News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced It seems that more of us will be getting the chance to fly on a Qatar Airways short haul plane this summer. British Airways Mixed Fleet cabin .....

News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced It seems that more of us will be getting the chance .....

7 Jul 20177 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

News in brief: Virgin introduces a cooling off period when buying miles Virgin Flying Club is currently offering a targeted 30% bonus when you buy miles.  You should have received an email .....

News in brief: Virgin introduces a cooling off period when buying miles Virgin Flying Club is currently .....

6 Jul 20176 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

For those of you who collect Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles via Tesco Clubcard, you should know that Tesco has announced an overhaul of the scheme. So far, so good – it only looks .....

For those of you who collect Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles via Tesco Clubcard, you should know .....

5 Jul 20175 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

Virgin Flying Club has launched a one month sale on Upper Class redemptions to the USA from Manchester. Full details are on the Flying Club website here. The good news is that there are no black-out .....

Virgin Flying Club has launched a one month sale on Upper Class redemptions to the USA from Manchester. Full .....

4 Jul 20174 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel planning series.  This will cover the best ways of earning or redeeming miles and .....

With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel .....

3 Jul 20173 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Tomorrow, 28th June, is your last chance to apply for the two Virgin Atlantic credit cards with the sharply increased sign-up bonuses. To be honest, because the two British Airways American Express .....

Tomorrow, 28th June, is your last chance to apply for the two Virgin Atlantic credit cards with the sharply .....

27 Jun 201727 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

This is my review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330 aircraft. Coming back from New York 10 days ago, I was legged over – twice – by Virgin Atlantic.  I wasn’t amused. I was .....

This is my review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330 aircraft. Coming back from New York 10 days ago, .....

26 Jun 201726 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

News in brief: Two good Avios / Tesco toy deals Tesco Direct is running two decent promotions this week if you need to pick up some toys. Until 28th June, you will earn 500 Clubcard points (1,200 .....

News in brief: Two good Avios / Tesco toy deals Tesco Direct is running two decent promotions this week if you .....

26 Jun 201726 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced changes to the way that you will earn and spend Virgin Flying Club miles on Delta Air Lines from 1st September.  Details are here. Delta Air Lines acquired a .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced changes to the way that you will earn and spend Virgin Flying Club miles on .....

25 Jun 201725 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I wrote on Tuesday about the interesting new partnership between Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, and hotel booking site Rocketmiles. What is Rocketmiles? .....

I wrote on Tuesday about the interesting new partnership between Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport .....

22 Jun 201722 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

The sun is out, so  I thought it was a good time to update our ‘Holiday Tips’ series in preparation for the Summer season.   Future articles will look at earning miles from credit cards .....

The sun is out, so  I thought it was a good time to update our ‘Holiday Tips’ series in .....

21 Jun 201721 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

Back in June 2016, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  The representative APR is 56.5% variable, including the £150 fee, assuming a £1200 credit .....

Back in June 2016, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  The .....

21 Jun 201721 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Head for Points and a few other websites have teamed up with Virgin Atlantic to offer their readers a £50 gift card for every flight booking of £1200 or more by 9th July. This offer happily .....

Head for Points and a few other websites have teamed up with Virgin Atlantic to offer their readers a £50 .....

17 Jun 201717 June 2017 by Anika Burnett • 10 comments

News in brief: Tesco Clubcard to Virgin Flying Club bonus now running It turns out that Virgin Flying Club is running a low-key conversion bonus for anyone with Tesco Clubcard vouchers this month. It .....

News in brief: Tesco Clubcard to Virgin Flying Club bonus now running It turns out that Virgin Flying Club is .....

12 Jun 201712 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments