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

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes. The first thing to say is that it is VERY rare for an airline to allow you to transfer to a hotel .....

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes. The .....

20 Jun 202220 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

19 Jun 202219 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

The Marriott Bonvoy American Express lets you earn miles with 38 different frequent flyer schemes if you convert the Bonvoy points. This is a benefit which no other UK Credit Card can match. For 25 of .....

The Marriott Bonvoy American Express lets you earn miles with 38 different frequent flyer schemes if you .....

19 Jun 202219 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Marriott has added some new events at The O2 in London to its Marriott Moments ‘experiences’ platform. The Moments website is here. The key one for most people is Cirque du Soleil’s .....

Marriott has added some new events at The O2 in London to its Marriott Moments ‘experiences’ .....

19 Jun 202219 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Yesterday we told you about the new Qatar Airways Frequent Flyer lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4, which opened this week as flights turned to the terminal. This is a brand new lounge, which sits below .....

Yesterday we told you about the new Qatar Airways Frequent Flyer lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4, which opened .....

18 Jun 202218 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

If you’re a golf fan and can make it to Kilkenny on Sunday 3rd July, an exceptionally good value Marriott Bonvoy redemption is available. Frankly, it’s great value even if you’re not .....

If you’re a golf fan and can make it to Kilkenny on Sunday 3rd July, an exceptionally good value .....

18 Jun 202218 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Best Western has brought back its popular ‘Breakfast On Us’ promotion at its 250 independently owned and run hotels in the UK. You need to book by 23rd June for stays until the end of .....

Best Western has brought back its popular ‘Breakfast On Us’ promotion at its 250 independently .....

18 Jun 202218 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

If you have a small business, American Express Business Platinum offers you an easy route to a big Avios boost. With American Express Business Platinum, you will receive a sign-up bonus of 40,000 .....

If you have a small business, American Express Business Platinum offers you an easy route to a big Avios .....

18 Jun 202218 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

18 Jun 202218 June 2022 by Rob Burgess