This is the second part of my look back at 2013.  Last time I touched on some of my personal travel highlights and looked back at some of the biggest promotions.  Today I want to look at the .....

This is the second part of my look back at 2013.  Last time I touched on some of my personal travel .....

28 Dec 201328 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

I posted last week about the new option to cash out small amounts of SAS EuroBonus miles via an iTunes gift card.  It is not the greatest value redemption of all time, but if you’ve got some .....

I posted last week about the new option to cash out small amounts of SAS EuroBonus miles via an iTunes gift .....

19 Dec 201319 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza etc hotel group, has announced that its current promotion, ‘The Big Win’, will return in January. You may have read some of my recent posts .....

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza etc hotel group, has announced that its current promotion, .....

14 Dec 201314 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

I received an email last week from ‘Travelling Connect’ telling me that they have now added the United Arab Emirates to their coverage network.  This is a decent boost for the scheme and .....

I received an email last week from ‘Travelling Connect’ telling me that they have now added the .....

8 Dec 20138 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

You will, no doubt, have seen stories in the press about companies such an Amazon and Apple who go to great lengths to minimise their UK tax bills.  One of the ways they do this is to process .....

You will, no doubt, have seen stories in the press about companies such an Amazon and Apple who go to great .....

7 Dec 20137 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

IHG Rewards Club has launched another bonus when you buy points.  Until 2nd December, you will receive a 50% bonus on all purchases of IHG Rewards Club points. The link you need is here. Here are the .....

IHG Rewards Club has launched another bonus when you buy points.  Until 2nd December, you will receive a 50% .....

30 Nov 201330 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Apologies for dropping this in as a mid-morning post.  I was expecting this sale to go live tomorrow, but it is actually available NOW.  This is well worth jumping on. IHG Rewards Club is running a .....

Apologies for dropping this in as a mid-morning post.  I was expecting this sale to go live tomorrow, but it .....

25 Nov 201325 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

OK, OK … please don’t start throwing rotten vegetables at me already.  After all, redeeming your miles and points for merchandise is generally seen as a very poor use of them. However, in .....

OK, OK … please don’t start throwing rotten vegetables at me already.  After all, redeeming your .....

25 Nov 201325 November 2013 by Rob Burgess

On our credit cards pages, I list a link for the IHG Rewards Club Black credit card which shows 40,000 points.  I don’t make a big song and dance about it, because the link was sent out in .....

On our credit cards pages, I list a link for the IHG Rewards Club Black credit card which shows 40,000 .....

24 Nov 201324 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Two Tuesdays ago, I found myself in the Holiday Inn Express in Croydon city centre. Not somewhere I would usually spend time, to be honest, but I needed one IHG hotel night in London to complete The .....

Two Tuesdays ago, I found myself in the Holiday Inn Express in Croydon city centre. Not somewhere I would .....

23 Nov 201323 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

It has been publicised for a while that IHG Rewards Club will be offering free internet to all of its members – even those at the basic level who have just signed up – from January.  .....

It has been publicised for a while that IHG Rewards Club will be offering free internet to all of its members .....

22 Nov 201322 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

IHG Rewards Club is launching its third ‘flash sale’ tomorrow.  This will see various Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, Indigo and InterContinental hotels offering reward nights for .....

IHG Rewards Club is launching its third ‘flash sale’ tomorrow.  This will see various Holiday .....

17 Nov 201317 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

In August I ran an article on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This was fundamentally about which cards you should, long term, end up keeping in your wallet, .....

In August I ran an article on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This .....

4 Nov 20134 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

If I had £1 for every ‘learn how to pack a suitcase’ or ‘top tips for packing’ article that I’ve read over the years, then I’d have … well, probably around .....

If I had £1 for every ‘learn how to pack a suitcase’ or ‘top tips for packing’ .....

1 Nov 20131 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments