Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is offering a decent deal for stays until the end of September 2014. As long as you book and .....

Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is .....

21 Jul 201421 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I wrote about the Conrad Hotel in New York last year (hotel website here).  The hotel had some good points but, overall, it didn’t fully work for me.  But now I was back.  Why? Here is most .....

I wrote about the Conrad Hotel in New York last year (hotel website here).  The hotel had some good points .....

20 Jul 201420 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

With the World Cup now over (leaving the German part of my household very happy) it is time to see who won the Head for Points mini-league. This was run by redspottedhanky.com, the train booking .....

With the World Cup now over (leaving the German part of my household very happy) it is time to see who won the .....

20 Jul 201420 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every other branded mail-order operation) has been a BAEC partner .....

Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club .....

20 Jul 201420 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This is my review of my Lufthansa First Class flight from Munich to New York Newark. I didn’t plan to fly Lufthansa First Class to New York last week.  I knew I would be starting my trip in .....

This is my review of my Lufthansa First Class flight from Munich to New York Newark. I didn’t plan to .....

19 Jul 201419 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Hotel group Radisson has launched a competition with a twist.  The winner will receive five nights in any Radisson hotel …. every year, for life. It is an odd one.   Whilst the competition is .....

Hotel group Radisson has launched a competition with a twist.  The winner will receive five nights in any .....

19 Jul 201419 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Following the Qatar Airways launch of services from Edinburgh to Doha, Etihad has responded with a daily service from the capital to Abu Dhabi. The service will launch on June 8th next year.  It will .....

Following the Qatar Airways launch of services from Edinburgh to Doha, Etihad has responded with a daily .....

19 Jul 201419 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class lounge at Munich Airport. Lufthansa is an odd airline in many ways.  There is nothing in the least bit exciting about its economy or business class .....

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class lounge at Munich Airport. Lufthansa is an odd airline in many .....

18 Jul 201418 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Two of the avios.com partnerships appear to have come to an end. The more popular one is Avios Recycling which let you trade in a mobile phone or other appliance for points. I was never a big fan of .....

Two of the avios.com partnerships appear to have come to an end. The more popular one is Avios Recycling which .....

18 Jul 201418 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

For reasons not entirely clear, Virgin Atlantic will experiment next Summer with a very restricted service from Belfast and Glasgow. From Belfast, Virgin will be flying to Orlando.  It will fly a .....

For reasons not entirely clear, Virgin Atlantic will experiment next Summer with a very restricted service .....

18 Jul 201418 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

The night before I flew to New York, I spent the night at the Hilton Munich City.  This article is an example of what happens when you do NOT book direct. The Hilton Munich City hotel wasn’t .....

The night before I flew to New York, I spent the night at the Hilton Munich City.  This article is an example .....

17 Jul 201417 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

American Express and Hilton Hotels have brought back their generous ‘£50 cashback for spending £250’ promotion. It is restricted to the first 15,000 American Express cardholders to .....

American Express and Hilton Hotels have brought back their generous ‘£50 cashback for spending .....

17 Jul 201417 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

A few more fare deals have popped into my inbox.  None are worth pushing on their own but there was a critical mass of them to justify a summary! Etihad – pay for business, fly in First For .....

A few more fare deals have popped into my inbox.  None are worth pushing on their own but there was a .....

17 Jul 201417 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

As I wrote yesterday in my initial article in this series, I am not planning to write a traditional series of trip reports from my travels in recent days.  I am going to focus on a few particular .....

As I wrote yesterday in my initial article in this series, I am not planning to write a traditional series of .....

16 Jul 201416 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments