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

Here is a quick reminder of four deals which are drawing to a close this week. Lufthansa Miles & More credit card 30th May (not, note, 31st May) is the last day to apply for the Miles & More .....

Here is a quick reminder of four deals which are drawing to a close this week. Lufthansa Miles & More .....

28 May 201428 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

The new list of 150 IHG Rewards Club hotels bookable in the current PointBreaks period is now available for immediate booking. All of these hotels are available for just 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points .....

The new list of 150 IHG Rewards Club hotels bookable in the current PointBreaks period is now available for .....

27 May 201427 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Later this afternoon, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) will be releasing a new list of 150 hotels which will be available for .....

Later this afternoon, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) .....

27 May 201427 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Delta Air Lines acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic last year and the two have slowly been integrating their services to the US.  Timetables have been tweaked to even out the spacing between .....

Delta Air Lines acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic last year and the two have slowly been integrating .....

27 May 201427 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

As a rule I do not cover ways of collecting Nectar points on Head for Points.  Whilst you can redeem them for travel, primarily via easyJet or via Expedia, there is nothing ‘special’ .....

As a rule I do not cover ways of collecting Nectar points on Head for Points.  Whilst you can redeem them for .....

27 May 201427 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I wrote last week about the new Marriott Rewards promotion linked to social media. When you cut through the small print, it turns out that you can earn 2,000 Marriott Rewards points very easily be .....

I wrote last week about the new Marriott Rewards promotion linked to social media. When you cut through the .....

26 May 201426 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Tesco has closed down its online Travel Store, as per this announcement on its website. There was nothing clever about this site – it was simply a ‘white label’ version of .....

Tesco has closed down its online Travel Store, as per this announcement on its website. There was nothing .....

26 May 201426 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club Black credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth .....

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club Black credit cards. It is part of my series of articles .....

26 May 201426 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

If you follow any of the Avios social media feeds, you will seen a few plugs for the new Avios Multi-Currency Cash Passport in recent weeks.  I thought it was worth taking a look. The card is a more .....

If you follow any of the Avios social media feeds, you will seen a few plugs for the new Avios Multi-Currency .....

25 May 201425 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The BBC has finally released the transmission dates for ‘A Very British Airline’, a three part fly on the wall series on British Airways. It will be broadcast on June 2, June 9 and June 16 .....

The BBC has finally released the transmission dates for ‘A Very British Airline’, a three part fly .....

25 May 201425 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Flying Club White credit cards. 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 Virgin Flying Club White credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking .....

25 May 201425 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

It is a couple of months since there has been a decent promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping.  There used to be a steady flow of them which made it an easy way of picking up Avios points. .....

It is a couple of months since there has been a decent promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping.  There .....

24 May 201424 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments