News in brief: Tesco stopping 150 Clubcard points (360 Avios) on gift cards According to an announcement on the Tesco website, you will soon no longer be able to earn 150 Clubcard points (360 Avios) .....

News in brief: Tesco stopping 150 Clubcard points (360 Avios) on gift cards According to an announcement on .....

13 Sep 201613 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

Virgin Flying Club launched a new partnership with chauffeur firm myDriver in April. I didn’t mention it then but a reader recently gave me a nudge and – because of the decent earning rate .....

Virgin Flying Club launched a new partnership with chauffeur firm myDriver in April. I didn’t mention it .....

13 Sep 201613 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals.  Our updated directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards .....

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

12 Sep 201612 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Tesco Clubcard offers a very cheap way of accumulating Avios points and Virgin Flying Club miles without stepping on a plane.  Are Avios points a blinkered way of redeeming your Clubcard vouchers, .....

Tesco Clubcard offers a very cheap way of accumulating Avios points and Virgin Flying Club miles without .....

12 Sep 201612 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

Whilst nothing is signed yet, the noises coming out of Germany suggest that Lufthansa is on the verge of taking over a third of the airberlin route network. This will not be a long and drawn out .....

Whilst nothing is signed yet, the noises coming out of Germany suggest that Lufthansa is on the verge of .....

12 Sep 201612 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

British Airways has launched a strong Club World sale out of Germany and Switzerland for flights to the USA. If you happy to take a little detour on the way, you could pick up a Club World flight for .....

British Airways has launched a strong Club World sale out of Germany and Switzerland for flights to the USA. .....

11 Sep 201611 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

This is my review of Club Millesime, the new Priority Pass at Heathrow Terminal 5 inside the Sofitel hotel. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the .....

This is my review of Club Millesime, the new Priority Pass at Heathrow Terminal 5 inside the Sofitel hotel. .....

11 Sep 201611 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Emirates Skywards added a new feature last week – the ability to use your Skywards miles as part payment towards a cash ticket. You can find full details of ‘cash and miles’ on this .....

Emirates Skywards added a new feature last week – the ability to use your Skywards miles as part payment .....

11 Sep 201611 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

The September British Airways sale will be running until the 21st.  Just for this weekend – until Tuesday to be precise – there is an additional discount if you book a BA Holidays .....

The September British Airways sale will be running until the 21st.  Just for this weekend – until .....

10 Sep 201610 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

This is my review of the InterContinental Geneva hotel. Back in May I wrote about a fantastic competition organised by the Geneva Tourist Board.  It was giving away 1,000 nights over the Summer in .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Geneva hotel. Back in May I wrote about a fantastic competition .....

10 Sep 201610 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

News in brief: Earn 20 Avios per £1 on Heathrow Express tickets It is kept very low key – and you need to book via a special website – but you can earn Avios points when booking Heathrow .....

News in brief: Earn 20 Avios per £1 on Heathrow Express tickets It is kept very low key – and you need .....

10 Sep 201610 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

On Tuesday I wrote a piece about the new British Airways ‘triple Avios’ promotion. To say that the website for it left something to be desired was putting it mildly, with contradictory .....

On Tuesday I wrote a piece about the new British Airways ‘triple Avios’ promotion. To say that the .....

9 Sep 20169 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

News in brief: Etihad sale extended and now ends today Etihad has added 72 hours to its September sale on Tuesday which will now end this evening (Friday).  Here are the highlights that I picked out .....

News in brief: Etihad sale extended and now ends today Etihad has added 72 hours to its September sale on .....

9 Sep 20169 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

News in brief: Get up to 35% bonus when you buy Avios If everything went to plan, a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus should now be live over at avios.com.  I’m not sure if ba.com will have it .....

News in brief: Get up to 35% bonus when you buy Avios If everything went to plan, a new ‘buy .....

9 Sep 20169 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments