You may never have heard of Italian airline Meridiana, even though it uses Avios for its reward programme. I wouldn’t blame you.  It does appear to be a slightly bizarre operation.  It is the .....

You may never have heard of Italian airline Meridiana, even though it uses Avios for its reward programme. I .....

16 Jul 201716 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

This is third part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series, covering ways of earning miles and points from every aspect of your holiday planning.  Earlier articles covered earning Avios and other .....

This is third part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series, covering ways of earning miles and points from .....

15 Jul 201715 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

News in brief: Aer Lingus showing reduced taxes on Avios redemptions Back in December 2016, Aer Lingus reward availability finally appeared on avios.com.  It is still not available via ba.com – .....

News in brief: Aer Lingus showing reduced taxes on Avios redemptions Back in December 2016, Aer Lingus reward .....

15 Jul 201715 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

News in brief: Kate Spade New York opens at Heathrow Terminal 5 Kate Spade New York has opened a shop at Heathrow Terminal 5. The brand continues to grow internationally and Heathrow T5 is their first .....

News in brief: Kate Spade New York opens at Heathrow Terminal 5 Kate Spade New York has opened a shop at .....

14 Jul 201714 July 2017 by Anika Burnett • 20 comments

Hilton is currently running an aggressive promotion with Avios to encourage you to move your stays across to them this Summer. You can earn 10,000 Avios from your next five Hilton cash stays. .....

Hilton is currently running an aggressive promotion with Avios to encourage you to move your stays across to .....

14 Jul 201714 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

News in brief: Interesting Barclays corporate credit card  A reader sent me a link to the Barclays Premium Plus business credit card, which I hadn’t seen before. (Has American Express not .....

News in brief: Interesting Barclays corporate credit card  A reader sent me a link to the Barclays Premium .....

13 Jul 201713 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

News in brief: New American Express cashback deals launched American Express has launched a new wave of travel-related cashback deals.  Some, all or none of the offers below will be found on the .....

News in brief: New American Express cashback deals launched American Express has launched a new wave of .....

12 Jul 201712 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Amazingly, for the last year or so, it has been impossible to earn Avios when purchasing foreign currency.  At some point British Airways has had deals with Travelex, Moneycorp and American Express, .....

Amazingly, for the last year or so, it has been impossible to earn Avios when purchasing foreign currency. .....

11 Jul 201711 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: Intriguing Iberia / Avis promotion launched Iberia and Avis have launched an interesting new promotion to win a share of 25,000,000 Avios. This is how it works.  You book and complete .....

News in brief: Intriguing Iberia / Avis promotion launched Iberia and Avis have launched an interesting new .....

10 Jul 201710 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

News in brief: JFK Terminal 7 building work postponed, luckily A few weeks we wrote about proposed building work at New York JFK Terminal 7 – the home of British Airways – which would have .....

News in brief: JFK Terminal 7 building work postponed, luckily A few weeks we wrote about proposed building .....

9 Jul 20179 July 2017 by Anika Burnett • 37 comments

Ever since ‘Part Pay With Avios’ was launched, British Airways has been experimenting …. and experimenting …. and experimenting.   There have been constant changes to: the .....

Ever since ‘Part Pay With Avios’ was launched, British Airways has been experimenting …. and .....

8 Jul 20178 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced It seems that more of us will be getting the chance to fly on a Qatar Airways short haul plane this summer. British Airways Mixed Fleet cabin .....

News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced It seems that more of us will be getting the chance .....

7 Jul 20177 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

British Airways has announced a major change to its Winter flying schedule to key holiday destinations in Spain as well as a couple of other launches. These changes mainly impact Heathrow. This is an .....

British Airways has announced a major change to its Winter flying schedule to key holiday destinations in .....

6 Jul 20176 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

For those of you who collect Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles via Tesco Clubcard, you should know that Tesco has announced an overhaul of the scheme. So far, so good – it only looks .....

For those of you who collect Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles via Tesco Clubcard, you should know .....

5 Jul 20175 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 110 comments