Avios has teamed up with hotel booking site Agoda to offer additional points on hotel bookings made via their PointsMAX scheme. Agoda is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched .....

Avios has teamed up with hotel booking site Agoda to offer additional points on hotel bookings made via their .....

27 Jan 201727 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

News in brief: Hilton EMEA sale ending soon The Hilton EMEA sale which covers the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa ends on 31st January. The special landing page is here. Whilst it is nominally .....

News in brief: Hilton EMEA sale ending soon The Hilton EMEA sale which covers the UK, Europe, Middle East and .....

27 Jan 201727 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge at Birmingham Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. EDIT: Our updated 2021 review .....

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge at Birmingham Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of .....

27 Jan 201727 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 7 comments

This is my review of the British Airways temporary Speedbird Lounge in Gatwick Airport’s South terminal. As I wrote in my companion article to this one, British Airways has not been allowed to .....

This is my review of the British Airways temporary Speedbird Lounge in Gatwick Airport’s South terminal. .....

26 Jan 201726 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched some aggressive Upper Class fares from Manchester to Boston this summer. How aggressive?  We’re talking ‘£999.62 return’ aggressive. If you are looking .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched some aggressive Upper Class fares from Manchester to Boston this summer. How .....

26 Jan 201726 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Wednesday was the day that British Airways moved its Gatwick operations over to the South Terminal. The good news is that check in seemed to be working fine when I was there, with no sign of delays. .....

Wednesday was the day that British Airways moved its Gatwick operations over to the South Terminal. The good .....

25 Jan 201725 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

As it’s January, and the site has a lot of new readers looking to get more value from their travel this year, I wanted to take another quick look today at something which even old hands can .....

As it’s January, and the site has a lot of new readers looking to get more value from their travel this .....

25 Jan 201725 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

In the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, a modest drive from Dubai, is a luxury tent and villa resort in the desert. Called Al Wadi Desert (home page here) it used to be run by Banyan Tree which gives you an .....

In the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, a modest drive from Dubai, is a luxury tent and villa resort in the desert. .....

25 Jan 201725 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Today, Wednesday 25th, is the day of the big British Airways terminal switch at Gatwick.  We will have coverage of this tomorrow. Gatwick may now be higher up your radar than it was in 2016. .....

Today, Wednesday 25th, is the day of the big British Airways terminal switch at Gatwick.  We will have .....

25 Jan 201725 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is our review of No1 Lounge at Birmingham Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. Reader Rob kindly sent in some .....

This is our review of No1 Lounge at Birmingham Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport .....

25 Jan 201725 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 17 comments

Yesterday I ran a long article entitled ‘Everything you need to know about the BA Amex 2-4-1 voucher’ which attracted a lot of feedback. Looking at the comments during the day, it was .....

Yesterday I ran a long article entitled ‘Everything you need to know about the BA Amex 2-4-1 .....

24 Jan 201724 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 220 comments

According to reports on Flyertalk, and whilst these flights are NOT yet available for booking at ba.com, it appears that Manchester Airport prematurely announced that British Airways will be running .....

According to reports on Flyertalk, and whilst these flights are NOT yet available for booking at ba.com, it .....

24 Jan 201724 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use Tesco’s mobile payment app PayQwiq in EVERY Tesco store.  If you haven’t tried it .....

News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use .....

24 Jan 201724 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a potentially generous new promotion. You will earn €120 of Accor hotel vouchers or 6,000 Avios (or .....

Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a .....

24 Jan 201724 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments