I get the occasional email regarding travel insurance for mileage redemption tickets.  To be honest, I have never fully seen the point unless you have a pre-paid hotel reservation at your .....

I get the occasional email regarding travel insurance for mileage redemption tickets.  To be honest, I have .....

7 Dec 20167 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Last weekend I ran an article outlining hotels chains which do not give Avios but which do give Virgin Flying Club miles. I mentioned Yotel.  According to the Virgin Atlantic site, you only earn .....

Last weekend I ran an article outlining hotels chains which do not give Avios but which do give Virgin Flying .....

24 Nov 201624 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios points balance.  You should never take airline miles by default, though, as it is .....

If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios .....

20 Nov 201620 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

According to reports in Business Traveller, British Airways is changing the way it calculates credit card fees on bookings from 14th December. The current charge is a flat fee of £5 per booking, .....

According to reports in Business Traveller, British Airways is changing the way it calculates credit card .....

18 Nov 201618 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

News in brief: Last day to get 1,920 Avios with a £40 toy spend Today (Sunday) is your last chance to pick up 800 bonus Tesco Clubcard points – worth 1920 Avios or 2000 Virgin Flying Club miles .....

News in brief: Last day to get 1,920 Avios with a £40 toy spend Today (Sunday) is your last chance to pick up .....

13 Nov 201613 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

News in brief: British Airways Gatwick terminal move update British Airways released more information on Friday about the switch of terminals at Gatwick. The changeover date is now (re)confirmed for .....

News in brief: British Airways Gatwick terminal move update British Airways released more information on .....

12 Nov 201612 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

News in brief: Earn 1,920 Avios with £40 of Hasbro toy spending  Tesco Direct is running a VERY good promotion this weekend in association with toy company Hasbro. If you spend £40 on any of the .....

News in brief: Earn 1,920 Avios with £40 of Hasbro toy spending  Tesco Direct is running a VERY good .....

11 Nov 201611 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 36 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club Black credit cards. It is the final part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they .....

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club Black credit cards. It is the final part of my series .....

11 Nov 201611 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club White credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club White credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking .....

11 Nov 201611 November 2016 by Rob Burgess

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

10 Nov 201610 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Heathrow Rewards has launched its annual bonus promotion on electronics and jewellery, keen to tap into the Christmas rush. Here are the details of the offer, which runs from now until 31st December. .....

Heathrow Rewards has launched its annual bonus promotion on electronics and jewellery, keen to tap into the .....

10 Nov 201610 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

News in brief: Book a Tallinn tier point run on British Airways Tallinn is being launched by British Airways as a new route next year as we wrote over the weekend. In the meantime, British Airways is .....

News in brief: Book a Tallinn tier point run on British Airways Tallinn is being launched by British Airways .....

8 Nov 20168 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

Virgin Money International Money Transfer has been quietly added to the Virgin Flying Club website as a new partner.   If you try this service now you can get 3,000 Virgin Atlantic miles when .....

Virgin Money International Money Transfer has been quietly added to the Virgin Flying Club website as a new .....

6 Nov 20166 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 12 comments

News in brief: New British Airways short haul routes announced British Airways has added seven new short haul routes from London Heathrow to their Summer 2017 season. Included is one of the most .....

News in brief: New British Airways short haul routes announced British Airways has added seven new short haul .....

5 Nov 20165 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 38 comments