British Airways has decided to suspend the sale of tickets on short haul flights from London Heathrow for travel today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday). This may be extended beyond Saturday but a .....

British Airways has decided to suspend the sale of tickets on short haul flights from London Heathrow for .....

29 Jul 202229 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons for this. .....

The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is is .....

29 Jul 202229 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

There are no shortage of loyalty schemes offering tickets to the BMW PGA golf tournament at Virginia Water in September. Earlier in the week we looked at Emirates and its offer of VIP hospitality .....

There are no shortage of loyalty schemes offering tickets to the BMW PGA golf tournament at Virginia Water in .....

29 Jul 202229 July 2022 by Rob Burgess

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at The O2 arena in London. There have been some recent changes to the Bonvoy Suite and I’m not fully sure how it is working at the .....

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at The O2 arena in London. There have been .....

29 Jul 202229 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

This is our third ‘Avios availability notice’ today, following some shuffling of the British Airways timetables. As we covered in another article, flights to Turks & Caicos will now .....

This is our third ‘Avios availability notice’ today, following some shuffling of the British .....

28 Jul 202228 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

If you fancy a Caribbean trip early next year, a rare opportunity has come up to snag Avios seats to the Turks & Caicos Islands. This route used to operate from London Gatwick via Antigua, as a .....

If you fancy a Caribbean trip early next year, a rare opportunity has come up to snag Avios seats to the Turks .....

28 Jul 202228 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

British Airways has decided to bring back its seasonal route from Gatwick to Cape Town for Winter 2022. The flights have been loaded to ba.com this morning and Avios availability is wide open as of .....

British Airways has decided to bring back its seasonal route from Gatwick to Cape Town for Winter 2022. The .....

28 Jul 202228 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Last year, American Express unveiled substantial changes to the free British Airways American Express card. Pre September 2021, if you spent £20,000 per year on the free British Airways American .....

Last year, American Express unveiled substantial changes to the free British Airways American Express card. .....

28 Jul 202228 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

This is our review of the Aer Lingus A321LR in business class. For readers who don’t know their aircraft types, this means that I flew transatlantic on a single aisle aircraft. This is a tweaked .....

This is our review of the Aer Lingus A321LR in business class. For readers who don’t know their aircraft .....

28 Jul 202228 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

This is Part 2 our review of the Aer Lingus A321LR in Business Class. The A321LR, with its three extra fuel tanks, is allowing airlines such as Aer Lingus to fly modern single aisle aircraft across .....

This is Part 2 our review of the Aer Lingus A321LR in Business Class. The A321LR, with its three extra fuel .....

28 Jul 202228 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

A few weeks ago, Enterprise Rent-A-Car launched a niche new promotion for cheap(er) one-way car rentals in France. It runs until 6th September. One-way rentals are normally more expensive than a .....

A few weeks ago, Enterprise Rent-A-Car launched a niche new promotion for cheap(er) one-way car rentals in .....

27 Jul 202227 July 2022 by Rhys Jones • 91 comments

Emirates has released the first batch of Arsenal football tickets for 2022/23 for Emirates Skywards members who have miles to redeem.  You can also use American Express Membership Rewards points .....

Emirates has released the first batch of Arsenal football tickets for 2022/23 for Emirates Skywards members .....

27 Jul 202227 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 20 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 .....

27 Jul 202227 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Last week, American Express announced an exceptionally good new benefit on The Platinum Card – £300 of dining credit. Our article on the new Amex Platinum £300 dining credit is here. Our .....

Last week, American Express announced an exceptionally good new benefit on The Platinum Card – £300 of .....

26 Jul 202226 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 236 comments