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American Express will pay you 0.9p CASH for your Membership Rewards points

American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of The Platinum Card. If you use your points for statement credit (ie reducing what you owe next month by redeeming points) you would .....

American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of The Platinum Card. If you use your .....

by Rob Burgess125 comments

Is this finally the end for South African Airways?

South African Airways has seen many rebirths and ‘final’ bailouts – only Alitalia can challenge it on that front.  When the plug appeared to have been pulled again a few days ago I .....

South African Airways has seen many rebirths and ‘final’ bailouts – only Alitalia can .....

by Rob Burgess32 comments

Virgin Australia ‘in administration’

In what would be the biggest coronavirus-related airline failure so far, reports from Sydney say that Virgin Australia has been placed into administration with an announcement due on Tuesday morning. .....

In what would be the biggest coronavirus-related airline failure so far, reports from Sydney say that Virgin .....

by Rob Burgess49 comments

Oddities: Microsoft Teams backgrounds, who is C F Frost?

News in brief: Looking for a Microsoft Teams background? If you use video conferencing software Microsoft Teams as part of your job, you may know that it recently introduced a new feature – .....

News in brief: Looking for a Microsoft Teams background? If you use video conferencing software Microsoft .....

by Rob Burgess40 comments

‘My Favourite Hotel’ review – Hôtel Grand Amour, Paris

Today’s review in our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ series is the Hôtel Grand Amour in Paris. A fortnight ago we asked you to raise your hand if you wanted to contribute your story.  We .....

Today’s review in our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ series is the Hôtel Grand Amour in Paris. A .....

by Anika Burnett20 comments

Malaysia Airlines publishes a very sober London Heathrow flight schedule

It is fair to say that virtually all airlines have been over-optimistic in their plans to return to the skies post coronavirus.  Realistically, I should say ‘past the first burst of .....

It is fair to say that virtually all airlines have been over-optimistic in their plans to return to the skies .....

by Rob Burgess87 comments

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