Blacklane is, to some extent, the Uber of high end airport transfers – although Uber, of course, runs high-end cars itself in many cities including London. You can find out more on their website .....

Blacklane is, to some extent, the Uber of high end airport transfers – although Uber, of course, runs .....

28 Dec 201928 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

SWISS and Lufthansa have launched a new sale for UK departures. You need to book by 15th December for travel between 1st January and 30th November 2020.  It covers all classes, but if I focus only on .....

SWISS and Lufthansa have launched a new sale for UK departures. You need to book by 15th December for travel .....

7 Dec 20197 December 2019 by Rob Burgess

I am planning to run one, and possibly two, additional Black Friday articles during Friday.  These will be emailed out on Saturday morning, but our email readers may want to pop back to the website .....

I am planning to run one, and possibly two, additional Black Friday articles during Friday.  These will be .....

29 Nov 201929 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

We have made quite a bit of fuss over the £205 Qantas economy flights to Sydney this week, with the last batch of seats released at noon on Friday.  To be honest, this was a bit of a PR .....

We have made quite a bit of fuss over the £205 Qantas economy flights to Sydney this week, with the last .....

22 Nov 201922 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

This is our review of the Lufthansa Miles & More Global Traveller UK payment cards. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit and charge cards and discussing .....

This is our review of the Lufthansa Miles & More Global Traveller UK payment cards. It is part of our .....

17 Nov 201917 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Lufthansa has announced a massive shake-up of how you earn status in its Miles & More loyalty scheme – so huge that it is giving 14 months notice to members. Weirdly, it has decided to copy .....

Lufthansa has announced a massive shake-up of how you earn status in its Miles & More loyalty scheme .....

12 Nov 201912 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Lufthansa has announced the return of direct flights between Bristol Airport and Frankfurt. Flybmi used to serve this route until it went bankrupt, and Lufthansa itself used to fly it a decade or so .....

Lufthansa has announced the return of direct flights between Bristol Airport and Frankfurt. Flybmi used to .....

1 Nov 20191 November 2019 by Rob Burgess

SWISS and Lufthansa have launched a good Business Class sale.  Unlike some fare deals we write about, these are for departures from the UK so you don’t need to position yourself somewhere in .....

SWISS and Lufthansa have launched a good Business Class sale.  Unlike some fare deals we write about, these .....

23 Oct 201923 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

SWISS and Lufthansa have launched some fantastic First and business class fares from Italy. Unfortunately, these are companion fares which require two people to travel – bad luck if you are a .....

SWISS and Lufthansa have launched some fantastic First and business class fares from Italy. Unfortunately, .....

15 Oct 201915 October 2019 by Rhys Jones • 78 comments

What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out. Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....

What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s .....

14 Oct 201914 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Lufthansa has been running some very generous car rental bonuses recently.  This one is not the biggest but, because it is with Hertz, it is one of the easiest to earn. Lufthansa is offering 3,000 .....

Lufthansa has been running some very generous car rental bonuses recently.  This one is not the biggest but, .....

12 Oct 201912 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

There is good news for Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Emirates Skywards, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Aegean Miles+Bonus, Royal Brunei Royal Skies and Lufthansa Miles & More members. Heathrow Rewards .....

There is good news for Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Emirates Skywards, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Aegean .....

5 Oct 20195 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

To promote the Lufthansa Miles & More payment cards (which I rate highly – you get 10,000 miles as a sign-up bonus and 1.25 miles per £1 spent, see my review here), Affiniture is giving .....

To promote the Lufthansa Miles & More payment cards (which I rate highly – you get 10,000 miles as a .....

3 Oct 20193 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 123 comments

There is a lot of sale activity going on at the moment.  Qatar Airways has launched a sale with some interesting deals from elsewhere in Europe, which I will look at tomorrow.  The British Airways .....

There is a lot of sale activity going on at the moment.  Qatar Airways has launched a sale with some .....

11 Sep 201911 September 2019 by Rob Burgess