Hilton HHonors has announced that it is cutting back on global promotions and spending more effort on individual targeted deals for specific customer segments.  The slightly clumsily executed .....

Hilton HHonors has announced that it is cutting back on global promotions and spending more effort on .....

3 Mar 20153 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

A few weeks ago I wrote a long piece about British Airways removing fuel surcharges from short-haul flights and how it impacted redemptions. Judging from a few emails recently, the message got a .....

A few weeks ago I wrote a long piece about British Airways removing fuel surcharges from short-haul flights .....

2 Mar 20152 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

British Airways has launched a Premium Leisure sale focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First.  On many routes you can book until 9th February 2016 so you could potentially secure your Easter, .....

British Airways has launched a Premium Leisure sale focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First.  On many .....

27 Feb 201527 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Rocketmiles is a similar business to Kaligo.com and PointsHound.  It offers you a generous pile of airline miles when you book any property through their website. At the time I first covered it, .....

Rocketmiles is a similar business to Kaligo.com and PointsHound.  It offers you a generous pile of airline .....

23 Feb 201523 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

British Airways will launch a 50% bonus tomorrow for anyone who buys Avios points. 50% is an unprecedented discount as a quick search through the last three years of Head for Points will show you. It .....

British Airways will launch a 50% bonus tomorrow for anyone who buys Avios points. 50% is an unprecedented .....

22 Feb 201522 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 130 comments

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be.  I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....

Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does .....

20 Feb 201520 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

There are some phrases you never expect to be writing and that is one of them.  However, confirmation arrived yesterday that British Airways franchisee SUN-AIR of Scandinavia is launching a service .....

There are some phrases you never expect to be writing and that is one of them.  However, confirmation arrived .....

18 Feb 201518 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

News in brief: British Airways to return to Birmingham According to press reports – although the flights are not timetabled yet – Sun-Air of Scandinavia, the small airline which operates .....

News in brief: British Airways to return to Birmingham According to press reports – although the flights .....

17 Feb 201517 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

British Airways has entered into the Valentine spirit this weekend with a special £50 per person discount on long-haul World Traveller (economy) fares. This discount is only available under midnight .....

British Airways has entered into the Valentine spirit this weekend with a special £50 per person discount on .....

14 Feb 201514 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Flybe launched as an Avios partner on October 27th.  Since then, you have been able to earn points by including your avios.com number in your Flybe booking.  Only codeshare services with a BA .....

Flybe launched as an Avios partner on October 27th.  Since then, you have been able to earn points by .....

11 Feb 201511 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

As I wrote yesterday, a selection of Flybe flights are now available for redemption using Avios points on ba.com. I was probably a little harsh in that article on the value you can get from these .....

As I wrote yesterday, a selection of Flybe flights are now available for redemption using Avios points on .....

10 Feb 201510 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

The Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards (my full review of the card is here) have not been hugely successful since they were launched by avios.com.  The poor customer service offered by Lloyds has .....

The Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards (my full review of the card is here) have not been hugely successful .....

9 Feb 20159 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments

Since last Friday, selected Flybe flights have become available for redemption on ba.com. This is the final part of the process which began with the announcement in October that Flybe would be .....

Since last Friday, selected Flybe flights have become available for redemption on ba.com. This is the final .....

9 Feb 20159 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

Here is another of those ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’. There are many good reasons to fly Emirates from the UK to the Middle East, Asia, Australasia etc.  They .....

Here is another of those ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’. There are many good .....

7 Feb 20157 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments