I want to give readers a heads up that we will be running an exciting competition next week in association with Melia Hotels International. They have donated a generous prize which I will be giving .....

I want to give readers a heads up that we will be running an exciting competition next week in association .....

26 Apr 201426 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is my review of the Lloyds Avios Rewards 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 Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking .....

26 Apr 201426 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza hotel group, is offering 1,000 points to the next 15,000 people to follow them on Twitter. I would value 1,000 points at £5, so this is a decent .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza hotel group, is offering 1,000 points to the next 15,000 .....

26 Apr 201426 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

I wrote a couple of months ago about the launch of a new – and potentially very interesting – leisure product. Called BAwayday (hmmm ….), these are cheap, last minute, .....

I wrote a couple of months ago about the launch of a new – and potentially very interesting – .....

25 Apr 201425 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Just before we went away, I wrote that IHG Rewards Club had revealed that it would not be increased the points required for ANY hotels this year.  In fact, 100 hotels were going to get cheaper! IHG .....

Just before we went away, I wrote that IHG Rewards Club had revealed that it would not be increased the points .....

25 Apr 201425 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Flybe has announced a five year deal with London City Airport to launch a raft of new services. This is a rather strange strategic turn from the airline, which last May sold all of its .....

Flybe has announced a five year deal with London City Airport to launch a raft of new services. This is a .....

25 Apr 201425 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Here is a coda to the article I wrote last week on how I stayed at the InterContinental in Paris for free using IHG’s ‘Best Rate Guarantee’. As a reminder, whilst InterContinental .....

Here is a coda to the article I wrote last week on how I stayed at the InterContinental in Paris for free .....

24 Apr 201424 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

If you took part in the Shangri-La Golden Circle birthday promotion last Autumn, you will now be sitting on enough points to get $100 (x 2 if your partner took part) off a meal at any Shangri-La .....

If you took part in the Shangri-La Golden Circle birthday promotion last Autumn, you will now be sitting on .....

24 Apr 201424 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Lufthansa has launched another of its occasional discount codes, this time for £20 off. For the next few days, you can claim a £20 promotional code off your next Lufthansa flight by visiting their .....

Lufthansa has launched another of its occasional discount codes, this time for £20 off. For the next few .....

24 Apr 201424 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

In one of the odder American Express promotions of recent times, all Platinum charge card holders are being offered £50 of free steak! More precisely, they are being offered a £50 statement credit .....

In one of the odder American Express promotions of recent times, all Platinum charge card holders are being .....

23 Apr 201423 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

By the time you read this article, I will be back in London.  However, as I edit this article, I am still sitting in Dubai pondering how to pay the hotel bill. It’s not that I can’t .....

By the time you read this article, I will be back in London.  However, as I edit this article, I am still .....

23 Apr 201423 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

I like to keep an eye on what new offers are added to the Clubcard Boost line-up.  It is a mistake to blindly convert Clubcard vouchers into Avios or Virgin Flying Club miles without considering the .....

I like to keep an eye on what new offers are added to the Clubcard Boost line-up.  It is a mistake to .....

23 Apr 201423 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

This is quite clever.  British Airways Executive Club has launched a new range of ‘Experiences’ redemptions.  Available in most major cities in the world, you can redeem your .....

This is quite clever.  British Airways Executive Club has launched a new range of .....

22 Apr 201422 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Yesterday I looked at the various ways of booking UK train tickets.  My conclusion was that there is no longer any obvious best choice, but you would not go far wrong by starting with the site of .....

Yesterday I looked at the various ways of booking UK train tickets.  My conclusion was that there is no .....

22 Apr 201422 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments