Over in the US, a fascinating tie-up has been announced between Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft, Four Points etc) and airline Delta. Called ‘Crossover Rewards’, it effectively .....

Over in the US, a fascinating tie-up has been announced between Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft, .....

14 Feb 201314 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I ran this post a couple of weeks ago about a status match for the Air France / KLM Flying Blue programme.  They were willing to match any other airline Gold card you had to their own Gold, which .....

I ran this post a couple of weeks ago about a status match for the Air France / KLM Flying Blue programme.  .....

7 Feb 20137 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I don’t write much about Flying Blue on Head for Points.  On paper that is strange, because Dutch group KLM and Air France, whose loyalty programme it is, are two of our nearest geographic .....

I don’t write much about Flying Blue on Head for Points.  On paper that is strange, because Dutch group .....

23 Jan 201323 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

As you will presumably have read elsewhere by the time you see this, Delta has agreed to acquire the 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic owned by Singapore Airlines. The price of £244m means that Singapore .....

As you will presumably have read elsewhere by the time you see this, Delta has agreed to acquire the 49% stake .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I ran this article yesterday about Alitalia’s MilleMiglia programme.  In particular, I wrote about how they will close the programme down on 31st December and relaunch it on January 1st, with .....

I ran this article yesterday about Alitalia’s MilleMiglia programme.  In particular, I wrote about how .....

11 Dec 201211 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

We may moan and groan about Avios / British Airways Executive Club at times, but we don’t always realise how good we have it. Take the email I have just received from Alitalia’s .....

We may moan and groan about Avios / British Airways Executive Club at times, but we don’t always realise .....

10 Dec 201210 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

The Sunday Times ran a long article yesterday which claimed that Delta Airlines of the US is in discussions to take over Virgin Atlantic. This being aviation, of course, nothing is that simple.  A US .....

The Sunday Times ran a long article yesterday which claimed that Delta Airlines of the US is in discussions to .....

3 Dec 20123 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Air France is offering 20% off Premium Economy tickets to the first 400 American Express cardholders who register via this link and book by December 17th. Japan Airlines has announced that it is .....

Air France is offering 20% off Premium Economy tickets to the first 400 American Express cardholders who .....

29 Nov 201229 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Bloomberg recently reported that Sir Richard Branson has stated that Virgin Atlantic is in ‘fairly advanced talks’ to join one of the major airline alliances. The phrase ‘about .....

Bloomberg recently reported that Sir Richard Branson has stated that Virgin Atlantic is in ‘fairly .....

11 Nov 201211 November 2012 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Most people, when it comes to searching for award space for their frequent flier redemptions, use the website of that same frequent flyer programme. Logical, innit? However, in general airline .....

Most people, when it comes to searching for award space for their frequent flier redemptions, use the website .....

15 Oct 201215 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments