The slot allocation report at Heathrow for the upcoming Winter schedule (which starts on the 29th October) has just been published. We’ve already reported on JetBlue gaining permanent slots at .....

The slot allocation report at Heathrow for the upcoming Winter schedule (which starts on the 29th October) has .....

23 Jun 202223 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Hyatt is offering (yet another) 30% bonus when you buy 5,000+ World of Hyatt points via this link. The offer runs to 1st August. This is obviously worth a look if you need to top .....

Hyatt is offering (yet another) 30% bonus when you buy 5,000+ World of Hyatt points via this .....

23 Jun 202223 June 2022 by Rob Burgess

As our article on Tuesday explained, an astonishing bonus of 50,000 Avios is currently available if you apply for the Barclaycard Avios Plus credit card. You can apply here. The benefits are very .....

As our article on Tuesday explained, an astonishing bonus of 50,000 Avios is currently available if you apply .....

23 Jun 202223 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (or Amex Gold, as we call it, to save our typing fingers from strain) is arguably the most mainstream Amex product in the UK. It’s the one that gets the .....

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (or Amex Gold, as we call it, to save our typing fingers from strain) .....

22 Jun 202222 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 154 comments

Times are hard, but are they this hard? Or is actually a smart move? British Airways has signed up some of its airport lounges in the United States with the Priority Pass lounge card programme. Some .....

Times are hard, but are they this hard? Or is actually a smart move? British Airways has signed up some of its .....

21 Jun 202221 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Barclaycard has launched an astonishing deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. If you apply by 18th July via this link, you will receive 50,000 Avios when you spend £3,000 within three .....

Barclaycard has launched an astonishing deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. If you apply by .....

21 Jun 202221 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 499 comments

Whilst we tend to feature interesting UK ‘experiences’ redemptions from the major hotel loyalty schemes, we rarely focus on deals outside the UK and Ireland. If you have a flexible diary, .....

Whilst we tend to feature interesting UK ‘experiences’ redemptions from the major hotel loyalty .....

21 Jun 202221 June 2022 by Rob Burgess

For the first time in 31 years, you’ll be able to fly Air Canada from London (UK) to Mumbai. For the past few decades, Air Canada has been operating direct flights between Toronto and Mumbai .....

For the first time in 31 years, you’ll be able to fly Air Canada from London (UK) to Mumbai. For the .....

21 Jun 202221 June 2022 by Rhys Jones

JetBlue has finally managed to obtain some permanent slots for its Heathrow flights. The new slots will come into play with the transition into the Winter schedule on the 29th October this year, and .....

JetBlue has finally managed to obtain some permanent slots for its Heathrow flights. The new slots will come .....

21 Jun 202221 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 27 comments

This is our review of the Fairmont hotel in Austin, Texas. After my celebratory inaugural flight to the Texas capital – you can read my review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the 787 here .....

This is our review of the Fairmont hotel in Austin, Texas. After my celebratory inaugural flight to the Texas .....

21 Jun 202221 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

Oman Air announced today that it is joining the oneworld airline alliance, alongside British Airways. We knew that the airline was interested in signing up but there was no sign that discussions were .....

Oman Air announced today that it is joining the oneworld airline alliance, alongside British Airways. We knew .....

20 Jun 202220 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class seat on the Boeing 787-9 service from Heathrow to Austin. Virgin Atlantic invited us to the inaugural flight to Austin – Virgin’s .....

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class seat on the Boeing 787-9 service from Heathrow to .....

20 Jun 202220 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 71 comments

If you have a British Airways American Express card, which is the case for the majority of our UK readers, you may have received an email from Amex last week. It offered you a special 10% discount off .....

If you have a British Airways American Express card, which is the case for the majority of our UK readers, you .....

20 Jun 202220 June 2022 by Rob Burgess

We don’t normally write about hotel projects which are some years from completion, but as I recently ran a long review of the new The St Regis Venice hotel I thought this was worth mentioning. .....

We don’t normally write about hotel projects which are some years from completion, but as I recently ran .....

20 Jun 202220 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments