British Airways has a low key partnership with ‘by the hour’ Avis-owned car rental group Zipcar.  It is so low key that I didn’t know that the sign-up had been increased from 1,000 .....

British Airways has a low key partnership with ‘by the hour’ Avis-owned car rental group Zipcar. .....

8 Feb 20168 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Hilton announced a brand new hotel brand a couple of weeks ago – Tru. You won’t be seeing one of these anywhere in Europe for a while, but it interesting to see where it will be .....

Hilton announced a brand new hotel brand a couple of weeks ago – Tru. You won’t be seeing one of .....

8 Feb 20168 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

During the first two weeks of February, British Airways is running a special ‘Visit California’ offer to promote three key routes to the area – Los Angeles, San Francisco and .....

During the first two weeks of February, British Airways is running a special ‘Visit California’ .....

8 Feb 20168 February 2016 by Anika Burnett • 4 comments

British Airways and London taxi app Hailo have launched a generous Avios offer for anyone who has not used the service before. You will earn 1,000 Avios when you download the Hailo app (from the Apple .....

British Airways and London taxi app Hailo have launched a generous Avios offer for anyone who has not used the .....

7 Feb 20167 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: Tesco capping Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points I have written before about the occasional practice at Tesco of capping Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points per quarter – which is .....

News in brief: Tesco capping Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points I have written before about the occasional .....

7 Feb 20167 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty programme, has launched a special offer until the end of March. You will receive double points – 2 per £1 spent – on all .....

Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty programme, has launched a special offer until the end .....

7 Feb 20167 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status as part of the American Express Platinum benefits package. It had been slowly rolling out .....

Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status .....

6 Feb 20166 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

News in brief: Exclusive Avios hotel redemption deals I have agreed with Avios that they will tip me off about their most aggressive hotel redemption deals.  You can book these hotels via avios.com .....

News in brief: Exclusive Avios hotel redemption deals I have agreed with Avios that they will tip me off about .....

6 Feb 20166 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

6 Feb 20166 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader review of ‘The Concorde Bar’ in the new British Airways lounge in Singapore. .....

News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader .....

5 Feb 20165 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Last August, I wrote a piece about how American Express Platinum travel insurance had paid out for a medical bill we incurred in Singapore.  This was the third time that Amex had paid me over the .....

Last August, I wrote a piece about how American Express Platinum travel insurance had paid out for a medical .....

5 Feb 20165 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

A reader forwarded me an email from HotelClub, a small but fairly well known booking website, last week. The business was originally part of Orbitz, which was recently acquired by Expedia. From 16th .....

A reader forwarded me an email from HotelClub, a small but fairly well known booking website, last week. The .....

5 Feb 20165 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

I spent Tuesday at a conference in London focussed on travel loyalty credit cards. Whilst I don’t like taking a day out of my schedule, I felt it would be good to get a feel for how the industry .....

I spent Tuesday at a conference in London focussed on travel loyalty credit cards. Whilst I don’t like .....

4 Feb 20164 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 118 comments

The same day that I questioned whether Virgin would launch a Tesco promotion this quarter, a rash of emails landed to confirm that Virgin Atlantic has lined up another Clubcard transfer bonus. It .....

The same day that I questioned whether Virgin would launch a Tesco promotion this quarter, a rash of emails .....

4 Feb 20164 February 2016 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments