American Express Platinum (and indeed Centurion) cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, mainly through the Fine Hotels & Resorts programme (late check-out, upgrade if available at .....

American Express Platinum (and indeed Centurion) cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, mainly .....

14 Jun 201314 June 2013 by Rob Burgess

As the miles and points market is almost entirely automated these days, the possibilities for losing your points to fraud are increasing. Last year, for example, I wrote about how a lot of people had .....

As the miles and points market is almost entirely automated these days, the possibilities for losing your .....

13 Jun 201313 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

If you are a Heathrow Rewards members, you will have received their latest newsletter yesterday. But how closely did you read it? In the first paragraph, it said: Welcome to your June newsletter. We .....

If you are a Heathrow Rewards members, you will have received their latest newsletter yesterday. But how .....

13 Jun 201313 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Eurostar is about to launch a major sale on its Standard Premier class, formerly known as Leisure Select. This gets you a business class seat and an at-seat meal service, albeit of lower quality than .....

Eurostar is about to launch a major sale on its Standard Premier class, formerly known as Leisure Select. This .....

13 Jun 201313 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

There are a lot of articles about accumulating Tesco Clubcard points on Head for Points. This is primarily because Clubcard offers a very cheap way of accumulating Avios points and Virgin Flying Club .....

There are a lot of articles about accumulating Tesco Clubcard points on Head for Points. This is primarily .....

12 Jun 201312 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

I posted back in December about the acquisition of a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic by Delta Air Lines of the US. I also reported on the later statement by Virgin that, surprisingly, it will not be .....

I posted back in December about the acquisition of a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic by Delta Air Lines of the .....

12 Jun 201312 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

British Airways has announced a codeshare arrangement with Bangkok Airways.  This will allow you to earn Avios points on selected flights with the Asian carrier. The following (brightly coloured, see .....

British Airways has announced a codeshare arrangement with Bangkok Airways.  This will allow you to earn .....

12 Jun 201312 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I reported last week how Iberia had pulled Reward Flight Saver flights with absolutely no notice, replacing them with a new structure which charges full airport taxes plus a reduced fuel surcharge. At .....

I reported last week how Iberia had pulled Reward Flight Saver flights with absolutely no notice, replacing .....

11 Jun 201311 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

If you collect Avios, you should have an Iberia Plus account. This is because, should you ever choose to redeem your Avios points for a long-haul flight on Iberia, you will pay substantially lower .....

If you collect Avios, you should have an Iberia Plus account. This is because, should you ever choose to .....

11 Jun 201311 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

British Airways has released further details about the delivery dates for its first A380 and B787 aircraft as well as news of the crew training flights that will be operated: The countdown is well .....

British Airways has released further details about the delivery dates for its first A380 and B787 .....

11 Jun 201311 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

RedSpottedHanky, the online train booking website, has launched a ‘Fantasy Wimbledon’ game on its website. At first glance, it doesn’t seem terribly interesting – you create .....

RedSpottedHanky, the online train booking website, has launched a ‘Fantasy Wimbledon’ game on its .....

10 Jun 201310 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Priority Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, regularly releases targeted promotional codes offering bonus points. These have, admittedly, been fewer of these .....

Priority Club, the Holiday Inn / Crowne Plaza / InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, regularly releases .....

10 Jun 201310 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

You probably received an email about this promotion directly from British Airways but if you didn’t, here is a quick summary. British Airways is offering double Avios (that is double base .....

You probably received an email about this promotion directly from British Airways but if you didn’t, .....

10 Jun 201310 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

The Daily Mail is not the first place I look for frequent flyer news, so I was surprised to see this report on MailOnline.  I’m not sure if it actually appeared in the main newspaper or not. It .....

The Daily Mail is not the first place I look for frequent flyer news, so I was surprised to see this report on .....

9 Jun 20139 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments