When I landed in Qatar last Monday, I received the usual text message from Vodafone. It would cost me £1.65 per minute to make a call and a bargain £1.30 per minute to receive one. Data was £3 per .....

When I landed in Qatar last Monday, I received the usual text message from Vodafone. It would cost me £1.65 .....

13 Oct 201413 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Heathrow Express is offering a discount of £6 on an Express (ie Standard) Class one-way ticket throughout October.  This brings the price down from £21 to ‘just’ £15. There is also a .....

Heathrow Express is offering a discount of £6 on an Express (ie Standard) Class one-way ticket throughout .....

13 Oct 201413 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

American Airlines has tripled the sign-up bonus on its UK credit cards from 5,000 miles to 15,000 miles for the second time in 2014. Whilst a far cry from the amazing 35,000 miles they offered in .....

American Airlines has tripled the sign-up bonus on its UK credit cards from 5,000 miles to 15,000 miles for .....

12 Oct 201412 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Club Carlson, the loyalty scheme covering Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn amongst other brands, has launched a promotion for a 30% bonus when you purchase points. This is not hugely exciting, to be .....

Club Carlson, the loyalty scheme covering Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn amongst other brands, has launched .....

12 Oct 201412 October 2014 by Rob Burgess

This is a quick reminder that the 7-day Hilton flash sale which is currently running will end at midnight tonight (Sunday). It covers Europe and the Middle East, with a smattering of Africa, and .....

This is a quick reminder that the 7-day Hilton flash sale which is currently running will end at midnight .....

12 Oct 201412 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I put out an extra article yesterday to cover the announcement that Flybe is abandoning its own reward scheme and will be awarding Avios points from Monday 27th October. Today I want to run through .....

I put out an extra article yesterday to cover the announcement that Flybe is abandoning its own reward scheme .....

11 Oct 201411 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

All three articles today look at different aspects of the new tie-up between Flybe and Avios which was announced yesterday. My main story today covers 13 key questions about the deal.  In this .....

All three articles today look at different aspects of the new tie-up between Flybe and Avios which was .....

11 Oct 201411 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

With Flybe Rewards4All points being abolished (see my lead story today for the timetable), Flybe had a problem – what does it do with its branded credit card?  Avios seems to have put its foot .....

With Flybe Rewards4All points being abolished (see my lead story today for the timetable), Flybe had a problem .....

11 Oct 201411 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Flybe announced to the Stock Exchange this morning that it is abandoning its Rewards4All scheme with pretty much immediate effect, from Monday 27th October.  The company will become a full Avios .....

Flybe announced to the Stock Exchange this morning that it is abandoning its Rewards4All scheme with pretty .....

10 Oct 201410 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Back in February, I wrote an article on the fact that the Holiday Inn Wembley was available for just 10,000 IHG Rewards Club points per night. This is astoundingly cheap. For comparison, most London .....

Back in February, I wrote an article on the fact that the Holiday Inn Wembley was available for just 10,000 .....

10 Oct 201410 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Last week I showed you how to get free ‘Loved’ status with Small Luxury Hotels of the World, guaranteeing you free breakfast and potentially other benefits on your stays. SLH is also an .....

Last week I showed you how to get free ‘Loved’ status with Small Luxury Hotels of the World, .....

10 Oct 201410 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme has launched a special promotion with Hilton HHonors that is worth a look. For stays at weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights) until December 15th, you .....

Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme has launched a special promotion with Hilton HHonors that is .....

10 Oct 201410 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This is possibly the most generous Avios hotel promotion of the year in terms of earning airline miles. Accor is the hotel group behind Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure, Ibis and M Gallery, amongst others. .....

This is possibly the most generous Avios hotel promotion of the year in terms of earning airline miles. Accor .....

9 Oct 20149 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

American Express has two on-going bonus schemes to encourage cardholders to add supplementary cardholders to their accounts.  After all, the more people who are carrying a card, the more spend they .....

American Express has two on-going bonus schemes to encourage cardholders to add supplementary cardholders to .....

9 Oct 20149 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments