News in brief: See the FA Cup Fifth Round games with Emirates Skywards miles Emirates is now the lead sponsor of the FA Cup.  For the 2nd Round in December, they offered tickets for just 1 mile! .....

News in brief: See the FA Cup Fifth Round games with Emirates Skywards miles Emirates is now the lead sponsor .....

10 Feb 201610 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is my review of the United Club lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2.  This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. I am .....

This is my review of the United Club lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2.  This is part of our series of .....

10 Feb 201610 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Back in August, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, with the £150 annual fee, now offers 25,000 Avios .....

Back in August, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on the two British Airways American Express .....

9 Feb 20169 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

I occasionally gets emails from readers who have had issues getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open jaw’ flight using a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 .....

I occasionally gets emails from readers who have had issues getting British Airways telephone agents .....

9 Feb 20169 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

News in brief: Starwood opens a second European Element hotel Starwood opened its Amsterdam ‘Element’ hotel yesterday.  This is looking like a good value Starwood Preferred Guest .....

News in brief: Starwood opens a second European Element hotel Starwood opened its Amsterdam .....

9 Feb 20169 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals.  Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

8 Feb 20168 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

British Airways has a low key partnership with ‘by the hour’ Avis-owned car rental group Zipcar.  It is so low key that I didn’t know that the sign-up had been increased from 1,000 .....

British Airways has a low key partnership with ‘by the hour’ Avis-owned car rental group Zipcar. .....

8 Feb 20168 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Hilton announced a brand new hotel brand a couple of weeks ago – Tru. You won’t be seeing one of these anywhere in Europe for a while, but it interesting to see where it will be .....

Hilton announced a brand new hotel brand a couple of weeks ago – Tru. You won’t be seeing one of .....

8 Feb 20168 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

During the first two weeks of February, British Airways is running a special ‘Visit California’ offer to promote three key routes to the area – Los Angeles, San Francisco and .....

During the first two weeks of February, British Airways is running a special ‘Visit California’ .....

8 Feb 20168 February 2016 by Anika Burnett • 4 comments

British Airways and London taxi app Hailo have launched a generous Avios offer for anyone who has not used the service before. You will earn 1,000 Avios when you download the Hailo app (from the Apple .....

British Airways and London taxi app Hailo have launched a generous Avios offer for anyone who has not used the .....

7 Feb 20167 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: Tesco capping Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points I have written before about the occasional practice at Tesco of capping Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points per quarter – which is .....

News in brief: Tesco capping Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points I have written before about the occasional .....

7 Feb 20167 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty programme, has launched a special offer until the end of March. You will receive double points – 2 per £1 spent – on all .....

Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty programme, has launched a special offer until the end .....

7 Feb 20167 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status as part of the American Express Platinum benefits package. It had been slowly rolling out .....

Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status .....

6 Feb 20166 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

News in brief: Exclusive Avios hotel redemption deals I have agreed with Avios that they will tip me off about their most aggressive hotel redemption deals.  You can book these hotels via avios.com .....

News in brief: Exclusive Avios hotel redemption deals I have agreed with Avios that they will tip me off about .....

6 Feb 20166 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments