Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has brought back its potentially generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Avios or €120! You will earn €120 of .....

Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has brought back its .....

7 Feb 20187 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Virgin Atlantic sent me a press release this week about the expansion of Heathrow.  There is nothing in it that you haven’t heard before, but it did contain three interesting statistics .....

Virgin Atlantic sent me a press release this week about the expansion of Heathrow.  There is nothing in .....

7 Feb 20187 February 2018 by Rob Burgess

We wrote on Sunday about how South African Airways is dropping one of its two daily flights from Heathrow to Johannesburg with the upside of a new Airbus A330-300 with SAA’s newest business .....

We wrote on Sunday about how South African Airways is dropping one of its two daily flights from Heathrow to .....

6 Feb 20186 February 2018 by Rob Burgess

Tesco Clubcard points from the last collection period should now be showing online at tesco.com. If you are thinking of where to convert, we now have an inkling of what is available in terms of .....

Tesco Clubcard points from the last collection period should now be showing online at tesco.com. If you are .....

5 Feb 20185 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

I have been telling anyone who would listen for the last couple of years that it was inevitable – to me – that Sainsbury’s would take control of Nectar from its Canadian owner Aimia. .....

I have been telling anyone who would listen for the last couple of years that it was inevitable – to me .....

2 Feb 20182 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

Back in September, we published a list of British Airways European destinations which did not offer lounge access. There are some airports on the British Airways network which simply do not have an .....

Back in September, we published a list of British Airways European destinations which did not offer lounge .....

2 Feb 20182 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

The direct partnership between Avios and Pizza Express seems to have been a short one. Pizza Express was originally working with loyalty app Bink to allow you to collect Avios via their platform.  .....

The direct partnership between Avios and Pizza Express seems to have been a short one. Pizza Express was .....

2 Feb 20182 February 2018 by Anika Burnett • 62 comments

There was an interesting interview in the Mail on Sunday yesterday with British Airways CEO Alex Cruz. You can find it here. It was billed as his ‘first major interview’.  Unfortunately, .....

There was an interesting interview in the Mail on Sunday yesterday with British Airways CEO Alex Cruz. You can .....

29 Jan 201829 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 118 comments

The British Airways winter sale ends tomorrow.  As I will remind you, the short-haul deals are pretty good and the long-haul deals are pretty average.  You can also double up with the American .....

The British Airways winter sale ends tomorrow.  As I will remind you, the short-haul deals are pretty good .....

29 Jan 201829 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a bonus Avios offer. Until 28th February you will get 300 bonus Avios on top of the usual 4 Avios per £1 – and at the moment you can purchase their £60 shirts .....

Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a bonus Avios offer. Until 28th February you will get 300 bonus Avios on top of .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Anika Burnett

British Airways has confirmed internally that ten new routes are due to get the new Club World trolley-based food service from 1st February. These are: Baltimore Boston Chicago Dubai Hong Kong .....

British Airways has confirmed internally that ten new routes are due to get the new Club World trolley-based .....

27 Jan 201827 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from the end of February. The airline has said that this is down to “matching flights to .....

British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from .....

27 Jan 201827 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

This articles shows you how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. What is Midpoint? Midpoint is a UK-based platform for making international payments. They .....

This articles shows you how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. .....

26 Jan 201826 January 2018 by Anika Burnett • 45 comments

Whilst BA has yet to make an announcement, Aer Lingus will be flying some Dublin and Hamburg flights from February on behalf of British Airways. I assume that these will be ‘economy only’ .....

Whilst BA has yet to make an announcement, Aer Lingus will be flying some Dublin and Hamburg flights from .....

26 Jan 201826 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments