I was hoping to write something interesting about my visit to Business Travel Market 2012 at the Excel Centre in London, but I can’t. This show just gets worse every year both in terms of the .....

I was hoping to write something interesting about my visit to Business Travel Market 2012 at the Excel Centre .....

14 Jun 201214 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

Priority Club bonus point promotion codes for the 1 July to 30 September period have started to appear.  These codes offer you between 5,000 and 15,000 extra points for staying 5-18 paid nights .....

Priority Club bonus point promotion codes for the 1 July to 30 September period have started to appear.  .....

14 Jun 201214 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

If you’ve been taking part in the avios.com and BAEC ‘new partners’ promo, anyone who converted £6.50 or more of Tesco vouchers to BAEC between February and May (and had not .....

If you’ve been taking part in the avios.com and BAEC ‘new partners’ promo, anyone who .....

14 Jun 201214 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

Lee_Again at Flyertalk reminds me (before the thread disintegrates into ranting in the way that Flyertalk threads often do ….!) of one of the little known quirks of flying BA from Heathrow .....

Lee_Again at Flyertalk reminds me (before the thread disintegrates into ranting in the way that Flyertalk .....

13 Jun 201213 June 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is another post in our series on avios.com partners.  Click on ‘avios.com non-travel partners’ under Categories to see the other entries. Shell Drivers Club is the loyalty scheme for .....

This is another post in our series on avios.com partners.  Click on ‘avios.com non-travel .....

12 Jun 201212 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

A new partner award chart has quietly appeared on the BMI website. Now, this is odd.  Remember that from 3rd July, Avios and Diamond Club miles will be interchangeable.   What is the .....

A new partner award chart has quietly appeared on the BMI website. Now, this is odd.  Remember that from .....

12 Jun 201212 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

There is an offer running at the moment with Tesco Life Insurance whereby you receive 3,000 Tesco Clubcard points for taking out a new policy before 15th August.  This is worth 7,200 Avios or 7,500 .....

There is an offer running at the moment with Tesco Life Insurance whereby you receive 3,000 Tesco Clubcard .....

12 Jun 201212 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

BA has launched a 30% bonus for buying Avios running to 2nd August.  The maximum 31,000 Avios will cost you £399.  This is, however, still more expensive than the current offer for buying BMI miles .....

BA has launched a 30% bonus for buying Avios running to 2nd August.  The maximum 31,000 Avios will cost you .....

11 Jun 201211 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

Miles & More has launched a surprisingly aggressive sale on its reward seats, for tickets booked before 30th June for travel before 7th July. From the UK, Abu Dhabi at 40,000 miles in J looks a .....

Miles & More has launched a surprisingly aggressive sale on its reward seats, for tickets booked before .....

11 Jun 201211 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

American Express Platinum (and indeed Centurion) cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, through either the Fine Hotels & Resorts programme (late check-out, upgrade if available at .....

American Express Platinum (and indeed Centurion) cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, through .....

10 Jun 201210 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

HfP does not do trip reports, in general.  However, we have just returned from 10 nights at Sandy Lane in Barbados and as this hotel has a fairly high profile (mainly due to the celebrities who .....

HfP does not do trip reports, in general.  However, we have just returned from 10 nights at Sandy Lane in .....

10 Jun 201210 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

Tesco Clubcard is a major partner with British Airways and offers one of the easiest non-flying ways for UK British Airways Executive Club members to earn lots of Avios.  Historically, Tesco has .....

Tesco Clubcard is a major partner with British Airways and offers one of the easiest non-flying ways for UK .....

9 Jun 20129 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

If you were following the tale of my Lloyds TSB Avios credit card I am pleased to say that the Avios from Statement 3 have just posted – 730,000!!  This is, to put it mildly, not a bad result. .....

If you were following the tale of my Lloyds TSB Avios credit card I am pleased to say that the Avios from .....

8 Jun 20128 June 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is my brief review of the Park Inn hotel in Bedford. Well, I survived my trip to Bedford yesterday.  The Park Inn Bedford is a 10-15 minute walk from the railway station, in what looks like a .....

This is my brief review of the Park Inn hotel in Bedford. Well, I survived my trip to Bedford yesterday.  The .....

8 Jun 20128 June 2012 by Rob Burgess