This is our review of the new club lounge at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris. I have run it separately from our main review of InterContinental Paris Le Grand, partly for reasons of length and .....

This is our review of the new club lounge at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris. I have run it separately from .....

11 Nov 202111 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: Introducing …. BA Euroflyer It seems that the legal entity behind the new British Airways low cost operation at London Gatwick will be called BA Euroflyer. Papers incoporating BA .....

News in brief: Introducing …. BA Euroflyer It seems that the legal entity behind the new British Airways .....

11 Nov 202111 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

If you have a ski holiday booked in Austria this Winter, you may have a problem. The Austrian Government has announced sweeping new coronavirus restrictions which will come into force on 5th December. .....

If you have a ski holiday booked in Austria this Winter, you may have a problem. The Austrian Government has .....

10 Nov 202110 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 151 comments

Both Iberia and Finnair have made new long-haul route announcements in the last 24 hours. All of these flights will be bookable with Avios and should offer low levels of taxes and charges. Whilst you .....

Both Iberia and Finnair have made new long-haul route announcements in the last 24 hours. All of these flights .....

10 Nov 202110 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel .....

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions .....

10 Nov 202110 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced a flurry of improvements to Virgin Flying Club this morning. The good news is that they are all genuine improvements. None of them are revolutionary, and not all of them .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced a flurry of improvements to Virgin Flying Club this morning. The good news is .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Pret A Manger is preparing to launch a UK-wide loyalty scheme called ‘Pret Perks’, we can exclusively reveal. Information is scant so far. It will be based on traditional coffee shop .....

Pret A Manger is preparing to launch a UK-wide loyalty scheme called ‘Pret Perks’, we can .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

This is our review of the Fairmont Royal Pavilion hotel and resort in Barbados. As usual when I review hotels from my family holidays, it is not comprehensive. I didn’t get a personal tour and I .....

This is our review of the Fairmont Royal Pavilion hotel and resort in Barbados. As usual when I review hotels .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways Executive Club status. This is due to the launch of ITA Airways, the replacement airline .....

Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Virgin Red – the new app which gives you additional possibilities for earning and spending Virgin Points – has brought back its Virgin Money current account offer. You can earn 15,000 .....

Virgin Red – the new app which gives you additional possibilities for earning and spending Virgin Points .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

We’ve started to collate photos and video from the big US reopening event. British Airways shared this video from the Heathrow control tower of the dual take-off of the British Airways and Virgin .....

We’ve started to collate photos and video from the big US reopening event. British Airways shared this video .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Today, Monday 8th November, is the first day in 601 days that the United States is open to visitors and tourists flying from the UK. The re-opening has taken longer than expected – several .....

Today, Monday 8th November, is the first day in 601 days that the United States is open to visitors and .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 128 comments

This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this week, I have been spending a lot of time in UK airports recently. My tour started in Luton .....

This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

For almost two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Points .....

For almost two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments