Today is June 1st.  As it is the start of a new month, it means that you can claim your monthly allowance of 25 Clubcard points (60 Avios, 62 Virgin Flying Club miles) by reviewing your most recent .....

Today is June 1st.  As it is the start of a new month, it means that you can claim your monthly allowance of .....

1 Jun 20141 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

This interesting note popped up on the Lufthansa website this week: “The option of being able to buy the miles you are short of for an award flight with a Lufthansa Group airline will only be .....

This interesting note popped up on the Lufthansa website this week: “The option of being able to buy the .....

1 Jun 20141 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Iberia has launched a new round of discounted Avios redemption opportunities.   You will need to be flexible to take advantage though as you need to travel by 30th June! These two long-haul routes .....

Iberia has launched a new round of discounted Avios redemption opportunities.   You will need to be flexible .....

1 Jun 20141 June 2014 by Rob Burgess

Slowly but surely, Iberia is coming back to health.  The Willie Walsh-led restructuring, which has seen massive job costs, has reversed the €1m+ per day loss that the airline was making. As new .....

Slowly but surely, Iberia is coming back to health.  The Willie Walsh-led restructuring, which has seen .....

31 May 201431 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Tesco Direct is offering 200 bonus Clubcard points when you pre-order “Now That’s What I Call Rock” on CD. That would get you 480 Avios or 500 Virgin Flying Club miles. Given that .....

Tesco Direct is offering 200 bonus Clubcard points when you pre-order “Now That’s What I Call .....

31 May 201431 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Back in February, I wrote about Etihad becoming the latest airline to partner with HolidayCheck.  This is a site which offers airline miles in return for reviewing hotels on their website. It seems .....

Back in February, I wrote about Etihad becoming the latest airline to partner with HolidayCheck.  This is a .....

31 May 201431 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

You have just two days left to download a number of decent iOS apps for free via Amex Handpicked. Amex launched this a few weeks ago.  I actually downloaded a few of the apps with a view to writing .....

You have just two days left to download a number of decent iOS apps for free via Amex Handpicked. Amex .....

30 May 201430 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

US Airways joined British Airways in the oneworld alliance on 31st March, and since that date you have been able to redeem your Avios points for flights on US. I wrote a long article here about how to .....

US Airways joined British Airways in the oneworld alliance on 31st March, and since that date you have been .....

30 May 201430 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

One of the oddities about IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / Indigo etc loyalty scheme, is the way you earned points at InterContinental properties. Until recently, whilst most of the .....

One of the oddities about IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / Indigo etc loyalty scheme, is .....

30 May 201430 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

On Saturday, I ran an article asking if anyone knew what the ‘bigreward.avios.com’ website was meant to be about.  All the site had was a holding message saying that something .....

On Saturday, I ran an article asking if anyone knew what the ‘bigreward.avios.com’ website was .....

29 May 201429 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This is my review of the Holiday Inn Wembley hotel. Back in February, I wrote about the Holiday Inn Wembley which is available for just 10,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night. This is .....

This is my review of the Holiday Inn Wembley hotel. Back in February, I wrote about the Holiday Inn Wembley .....

29 May 201429 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

TopCashback is the latest Avios collection partner.  As I wrote two weeks ago, you can now transfer your cashback into Avios points (at a rate of 1 Avios for every 0.95p of cashback due) .....

TopCashback is the latest Avios collection partner.  As I wrote two weeks ago, you can now transfer your .....

29 May 201429 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Qatar Airways launches its service between Edinburgh and Doha at 2.45 this afternoon, when QR28 takes off via a new Boeing 787. They will fly five times per week and this will be the first service .....

Qatar Airways launches its service between Edinburgh and Doha at 2.45 this afternoon, when QR28 takes off via .....

28 May 201428 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

I ran an early evening article yesterday featuring the new list of IHG PointBreaks properties.  I am re-running the list this morning because it will otherwise sink down the home page of the site .....

I ran an early evening article yesterday featuring the new list of IHG PointBreaks properties.  I am .....

28 May 201428 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments