On Friday, Covid-19 testing for all fully vaccinated arrivals in the UK will be scrapped just in time for half term. Unfortunately, arrivals testing on your return is only half the story. A large .....

On Friday, Covid-19 testing for all fully vaccinated arrivals in the UK will be scrapped just in time for half .....

9 Feb 20229 February 2022 by Sinead Archer • 89 comments

News in brief: American Express launches a £120 Qantas discount If you are looking for flights to Australia and don’t fancy the Singapore Airlines business class deal we covered yesterday, .....

News in brief: American Express launches a £120 Qantas discount If you are looking for flights to Australia .....

9 Feb 20229 February 2022 by Rob Burgess

Hyatt has joined the list of hotel groups rushing to open branded properties on the Greek island of Santorini. We originally covered this back in December, but I wanted to plug it again as it is now .....

Hyatt has joined the list of hotel groups rushing to open branded properties on the Greek island of Santorini. .....

9 Feb 20229 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

During 2019, British Airways announced a shake-up of Avios pricing on short-haul flights. Since Avios was introduced, short-haul flights had come with a flat £17.50 one-way / £35 return added .....

During 2019, British Airways announced a shake-up of Avios pricing on short-haul flights. Since Avios was .....

8 Feb 20228 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 166 comments

If you are sat on a pile of Virgin Points, here is a chance to redeem them for something a little different. Virgin Red has commissioned 1,000 Virgin-branded Crosley turntables. To quote: “Each .....

If you are sat on a pile of Virgin Points, here is a chance to redeem them for something a little different. .....

8 Feb 20228 February 2022 by Rob Burgess

As you have no doubt seen in the mainstream media, Australia will reopen for tourism later this month. I wrote this article recently on how to use Avios to get to Australia. However, I also said in .....

As you have no doubt seen in the mainstream media, Australia will reopen for tourism later this month. I wrote .....

8 Feb 20228 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....

This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) credit card. It is part of our .....

8 Feb 20228 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

This is our review of The American Express Card (Amex Green) charge card issued in the UK. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....

This is our review of The American Express Card (Amex Green) charge card issued in the UK. It is part of our .....

8 Feb 20228 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

It’s time for our annual rank of the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and points? The biggest question mark is over the value of the .....

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

7 Feb 20227 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

There is good news if you are travelling through Terminal 3 at London Heathrow with a Priority Pass airport lounge card. The Club Aspire lounge now has a scheduled date to re-open: Friday 18th .....

There is good news if you are travelling through Terminal 3 at London Heathrow with a Priority Pass airport .....

7 Feb 20227 February 2022 by Rob Burgess

Cabin crew blog Paddle Your Own Kanoo has an interesting bit of news about the layout of the A350 and A380 fleets at British Airways. During a Q&A with staff last week, it is reported that BA’s .....

Cabin crew blog Paddle Your Own Kanoo has an interesting bit of news about the layout of the A350 and A380 .....

7 Feb 20227 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

With travel now picking up again, Which? magazine has been able to bring back one of its annual highlights – the best and worst UK hotel chains, as voted for by its readers. You can see the full .....

With travel now picking up again, Which? magazine has been able to bring back one of its annual highlights .....

7 Feb 20227 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Heathrow Terminal 3 has quite possibly the highest density of airline lounges at any airport worldwide. Currently there are 12 lounges: Which is best? Having visited five of them in the same day .....

Heathrow Terminal 3 has quite possibly the highest density of airline lounges at any airport worldwide. .....

6 Feb 20226 February 2022 by Rhys Jones • 48 comments

This is our review of The Rock Hotel in Gibraltar. We have covered Gibraltar several times in the past 18 months, in part because, as a British Overseas Territory, it was one of the few easier places .....

This is our review of The Rock Hotel in Gibraltar. We have covered Gibraltar several times in the past 18 .....

6 Feb 20226 February 2022 by Rhys Jones • 84 comments