To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the Government has undertaken a big shake-up of the late May Bank Holiday. Whilst this is still 55 weeks away, it is worth .....

To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the Government has undertaken a big .....

18 May 202118 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

News in brief: Get £6 of free Uber credit Uber has launched a new promo code to encourage you to get out and about now that restrictions are lifted. If you add the code ‘DiningIsBack’ to .....

News in brief: Get £6 of free Uber credit Uber has launched a new promo code to encourage you to get out and .....

18 May 202118 May 2021 by Rob Burgess

Hilton’s DoubleTree Westminster re-opened yesterday with a new name, The Westminster, and a new Hilton brand – Curio Collection. The hotel has been fully refurbished during its closure .....

Hilton’s DoubleTree Westminster re-opened yesterday with a new name, The Westminster, and a new Hilton .....

18 May 202118 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

An interesting article appeared in the Mail on Sunday yesterday entitled “British Airways’ blueprint to go upmarket again”. I am not going to go into the article in detail, since .....

An interesting article appeared in the Mail on Sunday yesterday entitled “British Airways’ .....

17 May 202117 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

‘Sleep pods’ will launch today in the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5. Seven pods will take the space that was previously occupied by the business centre, .....

‘Sleep pods’ will launch today in the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Terminal .....

17 May 202117 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Travelzoo is offering a very good deal on IHG’s Hotel Indigo in Earls Court, London. It is one of the best London hotel offers I have seen recently. The hotel now prefers to describe itself as .....

Travelzoo is offering a very good deal on IHG’s Hotel Indigo in Earls Court, London. It is one of the .....

17 May 202117 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Yesterday we ran an article looking at whether it was worth using your Avios for ‘Experiences’ redemptions. My view was that it wasn’t, because you get around 0.5p per Avios compared .....

Yesterday we ran an article looking at whether it was worth using your Avios for ‘Experiences’ .....

16 May 202116 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

In my previous article I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Accor Live Limitless loyalty scheme.  This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want to focus.  .....

In my previous article I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Accor Live Limitless loyalty scheme.  This .....

16 May 202116 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

In the hope, if not the expectation, that we will see a return to some international travel during May and June, we have revived this ‘last chance’ feature.  It ran every two weeks for a .....

In the hope, if not the expectation, that we will see a return to some international travel during May and .....

16 May 202116 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. Regular readers will know that we had this news as an exclusive story last month. ‘Shop .....

American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. .....

15 May 202115 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

You may not know this, but British Airways Executive Club has a range of ‘Experiences’ redemptions.  Available in most major cities in the world, you can redeem your Avios points for .....

You may not know this, but British Airways Executive Club has a range of ‘Experiences’ .....

15 May 202115 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

This is the first of our overview series on the major hotel loyalty programmes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles on consecutive days. One will list the basic facts of the scheme – .....

This is the first of our overview series on the major hotel loyalty programmes. Each scheme will be covered .....

15 May 202115 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

15 May 202115 May 2021 by Rhys Jones

In an aggressive move, following the Maldives being placed on the UK Government ‘Red List’ of travel restrictions, British Airways appears to have cancelled all flights to Male until 13th .....

In an aggressive move, following the Maldives being placed on the UK Government ‘Red List’ of .....

14 May 202114 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments