Earlier this year Virgin Atlantic announced that the airline was going to lease four ex-airberlin A330-200 planes to replace Boeing 787 aircraft which need a full replacement of their Rolls-Royce .....

Earlier this year Virgin Atlantic announced that the airline was going to lease four ex-airberlin A330-200 .....

13 Jun 201813 June 2018 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

Two additional Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounges have joined the Priority Pass lounge network. Last November, Virgin began to let Priority Pass guests use its Los Angeles Clubhouse during the hours it .....

Two additional Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounges have joined the Priority Pass lounge network. Last November, .....

12 Jun 201812 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

Tesco is making changes to the Clubcard scheme on Monday. This does NOT impact Avios or Virgin Flying Club redemptions. It does impact all other redemptions which are based on a multiple of the face .....

Tesco is making changes to the Clubcard scheme on Monday. This does NOT impact Avios or Virgin Flying Club .....

9 Jun 20189 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

Yesterday we covered the new Virgin Flying Club redemption promotion.  You can get a 30% discount on the number of miles required to redeem for selected destinations this Summer. There is a second .....

Yesterday we covered the new Virgin Flying Club redemption promotion.  You can get a 30% discount on the .....

9 Jun 20189 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a reward seat sale on selected routes. Full details are on their website here.  Ignore the ‘up to 50% off’ headline as only one route is half price – .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a reward seat sale on selected routes. Full details are on their website .....

7 Jun 20187 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

4 Jun 20184 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced a new route out of Manchester. From 26th May 2019 there will be three flights per week from Manchester to Los Angeles.  This will put Virgin in direct competition with .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced a new route out of Manchester. From 26th May 2019 there will be three flights .....

3 Jun 20183 June 2018 by Anika Burnett

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

2 Jun 20182 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

If you have the MBNA-issued Virgin Atlantic White or Black credit cards, you should have received a letter yesterday telling you about the closure procedure for these products. When are the MBNA .....

If you have the MBNA-issued Virgin Atlantic White or Black credit cards, you should have received a letter .....

1 Jun 20181 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled the plug on the UK Etihad Guest credit card from 27th July.  This is also now confirmed as .....

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

The socks which are often given out as part of business class amenity kits are generally dreadful.  I don’t think anyone would deny that. Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with trendy sock retailer .....

The socks which are often given out as part of business class amenity kits are generally dreadful.  I .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess

Last Wednesday we told you that Tesco Direct, the Tesco non-food website, is to be closed on 9th July following years of losses. This is disappointing for Avios and Virgin Flying Club collectors as .....

Last Wednesday we told you that Tesco Direct, the Tesco non-food website, is to be closed on 9th July .....

29 May 201829 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Just in case you are flying out of Heathrow tonight for the Bank Holiday, I thought it was worth a reminder that Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has a .....

Just in case you are flying out of Heathrow tonight for the Bank Holiday, I thought it was worth a reminder .....

25 May 201825 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments