MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards. It is an improved version of the promotion that ran in June, which was actually the first time that there had ever .....

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards. It is an improved version .....

24 Sep 201424 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Last month I published a long piece on earning Avios points for car rentals. In summary, whilst the ONLY partner for British Airways Executive Club members is Avis via the special avisba website, this .....

Last month I published a long piece on earning Avios points for car rentals. In summary, whilst the ONLY .....

20 Sep 201420 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Emirates sent me details of some aggressive sale fares that are available from Stockholm. The First and business class fares must be booked before the 18th July for travel by 10th December. Economy .....

Emirates sent me details of some aggressive sale fares that are available from Stockholm. The First and .....

11 Jul 201411 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

MBNA is on a bit of a roll at the moment.  They have increased their sign-up bonuses on the: Etihad Guest credit card (article here, 12000 miles, free) Virgin Flying Club credit cards (article here, .....

MBNA is on a bit of a roll at the moment.  They have increased their sign-up bonuses on the: Etihad Guest .....

13 Jun 201413 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Both Emirates and Qatar are currently running some interesting long-haul deals, although both have a little catch. Emirates deals Emirates is running some interesting business class deals – but .....

Both Emirates and Qatar are currently running some interesting long-haul deals, although both have a little .....

15 May 201415 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

I mentioned last week, in a throw away line in another article, that Gold members of Starwood Preferred Guest can claim Gold status with car rental group Sixt. SPG Gold is a free benefit from American .....

I mentioned last week, in a throw away line in another article, that Gold members of Starwood Preferred Guest .....

12 May 201412 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 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 .....

18 Apr 201418 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is my review of the Emirates Airline lounge at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport in London. We flew to Dubai last week on Emirates.  (Skywards miles redemption, via transferred American Express .....

This is my review of the Emirates Airline lounge at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport in London. We flew to Dubai .....

17 Apr 201417 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

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 .....

17 Apr 201417 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

For reasons unknown, I was not invited to ‘The Cards & Payment Awards’ award ceremony a couple of weeks ago. It is, however, an intriguing look at how people who do not know much about .....

For reasons unknown, I was not invited to ‘The Cards & Payment Awards’ award ceremony a couple .....

28 Mar 201428 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 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

Of all the stories I wrote last year, the one which you would most expect to be an April Fool is probably this one – that Emirates and easyJet have formed a partnership to let you redeem .....

Of all the stories I wrote last year, the one which you would most expect to be an April Fool is probably this .....

4 Jan 20144 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is the last part of my look back at 2013.  Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and top promotions and the large number of devaluations this year. Credit card sign-up .....

This is the last part of my look back at 2013.  Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and .....

29 Dec 201329 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Over the next three days, I am going to take a look back at some of the trends and highlights from 2013.  I will kick off today with some of my own travel highlights and a recap of some of the better .....

Over the next three days, I am going to take a look back at some of the trends and highlights from 2013.  I .....

27 Dec 201327 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments