Earlier in the month I told you how Virgin Atlantic was cancelling its routes to Cape Town, Tokyo, Mumbai and Vancouver in return for additional flights to North America. Late last week, Virgin loaded .....

Earlier in the month I told you how Virgin Atlantic was cancelling its routes to Cape Town, Tokyo, Mumbai and .....

25 Sep 201425 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Tune Hotels is a group of low-cost hotels founded by Tony Fernandes, who also founded budget airline AirAsia and is possibly best known in the UK as owner of Queens Park Rangers football club. Tune is .....

Tune Hotels is a group of low-cost hotels founded by Tony Fernandes, who also founded budget airline AirAsia .....

25 Sep 201425 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards. It is an improved version of the promotion that ran in June, which was actually the first time that there had ever .....

MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards. It is an improved version .....

24 Sep 201424 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

A decent new American Express promotion has appeared in the online accounts of many people.   I have it showing under my Platinum card although it is not showing for my SPG or BA Amex.  My wife .....

A decent new American Express promotion has appeared in the online accounts of many people.   I have it .....

24 Sep 201424 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

I arrived at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas at 5.30pm last Thursday, or 1.30am in the morning UK time.  My destination was the Mandalay Bay hotel which is the first property on the Las Vegas .....

I arrived at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas at 5.30pm last Thursday, or 1.30am in the morning UK time.  My .....

24 Sep 201424 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

Back in December 2013 I highlighted the new British Airways policy for people who find themselves in ‘old First’. British Airways had launched a generous (in my view) compensation .....

Back in December 2013 I highlighted the new British Airways policy for people who find themselves in .....

23 Sep 201423 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

By coincidence, two surveys from market research companies have crossed my desk in the last couple of days.  Both imply that changes may be coming to popular reward schemes. Hotels.com and Welcome .....

By coincidence, two surveys from market research companies have crossed my desk in the last couple of days.  .....

23 Sep 201423 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

PartnerPlusBenefit, previously Star Alliance Company Plus, is the Star Alliance equivalent of the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at companies in the UK and Ireland. The biggest difference .....

PartnerPlusBenefit, previously Star Alliance Company Plus, is the Star Alliance equivalent of the British .....

23 Sep 201423 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

I ran an article on 3V Virtual Visa gift cards recently, the first one for a while. These are the £25 Visa gift cards which you can buy for £25 in Tesco, earning yourself Tesco Clubcard points and .....

I ran an article on 3V Virtual Visa gift cards recently, the first one for a while. These are the £25 Visa .....

22 Sep 201422 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

Le Club Accorhotels, the Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman chain, has launched a surprisingly generous promotion. If you complete three stays before 31st December, you will .....

Le Club Accorhotels, the Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman chain, has launched a .....

22 Sep 201422 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

United Airlines and Air Canada, both Star Alliance members, have launched a joint promotion to offer bonus miles on flight between North America and London. If you tend to fly economy to North .....

United Airlines and Air Canada, both Star Alliance members, have launched a joint promotion to offer bonus .....

22 Sep 201422 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Back in 2009, when the hotel business was in real trouble, IHG Rewards Club launched a special deal for stays at Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Indigo, InterContinental, Staybridge .....

Back in 2009, when the hotel business was in real trouble, IHG Rewards Club launched a special deal for stays .....

21 Sep 201421 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

American Express Membership Rewards has three hotel partners in the UK, assuming you want to redeem for points instead of a voucher for a free room: Hilton HHonors, with a conversion rate of 1:2 .....

American Express Membership Rewards has three hotel partners in the UK, assuming you want to redeem for points .....

21 Sep 201421 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

The London office of the Hong Kong Tourism Board got in touch to point me towards a decent competition they are running on Facebook at the moment. What I liked about this competition is that it is .....

The London office of the Hong Kong Tourism Board got in touch to point me towards a decent competition they .....

21 Sep 201421 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments