Just a quick reminder that 31st March is the last day to convert your Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club to benefit from the current ’30% bonus miles’ promotion. This means .....

Just a quick reminder that 31st March is the last day to convert your Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Virgin .....

25 Mar 201425 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, an interesting new offer has popped up at the Amex Platinum website. To quote: Members-only website BestSecret is one of the fashion industry’s .....

If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, an interesting new offer has popped up at the Amex .....

24 Mar 201424 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

On  Saturday, I published the list of hotels which will be bookable for just 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points in the latest round of PointBreaks. This post is just a reminder that these hotels .....

On  Saturday, I published the list of hotels which will be bookable for just 5,000 IHG Rewards Club .....

24 Mar 201424 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

At some point today, airberlin is likely to confirm to the German stock market that Etihad is raising its stake in the airline from 30% to 49.9%. More importantly, the airline is to delist from the .....

At some point today, airberlin is likely to confirm to the German stock market that Etihad is raising its .....

24 Mar 201424 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

British Airways has launched a four day flash sale.  It started yesterday, and will run until midnight on Tuesday. In theory, the sale is only for World Traveller and World Traveller Plus.  However, .....

British Airways has launched a four day flash sale.  It started yesterday, and will run until midnight on .....

23 Mar 201423 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

There is only one way to earn Avios points when renting with Hertz and that is to credit them to Iberia Plus.  Hertz is not a British Airways partner. Once in Iberia Plus, you can easily move your .....

There is only one way to earn Avios points when renting with Hertz and that is to credit them to Iberia Plus. .....

23 Mar 201423 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Via One Mile At A Time, it seems that Lufthansa has brought back the tool which allowed you to look up whether your flight would have the new fully-flat business class seat on it. Given how ropey the .....

Via One Mile At A Time, it seems that Lufthansa has brought back the tool which allowed you to look up whether .....

23 Mar 201423 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions via its private online .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

22 Mar 201422 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Lastminute.com is currently running a special promotion on its ‘Top Secret’ list of unnamed London hotels. The link to access the deals is here. In theory, the hotel name is meant to be .....

Lastminute.com is currently running a special promotion on its ‘Top Secret’ list of unnamed .....

22 Mar 201422 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Two of the four IHG Rewards Club accounts in our family received an email yesterday: Receive between 25% and 100% additional points when you buy IHG® Rewards Club points between now and 21 April .....

Two of the four IHG Rewards Club accounts in our family received an email yesterday: Receive between 25% and .....

22 Mar 201422 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) will release a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions at some point today. I will .....

IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) will release a .....

21 Mar 201421 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

It has been a long time since we have seen a promotional code for the Heathrow Express.  However, a new offer has just launched – in association with Mastercard – which will run until 31 .....

It has been a long time since we have seen a promotional code for the Heathrow Express.  However, a new offer .....

21 Mar 201421 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

InterNations, which bills itself as the worlds largest online community for expats, got in touch with me this week to introduce itself. I agreed to give them a plug here, as I thought it might be of .....

InterNations, which bills itself as the worlds largest online community for expats, got in touch with me this .....

21 Mar 201421 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

From a miles and points perspective, the key point in the UK Budget Statement yesterday was not the cut in Bingo Duty to 10%, nor the freezing of cider duty, but a cut in the rate of Air Passenger .....

From a miles and points perspective, the key point in the UK Budget Statement yesterday was not the cut in .....

20 Mar 201420 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments