The good people of Flyertalk spotted something yesterday morning – the ba.com reward search engine has been improved.  Genuinely improved! Before, if you wanted to book a reward flight, it .....

The good people of Flyertalk spotted something yesterday morning – the ba.com reward search engine has .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Many people forget that Iberia also has Avios as its reward currency (since BA and Iberia have the same parent) and that you can transfer your Avios into Iberia Plus. (Transfers of Avios to Iberia .....

Many people forget that Iberia also has Avios as its reward currency (since BA and Iberia have the same .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

As you will presumably have read elsewhere by the time you see this, Delta has agreed to acquire the 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic owned by Singapore Airlines. The price of £244m means that Singapore .....

As you will presumably have read elsewhere by the time you see this, Delta has agreed to acquire the 49% stake .....

12 Dec 201212 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I have written quite a bit about Hilton recently, and for good reason: They launched a decent sale which lets you book now for any weekend in 2013 They are running an average (although better than a .....

I have written quite a bit about Hilton recently, and for good reason: They launched a decent sale which lets .....

11 Dec 201211 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

For anyone with a stash of miles with a Star Alliance airline, I wanted to flag up this very informative post from US site Points Miles and Martinis. Lufthansa First Class is one of the best First .....

For anyone with a stash of miles with a Star Alliance airline, I wanted to flag up this very informative post .....

11 Dec 201211 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I ran this article yesterday about Alitalia’s MilleMiglia programme.  In particular, I wrote about how they will close the programme down on 31st December and relaunch it on January 1st, with .....

I ran this article yesterday about Alitalia’s MilleMiglia programme.  In particular, I wrote about how .....

11 Dec 201211 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

November on Head for Points was Tesco month, with a new promotion to earn bonus Tesco Clubcard points appearing every couple of days. There was so much going on that it was impossible to keep up. So, .....

November on Head for Points was Tesco month, with a new promotion to earn bonus Tesco Clubcard points .....

10 Dec 201210 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is an excellent offer … almost as good as the £777 deal to Seoul that British Airways ran recently. Finnair is promoting its services to Chongqing with this very good offer. You can fly, .....

This is an excellent offer … almost as good as the £777 deal to Seoul that British Airways ran .....

10 Dec 201210 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

We may moan and groan about Avios / British Airways Executive Club at times, but we don’t always realise how good we have it. Take the email I have just received from Alitalia’s .....

We may moan and groan about Avios / British Airways Executive Club at times, but we don’t always realise .....

10 Dec 201210 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

British Airways is launching three new short-haul routes from Heathrow today, taking advantage of some of the slots freed up by the acquisition of bmi. The new routes are: Leeds Bradford Zagreb .....

British Airways is launching three new short-haul routes from Heathrow today, taking advantage of some of .....

9 Dec 20129 December 2012 by Rob Burgess

Lufthansa has launched a bonus promotion when you buy Miles & More miles. Until 31 December, you receive a 20% bonus on the standard price. Full details are here (scroll down to the M&M logo). .....

Lufthansa has launched a bonus promotion when you buy Miles & More miles. Until 31 December, you receive a .....

9 Dec 20129 December 2012 by Rob Burgess

If you booked a £20.12 hotel room yesterday (see this article – and the offer is still on today, although I’m not sure how much is left) then a) well done! and b) there is one other .....

If you booked a £20.12 hotel room yesterday (see this article – and the offer is still on today, .....

8 Dec 20128 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently.  They are poor value for money, but have one great advantage – they are a relatively cheap way of getting to the minimum spend requirement on .....

I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently.  They are poor value for money, but have one great .....

8 Dec 20128 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Raffles has a place in many people’s lives, and in many people’s hearts. Thoughtful, welcoming, graceful and charming, experience luxury, glamour and extraordinary adventure. Sadly, this .....

Raffles has a place in many people’s lives, and in many people’s hearts. Thoughtful, welcoming, .....

8 Dec 20128 December 2012 by Rob Burgess