News in brief: The 3-day Heathrow refuelling strike starts today EDIT: The strike has been postponed following a last minute pay offer yesterday evening. Substantial disruption is expected at Heathrow .....

News in brief: The 3-day Heathrow refuelling strike starts today EDIT: The strike has been postponed following .....

21 Jul 202221 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

I’m not sure if this was already officially confirmed or not, but London Air Travel (which seems to be written by a senior BA employee who has access to internal documents) has now reported the .....

I’m not sure if this was already officially confirmed or not, but London Air Travel (which seems to be .....

21 Jul 202221 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

American Express has launched a valuable new benefit for holders of The Platinum Card – £300 per year of restaurant credit. This benefit is guaranteed to run until at least the end of 2024. It .....

American Express has launched a valuable new benefit for holders of The Platinum Card – £300 per year .....

20 Jul 202220 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 361 comments

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Pullman etc, has launched a promotion with Club Eurostar. The Accor and Club Eurostar partnership works .....

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Pullman etc, .....

20 Jul 202220 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

This is my review of the “51st & Green” preclearance lounge at Dublin Airport as well as the overall US preclearance experience. It is the second part of a series covering a trip from .....

This is my review of the “51st & Green” preclearance lounge at Dublin Airport as well as the .....

20 Jul 202220 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

Our credit cards directory lists 13 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards.  For the beginner to this hobby, however, there is one obvious piece of plastic to .....

Our credit cards directory lists 13 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel .....

19 Jul 202219 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Back in July, we covered the devaluation of the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer reward chart. In that article, we said that there were no immediate changes to redemptions on partner airlines but that it .....

Back in July, we covered the devaluation of the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer reward chart. In that article, we .....

19 Jul 202219 July 2022 by Rob Burgess

If you have a flight coming up from Heathrow Terminal 4, Plaza Premium has reopened its departure lounge. It is open from 5.30am to 10pm daily. You’ll find it between Gates 1A and 1B, above the .....

If you have a flight coming up from Heathrow Terminal 4, Plaza Premium has reopened its departure lounge. It .....

19 Jul 202219 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

HSBC Premier’s new airline and hotel transfer partners are now live. The partners are as we exclusively revealed in our article two weeks ago. Unfortunately, the weak transfer rate to the hotel .....

HSBC Premier’s new airline and hotel transfer partners are now live. The partners are as we exclusively .....

19 Jul 202219 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....

This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....

18 Jul 202218 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

This is our review of the Aer Lingus Lounge at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. It .....

This is our review of the Aer Lingus Lounge at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2. This is part of our .....

18 Jul 202218 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

There is a way of picking up Platinum (mid tier) status with Global Hotel Alliance for just £16! Let me explain. Business Traveller magazine is running an excellent subscription offer at the moment. .....

There is a way of picking up Platinum (mid tier) status with Global Hotel Alliance for just £16! Let me .....

18 Jul 202218 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Barclaycard is currently running an astonishing deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. This is your last chance to apply. If you apply by some point on Monday via this link you will .....

Barclaycard is currently running an astonishing deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. This is .....

17 Jul 202217 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Qatar Airways has, out of the blue, announced the addition of three new lounges at Hamad International Airport in Doha. This follows the opening of the new Qatar Airways frequent flyer lounge at .....

Qatar Airways has, out of the blue, announced the addition of three new lounges at Hamad International Airport .....

17 Jul 202217 July 2022 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments