News in brief: Starwood opens a second European Element hotel Starwood opened its Amsterdam ‘Element’ hotel yesterday.  This is looking like a good value Starwood Preferred Guest .....

News in brief: Starwood opens a second European Element hotel Starwood opened its Amsterdam .....

9 Feb 20169 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: Emirates to launch Larnaca to Athens service Emirates has announced that it will be launching a service from Athens to Larnaca in Cyprus from 1st March.  This is a tag to the new Dubai .....

News in brief: Emirates to launch Larnaca to Athens service Emirates has announced that it will be launching a .....

17 Jan 201617 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....

13 Jan 201613 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came into effect last week. This article covers the key information. You could (note, could) .....

I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came .....

18 Dec 201518 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

News in brief: See the FA Cup Third Round with Emirates Skywards miles I have written before about using Emirates Skywards miles for Executive Box seats at Arsenal or the other football clubs around .....

News in brief: See the FA Cup Third Round with Emirates Skywards miles I have written before about using .....

15 Dec 201515 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Our ‘Credit Cards Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of .....

Our ‘Credit Cards Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might .....

14 Dec 201514 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

News in brief: New American Express statement credit deals launched A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched yesterday. Some, all or none of these will be available for registration under the .....

News in brief: New American Express statement credit deals launched A new wave of Amex cashback offers .....

1 Dec 20151 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

News in brief: Buy football tickets for 1 Emirates Skywards mile! I have written before about using Emirates Skywards miles for executive box seats at Arsenal or the other football clubs around Europe .....

News in brief: Buy football tickets for 1 Emirates Skywards mile! I have written before about using Emirates .....

26 Nov 201526 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: Did you buy the £79 printer with 3,500 Clubcard points? A fortnight ago I ran a great Tesco Clubcard offer.  If you paid £79 for an Epson XP322 printer, you received 3,500 bonus .....

News in brief: Did you buy the £79 printer with 3,500 Clubcard points? A fortnight ago I ran a great Tesco .....

14 Nov 201514 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 138 comments

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in association with British Airways. This is the most generous sign-up .....

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up .....

10 Nov 201510 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

I spent a chunk of last week at World Travel Market, the biggest travel show in the world and, in fact, the biggest trade show of any sort hosted in London. Whilst I was over at Excel, I thought it .....

I spent a chunk of last week at World Travel Market, the biggest travel show in the world and, in fact, the .....

7 Nov 20157 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Back in February, I wrote about one of those ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’ – that it is possible to earn British Airways Avios points and tier points when .....

Back in February, I wrote about one of those ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’ .....

5 Nov 20155 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

This is my review of the Emirates Skywards Elite 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 Emirates Skywards Elite credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at .....

3 Nov 20153 November 2015 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the Emirates Skywards UK 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 Emirates Skywards UK credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at .....

2 Nov 20152 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment