News in brief: British Airways Gatwick lounge to close in January British Airways confirmed yesterday that its lounge at Gatwick will close in January.  This is to enable work to begin on a new .....

News in brief: British Airways Gatwick lounge to close in January British Airways confirmed yesterday that its .....

22 Sep 201522 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

News in brief: British Airways Holidays sale – from £50 down The British Airways ‘Take-Off’ sale, which was due to run until the 22nd, has changed.  BA will now continue .....

News in brief: British Airways Holidays sale – from £50 down The British Airways ‘Take-Off’ .....

19 Sep 201519 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

News in brief: Save £200 on a package holiday by redeeming 10,000 Avios You have always been able to redeem Avios points via avios.com for package holiday discounts.  The rate was only 0.5p per .....

News in brief: Save £200 on a package holiday by redeeming 10,000 Avios You have always been able to redeem .....

12 Sep 201512 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

When I wrote about the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club “20% off Economy and Premium Economy redemptions” sale yesterday, I said that I would do a follow-up article on their parallel offers. .....

When I wrote about the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club “20% off Economy and Premium Economy .....

11 Sep 201511 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched another 20% off sale for reward seats. This time, Premium Economy is included as well.  The sale runs until 23rd September. Virgin taxes on Economy redemptions are .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched another 20% off sale for reward seats. This time, Premium Economy is included .....

10 Sep 201510 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Virgin Atlantic has boosted the sign-up bonus on its credit cards again.  This is not entirely surprising given that British Airways increased the bonus on its cards recently. This new offer is .....

Virgin Atlantic has boosted the sign-up bonus on its credit cards again.  This is not entirely surprising .....

5 Sep 20155 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

Delta Air Lines, the US airline which is a 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, has announced two new routes from the UK for 2016. Delta is a member of the SkyTeam alliance, which would usually mean .....

Delta Air Lines, the US airline which is a 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, has announced two new routes .....

1 Sep 20151 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

For some reason, Virgin Atlantic is having a one-day-and-a-bit Flash Sale on seats in Upper Class from London to Chicago. The fare is just £995 return. Here is the best bit.  You are, in .....

For some reason, Virgin Atlantic is having a one-day-and-a-bit Flash Sale on seats in Upper Class from London .....

28 Aug 201528 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

Virgin Flying Club has teamed up with hotel booking site Kaligo.com to offer a new way of redeeming your Virgin miles.  You can now use them to pay for hotels globally offered by Kaligo.com. You .....

Virgin Flying Club has teamed up with hotel booking site Kaligo.com to offer a new way of redeeming your .....

23 Aug 201523 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

News in brief: Competition for converting Clubcard points to Virgin Flying Club Tesco Clubcard is NOT offering a conversion bonus to Virgin Flying Club this quarter, unfortunately. Instead, there is a .....

News in brief: Competition for converting Clubcard points to Virgin Flying Club Tesco Clubcard is NOT offering .....

23 Aug 201523 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

8 Aug 20158 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and Delta’s O2 bar is now open I wrote back in June about the new bar that Virgin Atlantic and Delta were opening at the O2 Arena in Greenwich.  The facility is .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and Delta’s O2 bar is now open I wrote back in June about the new bar .....

6 Aug 20156 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

I have written in the past about the Virgin Atlantic ‘miles plus money’ scheme.  Whilst it had its faults, it could be decent value for money.  I showed in my earlier .....

I have written in the past about the Virgin Atlantic ‘miles plus money’ scheme.  Whilst it .....

1 Aug 20151 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic allowing redemptions for Virgin East Coast trains Virgin Atlantic is now allowing you to redeem your miles for Virgin East Coast rail tickets.  The rate is pretty .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic allowing redemptions for Virgin East Coast trains Virgin Atlantic is now .....

31 Jul 201531 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments