You may remember how I highlighted the exploits of Will back in May.  He was attempting to reach British Airways Gold Guest List status by achieving 5,000 tier points in two blocks of 20 flights .....

You may remember how I highlighted the exploits of Will back in May.  He was attempting to reach British .....

1 Dec 20141 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Thank you to everyone who entered our ‘Jet Set’ competition last week.   I know that Paul who runs boardgameguru.co.uk was very impressed by the large number of entries. The six winners .....

Thank you to everyone who entered our ‘Jet Set’ competition last week.   I know that Paul who .....

1 Dec 20141 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Iberia Plus and The Economist have brought back a special offer for taking out a subscription.  This time it is 50% more generous than usual. As you can see at this link, you can earn 12,000 .....

Iberia Plus and The Economist have brought back a special offer for taking out a subscription.  This time .....

30 Nov 201430 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

Just a quick heads up that, from next Tuesday, we will be running a fantastic competition in association with The Langham London hotel. You may remember that I reviewed The Langham London back in May .....

Just a quick heads up that, from next Tuesday, we will be running a fantastic competition in association with .....

30 Nov 201430 November 2014 by Rob Burgess

If you are still looking for a suitable Christmas gift for a cocktail-loving friend or relative, help is at hand. Introducing the ‘Carry On Cocktail Kit‘. Selling for $24, it contains .....

If you are still looking for a suitable Christmas gift for a cocktail-loving friend or relative, help is at .....

30 Nov 201430 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

The Smith Commission reported this week on, amongst other things, the devolution of tax powers for Scotland.  You can read a full report on the BBC here. What is key about the Smith Commission is .....

The Smith Commission reported this week on, amongst other things, the devolution of tax powers for .....

29 Nov 201429 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

The Government announced on Thursday that a consortium comprising of Stagecoach (90%) and Virgin Rail (10%) will take over the East Coast rail franchise from 1st March 2015. I will not dwell on the .....

The Government announced on Thursday that a consortium comprising of Stagecoach (90%) and Virgin Rail (10%) .....

29 Nov 201429 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Over the Summer there were a couple of generous Clubcard point promotions from the Tesco-owned blinkbox Movies and blinkbox Books.  Now it is time for their music streaming service to join in. .....

Over the Summer there were a couple of generous Clubcard point promotions from the Tesco-owned blinkbox Movies .....

29 Nov 201429 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I have dropped this in as one of the rare ‘middle of the day’ posts because this is a genuinely impressive deal. If you don’t have your Christmas or New Year plans finalised yet, .....

I have dropped this in as one of the rare ‘middle of the day’ posts because this is a genuinely .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought back the 48-hour Winter Sale that it originally ran earlier in the month.  Booking is now .....

IHG – owner of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc – has brought .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Tesco has launched an online gift card store just in time for Christmas! The bad news is that 3V gift cards are not available.  The fee paying Visa gift cards are not available either. On the .....

Tesco has launched an online gift card store just in time for Christmas! The bad news is that 3V gift cards .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

As ‘Black Friday’ deals go it is not going to win any prizes for generosity. However, if you are doing any Christmas shopping online today then remember that the Avios estore is giving 100 .....

As ‘Black Friday’ deals go it is not going to win any prizes for generosity. However, if you are .....

28 Nov 201428 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

On Tuesday I wrote about the launch of Kaligo, the new British Airways Executive Club partner.  Kaligo is a hotel booking website which rewards you with 5 – 20 Avios points for every £1 you .....

On Tuesday I wrote about the launch of Kaligo, the new British Airways Executive Club partner.  Kaligo is a .....

27 Nov 201427 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Don’t forget that tomorrow Mastercard is repeating its promotion which will get you free travel to work and back if you live or work in London Mastercard has announced that this Friday is again .....

Don’t forget that tomorrow Mastercard is repeating its promotion which will get you free travel to work .....

27 Nov 201427 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments