One of the quirks of Virgin Red, the central portal for earning and spending Virgin Points, is that it does not cover all of the Virgin Group brands. In fact, very few Virgin Group businesses are .....

One of the quirks of Virgin Red, the central portal for earning and spending Virgin Points, is that it does .....

9 May 20259 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

Last summer, Hyatt announced it was buying The Standard hotel group. Founded by Andre Balazs, The Standard properties are generally aimed at a young, hip audience, sitting somewhere (in my view) .....

Last summer, Hyatt announced it was buying The Standard hotel group. Founded by Andre Balazs, The Standard .....

9 May 20259 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 16 comments

This is our review of the new-ish (launched 2022) free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing .....

This is our review of the new-ish (launched 2022) free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card. It is part of .....

9 May 20259 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

This is my review of the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. If you have been following along you know that Rob and I visited Doha two weeks ago to visit Qatar Airways management .....

This is my review of the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. If you have been following .....

8 May 20258 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty programme for Novotel, Pullman, Mercure, Raffles, Sofitel, ibis etc, has launched a transfer bonus with Avios, via Qatar Airways Privilege Club and Finnair Plus. .....

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty programme for Novotel, Pullman, Mercure, Raffles, Sofitel, ibis etc, has .....

8 May 20258 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

British Airways has announced that flights to Tel Aviv will remain suspended until 14th June. As we covered last week, Virgin Atlantic has permanently cancelled its Tel Aviv route so this is not .....

British Airways has announced that flights to Tel Aviv will remain suspended until 14th June. As we covered .....

8 May 20258 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

If you’re a fan of The Kooks, Virgin Red has an allocation of tickets for an exclusive rooftop gig on Friday 16th May. It takes place at the News Building at London Bridge, better known as .....

If you’re a fan of The Kooks, Virgin Red has an allocation of tickets for an exclusive rooftop gig on .....

7 May 20257 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. You need to register here. A bit of thinking is involved because you need to choose between TWO different options. .....

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. You need to register here. .....

7 May 20257 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

If you were an Avios collector when British Airways was a Tesco Clubcard partner, you’ll know that there were weird and wonderful ways of picking up points for buying obscure products. The .....

If you were an Avios collector when British Airways was a Tesco Clubcard partner, you’ll know that there .....

7 May 20257 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments