News in brief: Redeem Avios on two new airlines from today Your Avios have just become slightly more useful. From today, two new airlines have joined the oneworld alliance as affiliate members. The .....

25 Oct 202025 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I recently spent a few hours in Terminal 2 at Heathrow as the guest of Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines. The aim was to show a small group of media representatives how the airlines are looking .....

22 Oct 202022 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Last Monday, we exclusively broke the news that Tesco Clubcard and Avios were getting a divorce.  The partnership ends on 18th January 2021. I have a feeling that Avios has a new supermarket partner .....

19 Oct 202019 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

News in brief: £75 off £200 of Marriott spend for Bonvoy American Express cardholders If you have the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card, you should be targetted for a new cashback offer. You .....

16 Oct 202016 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

British Airways and Tesco have decided to part ways. The option to convert your Tesco Clubcard points into Avios is ending soon. Nothing will change with the partnership between Tesco Clubcard and .....

12 Oct 202012 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 329 comments

News in brief: A new American Express Centurion Lounge opens at New York JFK American Express is opening a new Centurion Lounge at New York JFK this week. It is in Terminal 4. It looks fantastic, .....

10 Oct 202010 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic delays the relaunch of Orlando flights Unsurprisingly, Virgin Atlantic has pushed back the relaunch of its Orlando services. The Heathrow service will now start on 10th .....

6 Oct 20206 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

News in brief: The first British Airways Boeing 777-300ER with First Suite arrived British Airways took delivery of the first of four new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft yesterday. It touched down at .....

3 Oct 20203 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

News in brief: Best Western launching a £48 sale at 9am Best Western is, we believe, launching a ‘£48, 48-hour’ flash sale at 9am today. That’s it. We know nothing more! However, .....

1 Oct 20201 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Hotel booking site Rocketmiles is currently running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios, Virgin Flying Club or other airline miles from just one night. .....

28 Sep 202028 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red have launched the first stage of the new Virgin Group-wide loyalty scheme today. From today, Virgin Flying Club miles are known as Virgin Points. Virgin Points becomes .....

24 Sep 202024 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Virgin Flying Club has a partnership with hotel booking site Kaligo.com to offer an alternative way of redeeming your Virgin points.  You can use them to pay for hundreds of thousands of .....

17 Sep 202017 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a short-term promotion for holders of its Reward and Reward+ credit cards. This offer runs to 31st October. If you are planning to book a Virgin Atlantic flight or Virgin .....

14 Sep 202014 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Is it worth redeeming your Virgin Points to pay, in full or in part, for a Virgin Holidays package?  Let’s take a look. Virgin Atlantic has now ensured its medium term financial survival .....

14 Sep 202014 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments