I continue to get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard miles and points card.  With earning rates being cut following the EU cap on interchange fees, .....

I continue to get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard miles and .....

4 Sep 20174 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to .....

22 Aug 201722 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Yesterday’s news was dominated by airberlin’s insolvency. As I’m currently in Germany I got to read about it from all sides. Things haven’t been great for the German airline in .....

Yesterday’s news was dominated by airberlin’s insolvency. As I’m currently in Germany I got .....

16 Aug 201716 August 2017 by Anika Burnett • 56 comments

We have done more than our usual amount of Miles & More, the Lufthansa Group programme, coverage recently.  We’ve had: a 50% bonus on transfers from Heathrow Rewards (still running until .....

We have done more than our usual amount of Miles & More, the Lufthansa Group programme, coverage recently. .....

16 Aug 201716 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

News in brief: Groupon deal: get 75% off your first mytaxi ride Yesterday we wrote about a 50% offer for customers using the mytaxi black cab app to get to or from one of the London airports. This .....

News in brief: Groupon deal: get 75% off your first mytaxi ride Yesterday we wrote about a 50% offer for .....

15 Aug 201715 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

News in brief: Hilton Honors losing four car rental partners I’m not sure how many people credit car rentals to a hotel loyalty programme but – now that Avios is working exclusively with .....

News in brief: Hilton Honors losing four car rental partners I’m not sure how many people credit car .....

8 Aug 20178 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

News in brief: More British Airways strikes announced The UNITE union has announced another batch of ‘mixed fleet’ cabin crew strike dates.  This covers 16th August to 30th August, which .....

News in brief: More British Airways strikes announced The UNITE union has announced another batch of .....

5 Aug 20175 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

Until 30th September Miles & More – the Lufthansa, SWISS etc programme – is giving out 500 bonus miles for everyone who downloads their app and logs in for the first time. 500 Miles .....

Until 30th September Miles & More – the Lufthansa, SWISS etc programme – is giving out 500 .....

3 Aug 20173 August 2017 by Anika Burnett • 41 comments

Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, has launched a 50% bonus on transfers to Lufthansa’s Miles & More scheme. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 .....

Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, has launched a 50% bonus on transfers to .....

1 Aug 20171 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is my review of Lufthansa’s First Class service from Frankfurt to New York, flying a Boeing 747-8i. I reviewed the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt and my car ride to the steps .....

This is my review of Lufthansa’s First Class service from Frankfurt to New York, flying a Boeing 747-8i. .....

25 Jul 201725 July 2017 by Rob Burgess

This is part 2 of my review of Lufthansa’s First Class service on the Boeing 747-8i between Frankfurt and New York. Part 1 of this review, which focused on the Lufthansa First Class seat, is .....

This is part 2 of my review of Lufthansa’s First Class service on the Boeing 747-8i between Frankfurt .....

25 Jul 201725 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt. There are some perks to being the boss.  Whilst Anika got the review trip to New York covering Norwegian Premium (which she .....

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt. There are some perks to being the boss. .....

24 Jul 201724 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

SWISS has extended – until 12th July – its rather uncharacteristic deeply discounted Business Class sale from the UK.  The prices are EXCELLENT as long as two or more people travel .....

SWISS has extended – until 12th July – its rather uncharacteristic deeply discounted Business .....

7 Jul 20177 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Who needs a Qatar Airways sale anyway?  (Well, unless you are after BA tier points of course …..) SWISS has launched a rather uncharacteristic deeply discounted Business Class sale from the UK. .....

Who needs a Qatar Airways sale anyway?  (Well, unless you are after BA tier points of course …..) SWISS .....

22 Jun 201722 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments