Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near Heathrow Airport in March. The Mercure London Heathrow Hotel is shown here on the Accor website. .....

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country.  Whilst the cards look the same wherever you go (unless you turn them over) you receive different benefits .....

The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country.  Whilst the cards look .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

News in brief: Earn 1,000 free Club Carlson points Club Carlson is running a special promotion on Twitter on March 19th called #hashtaghotelpromo In order to take part you will need to be following .....

News in brief: Earn 1,000 free Club Carlson points Club Carlson is running a special promotion on Twitter on .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is my review of my stay at the Jumeirah At Etihad Towers hotel in Abu Dhabi.  This hotel is, since late 2020, trading as the Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers hotel – the new website is here. .....

This is my review of my stay at the Jumeirah At Etihad Towers hotel in Abu Dhabi.  This hotel is, since late .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

For those people lucky enough to still have the old bmi British Midland credit cards issued by MBNA, some unwelcome news dropped through the letterbox yesterday. Not for everyone, just for some. There .....

For those people lucky enough to still have the old bmi British Midland credit cards issued by MBNA, some .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

News in brief: British Airways files another patent for next-generation seats Skift reports on the latest patent filing by British Airways in relation to new seating.  We have been here before, of .....

News in brief: British Airways files another patent for next-generation seats Skift reports on the latest .....

6 Mar 20156 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

With Etihad still running – for another 5 days – its 25% bonus on transfers from American Express Membership Rewards, you may have become interested in using it.  My .....

With Etihad still running – for another 5 days – its 25% bonus on transfers from American Express .....

6 Mar 20156 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

I covered the major changes to the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at small businesses, two weeks ago. Whilst BA is making sure that the value of your existing points is protected (which is .....

I covered the major changes to the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at small businesses, two weeks .....

6 Mar 20156 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Tucked away in the latest issue of BA’s The Club magazine is an interesting offer from ‘dining discount’ group The Gourmet Society. Despite the posh name, The Gourmet Society is .....

Tucked away in the latest issue of BA’s The Club magazine is an interesting offer from ‘dining .....

5 Mar 20155 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  This is not as good as the offer which ran last September and is the same as the one they ran in June 2014 .....

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  This is not as good as .....

5 Mar 20155 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Two good deals have just bitten the dust: Virgin Atlantic status match closed For well over a year, Virgin Atlantic has been offering a status match to your British Airways Executive Club card if you .....

Two good deals have just bitten the dust: Virgin Atlantic status match closed For well over a year, Virgin .....

5 Mar 20155 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin offering free wi-fi to all guests.  Well, almost all guests …. From August, wi-fi in all .....

Hilton HHonors became the last major international hotel group this week to announce that it will begin .....

4 Mar 20154 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Flybe has launched a new Avios promotion for March, offering double points on all flights booked and taken during the month. As a reminder, these are the standard earning rates with Flybe: Just Fly .....

Flybe has launched a new Avios promotion for March, offering double points on all flights booked and taken .....

4 Mar 20154 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

The on / off takeover of Aer Lingus by International Airlines Group, the Iberia and British Airways holding company, is still in the balance. The Irish Government, with its 25% shareholding in Aer .....

The on / off takeover of Aer Lingus by International Airlines Group, the Iberia and British Airways holding .....

4 Mar 20154 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments