31st August was the last day to redeem BMI Diamond Club miles for flights on Virgin Atlantic. Not surprisingly, once BA had bought BMI, it was keen to extract itself from this partnership with a core .....

31st August was the last day to redeem BMI Diamond Club miles for flights on Virgin Atlantic. Not .....

6 Sep 20126 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Tesco Direct is currently running an interesting offer on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 inch screen version) 16gb Wi-Fi tablet, which sells for £298. The link is here assuming it is still in .....

Tesco Direct is currently running an interesting offer on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 inch screen .....

5 Sep 20125 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

British Airways is often known as ‘London Airways’ to its detractors, and for good reason.  For a number of years now, BA has not operated a single flight from a UK regional airport .....

British Airways is often known as ‘London Airways’ to its detractors, and for good reason.  .....

5 Sep 20125 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest changes in sign-up bonuses. This is what has changed during August, none of it for the better! : .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest .....

4 Sep 20124 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 70 countries.  These are primarily independent properties, many of which are well known in their respective markets. SLH has .....

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 70 countries.  These are primarily .....

4 Sep 20124 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

For most people, today marks the end of Summer and, if you’ve got them, probably the return of the kids to school. Your office may be at 100% capacity for the first time in six weeks! Since most .....

For most people, today marks the end of Summer and, if you’ve got them, probably the return of the kids .....

3 Sep 20123 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Newsstand was introduced to the iPhone and iPad with iOS5, as a depository for downloaded magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Over the last year, a number of airlines have added their inflight .....

Newsstand was introduced to the iPhone and iPad with iOS5, as a depository for downloaded magazine and .....

2 Sep 20122 September 2012 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic has launched an interesting new service – Guest List. Most frequent travellers acknowledge that, whatever they may think of Virgin Atlantic’s on-board product, the ground .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched an interesting new service – Guest List. Most frequent travellers .....

1 Sep 20121 September 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

A few weeks ago I posted about a way of getting Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum membership until February 2014 for just $59. This was via a paid subscription to frequent flier community Milepoint. .....

A few weeks ago I posted about a way of getting Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum membership until February 2014 .....

31 Aug 201231 August 2012 by Rob Burgess

Today, 31st August, is the last day to take advantage of this offer. You will earn 1,000 BAA WorldPoints (worth up to 2,400 Avios if converted during a conversion bonus) for spending just £10 at .....

Today, 31st August, is the last day to take advantage of this offer. You will earn 1,000 BAA WorldPoints .....

31 Aug 201231 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

News in brief: Get 1,000 Priority Club points for completing a survey This link was found by a Flyertalk poster, offering 1,000 points for completing a (fairly) quick survey. I do not know where the .....

News in brief: Get 1,000 Priority Club points for completing a survey This link was found by a Flyertalk .....

30 Aug 201230 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This is the 7th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the .....

This is the 7th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of .....

29 Aug 201229 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by converting something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes .....

Because most frequent traveller currencies can either be converted into a different one, or can be earned by .....

28 Aug 201228 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I am a huge fan of the Avios ‘Reward Flight Saver’ redemptions, which cap your taxes and charges at £27 for a return Economy ticket and £37 for a return Business ticket.  I wrote more .....

I am a huge fan of the Avios ‘Reward Flight Saver’ redemptions, which cap your taxes and charges .....

27 Aug 201227 August 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments