British Airways has announced the launch of several new holiday routes from Gatwick for the Summer 2015 timetable. The new routes are: Bodrum, below (x 2 per week) Cagliari (Sardinia) (x 3 per week) .....

British Airways has announced the launch of several new holiday routes from Gatwick for the Summer 2015 .....

19 May 201419 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

As I wrote yesterday, Italian airline Meridiana has just relaunched its loyalty scheme as Meridiana Club – and is using Avios as its loyalty currency!  Read the previous piece if you missed it .....

As I wrote yesterday, Italian airline Meridiana has just relaunched its loyalty scheme as Meridiana Club .....

18 May 201418 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

This is my review of the TSB Premier Avios credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for.  .....

This is my review of the TSB Premier Avios credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the .....

18 May 201418 May 2014 by Rob Burgess

Meridiana is an airline you may or may not have heard of.  It is the second largest Italian owned airline and runs a mix of short haul and long haul routes.  British Airways used to codeshare with .....

Meridiana is an airline you may or may not have heard of.  It is the second largest Italian owned airline and .....

17 May 201417 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is my review of the TSB Avios credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for.  These .....

This is my review of the TSB Avios credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK .....

17 May 201417 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Yesterday lunchtime I ran a bonus article to highlight some of the fantastic deals available in the latest British Airways sale. As that article explained, you can book Dublin to New York in Business .....

Yesterday lunchtime I ran a bonus article to highlight some of the fantastic deals available in the latest .....

16 May 201416 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I have dropped this in as one of the rare middle-of-the-day articles because this seems to be a very good deal. I am running a full article tomorrow on the new British Airways Club World and First .....

I have dropped this in as one of the rare middle-of-the-day articles because this seems to be a very good .....

15 May 201415 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Shell has launched a double Avios promotion across its full range of fuels. It will run until July 31st. During this period, you will earn 20 Avios for every 20 litres of Shell fuel you buy. You need .....

Shell has launched a double Avios promotion across its full range of fuels. It will run until July 31st. .....

15 May 201415 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

For over a year now, there has been a fantastic deal available for earning Avios very cheaply from cashback site TopCashback.  You could convert up to £50 of cashback per year into Tesco Clubcard .....

For over a year now, there has been a fantastic deal available for earning Avios very cheaply from cashback .....

14 May 201414 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

British Airways Executive Club has launched a raft of bonus Avios deals as the build up to the main holiday season approaches.  I will explore them over two articles today. This is what is on offer .....

British Airways Executive Club has launched a raft of bonus Avios deals as the build up to the main holiday .....

13 May 201413 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

British Airways and avios.com have launched another ‘buy Avios’ promotion, offering a bonus of up to 25% for purchases before 1st June. The link to buy is here. Frankly, this is not an .....

British Airways and avios.com have launched another ‘buy Avios’ promotion, offering a bonus of up .....

9 May 20149 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Don’t try this at home kids.  Or even in a plane. Head for Points reader Will, who credits me / blames me on the first page of his blog for getting him into this in the first place, is .....

Don’t try this at home kids.  Or even in a plane. Head for Points reader Will, who credits me / blames .....

5 May 20145 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

I ran this video last year and it went down well, so I thought it was worth another outing on a quiet Bank Holiday in what is now its 50th anniversary. If you have 10 minutes to spare today, this .....

I ran this video last year and it went down well, so I thought it was worth another outing on a quiet Bank .....

5 May 20145 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is my review of the Lloyds Choice Rewards credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is my review of the Lloyds Choice Rewards credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at .....

3 May 20143 May 2014 by Rob Burgess