British Airways is making a big push for the leisure £ at the moment.  In the last few days I have covered the relaunch of ‘Hello Weekend’ as well as the very cheap last-minute day trip .....

British Airways is making a big push for the leisure £ at the moment.  In the last few days I have covered .....

13 Mar 201413 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

I have never looked at ‘seat plan’ websites before, so I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the three main alternatives.   If you are looking for the best British Airways .....

I have never looked at ‘seat plan’ websites before, so I thought it would be interesting to take a .....

12 Mar 201412 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

British Airways is currently running a shopping promotion aimed at overseas visitors called “The Big British Invite”. One of the promotions is an interesting range of shopping discounts: .....

British Airways is currently running a shopping promotion aimed at overseas visitors called “The Big .....

12 Mar 201412 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Rather quietly, British Airways has launched a trial of a new – and potentially very interesting – leisure product. Called BAwayday (hmmm ….), these are cheap, last minute, .....

Rather quietly, British Airways has launched a trial of a new – and potentially very interesting – .....

11 Mar 201411 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. It is even less known today .....

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....

11 Mar 201411 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is a final warning that tomorrow is the last day to book for BA’s latest business class sale which covers a wide range of destinations in Club Europe, First and Club World. The most .....

This is a final warning that tomorrow is the last day to book for BA’s latest business class sale .....

10 Mar 201410 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Clearly I did something wrong, because British Airways Executive Club forgot my birthday entirely last November.  (Although I did get some freebies from other loyalty programmes.) However, reader .....

Clearly I did something wrong, because British Airways Executive Club forgot my birthday entirely last .....

9 Mar 20149 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

British Airways has brought back its “Hello Weekend” offers for 2014.  These offer (sometimes) very good short-notice deals on flight and hotel packages. In a new development this year, .....

British Airways has brought back its “Hello Weekend” offers for 2014.  These offer (sometimes) .....

8 Mar 20148 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

On Wednesday, I flew up to Manchester for the day to have lunch with a friend.  The total cost was a grand total of £0 in tax and 0 Avios, which made it excellent value for money. How I did I do .....

On Wednesday, I flew up to Manchester for the day to have lunch with a friend.  The total cost was a grand .....

7 Mar 20147 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

The Melia hotel group has launched an aggressive promotion with Iberia Plus which could earn you a lot of Avios in the coming weeks, especially if you are travelling to Madrid. Until 30th April, you .....

The Melia hotel group has launched an aggressive promotion with Iberia Plus which could earn you a lot of .....

7 Mar 20147 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Avios has launched a new Facebook game – Avios Dropple. Fundamentally, it is a silly arcade game where you have to catch falling objects, suitable for anyone with the mental and motor skills of .....

Avios has launched a new Facebook game – Avios Dropple. Fundamentally, it is a silly arcade game where .....

5 Mar 20145 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

A new British Airways promotional code has appeared – this is the first one to launch this year as far as I know. This new deal is in partnership with deals site LivingSocial, although you do .....

A new British Airways promotional code has appeared – this is the first one to launch this year as far .....

3 Mar 20143 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Is it a mistake or are the seats not selling? In any event, this is a quick heads up that there is fantastic Club World availability to the Maldives and Mauritius at the moment. To the Maldives, it is .....

Is it a mistake or are the seats not selling? In any event, this is a quick heads up that there is fantastic .....

3 Mar 20143 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

There was an interesting post on US site The Points Guy last weekend about whether – when flying on a reward ticket – you should put in the frequent flyer number of a different airline. .....

There was an interesting post on US site The Points Guy last weekend about whether – when flying on a .....

2 Mar 20142 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments