This is the third is my series of articles this week looking at maximising your points when booking your Summer holiday.  I have already looked at airport car parking and using credit cards .....

This is the third is my series of articles this week looking at maximising your points when booking your .....

3 Jul 20133 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

The Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit cards have often been painful cards to own, entirely due to Lloyds TSB and their lax customer service. We had the cards for a period last year (during which, .....

The Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit cards have often been painful cards to own, entirely due to Lloyds TSB and .....

3 Jul 20133 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

The BBC News website ran an interesting piece of research recently into airline pricing – in particular, how it jumps around.  This was linked to a BBC programme “Flights and Fights: .....

The BBC News website ran an interesting piece of research recently into airline pricing – in particular, .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when booking airport car parking.  Today I want to recap the best ways to earn points when using .....

In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when .....

30 Jun 201330 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

It is over a year since I last looked at Avios Recycling, so I thought it was worth revisiting it again to see if it offers a decent way of earning extra Avios points. The site is run on behalf of .....

It is over a year since I last looked at Avios Recycling, so I thought it was worth revisiting it again to see .....

30 Jun 201330 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

British Airways has announced the first routes to fly its new Boeing 787 aircraft, the first of which was quietly delivered this week ahead of a large public unveiling alongside the first A380, due in .....

British Airways has announced the first routes to fly its new Boeing 787 aircraft, the first of which was .....

29 Jun 201329 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

It is almost a month since my last article on the 3V Virtual Visa cards.  For those who haven’t come across them before, you can earn free Avios (360 per £50 purchase) by buying 3V Virtual .....

It is almost a month since my last article on the 3V Virtual Visa cards.  For those who haven’t come .....

26 Jun 201326 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

Is there anything more painful than arriving off a flight and then having to take a long shuttle bus ride to pick up your hire car?  (Er, yes.  Obviously.  It’s not exactly the end of the .....

Is there anything more painful than arriving off a flight and then having to take a long shuttle bus ride to .....

25 Jun 201325 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

The British Airways website has a lot of good things about it, let’s be clear about that. However, when it comes to quickly checking award availability, I have begun to find it a pain. I have .....

The British Airways website has a lot of good things about it, let’s be clear about that. However, when .....

23 Jun 201323 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

British Airways is bringing back ‘Silent Picturehouse’ to Vinopolis (by London Bridge, on the South Bank) this Summer. Never heard of it? This what BA has to say: BA Silent Picturehouse is .....

British Airways is bringing back ‘Silent Picturehouse’ to Vinopolis (by London Bridge, on the .....

23 Jun 201323 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus when you convert hotel loyalty points into Avios points. Yesterday, I received an email from .....

Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus .....

22 Jun 201322 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Here are a few random photographs from Taste of London 2013, sponsored by British Airways, yesterday afternoon.  It wasn’t the sunniest afternoon ever in Regents Park, but at least the rain .....

Here are a few random photographs from Taste of London 2013, sponsored by British Airways, yesterday .....

21 Jun 201321 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Virgin Atlantic launched its new Little Red domestic flights at the end of March, serving Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. These are operated using Heathrow slots which British Airways was forced .....

Virgin Atlantic launched its new Little Red domestic flights at the end of March, serving Manchester, .....

20 Jun 201320 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

I was in the British Airways Terminal 5 lounges last week for the first time since the change of caterers to BaxterStorey. The new contract – combined with what appears to be a massive budget .....

I was in the British Airways Terminal 5 lounges last week for the first time since the change of caterers to .....

19 Jun 201319 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments