If you can remember the peak days of Busted, McFly and Natasha Bedingfield, you might also remember the grey-coloured British Airways American Express Premium card.  It offered 1.25 Avios per £1 .....

If you can remember the peak days of Busted, McFly and Natasha Bedingfield, you might also remember the .....

30 Jul 201630 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this weekend, there is an upside. This is the first self-assessment payment deadline since HMRC slashed its credit card fee to roughly 0.4%. .....

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this weekend, there is an upside. This is the .....

30 Jul 201630 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

One of the easiest ways of earning Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles for the last couple of years has been via cashback site TopCashback. TopCashback allowed you to take up to £50 of .....

One of the easiest ways of earning Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles for the last couple of years has .....

30 Jul 201630 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club AccorHotels has been officially launched. Accor has previously only worked with Europcar. Adding .....

A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club .....

29 Jul 201629 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World promotion for travel in August on three core routes.  There are some good prices here but you need to book by Monday. .....

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World promotion for travel in August on .....

29 Jul 201629 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

London City Airport won final planning consent this week for its major expansion scheme. The approval was given by the Government after Boris Johnson had initially blocked the scheme during his time .....

London City Airport won final planning consent this week for its major expansion scheme. The approval was .....

29 Jul 201629 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

The current Clubcard collection quarter ended on 21st July.  Your vouchers will start to drop through your letterbox, or into your online account, very soon. Anyone holding out for a ‘Tesco to .....

The current Clubcard collection quarter ended on 21st July.  Your vouchers will start to drop through your .....

28 Jul 201628 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

News in brief: Get double Avios with LOVEtheatre lovetheatre.com, the new Avios theatre ticketing partner, is offering double Avios points on all tickets booked before 31st August.  It doesn’t .....

News in brief: Get double Avios with LOVEtheatre lovetheatre.com, the new Avios theatre ticketing partner, is .....

28 Jul 201628 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

London taxi app Hailo is to be taken over by mytaxi, the European taxi app owned by Daimler. ‘Taken over’ is perhaps not the right word, since the CEO of Hailo will become the new CEO of .....

London taxi app Hailo is to be taken over by mytaxi, the European taxi app owned by Daimler. ‘Taken .....

28 Jul 201628 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I have just finished three nights at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris, a hotel which I rate highly for its frankly epic public areas – including the most astounding ballroom you will ever .....

I have just finished three nights at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris, a hotel which I rate highly for its .....

27 Jul 201627 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

I ran an article last week on the best credit card options when travelling abroad this Summer with a focus on those which minimise the 2.99% foreign exchange fee added to most credit and debit .....

I ran an article last week on the best credit card options when travelling abroad this Summer with a .....

27 Jul 201627 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: British Airways announces more winter schedule changes British Airways has announced a new batch of schedule changes for the winter season.  These kick in from 30th October and are, in .....

News in brief: British Airways announces more winter schedule changes British Airways has announced a new .....

27 Jul 201627 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a new list of PointBreaks redemptions. There is usually some pre-publicity for the list .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

26 Jul 201626 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

News in brief: Groupon offering 50% off a Priority Pass If you have been thinking of purchasing a Priority Pass airport lounge access card, Groupon is running a deal at the moment.  You will find it .....

News in brief: Groupon offering 50% off a Priority Pass If you have been thinking of purchasing a Priority .....

26 Jul 201626 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments