Back in March, Finnair adopted Avios as its reward currency. We are still waiting for the ability to transfer Avios to/from British Airways Executive Club which was promised for ‘May or .....

Back in March, Finnair adopted Avios as its reward currency. We are still waiting for the ability to transfer .....

9 May 20249 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Back in March, American Express launched a new cashback deal with Preferred Hotels. You will receive £100 cashback when you spend £500 by 30th June. Cumulative spend is OK. If you are targetted for .....

Back in March, American Express launched a new cashback deal with Preferred Hotels. You will receive £100 .....

9 May 20249 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

HfP publishes an Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British Airways destinations with the maximum number of Avios needed for a flight. We do not include First Class .....

HfP publishes an Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British Airways .....

8 May 20248 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 76 comments

Back in 2020, Accor Live Limitless – the hotel loyalty scheme for Ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel, Raffles, Pullman, Fairmont etc – announced a major deal with Visa to issue credit cards .....

Back in 2020, Accor Live Limitless – the hotel loyalty scheme for Ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel, .....

8 May 20248 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is our review of the Canopy Boston Downtown hotel in Boston. Almost by accident, I’ve found myself staying at a number of Canopy hotels recently. This includes Canopy San Francisco SoMa .....

This is our review of the Canopy Boston Downtown hotel in Boston. Almost by accident, I’ve found myself .....

8 May 20248 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

Emirates has announced the resumption of flights from Edinburgh. The first flight will be on 4th November. The existing Emirates services from Glasgow will continue. The airline will be competing with .....

Emirates has announced the resumption of flights from Edinburgh. The first flight will be on 4th November. The .....

7 May 20247 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

When I think of leather, I think of a single use material. As an animal hide, it has been treated and processed before being cut, stitched and sewn into its final use, whether that be shoes, a jacket, .....

When I think of leather, I think of a single use material. As an animal hide, it has been treated and .....

7 May 20247 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental has its own little-known loyalty programme – but one that isn’t a loyalty programme in the usual sense. There are no points to collect or tiers to .....

Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental has its own little-known loyalty programme – but one that .....

7 May 20247 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

It’s time for our annual rank of the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. This article was updated to include the new Hilton Honors debit cards, launched in .....

It’s time for our annual rank of the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard .....

6 May 20246 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is our review of The Langham hotel in London. One of the oldest hotels in London, The Langham has been welcoming guests since 1865, the same year that Lewis Carroll published Alice in Wonderland .....

This is our review of The Langham hotel in London. One of the oldest hotels in London, The Langham has been .....

6 May 20246 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 66 comments

If you have American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum, you will have a free Priority Pass card for airport lounge access. Here’s something you may not know.  .....

If you have American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum, you will have a free .....

6 May 20246 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up here to .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

6 May 20246 May 2024 by Rob Burgess

In February 2022, Barclays launched two Avios-earning Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are very, very good products with everything you could ask for, and are easily (in my view) the .....

In February 2022, Barclays launched two Avios-earning Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are .....

5 May 20245 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

This is our review of the American Express Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This lounge opened in late 2021 and was the first Centurion Lounge in Europe. I hadn’t actually been .....

This is our review of the American Express Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This lounge opened .....

5 May 20245 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments