View from the Wing ran a good summary recently on the expiry policies for the major airline frequent flyer programmes. There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when .....

View from the Wing ran a good summary recently on the expiry policies for the major airline frequent flyer .....

26 May 201326 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

A little later than originally planned, the new Heathrow Rewards website – the replacement for BAA WorldPoints – has finally launched. The link is here. Very little has changed so far. .....

A little later than originally planned, the new Heathrow Rewards website – the replacement for BAA .....

25 May 201325 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I am pleased to say that I am now able to offer referrals for anyone thinking about taking out the Virgin Atlantic White or Virgin Atlantic Black credit cards. I won’t go into the details of the .....

I am pleased to say that I am now able to offer referrals for anyone thinking about taking out the Virgin .....

22 May 201322 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

From April 6th, UK companies have been banned from imposing excessive credit card surcharges on customers. The airline industry has, of course, been one of the worst offenders here, but has anything .....

From April 6th, UK companies have been banned from imposing excessive credit card surcharges on customers. The .....

20 May 201320 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Virgin Flying Club is currently offering double miles (2 miles per £1) when you exchange your foreign currency at Amex Currency Exchange at Heathrow, Edinburgh or Birmingham.  You can also get .....

Virgin Flying Club is currently offering double miles (2 miles per £1) when you exchange your foreign .....

18 May 201318 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

This is the 19th (and last!) of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These articles will be linked to the .....

This is the 19th (and last!) of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and .....

6 May 20136 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is the 18th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for.  These articles will be linked to the relevant .....

This is the 18th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

5 May 20135 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I have written a few articles about the Jumeirah hotels and resorts in Dubai, such as this one last week reviewing Emirates Towers, because they are very popular with people in the UK who are heading .....

I have written a few articles about the Jumeirah hotels and resorts in Dubai, such as this one last .....

28 Apr 201328 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Let me start by saying that this offer is no longer available.  However, I wanted to post this result as a data-point in case the offer comes along again in the future. Between January and March, .....

Let me start by saying that this offer is no longer available.  However, I wanted to post this result as a .....

15 Apr 201315 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I promised to step up my coverage of Virgin Flying Club on Head for Points, now that their UK domestic services are up and running and more people are flying the airline. Looking at the latest batch .....

I promised to step up my coverage of Virgin Flying Club on Head for Points, now that their UK domestic .....

15 Apr 201315 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Hertz is running a couple of decent promotions at the moment which are worth a look if you are planning to hire a car, either for business or over the May holiday weekends. The first promotion is for .....

Hertz is running a couple of decent promotions at the moment which are worth a look if you are planning to .....

14 Apr 201314 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Hilton HHonors has started to drip feed a number of promotions into the market which offer bonus miles for people who choose the ‘Hilton HHonors points and airline miles’ collection option .....

Hilton HHonors has started to drip feed a number of promotions into the market which offer bonus miles for .....

12 Apr 201312 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

One of my criticisms about Little Red, the new Virgin Atlantic domestic airline I outline here, was that redemption flights via Virgin Flying Club were likely to be very uncompetitive due to the taxes .....

One of my criticisms about Little Red, the new Virgin Atlantic domestic airline I outline here, was that .....

9 Apr 20139 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

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