Aer Lingus starts flights to Seattle in May.  Seattle is the home base of Alaska Airlines, and the two companies have announced a new partnership agreement to provide feed to each others flights. .....

Aer Lingus starts flights to Seattle in May.  Seattle is the home base of Alaska Airlines, and the two .....

30 Mar 201830 March 2018 by Rob Burgess

This is the second of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles over two days. One will list the basic facts of the scheme – basically .....

This is the second of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....

30 Mar 201830 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

I wanted to do a final reminder today about the generous promotion that Head for Points and hotel booking site Kaligo.com, which awards Avios points with every hotel you book, have been running this .....

I wanted to do a final reminder today about the generous promotion that Head for Points and hotel booking site .....

30 Mar 201830 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 2 comments

American Express has opened a new lounge for Platinum cardholders at Melbourne Airport. Located in Terminal 2 at the Satellite Level Departures the lounge shares some facilities with the new Plaza .....

American Express has opened a new lounge for Platinum cardholders at Melbourne Airport. Located in Terminal 2 .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Anika Burnett

Heathrow Express has agreed a 10 year management contract with GWR to operate its train services.  This guarantees the future of the service until at least 2028. Heathrow Express will retain a large .....

Heathrow Express has agreed a 10 year management contract with GWR to operate its train services.  This .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Anika Burnett

British Airways has released a large number of seats from the UK to North America in First from £1,700.  It looks like you have to travel to Inverness in order to pay this little, however. There is .....

British Airways has released a large number of seats from the UK to North America in First from £1,700.  It .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 160 comments

There was speculation that Marriott, as the new owner of Starwood Hotels, was not keen to renew the lease on the Starwood Preferred Guest box at London’s The 02 and at similar AEG-run venues .....

There was speculation that Marriott, as the new owner of Starwood Hotels, was not keen to renew the lease on .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Today is the last chance to enter our New York competition. In early January we ran a competition to win two economy class flights between London and New York. It was a big success and generated a lot .....

Today is the last chance to enter our New York competition. In early January we ran a competition to win two .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

After two days of serious articles about the future of Avios and BA Executive Club, I thought we’d do something lighter today. I visited the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden yesterday and .....

After two days of serious articles about the future of Avios and BA Executive Club, I thought we’d do .....

28 Mar 201828 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

The British Airways Special Services team, which will look after ‘every detail of the airport experience for [their] most premium customers’, has been renamed the ‘Concorde .....

The British Airways Special Services team, which will look after ‘every detail of the airport experience .....

28 Mar 201828 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 112 comments

Here is one of the oddest but most lucrative giveaways we have ever done. Rob’s mate Tom has booked a pre-paid two night stay at the Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island in South Australia .....

Here is one of the oddest but most lucrative giveaways we have ever done. Rob’s mate Tom has booked a .....

28 Mar 201828 March 2018 by Anika Burnett

In my article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Hilton Honors loyalty scheme. This post is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want to focus. The .....

In my article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Hilton Honors loyalty scheme. This post is .....

28 Mar 201828 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Our exclusive publication of Alex Cruz’s interview on future changes to Avios and British Airways Executive Club was picked up by a lot of other sites. I ran it without comment because I thought .....

Our exclusive publication of Alex Cruz’s interview on future changes to Avios and British Airways .....

27 Mar 201827 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 137 comments

In order to make travelling from the UK to the US easier, British citizens have been able to register for Global Entry since December 2015, making it possible for them to use the ‘fast-track’ .....

In order to make travelling from the UK to the US easier, British citizens have been able to register for .....

27 Mar 201827 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 45 comments