IHG Rewards is planning major changes to go live in March. It will be a two stage process. Part 2 will be about adding new benefits, but there is no word yet on what these may be. Part 1, announced .....

IHG Rewards is planning major changes to go live in March. It will be a two stage process. Part 2 will be .....

19 Jan 202219 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 115 comments

News in brief: Win a £700 flight voucher with Virgin Atlantic In addition to its winter sale, Virgin Atlantic has been offering a number of ‘daily deals’ (lasting, oddly, for multiple .....

News in brief: Win a £700 flight voucher with Virgin Atlantic In addition to its winter sale, Virgin Atlantic .....

19 Jan 202219 January 2022 by Rhys Jones

Marriott is expanding its footprint of W Hotels in Europe with the last-minute signing of W Costa Navarino in Greece, which is due to open this summer. It’s not uncommon for some hotels to be .....

Marriott is expanding its footprint of W Hotels in Europe with the last-minute signing of W Costa Navarino in .....

19 Jan 202219 January 2022 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

Harvey Nichols Rewards is a new programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their new Harvey Nichols benefit. If you missed our story, last week American Express launched a new offer .....

Harvey Nichols Rewards is a new programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their new Harvey .....

19 Jan 202219 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

If you run your own business, small or large, it's your lucky day. American Express has brought back an enhanced sign-up bonus on the British Airways Accelerating Business Credit Card. It now comes .....

If you run your own business, small or large, it's your lucky day. American Express has brought back an .....

18 Jan 202218 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

I want to spend some time today and next week looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, so you can see if it is worth signing up. Barclays Avios Rewards is now .....

I want to spend some time today and next week looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios .....

18 Jan 202218 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

IHG Rewards has extended its ‘fast track’ promotion for status into 2022. It is, on the face of it, very generous but you still need to accept the fact that IHG Rewards status has .....

IHG Rewards has extended its ‘fast track’ promotion for status into 2022. It is, on the face of .....

18 Jan 202218 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Is the MeliaRewards hotel programme moving towards revenue based redemptions? Yesterday we told you how Shangri-La hotels is moving its Golden Circle programme to fully revenue based redemptions from .....

Is the MeliaRewards hotel programme moving towards revenue based redemptions? Yesterday we told you how .....

18 Jan 202218 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Last year, Tesco Bank trialled a new product called Clubcard Pay+. This is a prepaid debit card – which you load via bank transfer from an app – which earns 1 Clubcard point for every £8 .....

Last year, Tesco Bank trialled a new product called Clubcard Pay+. This is a prepaid debit card – which .....

17 Jan 202217 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

This is our review of the Park Hyatt hotel in Vienna. After flying to Vienna on a £1.79 Wizz Air flight (read more about that here) I spent the rest of my stay at the Park Hyatt Vienna hotel, going .....

This is our review of the Park Hyatt hotel in Vienna. After flying to Vienna on a £1.79 Wizz Air flight (read .....

17 Jan 202217 January 2022 by Rhys Jones • 28 comments

The Shangri-La hotel group, which also includes the Traders, Hotel Jen and Kerry chains, has announced the relaunch of its Golden Circle loyalty programme today. The key thing you need to know is that .....

The Shangri-La hotel group, which also includes the Traders, Hotel Jen and Kerry chains, has announced the .....

17 Jan 202217 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved hugely successful since their 2018 launch with, so I understand, over 200,000 applications .....

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved .....

16 Jan 202216 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches a short haul sale with seats from £28 For this weekend only – until midnight on Monday 17th January to be precise – British Airways is running a .....

News in brief: British Airways launches a short haul sale with seats from £28 For this weekend only – .....

16 Jan 202216 January 2022 by Rob Burgess

Just one day after we published our annual guide to spending Nectar points, Caffe Nero returned as a redemption option. Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner. 350 .....

Just one day after we published our annual guide to spending Nectar points, Caffe Nero returned as a .....

16 Jan 202216 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments