Last October, British Airways introduced ‘Part Pay With Avios‘.  This allowed you to pay part of the price of a cash ticket using Avios points. At the time, a lot of people felt deflated .....

Last October, British Airways introduced ‘Part Pay With Avios‘.  This allowed you to pay part of .....

29 Mar 201429 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Club Carlson – the Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn programme – made a number of downgrades to their loyalty programme on March 15th.  This included removing the online booking bonus, .....

Club Carlson – the Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn programme – made a number of downgrades to .....

29 Mar 201429 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Just a quick reminder that Monday 31st is the last day to apply for the current special offer on the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club credit cards. There are two things that make this deal stand out. The .....

Just a quick reminder that Monday 31st is the last day to apply for the current special offer on the Virgin .....

29 Mar 201429 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

I wrote yesterday about the Virgin Money promotion for 5,000 Flying Club miles for opening an ISA. One of the odder upsides of having an account with Virgin Money (the old Northern Rock) is that it .....

I wrote yesterday about the Virgin Money promotion for 5,000 Flying Club miles for opening an ISA. One of the .....

28 Mar 201428 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

For reasons unknown, I was not invited to ‘The Cards & Payment Awards’ award ceremony a couple of weeks ago. It is, however, an intriguing look at how people who do not know much about .....

For reasons unknown, I was not invited to ‘The Cards & Payment Awards’ award ceremony a couple .....

28 Mar 201428 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

WorldHotels is a marketing group that represents 500 hotels across 250 different locations in 65 countries.   Rather like Leading Hotels of the World, it allows properties to remain independent .....

WorldHotels is a marketing group that represents 500 hotels across 250 different locations in 65 .....

28 Mar 201428 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Follow a number of rumours in recent weeks, American Express’s USA operation has now confirmed that card ‘churning’ will not be allowed from 2nd May. Here is the statement that it .....

Follow a number of rumours in recent weeks, American Express’s USA operation has now confirmed that card .....

27 Mar 201427 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Above all the noise in the UK Government budget about pension changes, you may have missed the changes relating to Individual Savings Accounts, or ISA’s: ISA’s will be renamed .....

Above all the noise in the UK Government budget about pension changes, you may have missed the changes .....

27 Mar 201427 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 30% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 13th April, see here for further details. Note that you need to log-in to see details of the bonus .....

Iberia Plus is currently offering a 30% bonus on purchases of Avios points. This deal runs until 13th April, .....

27 Mar 201427 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

British Airways launched a new tool on ba.com yesterday – ‘My Flightpath’. You can access it here (log-in required). When BA launched Lifetime Tier Points last year, they were forced .....

British Airways launched a new tool on ba.com yesterday – ‘My Flightpath’. You can access it .....

26 Mar 201426 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Tesco Direct launched three new bonus Clubcard point promotions yesterday.  Frankly, none are worth getting involved in just for the points, but if you need the product anyway …. The first is .....

Tesco Direct launched three new bonus Clubcard point promotions yesterday.  Frankly, none are worth getting .....

26 Mar 201426 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

A few days ago, I published some images of the new Air France fully flat business class seat.  This will not be rolling out for a while, with the final 777 not being done until 2016. Finnair, a .....

A few days ago, I published some images of the new Air France fully flat business class seat.  This will not .....

26 Mar 201426 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Tesco is discounting a number of gift cards by 20% this week, ostensibly as a Mother’s Day promotion.  The offer runs until March 30th. There is some press advertising for this which only shows .....

Tesco is discounting a number of gift cards by 20% this week, ostensibly as a Mother’s Day promotion. .....

25 Mar 201425 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

After the British Airways Avios Suitcase game on Facebook (which keeps adding the odd extra badge, do revisit from time to time!), American Airlines has now launched its own. It is called .....

After the British Airways Avios Suitcase game on Facebook (which keeps adding the odd extra badge, do revisit .....

25 Mar 201425 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments