British Airways has let it slip that it is about to announce a new route to the United States. Because, let’s be honest, the existing 26 routes to the United States aren’t nearly enough .....

British Airways has let it slip that it is about to announce a new route to the United States. Because, .....

10 Nov 202210 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 105 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 .....

10 Nov 202210 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

We had a few emails from readers who have seen a British Airways Black Friday giveaway promotion pop up in their WhatsApp feed, forwarded by a friend. Given the amount of Google traffic to a post .....

We had a few emails from readers who have seen a British Airways Black Friday giveaway promotion pop up in .....

9 Nov 20229 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

When Rhys returned from his Virgin Atlantic A330neo inaugural trip to Tampa, he came back with rumours of an aggressive route expansion. We honestly have no idea what is planned, but it is worth .....

When Rhys returned from his Virgin Atlantic A330neo inaugural trip to Tampa, he came back with rumours of an .....

9 Nov 20229 November 2022 by Rob Burgess

News in brief: Good Newcastle hotel deal on Groupon It’s been a while since we ran a Groupon hotel package, but reader Daniel flagged up that a Newcastle deal we covered back in June is still .....

News in brief: Good Newcastle hotel deal on Groupon It’s been a while since we ran a Groupon hotel .....

9 Nov 20229 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

This is our review of the Tampa EDITION hotel in Florida. I was put up by the hotel as part of my Virgin Atlantic press trip on the inaugural A330neo flight to Tampa. I have preivously stayed at the .....

This is our review of the Tampa EDITION hotel in Florida. I was put up by the hotel as part of my Virgin .....

9 Nov 20229 November 2022 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

On Sunday, Transport for London finally started running direct Elizabeth Line services from Heathrow and Reading all the way to Abbey Wood and Shenfield. This means the ‘swap from the .....

On Sunday, Transport for London finally started running direct Elizabeth Line services from Heathrow and .....

8 Nov 20228 November 2022 by Rhys Jones • 217 comments

For the last few weeks, American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card from 20,000 to 30,000 points. Today, Tuesday 8th November, is your .....

For the last few weeks, American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred .....

8 Nov 20228 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Whilst our Tesco Clubcard coverage has dropped sharply since it stopped being an Avios partner, it does remain a partner with Virgin Flying Club (£2.50 of vouchers = 625 points) and Hotels.com (£10 .....

Whilst our Tesco Clubcard coverage has dropped sharply since it stopped being an Avios partner, it does remain .....

8 Nov 20228 November 2022 by Rob Burgess

Marriott Bonvoy has launched a new ‘buy points’ bonus. You will receive a 25% discount with a minimum purchase of 2,000 points. You can buy via this page of the website. The offer runs to .....

Marriott Bonvoy has launched a new ‘buy points’ bonus. You will receive a 25% discount with a minimum .....

8 Nov 20228 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

British Airways has announced a new partnership with Uber this morning. It isn’t live yet, but will be rolling out via an app update later this month. BA is promising 250 Avios just for .....

British Airways has announced a new partnership with Uber this morning. It isn’t live yet, but will be .....

7 Nov 20227 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

What are the pros and cons of taking a day flight from New York to London? On the face of it, the idea of taking such a flight shouldn’t even be newsworthy. In reality it is a bit of a novelty .....

What are the pros and cons of taking a day flight from New York to London? On the face of it, the idea of .....

7 Nov 20227 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with a lot of airport lounge access benefits: You also get Eurostar lounge access (no guests) by showing your Platinum card. You can learn more about .....

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with a lot of airport lounge access benefits: You also get .....

7 Nov 20227 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

I receive regular emails from readers asking ‘How can I stop my World of Hyatt points from expiring?’ or ‘When do my World of Hyatt points expire?’.  This series, which we .....

I receive regular emails from readers asking ‘How can I stop my World of Hyatt points from .....

7 Nov 20227 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment