News in brief Virgin Atlantic scraps CombiFare In a surprise move, Virgin Flying Club scrapped CombiFare this week.   This was odd because CombiFare was the sort of unique product which Virgin likes .....

News in brief Virgin Atlantic scraps CombiFare In a surprise move, Virgin Flying Club scrapped CombiFare this .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

Lufthansa and MBNA have brought back a decent sign-up bonus for the Miles & More credit card.  This is the first increased bonus on this card since November 2015 and the first since the 0.3% cap .....

Lufthansa and MBNA have brought back a decent sign-up bonus for the Miles & More credit card.  This is .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service Blacklane has been added to Miles & More’s list of partners offering miles for every .....

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

Until 25th October, Hyatt is offering a bonus of up to 40% when you buy Gold Passport points.  This is as good a deal as you ever see from Hyatt. You need to buy 10,000 points to get the full 40% .....

Until 25th October, Hyatt is offering a bonus of up to 40% when you buy Gold Passport points.  This is as .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in Asia.  It was acquired by Priceline and is now a sister company to booking.com. The reason .....

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

Etihad announced on Tuesday that it is launching the long-awaited alignment of the frequent flyer schemes of eight of the Etihad Airways Parners airlines:  Etihad Airways, airberlin, Alitalia, Air .....

Etihad announced on Tuesday that it is launching the long-awaited alignment of the frequent flyer schemes of .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery and Pullman, has launched an interesting ‘triple Avios’ promotion with Iberia Plus. The offer runs .....

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery and Pullman, has .....

5 Oct 20165 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Monday (10th October). It is offering special deals at 300 hotels across Europe (including the UK), Middle East .....

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Monday (10th October). .....

5 Oct 20165 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 36 comments

MBNA has launched its first enhanced credit card sign-up bonus of 2016 – and it is only October. This is good news.  The introduction of interchange fee capping seemed to signal the death of .....

MBNA has launched its first enhanced credit card sign-up bonus of 2016 – and it is only October. This is .....

5 Oct 20165 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Avios.com and British Airways Executive Club both launched an interesting new promotion yesterday which could get you 1,000 Avios in each scheme. Full details are here on avios.com. You will receive .....

Avios.com and British Airways Executive Club both launched an interesting new promotion yesterday which could .....

4 Oct 20164 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 182 comments

If you want to add 18,000 Avios to your balance (and who wouldn’t), there is a new competition over on the British Airways website this week. In association with British Airways partner Avis .....

If you want to add 18,000 Avios to your balance (and who wouldn’t), there is a new competition over on .....

4 Oct 20164 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 52 comments

One of the first posts I wrote for this site back in mid 2012 was about the Hilton HHonors Platinum Visa card. And, way back in 1989 or so, the very first travel deal I snagged was with Hilton. They .....

One of the first posts I wrote for this site back in mid 2012 was about the Hilton HHonors Platinum Visa .....

4 Oct 20164 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

As I wrote last week, Tesco has extended its gift card promotion for another few weeks.  Until 16th October, you will receive 75 Clubcard points – which convert into 180 Avios or 187 Virgin .....

As I wrote last week, Tesco has extended its gift card promotion for another few weeks.  Until 16th .....

3 Oct 20163 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 170 comments

News in brief: More Arsenal football tickets released for Skywards members Emirates Skywards has released a further batch of Arsenal football tickets for the current season.  All of the ‘lesser .....

News in brief: More Arsenal football tickets released for Skywards members Emirates Skywards has released a .....

3 Oct 20163 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments