News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other routes, British Airways has announced that Iberia will operate two of the BA Madrid .....

News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other .....

16 Jun 201616 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various promotions now and then – you may have received an interesting email from Iberia this .....

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various .....

12 Jun 201612 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Hilton has two ‘quadruple Avios’ promotions running at the moment. I wrote about the British Airways version here and the Iberia version here.  Each version offers double Avios on your .....

Hilton has two ‘quadruple Avios’ promotions running at the moment. I wrote about the British .....

4 Jun 20164 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on ba.com. This is a bit bizarre, I admit.  I’m not entirely sure why this fact .....

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Last weekend I (Anika) was down in Portugal visiting the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, just down the coast from Lisbon.  My review will follow next week. Our inbound flight from Lisbon was .....

Last weekend I (Anika) was down in Portugal visiting the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, just down .....

29 May 201629 May 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC customers. You need to: use promo code UKHSBC6 at the Emirates website fly from the UK book .....

This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC .....

25 May 201625 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

I normally do not recommend buying Avios unless you need to ‘top up’ an account for an immediate redemption. With a few exceptions, buying a large proportion of the miles you need is .....

I normally do not recommend buying Avios unless you need to ‘top up’ an account for an immediate .....

24 May 201624 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

There are a very confusing number of promotions currently available for anyone planning on flying across the Atlantic on a oneworld airline, including British Airways. The crux of the problem is this .....

There are a very confusing number of promotions currently available for anyone planning on flying across the .....

23 May 201623 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Last week I wrote about the ‘quadruple Avios’ promotion which Iberia has launched in association with Hilton. British Airways has now launched its own version of the offer as you can see .....

Last week I wrote about the ‘quadruple Avios’ promotion which Iberia has launched in association .....

21 May 201621 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios with £60 LEGO spend Tesco Direct is running a ‘short but sweet’ offer on LEGO. Until Wednesday night, you will receive 1,000 Clubcard points (worth 2,400 .....

News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios with £60 LEGO spend Tesco Direct is running a ‘short but sweet’ .....

17 May 201617 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: Delays in registering for the new Hilton / Avios promotion Yesterday was meant to be the launch day for the new Hilton / Avios (via Iberia Plus) promotion which I wrote about at the .....

News in brief: Delays in registering for the new Hilton / Avios promotion Yesterday was meant to be the launch .....

13 May 201613 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Three weeks ago I wrote an article about Qantas introducing ‘status holds’ for new parents. This is a topic that interests me as I have a couple of young children and, on both occasions, .....

Three weeks ago I wrote an article about Qantas introducing ‘status holds’ for new parents. This .....

10 May 201610 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

News in brief: British Airways adds extra Las Vegas flights British Airways is adding three extra flights per week to its Las Vegas schedule from the start of the Winter timetable in late September. .....

News in brief: British Airways adds extra Las Vegas flights British Airways is adding three extra flights per .....

6 May 20166 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

News in brief: Aer Lingus and Iberia to become A380 customers? In this interesting article, Willie Walsh – Chief Executive of BA’s parent IAG – says that he is considering A380 .....

News in brief: Aer Lingus and Iberia to become A380 customers? In this interesting article, Willie Walsh .....

28 Apr 201628 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments