Back in March I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club.  This offers special benefits to people who work in the oil and energy sector (or who can persuade Lufthansa they do …) .....

Back in March I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club.  This offers special benefits to people who .....

7 May 20137 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme – announced yesterday that it was planning to make a series of changes to its long-haul awards. These changes will begin at the end of .....

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme – announced yesterday that it was planning to .....

26 Apr 201326 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty programme – has released detailed of its discount redemptions for the May and June period.  Booking is available from April 29th. The long-haul .....

Flying Blue – the Air France / KLM loyalty programme – has released detailed of its discount .....

25 Apr 201325 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

From April 22nd, Dutch airline KLM is taking the somewhat-bold step of introducing baggage charges on all short-haul fights. (I know that BA has de-facto done this at Gatwick, by giving you a discount .....

From April 22nd, Dutch airline KLM is taking the somewhat-bold step of introducing baggage charges on all .....

21 Apr 201321 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Dutch airline KLM unveiled pictures of its new fully-flat business class seat last week, joining a growing trend of European airlines finally following the lead set by British Airways and Virgin .....

Dutch airline KLM unveiled pictures of its new fully-flat business class seat last week, joining a growing .....

1 Apr 20131 April 2013 by Rob Burgess

If you have been following the Virgin Atlantic / Delta tie-up, this statement may have taken you by surprise. Late last year, Delta Air Lines of the US announced that it was buying the 49% stake in .....

If you have been following the Virgin Atlantic / Delta tie-up, this statement may have taken you by surprise. .....

31 Mar 201331 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

A few weeks ago I wrote about the disastrously messy status match that Flying Blue (the Air France / KLM frequent flyer programme) launched in Scandinavia. That status match was just meant for .....

A few weeks ago I wrote about the disastrously messy status match that Flying Blue (the Air France / KLM .....

11 Mar 201311 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has added some interesting Business Class rewards to its latest list of ‘50% off’ redemption specials. Full details can be found here. The .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has added some interesting Business Class rewards to its .....

15 Feb 201315 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

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