Queuing at American airports can be a pain. Most of the time – unless I am just unlucky – it is incredibly chaotic, overcrowded and time consuming. In order to make travelling from the UK .....

Queuing at American airports can be a pain. Most of the time – unless I am just unlucky – it is .....

9 Oct 20169 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 47 comments

It’s back.  You can now buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of Groupon. The fall in the £ in recent months means that this deal is not as good as it was last .....

It’s back.  You can now buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Letters started to land on doormats yesterday from MBNA explaining what rewards scheme would apply to ex-bmi Diamond Club credit cards now that the Avios scheme has closed. Interestingly, MBNA has .....

Letters started to land on doormats yesterday from MBNA explaining what rewards scheme would apply to ex-bmi .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

This weekend – until Sunday night – is your last chance to take advantage of the current offer from wealth management group Nutmeg.  You will receive up to 10,000 Avios points when .....

This weekend – until Sunday night – is your last chance to take advantage of the current offer .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

News in brief Virgin Atlantic scraps CombiFare In a surprise move, Virgin Flying Club scrapped CombiFare this week.   This was odd because CombiFare was the sort of unique product which Virgin likes .....

News in brief Virgin Atlantic scraps CombiFare In a surprise move, Virgin Flying Club scrapped CombiFare this .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

Lufthansa and MBNA have brought back a decent sign-up bonus for the Miles & More credit card.  This is the first increased bonus on this card since November 2015 and the first since the 0.3% cap .....

Lufthansa and MBNA have brought back a decent sign-up bonus for the Miles & More credit card.  This is .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service Blacklane has been added to Miles & More’s list of partners offering miles for every .....

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

Until 25th October, Hyatt is offering a bonus of up to 40% when you buy Gold Passport points.  This is as good a deal as you ever see from Hyatt. You need to buy 10,000 points to get the full 40% .....

Until 25th October, Hyatt is offering a bonus of up to 40% when you buy Gold Passport points.  This is as .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in Asia.  It was acquired by Priceline and is now a sister company to booking.com. The reason .....

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

Etihad announced on Tuesday that it is launching the long-awaited alignment of the frequent flyer schemes of eight of the Etihad Airways Parners airlines:  Etihad Airways, airberlin, Alitalia, Air .....

Etihad announced on Tuesday that it is launching the long-awaited alignment of the frequent flyer schemes of .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery and Pullman, has launched an interesting ‘triple Avios’ promotion with Iberia Plus. The offer runs .....

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery and Pullman, has .....

5 Oct 20165 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Monday (10th October). It is offering special deals at 300 hotels across Europe (including the UK), Middle East .....

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Monday (10th October). .....

5 Oct 20165 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 36 comments

MBNA has launched its first enhanced credit card sign-up bonus of 2016 – and it is only October. This is good news.  The introduction of interchange fee capping seemed to signal the death of .....

MBNA has launched its first enhanced credit card sign-up bonus of 2016 – and it is only October. This is .....

5 Oct 20165 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Avios.com and British Airways Executive Club both launched an interesting new promotion yesterday which could get you 1,000 Avios in each scheme. Full details are here on avios.com. You will receive .....

Avios.com and British Airways Executive Club both launched an interesting new promotion yesterday which could .....

4 Oct 20164 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 182 comments