Marriott published the reward chart for the combined Marriott Rewards / Starwood Preferred Guest programme yesterday afternoon.  I did a short extra article on it but this is a deeper look. Travel .....

Marriott published the reward chart for the combined Marriott Rewards / Starwood Preferred Guest programme .....

29 Jun 201829 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

To give Willie Walsh and the rest of the IAG management team some credit, they don’t mess around when they want to get something done. IAG, the parent company of British Airways, announced .....

To give Willie Walsh and the rest of the IAG management team some credit, they don’t mess around when .....

29 Jun 201829 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments

The point of this article, before I start rambling on, is this – if you can book a hotel in a way which guarantees an upgrade AT THE TIME OF BOOKING, you can save a lot of money because you can .....

The point of this article, before I start rambling on, is this – if you can book a hotel in a way which .....

29 Jun 201829 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I am dropping this in as a ‘rough and ready’ article as I am out in Paris this afternoon.  I will take a proper look later. You can see the new combined Marriott and Starwood reward chart .....

I am dropping this in as a ‘rough and ready’ article as I am out in Paris this afternoon.  I will .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

InterContinental has opened the InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort, located on Phu Quoc island.  This is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve off the coast of Vietnam. The resort features 459 .....

InterContinental has opened the InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort, located on Phu Quoc island.  .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

As we covered recently, Hainan Airlines has just launched a triangular Beijing – Edinburgh – Dublin – Beijing service using an A330-300. Confusingly, the routing actually goes: .....

As we covered recently, Hainan Airlines has just launched a triangular Beijing – Edinburgh – .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is cancelling all flights to Dubai from 31st March 2019. As a regular traveller on the route, I always struggled with Virgin. The outbound flight from the UK is .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is cancelling all flights to Dubai from 31st March 2019. As a regular .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Gulf Air has launched a couple of interesting business class deals from Heathrow to the Middle East and Asia. Prices are, in theory, £1149 return to Bangkok, £1149 return to Dubai, £1279 return to .....

Gulf Air has launched a couple of interesting business class deals from Heathrow to the Middle East and Asia. .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland route – which was only set up in the first place to annoy Norwegian – is now .....

British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery between now and 2021 which will revolutionise Iberia’s long-haul offering. Iberia will .....

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330-200 fleet. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the refurbishment that Virgin Atlantic is about to undertake – at a cost of £10m .....

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330-200 fleet. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about .....

27 Jun 201827 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

This is part two of my review of Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic’s A330-200 fleet.  Part 1 is here.  These aircraft were inherited from airberlin to replace Virgin’s faulty Boeing .....

This is part two of my review of Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic’s A330-200 fleet.  Part 1 is .....

27 Jun 201827 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

The partnership between Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Money is now really moving forward.  We have covered the two new Virgin Atlantic credit cards in depth.  The life insurance deal we covered .....

The partnership between Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Money is now really moving forward.  We have covered .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine partner Laithwaites, to allow you to trade your Avios for beer, wine or champagne. I thought .....

Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine .....

26 Jun 201826 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments