxes Iberia Plus does not charge the full range of airport .....

This is Part 2 of my article on how to spend your 90,000 Avios from the recent Iberia promotion.  Part 1 is .....

5 Jul 20185 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

British Airways Executive Club has launched a new hotel booking partnership with Trip.com, and there is a decent launch offer. You might not be familiar with Trip.com but it is owned by the giant .....

British Airways Executive Club has launched a new hotel booking partnership with Trip.com, and there is a .....

4 Jul 20184 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I was in Gatwick’s North Terminal last Thursday reviewing the new Club Aspire lounge – that report will follow soon once we’ve edited the accompanying video. Rather than go through .....

I was in Gatwick’s North Terminal last Thursday reviewing the new Club Aspire lounge – that report .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 120 comments

British Airways has launched a new version of its Flying Start safety video, if the current version has started to drive you mad. This one features David Walliams, Joanna Lumley, Jourdan Dunn .....

British Airways has launched a new version of its Flying Start safety video, if the current version has .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess

Reader Greg dropped me a note to highlight a great deal he found in Dubai. The new Concourse D, used by British Airways and most other long-haul airlines not called Emirates, has a lot of lounges, .....

Reader Greg dropped me a note to highlight a great deal he found in Dubai. The new Concourse D, used by .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

We have seen a lot of promotions for The Economist magazine over the last couple of years.  These generally involve buying a one-year subscription with up to 13,200 Avios points thrown in as a .....

We have seen a lot of promotions for The Economist magazine over the last couple of years.  These .....

1 Jul 20181 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland route – which was only set up in the first place to annoy Norwegian – is now .....

British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine partner Laithwaites, to allow you to trade your Avios for beer, wine or champagne. I thought .....

Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts.  My wife has them on her Gold card whilst I have them on my Platinum. The deals are: £35 cashback on £100 spend .....

A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts.  My wife has them on her .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple system.  You earn 1 Shell Drivers Club point for every litre of basic fuel you buy and 2 points .....

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple .....

25 Jun 201825 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains.  Hilton Honors was the latest to jump on the bandwagon in 2015. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high threshold .....

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains.  Hilton Honors was the latest to jump on .....

18 Jun 201818 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments