This is my review of my Standard Premier trip on Eurostar to Paris. As I wrote yesterday, I was out in Paris a couple of weeks ago on Eurostar.  My photographs of the Eurostar lounge in St .....

This is my review of my Standard Premier trip on Eurostar to Paris. As I wrote yesterday, I was out in Paris a .....

12 Apr 201412 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Tesco is running a promotion on iTunes gift cards for the next week or so, until Sunday 20th. You will save 15% on all iTunes card purchases. This combines very nicely with the ‘150 bonus .....

Tesco is running a promotion on iTunes gift cards for the next week or so, until Sunday 20th. You will save .....

12 Apr 201412 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is my review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) charge card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing .....

This is my review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) charge card. It is part of .....

12 Apr 201412 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Cathay Pacific has confirmed recent rumours that is going to launch a route from Manchester to Hong Kong from December 8th 2014. As Cathay Pacific is a member of the oneworld alliance, alongside .....

Cathay Pacific has confirmed recent rumours that is going to launch a route from Manchester to Hong Kong from .....

11 Apr 201411 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

This is my review of the Eurostar lounge at London St Pancras International station. I was over in Paris a couple of weeks ago, a trip which will form the basis of a few posts over the coming days. I .....

This is my review of the Eurostar lounge at London St Pancras International station. I was over in Paris a .....

11 Apr 201411 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

This is my review of the American Airlines AAdvantage credit card issued in the UK by MBNA. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

This is my review of the American Airlines AAdvantage credit card issued in the UK by MBNA. It is part of my .....

11 Apr 201411 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, leaked the following the information to a number of US travel sites earlier this week: More than 100 IHG hotels .....

IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, leaked the following .....

10 Apr 201410 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Following from IHG’s announcement that there would be a general reduction in points levels required for redemptions from April 15th, Hilton HHonors has published its annual list of category .....

Following from IHG’s announcement that there would be a general reduction in points levels required for .....

10 Apr 201410 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

We don’t cover Nectar points on Head for Points much (although remember you can make a cheeky £100 (20,000 points) by applying for and cancelling the Amex Nectar credit card).  However, when .....

We don’t cover Nectar points on Head for Points much (although remember you can make a cheeky £100 .....

10 Apr 201410 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Starting tomorrow, I will be re-running the ‘Credit Card Reviews’ series in full.  This will see a full length review published on EVERY airline and hotel credit card in the UK .....

Starting tomorrow, I will be re-running the ‘Credit Card Reviews’ series in full.  This will .....

10 Apr 201410 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

American Airlines did an excellent job of wiping out a hard-earned reputation for good standards with its AAdvantage programme by announcing (or, more accurately, not announcing) a massive raft of .....

American Airlines did an excellent job of wiping out a hard-earned reputation for good standards with its .....

9 Apr 20149 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

One of the strong points about British Airways Executive Club is that all fares, wherever you buy them, earn you the standard level of miles and tier points.  The only exceptions are fairly obvious .....

One of the strong points about British Airways Executive Club is that all fares, wherever you buy them, earn .....

9 Apr 20149 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Aer Lingus launched its new route to San Francisco last week.  This will be followed by the new Dublin to Toronto route on April 21st. The San Francisco service is operating five times a week, .....

Aer Lingus launched its new route to San Francisco last week.  This will be followed by the new Dublin to .....

9 Apr 20149 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

The decision by British Airways to increase its change and cancellation fees by 40% last week (up from £25 to £35 per person) did not go down well. It would have gone down worse, except that BA has .....

The decision by British Airways to increase its change and cancellation fees by 40% last week (up from £25 .....

8 Apr 20148 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments