Last week, British Airways ran a 48-hour flash sale on ‘Winter sun’ economy flights from Gatwick. This week, it is offering discounts on Club Europe destinations from Gatwick.  13 cities .....

Last week, British Airways ran a 48-hour flash sale on ‘Winter sun’ economy flights from Gatwick. .....

13 Oct 201513 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

News in brief: Etihad cancelling more London A380 departures Much as I enjoy flying on Qatar Airways, it has been a bit of a lucky dip for the last few years as to what you end up flying.  A typical .....

News in brief: Etihad cancelling more London A380 departures Much as I enjoy flying on Qatar Airways, it has .....

13 Oct 201513 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches Flight Pass Old British Midland flyers may remember that BMI let you buy a ‘carnet’ ticket which gave you 10 flights on a particular route for a .....

News in brief: British Airways launches Flight Pass Old British Midland flyers may remember that BMI let you .....

12 Oct 201512 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

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 .....

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

10 Oct 201510 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Back in August I wrote about ‘The Concorde Bar’.  This is the new British Airways First Class lounge concept which is being rolled out across the network. It isn’t actually a First .....

Back in August I wrote about ‘The Concorde Bar’.  This is the new British Airways First Class .....

7 Oct 20157 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

News in brief: British Airways offers launched from Gatwick British Airways is running a series of offers from Gatwick Airport over the next few weeks.  The first one is ‘25% off Winter Sun .....

News in brief: British Airways offers launched from Gatwick British Airways is running a series of offers from .....

6 Oct 20156 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure, Ibis, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has launched a new promotion in association with British Airways Executive Club. Accor is .....

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure, Ibis, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has .....

4 Oct 20154 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

I wrote an article yesterday about the American Airlines offer which gives you a bonus  of 2,000 to 25,000 AA miles for up to five transatlantic return flights you credit to AA by 31st January. .....

I wrote an article yesterday about the American Airlines offer which gives you a bonus  of 2,000 to 25,000 AA .....

4 Oct 20154 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

This offer has been around for a few days.  I have delayed writing about it because it is messy, frankly. American Airlines is offering up to 125,000 bonus miles in AAdvantage if you credit .....

This offer has been around for a few days.  I have delayed writing about it because it is messy, frankly. .....

3 Oct 20153 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

For just two days, until October 3rd, hotel booking site Rocketmiles is offering 3,000 bonus airline miles with any hotel booking. The only rule is that you must not have used their service before. .....

For just two days, until October 3rd, hotel booking site Rocketmiles is offering 3,000 bonus airline miles .....

2 Oct 20152 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: Get 1,000 bonus Avios with Avis rentals Car rental group Avis is offering a special deal. You will earn 1,000 bonus Avios on any 3 day rental completed by 30th November.  The car must .....

News in brief: Get 1,000 bonus Avios with Avis rentals Car rental group Avis is offering a special deal. You .....

2 Oct 20152 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

The received wisdom, prior to the April 28th Avios devaluation, was that the British Airways Premium Plus American Express 2-4-1 voucher was the best thing since sliced bread whilst the Lloyds .....

The received wisdom, prior to the April 28th Avios devaluation, was that the British Airways Premium Plus .....

29 Sep 201529 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

I wanted to remind everyone that the very generous Avios promotion being run by hotel booking group Kaligo.com ends on Wednesday 30th September. It is a very good deal. There are two separate .....

I wanted to remind everyone that the very generous Avios promotion being run by hotel booking .....

28 Sep 201528 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

easyJet dropped me a line with its revised cancellation and change policies which went into effect on Wednesday. These policies are not all new but are worth highlighting because, in general, they are .....

easyJet dropped me a line with its revised cancellation and change policies which went into effect on .....

27 Sep 201527 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments