News in brief: Glasgow Marriott unveils its refurbished lobby Glasgow Marriott has unveiled the first stage of a full refurbishment of the hotel, including all 303 guest rooms. The ground floor has .....

News in brief: Glasgow Marriott unveils its refurbished lobby Glasgow Marriott has unveiled the first stage of .....

14 Jun 202414 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is our review of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are .....

This is our review of the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of .....

14 Jun 202414 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

This is our review of the HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is our review of the HSBC Premier Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at .....

14 Jun 202414 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Today is a bad day for anyone who flies with BA Cityflyer, which operates from London City Airport. According to Flyertalk reports, the first ‘densified’ Embraer 190 aircraft, with eight .....

Today is a bad day for anyone who flies with BA Cityflyer, which operates from London City Airport. According .....

13 Jun 202413 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

This is actually a serious article, although I accept that you may have your doubts …. When the Virgin Red app launched a few years ago as the new ‘home’ for Virgin Points, the .....

This is actually a serious article, although I accept that you may have your doubts …. When the Virgin .....

13 Jun 202413 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Well, here’s a surprise. Virgin Hotels is coming to London with the opening of Virgin Hotels London Shoreditch on 1st August. With the opening date so close, this can only mean one thing .....

Well, here’s a surprise. Virgin Hotels is coming to London with the opening of Virgin Hotels London .....

12 Jun 202412 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I thought it was worth digging out an interesting story which we first ran a couple of years ago and which highlights a quirk when it comes to cancelling Avios reward flights. A reader had flown to .....

I thought it was worth digging out an interesting story which we first ran a couple of years ago and which .....

12 Jun 202412 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

Last week Virgin Atlantic announced three new codeshare deals. Two of these – SAS and Saudia – were with SkyTeam (or future SkyTeam) partners so didn’t mean much in terms of earning .....

Last week Virgin Atlantic announced three new codeshare deals. Two of these – SAS and Saudia – .....

12 Jun 202412 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Remember ebookers? Founded in 1998 as Flightbookers, the UK’s first online travel agent, it was quoted on the UK stock market at one point. In 2005 it was bought for $350m by Cendant, which took .....

Remember ebookers? Founded in 1998 as Flightbookers, the UK’s first online travel agent, it was quoted .....

12 Jun 202412 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments