Shops Away is the Virgin Atlantic equivalent of the British Airways Gate 365 e-store.  It allows you to earn a few miles every time you shop at participating online retailers after first clicking .....

Shops Away is the Virgin Atlantic equivalent of the British Airways Gate 365 e-store.  It allows you to earn .....

21 Apr 201621 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

News in brief: Get 15% off Leading Hotels of the World with American Express American Express has teamed up with Leading Hotels of the World to offer a 15% discount on stays of two or more nights. .....

News in brief: Get 15% off Leading Hotels of the World with American Express American Express has teamed up .....

21 Apr 201621 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The Qatar Airways UK sale which finished on Monday does not seem to have the impact they hoped.  That is great news for you because it has bounced back with pricing which is unprecedented for .....

The Qatar Airways UK sale which finished on Monday does not seem to have the impact they hoped.  That is .....

20 Apr 201620 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

Some of you will never have come across On Business which is British Airways ‘other’ loyalty programme. Instead of rewarding flyers, it rewards the companies that book their travel. The .....

Some of you will never have come across On Business which is British Airways ‘other’ loyalty .....

20 Apr 201620 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Marriott Rewards announced three new features yesterday which do, genuinely, represent improvements to the programme. They are, clearly, cloning some of the most attractive parts of Starwood Preferred .....

Marriott Rewards announced three new features yesterday which do, genuinely, represent improvements to the .....

20 Apr 201620 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Qatar Airways has just launched a new ex-UK sale.  This features some fantastic prices given that you are departing from the UK and not somewhere else in Europe. The headline fare is Birmingham to .....

Qatar Airways has just launched a new ex-UK sale.  This features some fantastic prices given that you are .....

19 Apr 201619 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Since the Avios devaluation last year, flights from the UK to the Middle East have cost 120,000 Avios in Business Class on either Qatar Airways or British Airways. You can reduce this to 100,000 Avios .....

Since the Avios devaluation last year, flights from the UK to the Middle East have cost 120,000 Avios in .....

19 Apr 201619 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

There is only one miles and points tool that I use every day – and have done for a number of years – and that is AwardWallet. AwardWallet allows you to store the log-in and password .....

There is only one miles and points tool that I use every day – and have done for a number of years .....

19 Apr 201619 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

News in brief: Finnair’s Edinburgh service launched yesterday The new Finnair service from Edinburgh started yesterday.  This joins their recently added Dublin service as well as the .....

News in brief: Finnair’s Edinburgh service launched yesterday The new Finnair service from Edinburgh .....

19 Apr 201619 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....

18 Apr 201618 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: Tesco Bank shows first hit from EU interchange fee caps The Tesco financial results last week gave the first indication of how credit card companies will be hit from the 0.3% cap on .....

News in brief: Tesco Bank shows first hit from EU interchange fee caps The Tesco financial results last week .....

18 Apr 201618 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

We originally ran this deal on Shopper Points yesterday.  We are giving it an outing here as well for people who do not normally bother with Tesco promotions but could be tempted when the Avios or .....

We originally ran this deal on Shopper Points yesterday.  We are giving it an outing here as well for people .....

18 Apr 201618 April 2016 by Anika Burnett • 50 comments

Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post when this deal first ran in December) you can yet again buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to .....

Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post when this deal .....

17 Apr 201617 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

Qatar Airways is currently running a sale from the UK.  This includes, as of a few weeks ago, Birmingham. There are some decent economy deals available (Dubai from £315 for example) but I want to .....

Qatar Airways is currently running a sale from the UK.  This includes, as of a few weeks ago, Birmingham. .....

17 Apr 201617 April 2016 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments