I wrote last week about the much improved bonus on the Etihad Guest UK credit card, which is now offering a 17,000 miles sign-up bonus. On its own, that won’t get you far, albeit Etihad is also .....

I wrote last week about the much improved bonus on the Etihad Guest UK credit card, which is now offering a .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Lufthansa recently announced a number of changes to the Miles & More loyalty scheme. This covers a number of airlines, such as Swiss, Austrian, LOT and Adria, as well as Lufthansa itself. The .....

Lufthansa recently announced a number of changes to the Miles & More loyalty scheme. This covers a number .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot of readers outside London use it as they find a transfer in Amsterdam to be more .....

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess

I have written before about the regular bonus codes published by IHG Rewards Club. To avoid linking back to too many older posts, I will repeat the background here and then share some new codes below. .....

I have written before about the regular bonus codes published by IHG Rewards Club. To avoid linking back to .....

10 Oct 201310 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Emails should start arriving soon, if they haven’t already, in the inboxes of selected British Airways Executive Club members who are not members of Hilton HHonors. If you get this email, you .....

Emails should start arriving soon, if they haven’t already, in the inboxes of selected British Airways .....

10 Oct 201310 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Back in March, I wrote about earning Lufthansa Miles & More miles by writing hotel reviews on Tripadvisor and HolidayCheck. The Tripadvisor deal has now finished, but the HolidayCheck promotion is .....

Back in March, I wrote about earning Lufthansa Miles & More miles by writing hotel reviews on Tripadvisor .....

10 Oct 201310 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This seems like easy free money, to be honest. American Express is offering a £5 statement credit when you connect your Amex card to your TripAdvisor account and write one review on the site. The .....

This seems like easy free money, to be honest. American Express is offering a £5 statement credit when you .....

9 Oct 20139 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Back in August, I wrote about a good Iberia / Hilton promotion. This was offering 1,000 bonus Avios for every weekend night you stayed – a Friday / Saturday / Sunday night would pick up 3,000 .....

Back in August, I wrote about a good Iberia / Hilton promotion. This was offering 1,000 bonus Avios for every .....

9 Oct 20139 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Airport services company Servisair operates a number of independent airport lounges across the UK, under the Servisair and Aspire brands. You are most likely to have come across them if you have a .....

Airport services company Servisair operates a number of independent airport lounges across the UK, under the .....

9 Oct 20139 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

The miles and points game is so complex that you should never think that you know everything.  Something will always come along to prove you wrong! Last week, craig mentioned, as a throwaway line in .....

The miles and points game is so complex that you should never think that you know everything.  Something will .....

8 Oct 20138 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

In late September, Delta and Virgin Atlantic finally secured US regulatory approval for their revenue sharing venture on flights across the Atlantic. This follows the acquisition by Delta of 49% of .....

In late September, Delta and Virgin Atlantic finally secured US regulatory approval for their revenue sharing .....

8 Oct 20138 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

I gave Accor a bit of a hard time the other day for reducing the conversion ratio of LeClub Accorhotels points to Avios points without notice. They deserved it. At the same time, though, Accor has .....

I gave Accor a bit of a hard time the other day for reducing the conversion ratio of LeClub Accorhotels points .....

8 Oct 20138 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Last month I posted about a £100 discount code that British Airways had launched with Hilton.  This month, BA is running a similar offer in conjunction with Avis. They are offering a special .....

Last month I posted about a £100 discount code that British Airways had launched with Hilton.  This .....

7 Oct 20137 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

American Express and the Hyatt London Churchill hotel are jointly sponsoring a weekend of focus group / relationship building events later this month.  This is happening over the weekend of Friday .....

American Express and the Hyatt London Churchill hotel are jointly sponsoring a weekend of focus group / .....

7 Oct 20137 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments