News in brief: Your 1,000 Avios for joining Marriott Rewards are posting Two months ago I published an article, see here, showing how you could get 1,000 Avios points simply for joining Marriott .....

News in brief: Your 1,000 Avios for joining Marriott Rewards are posting Two months ago I published an .....

6 Aug 20176 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: More British Airways strikes announced The UNITE union has announced another batch of ‘mixed fleet’ cabin crew strike dates.  This covers 16th August to 30th August, which .....

News in brief: More British Airways strikes announced The UNITE union has announced another batch of .....

5 Aug 20175 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

BA has launched a Club Europe holidays flash sale with good prices for city breaks and beach holidays this Autumn. These deals look very good if you are flexible about when you can travel, and are a .....

BA has launched a Club Europe holidays flash sale with good prices for city breaks and beach holidays this .....

4 Aug 20174 August 2017 by Anika Burnett • 46 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches a Clubcard / Avios conversion competition Last week I wrote about the competition that avios.com is running if you convert your Tesco Clubcard vouchers into .....

News in brief: British Airways launches a Clubcard / Avios conversion competition Last week I wrote about the .....

4 Aug 20174 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity amongst hotel programmes.  Whilst it works in the same way as other schemes, with .....

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 122 comments

News in brief: British Airways strike hitting Gatwick to New York Another wave of British Airways cabin crew strikes start today, running to 15th August. This only impact flights from Heathrow, with .....

News in brief: British Airways strike hitting Gatwick to New York Another wave of British Airways cabin crew .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

During August we’re going to be running a few more ‘educational’ articles than usual, to help new readers get up to speed with some of the tricks of our trade. One of the things that .....

During August we’re going to be running a few more ‘educational’ articles than usual, to .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

If you are heading down to Australia or New Zealand in the near future, there are a couple of Avios quirks which are good to know about. Qantas is, of course, a member of the oneworld airline .....

If you are heading down to Australia or New Zealand in the near future, there are a couple of Avios .....

1 Aug 20171 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

News in brief: Changes to Head for Points posting for August As is now traditional, Head for Points will be dropping the ‘three posts per day’ schedule for August. History shows that there .....

News in brief: Changes to Head for Points posting for August As is now traditional, Head for Points will be .....

31 Jul 201731 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios, I generally recommend that you try Club Europe business class on short-haul redemptions from Heathrow or Gatwick. I know that this view is not .....

If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios, I generally recommend that you try Club Europe business .....

30 Jul 201730 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

British Airways Holidays has launched another special Club World promotion for travel over Christmas or in 2018 on some routes to the US and Canada. There are some decent prices here but you need to .....

British Airways Holidays has launched another special Club World promotion for travel over Christmas or in .....

29 Jul 201729 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Anyone who was hoping for a conversion bonus of Tesco Clubcard points to Avios this quarter (but is anyone still that optimistic?!) will be disappointed. We don’t know what the ba.com offer will .....

Anyone who was hoping for a conversion bonus of Tesco Clubcard points to Avios this quarter (but is anyone .....

28 Jul 201728 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

News in brief: New Liberty washbags for British Airways First Class If you are flying in British Airways First Class from the end of the month, you should get the latest version of the Liberty wash .....

News in brief: New Liberty washbags for British Airways First Class If you are flying in British Airways First .....

27 Jul 201727 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Business Traveller magazine is ending its partnership with Avios on 30th September.  If you didn’t think there was any reason to subscribe, because you always pick one up in the airport, read .....

Business Traveller magazine is ending its partnership with Avios on 30th September.  If you didn’t .....

27 Jul 201727 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments