We ran an article last month quoting a BBC report which said that Qatar Airways was due to recommence flying from Cardiff Airport by the end of the year. The airline flew to Cardiff before the .....

We ran an article last month quoting a BBC report which said that Qatar Airways was due to recommence flying .....

21 Jul 202321 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Air France has announced a new route from Paris Charles du Gaulle to Abu Dhabi. Launching at the start of the winter flying season on Sunday 29th October, it represents a new way to spend Virgin .....

Air France has announced a new route from Paris Charles du Gaulle to Abu Dhabi. Launching at the start of the .....

21 Jul 202321 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Back in 2016, American Express removed the minimum income requirements from its UK personal and small business cards. The plan was to take a more holistic view of your finances. A single person living .....

Back in 2016, American Express removed the minimum income requirements from its UK personal and small business .....

20 Jul 202320 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 234 comments

As we covered extensively here, British Airways has now confirmed the date that Avios earning will move to a revenue based model. For tickets bought after 18th October, the number of Avios you earn .....

As we covered extensively here, British Airways has now confirmed the date that Avios earning will move to a .....

20 Jul 202320 July 2023 by Rhys Jones • 109 comments

A quick note to say that British Airways has opened up a lot of Avios availability to Dubai at the start of the Winter flying season, from Sunday 29th October. I don’t know if this is a new .....

A quick note to say that British Airways has opened up a lot of Avios availability to Dubai at the start of .....

20 Jul 202320 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Back in June, we outlined a new Nutmeg offer, giving you the chance to receive between 2,500 and 300,000 Avios when you transfer an ISA, pension, Junior ISA or Child Trust Fund to Nutmeg between 15th .....

Back in June, we outlined a new Nutmeg offer, giving you the chance to receive between 2,500 and 300,000 .....

20 Jul 202320 July 2023 by Sinead Archer • 5 comments

Bicester Village, the luxury outlet shopping destination in Oxfordshire, is running a special Avios offer with Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways Privilege Club members will earn quadruple Avios when .....

Bicester Village, the luxury outlet shopping destination in Oxfordshire, is running a special Avios offer with .....

19 Jul 202319 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at The O2 arena in London. If you’ve never been, this is a great way to see a concert – or at least it is about as good as .....

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at The O2 arena in London. If you’ve .....

19 Jul 202319 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

We originally ran this article three months ago – and the situation had already been going on for a few months at that point. However, most people seem to have forgotten because our forum (and .....

We originally ran this article three months ago – and the situation had already been going on for a few .....

19 Jul 202319 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Whilst we don’t write about it much, Aer Lingus has its own Avios-earning credit card. Our full review of the Aer Lingus Aer Credit Card, issued by Bank of Ireland, is here. It’s not very .....

Whilst we don’t write about it much, Aer Lingus has its own Avios-earning credit card. Our full review .....

19 Jul 202319 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

British Airways has just released details of its move to revenue based Avios earning. We knew this was coming – it was announced a year ago, with Iberia switching in November 2022. We actually .....

British Airways has just released details of its move to revenue based Avios earning. We knew this was coming .....

18 Jul 202318 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 432 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 202318 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotels, has launched a partnership with luxury cruise company Regent Seven Seas. (Note that Regent Seven Seas is no longer .....

Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotels, has launched a partnership .....

18 Jul 202318 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

In what is a small coup for Marriott Bonvoy, and a blow for World of Hyatt, MGM Resorts International and Marriott International have announced the launch of ‘MGM Collection with Marriott .....

In what is a small coup for Marriott Bonvoy, and a blow for World of Hyatt, MGM Resorts International and .....

17 Jul 202317 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments