American Express does, indeed, work in mysterious ways. The company has decided to launch a pop-up ‘Centurion Lounge’ in London for six days in the run up to Christmas.  Free alcohol is .....

American Express does, indeed, work in mysterious ways. The company has decided to launch a pop-up .....

10 Nov 201710 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments

This article is my review of the No1 Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. A long layover at Edinburgh Airport last week gave me a chance to take a look at three of the lounges – No1 Lounge, Aspire .....

This article is my review of the No1 Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. A long layover at Edinburgh Airport last .....

10 Nov 201710 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This article is my review of the Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport.  This is the original Aspire lounge by Gate 4.  Our review of the new Aspire lounge, by Gate 16, is here. This is part of .....

This article is my review of the Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport.  This is the original Aspire lounge .....

10 Nov 201710 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

British Airways is planning a move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Avios redemptions, it was disclosed at the Investor Day presentation last week (read more here). If you want an idea of what .....

British Airways is planning a move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Avios redemptions, it was disclosed at .....

9 Nov 20179 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 111 comments

Time is running out if you want to take advantage of the current Qatar Airways slightly crazy flight sale.   This one has, frankly, some astonishing fares to Australia and New Zealand. I will say .....

Time is running out if you want to take advantage of the current Qatar Airways slightly crazy flight sale.  .....

9 Nov 20179 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

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

This is my review of the Tesco Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking .....

9 Nov 20179 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the MBNA airline credit cards. It was good advice. All eight MBNA airline credit cards were .....

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 155 comments

It is that time of quarter again when both Avios / British Airways and Virgin Atlantic wheel out incentives to persuade you that you should convert your Tesco Clubcard points into frequent flyer .....

It is that time of quarter again when both Avios / British Airways and Virgin Atlantic wheel out incentives to .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

News in brief: New British Airways route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, BA CEO, announced a new route to Figari in Corsica (picture below) in his speech at World .....

News in brief: New British Airways route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between Monday and Wednesday this week.  Monday is restricted to the media and key buyers and is when .....

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in Heathrow Terminal 5 yesterday afternoon. This was odd timing, given that every travel journalist .....

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, is launching a new airline transfer partner today – Singapore Airlines Krisflyer. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 .....

Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, is launching a new airline transfer partner .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: Get 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is fairly well known.  The latest offer is The Christmas Collection, 12 mix and match bottles .....

News in brief: Get 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

Back in March, Flybe launched flights from London Heathrow (Terminal 2) to Edinburgh and Aberdeen. As you can both earn and spend Avios on Flybe, I thought it was worth checking the service out. Why .....

Back in March, Flybe launched flights from London Heathrow (Terminal 2) to Edinburgh and Aberdeen. As you can .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments