MeliaRewards – the loyalty scheme for Melia Hotels – has launched an interesting promotion based around your birthday.  Melia has over 350 hotels in Spain and other (mainly Spanish .....

MeliaRewards – the loyalty scheme for Melia Hotels – has launched an interesting promotion based .....

17 May 201317 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

You may not have heard of WorldHotels, but it is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread across 65 countries.  These are hotels which do not want to formally join a branded .....

You may not have heard of WorldHotels, but it is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread .....

30 Apr 201330 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways, took full control of Spanish low-cost airline Vueling this week.  See the Bloomberg story here.  The cost was €123m to take .....

International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways, took full control of Spanish low-cost airline .....

26 Apr 201326 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Over Easter, I will be answering a number of the reader questions that were submitted via this article.  If you didn’t take part this time, don’t worry as I will be re-running this .....

Over Easter, I will be answering a number of the reader questions that were submitted via this article.  If .....

4 Apr 20134 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Vueling is an airline you may not have heard of.  It is a semi-low-cost carrier partly owned by Iberia (and bookable on the Iberia site) operating across Europe. British Airways, as we know, does .....

Vueling is an airline you may not have heard of.  It is a semi-low-cost carrier partly owned by Iberia (and .....

6 Mar 20136 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on with a 25% discount on the number of Avios required.  Given that Iberia also has far lower taxes than .....

If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on with a 25% .....

24 Jan 201324 January 2013 by Rob Burgess

I wrote last week that Accor had suspended transfers of Le Club Accorhotels points to Iberia Plus Avios. It seemed that this was the end of the ludicrously generous arbitrage, whereby you got .....

I wrote last week that Accor had suspended transfers of Le Club Accorhotels points to Iberia Plus Avios. It .....

23 Jan 201323 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 27th January, see here for further details.  Note that you need to log-in to see details of the .....

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 27th January, .....

20 Jan 201320 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Accor – the Sofitel / Novotel / Mercure / Ibis hotel group – runs their loyalty scheme slightly differently to most. Instead of collecting points to redeem for free nights, you can only .....

Accor – the Sofitel / Novotel / Mercure / Ibis hotel group – runs their loyalty scheme slightly .....

18 Jan 201318 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Many people forget that Iberia also has Avios as its reward currency (since BA and Iberia have the same parent) and that you can transfer your Avios into Iberia Plus. (Transfers of Avios to Iberia .....

Many people forget that Iberia also has Avios as its reward currency (since BA and Iberia have the same .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Until the end of 2012, Iberia Plus and Europcar are offering double Avios on all Europcar rentals.  This means 600 Avios per day for most basic Group A / Group B rentals, and 840 Avios per day .....

Until the end of 2012, Iberia Plus and Europcar are offering double Avios on all Europcar rentals.  This .....

11 Nov 201211 November 2012 by Rob Burgess

The Iberia Plus offer with Spanish online shop alice.es is continuing until the end of the year (it was meant to end in October). See here. The key phrase is “Only for sig in up 125 .....

The Iberia Plus offer with Spanish online shop alice.es is continuing until the end of the year (it was meant .....

10 Nov 201210 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

For US frequent travellers, car rental is part of their regular travel routines. It is less common in Europe, where you are more likely to fly to your location and then use taxis and public transport .....

For US frequent travellers, car rental is part of their regular travel routines. It is less common in Europe, .....

19 Oct 201219 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Iberia‘s sister company Vueling is launching flights from Cardiff to Malaga from April 2013. This is in addition to their services to Alicante and Barcelona. There was also a Cardiff to Palma .....

Iberia‘s sister company Vueling is launching flights from Cardiff to Malaga from April 2013. This is in .....

28 Sep 201228 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments