Want to know how to spend your Avios wisely?  Starting today, we are running updated versions of our ‘Avios Redemption University’ series.  This series of articles, which I group .....

Want to know how to spend your Avios wisely?  Starting today, we are running updated versions of our .....

2 Jan 20182 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat nightly rate to a revenue based model, and my gut feeling is that most people will earn more .....

The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat .....

24 Dec 201724 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

News in brief: Are you our Club Eurostar competition winner? Last week we ran a competition in association with Club Eurostar to celebrate the launch of their new loyalty program. One lucky reader got .....

News in brief: Are you our Club Eurostar competition winner? Last week we ran a competition in association .....

22 Dec 201722 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

News in brief: We’re back in business …. …. after a day off to finalise our IT server move.  Everything has gone to plan, I’m pleased to say.  Page load times have fallen .....

News in brief: We’re back in business …. …. after a day off to finalise our IT server .....

10 Dec 201710 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

Here is another batch of Black Friday travel deals we have been notified about in advance. We take no responsibility if these deals have changed or don’t work as promised. Remember that we are .....

Here is another batch of Black Friday travel deals we have been notified about in advance. We take no .....

24 Nov 201724 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 56 comments

News in brief: 10am check-in (guaranteed?) is now a Spire Elite benefit IHG Rewards Club sent out an email to Spire Elite members over the weekend.  It said: “We know that when you’re busy .....

News in brief: 10am check-in (guaranteed?) is now a Spire Elite benefit IHG Rewards Club sent out an email to .....

20 Nov 201720 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

News in brief: Get 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is fairly well known.  The latest offer is The Christmas Collection, 12 mix and match bottles .....

News in brief: Get 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

Every year, British Airways parent company, IAG, holds an investor day for the financial community to update it on what is happening.  The 2017 event took place on Friday. The 126 pages of slides .....

Every year, British Airways parent company, IAG, holds an investor day for the financial community to update .....

5 Nov 20175 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

News in brief: £15 Amazon discount code ending soon For the last 10 months or so, Amazon has been offering an exclusive £15 discount code for Amex Gold, Green and Platinum cardholders when they .....

News in brief: £15 Amazon discount code ending soon For the last 10 months or so, Amazon has been offering .....

27 Oct 201727 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 109 comments

I recently wrote this l-o-n-g article on how I saw the future of airline credit cards in a world of 0.3% interchange fees. In summary, I expected to see higher fees, lower miles earning but better .....

I recently wrote this l-o-n-g article on how I saw the future of airline credit cards in a world of 0.3% .....

26 Oct 201726 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 137 comments

News in brief: Attend a Loyalty Fraud Prevention conference in Brighton If you are in the loyalty industry, you might be interested in a major Loyalty Fraud Prevention conference in Brighton, running .....

News in brief: Attend a Loyalty Fraud Prevention conference in Brighton If you are in the loyalty industry, .....

25 Oct 201725 October 2017 by Anika Burnett • 39 comments

The main Hilton Honors promotion this Autumn, ‘Double Points’ (click here to register), offers you double Hilton Honors points on every stay you make before 31st December. I wrote about .....

The main Hilton Honors promotion this Autumn, ‘Double Points’ (click here to register), offers you .....

24 Oct 201724 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

Iberia, BA’s sister airline, has announced a new route between Madrid and San Francisco for Summer 2018. This is an opportunity to redeem Avios on a route where it can be tricky to find seats, .....

Iberia, BA’s sister airline, has announced a new route between Madrid and San Francisco for Summer 2018. .....

20 Oct 201720 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Finally some good news for airberlin Topbonus members – and an interesting opportunity for any reader with a Lufthansa Miles & More status card. After airberlin’s filing for insolvency .....

Finally some good news for airberlin Topbonus members – and an interesting opportunity for any reader .....

14 Oct 201714 October 2017 by Anika Burnett • 21 comments