This article has been sponsored by Malaysia Airlines Earlier this week we launched a fantastic competition with Malaysia Airlines. Malaysia Airlines is generously offering a pair of business class .....

26 September 2020 by Sinead Archer • 8 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways and JAL to move to Heathrow T5 A few weeks ago we reported that Qatar Airways was due to temporarily move into Terminal 5 with British Airways, Iberia and American .....

25 July 2020 by Rhys Jones • 26 comments

In February, Alaska Airlines announced its intentions to join the oneworld alliance.  It will become the 14th full member. According to a oneworld announcement yesterday, it now looks like the .....

24 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

We ran two articles last week on Qantas Frequent Flyer joining UK American Express Membership Rewards as a transfer partner. This article is an overview of Qantas Frequent Flyer and Membership .....

29 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

On Monday, Qantas Frequent Flyer became a partner of American Express Membership Rewards in the UK. As promised, I wanted to answer the question: what are the best ways to spend Qantas Frequent Flyer .....

24 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

One of the key ways in which airlines are going to get people booking again is to make their tickets refundable. This does, of course, kill the holy grail of airline pricing.  The aim is to sell .....

24 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

With no fanfare at all, Qantas Frequent Flyer has apppeared this morning as a UK American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner. The transfer rate is 1:1. The minimum transfer is 500 points. The .....

22 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Our friends at Malaysia Airlines dropped us a note to flag a very nice competition they are running in conjunction with Mail Online at the moment. The winner will get two return Business Class .....

13 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

As we haven’t looked at this for a couple of years, I thought it was worth updating my list of all Avios airlines, ie airlines which let you redeem Avios points for their flights. You .....

5 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Today I want to look at how to redeem Avios on Royal Air Maroc flights. As we covered last month, Royal Air Maroc joined the oneworld alliance on 1st April.  This opens up a lot of new Avios .....

1 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

It is fair to say that virtually all airlines have been over-optimistic in their plans to return to the skies post coronavirus.  (Realistically, I should say ‘past the first burst of .....

19 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

This article explains how to redeem Avios for domestic flights in the United States. The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will .....

18 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

What flights can you book with Avios if you live in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham or anywhere outside London? The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for .....

16 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

We have run very few flight deal articles in recent weeks.  Frankly, we thought that the vast majority were simply not cheap enough to justify putting your money on the table given the current .....

14 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments