News in brief: Last chance to fly a Boeing 777 from Manchester to Munich Singapore Airlines is restructuring its European routes and is about to launch a direct flight from Singapore to Manchester. .....

News in brief: Last chance to fly a Boeing 777 from Manchester to Munich Singapore Airlines is restructuring .....

22 Aug 201622 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

News in brief: Hilton summer sale enters its final stretch The Hilton sale has been running for so long you may have forgotten it was still on.  It is now entering its final stretch so you may want .....

News in brief: Hilton summer sale enters its final stretch The Hilton sale has been running for so long you .....

10 Aug 201610 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Virgin Atlantic announced two new routes on Tuesday and the move to Delta Air Lines of two others. This is part of what is becoming an annual rejig of its US network alongside its 49% shareholder .....

Virgin Atlantic announced two new routes on Tuesday and the move to Delta Air Lines of two others. This is .....

2 Jun 20162 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

News in brief: New British Airways / Avis promotion launched Until 30th June, you will earn 750 bonus Avios points when you rent a car for 2+ days from Avis. This is on top of the standard minimum .....

News in brief: New British Airways / Avis promotion launched Until 30th June, you will earn 750 bonus Avios .....

15 Apr 201615 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Time is running out to take advantage of the Alitalia status match.  This will get you status with all 20 airlines in the SkyTeam alliance PLUS the 6 members of Etihad Airways Partners.  That is 26 .....

Time is running out to take advantage of the Alitalia status match.  This will get you status with all 20 .....

29 Jan 201629 January 2016 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Etihad took pseudo control of struggling Italian flag carrier Alitalia earlier this year. If you need to fly to Italy on a regular basis, the good news is that from 1st December you can now use the .....

Etihad took pseudo control of struggling Italian flag carrier Alitalia earlier this year. If you need to fly .....

26 Nov 201526 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Given that it is two months since I first mentioned this, it is worth a reminder.  Alitalia is currently offering a status match to British Airways Executive Club Gold members as well as other .....

Given that it is two months since I first mentioned this, it is worth a reminder.  Alitalia is currently .....

4 Sep 20154 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Delta Air Lines, the US airline which is a 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, has announced two new routes from the UK for 2016. Delta is a member of the SkyTeam alliance, which would usually mean .....

Delta Air Lines, the US airline which is a 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, has announced two new routes .....

1 Sep 20151 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

News in brief: Tesco Grocery code still running Reader Robert emailed to remind me that there is a functioning Tesco Grocery code out there with a surprisingly long expiry date. Code XXNNRR gives an .....

News in brief: Tesco Grocery code still running Reader Robert emailed to remind me that there is a functioning .....

19 Aug 201519 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Yesterday I wrote about the status match that Alitalia appeared to be offering to British Airways Executive Club status members. When I wrote that article, it wasn’t clear if this was a .....

Yesterday I wrote about the status match that Alitalia appeared to be offering to British Airways Executive .....

1 Jul 20151 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Alitalia is currently offering a status match to British Airways Executive Club Gold members as well as other top-tier status holders with other airlines. This is, presumably, part of the relaunch of .....

Alitalia is currently offering a status match to British Airways Executive Club Gold members as well as other .....

30 Jun 201530 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

There is clearly a super-hot salesman at The O2 arena in Greenwich who knows exactly what to say to make the big travel companies sign on the dotted line. First we had the American Express Invites .....

There is clearly a super-hot salesman at The O2 arena in Greenwich who knows exactly what to say to make the .....

14 Jun 201514 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Just after Christmas I wrote about some of the excellent deals available in the British Airways sale in Club World if you were willing to start your trip in Dublin.  Prices are (they are still .....

Just after Christmas I wrote about some of the excellent deals available in the British Airways sale in Club .....

14 Jan 201514 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

US airline Delta, 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, gave its Delta SkyMiles reward scheme a major shake-up on January 1st.  I won’t go into the details because it isn’t of much interest .....

US airline Delta, 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, gave its Delta SkyMiles reward scheme a major shake-up .....

6 Jan 20156 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments