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

This is the final part of the article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that you may .....

This is the final part of the article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ .....

20 Dec 201320 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This is my review of Emirates Business Class on an A380.  I was lucky enough to fly this with my family on our way back from holiday in Dubai last week. I had booked our outbound flights on British .....

This is my review of Emirates Business Class on an A380.  I was lucky enough to fly this with my family on .....

16 Nov 201316 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Here are two quick updates on recent articles, because I thought the info was worth sharing. Emirates joins Membership Rewards First, I wrote on Monday that Emirates is now a partner with UK American .....

Here are two quick updates on recent articles, because I thought the info was worth sharing. Emirates joins .....

14 Nov 201314 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

A fortnight ago, I ran this article on Emirates Skywards joining the US American Express Membership Rewards programme.  I mused at that point about whether they would also join the UK programme. .....

A fortnight ago, I ran this article on Emirates Skywards joining the US American Express Membership Rewards .....

11 Nov 201311 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments