The Luxury Travel Fair takes place at Olympia in London, running from 1st to 4th November this year.  Full details here. To be frank, this is not the greatest travel show you will ever visit.  I was .....

The Luxury Travel Fair takes place at Olympia in London, running from 1st to 4th November this year.  Full .....

9 Sep 20129 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

Iberia Plus is having a sale on Avios redemptions on certain routes.  See here for details. The routes are: 2,295 Avios each-way – Madrid to Lisbon or Oran 6,500 Avios each-way – Madrid .....

Iberia Plus is having a sale on Avios redemptions on certain routes.  See here for details. The routes are: .....

9 Sep 20129 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 13th September, see here for further details. Note that you need to log-in to see details of the bonus .....

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 20% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 13th .....

8 Sep 20128 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

A mailshot drops through the door for the Priority Club Black Visa card. It directs me to www.priorityclub.com/aug This promotion offers 40,000 PC points for signing up. This is a big jump on the .....

A mailshot drops through the door for the Priority Club Black Visa card. It directs me to .....

8 Sep 20128 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

Spanish online shopping group alice.es is offering 125 Avios to Iberia Plus members who sign up for its newsletters. You need to go to this link on the Iberia website and then click on the words .....

Spanish online shopping group alice.es is offering 125 Avios to Iberia Plus members who sign up for its .....

7 Sep 20127 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

I have already written about the Autumn promotions from Hyatt and Marriott.  Now it is the turn of Starwood Preferred Guest.  (Hilton’s current promo runs until 30th September, Priority Club .....

I have already written about the Autumn promotions from Hyatt and Marriott.  Now it is the turn of Starwood .....

7 Sep 20127 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

31st August was the last day to redeem BMI Diamond Club miles for flights on Virgin Atlantic. Not surprisingly, once BA had bought BMI, it was keen to extract itself from this partnership with a core .....

31st August was the last day to redeem BMI Diamond Club miles for flights on Virgin Atlantic. Not .....

6 Sep 20126 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Tesco Direct is currently running an interesting offer on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 inch screen version) 16gb Wi-Fi tablet, which sells for £298. The link is here assuming it is still in .....

Tesco Direct is currently running an interesting offer on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 inch screen .....

5 Sep 20125 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

British Airways is often known as ‘London Airways’ to its detractors, and for good reason.  For a number of years now, BA has not operated a single flight from a UK regional airport .....

British Airways is often known as ‘London Airways’ to its detractors, and for good reason.  .....

5 Sep 20125 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest changes in sign-up bonuses. This is what has changed during August, none of it for the better! : .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest .....

4 Sep 20124 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 70 countries.  These are primarily independent properties, many of which are well known in their respective markets. SLH has .....

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 70 countries.  These are primarily .....

4 Sep 20124 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

For most people, today marks the end of Summer and, if you’ve got them, probably the return of the kids to school. Your office may be at 100% capacity for the first time in six weeks! Since most .....

For most people, today marks the end of Summer and, if you’ve got them, probably the return of the kids .....

3 Sep 20123 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Newsstand was introduced to the iPhone and iPad with iOS5, as a depository for downloaded magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Over the last year, a number of airlines have added their inflight .....

Newsstand was introduced to the iPhone and iPad with iOS5, as a depository for downloaded magazine and .....

2 Sep 20122 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic has launched an interesting new service – Guest List. Most frequent travellers acknowledge that, whatever they may think of Virgin Atlantic’s on-board product, the ground .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched an interesting new service – Guest List. Most frequent travellers .....

1 Sep 20121 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments