The launch of the Barclaycard upgrade vouchers, available via Barclays Premier with Barclays Avios Rewards and the two Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards, was a substantial boost for the solo .....

The launch of the Barclaycard upgrade vouchers, available via Barclays Premier with Barclays Avios Rewards and .....

24 Apr 202324 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Emirates Skywards has been a Heathrow Rewards transfer partner for many years. The transfer rate is the same as for Heathrow’s other airline partners.  250 Heathrow Rewards points gets you .....

Emirates Skywards has been a Heathrow Rewards transfer partner for many years. The transfer rate is the same .....

24 Apr 202324 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. You are receiving this as a previous subscriber to Malcolm .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

24 Apr 202324 April 2023 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the American Airlines First Class lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. .....

This is my review of the American Airlines First Class lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part of .....

23 Apr 202323 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

We often get questions about how to gift a hotel reward night to someone else. This is usually fiddlier than it should be, and often not possible if you want to stick strictly to the T&C of the .....

We often get questions about how to gift a hotel reward night to someone else. This is usually fiddlier than .....

23 Apr 202323 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Liverpool is currently riding a bit of a wave in terms of new hotel openings. Accor’s Pullman hotel (website here) arguably started it back in 2016 as a high-end new build. During the pandemic, .....

Liverpool is currently riding a bit of a wave in terms of new hotel openings. Accor’s Pullman hotel .....

23 Apr 202323 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

On Monday, Barclays launched an exceptional sign-up offer on the two new Avios-earning Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. The Avios Plus Mastercard now offers a sign-up bonus of 50,000 Avios .....

On Monday, Barclays launched an exceptional sign-up offer on the two new Avios-earning Barclaycard Avios .....

22 Apr 202322 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is our review of the W Hotel in Rome. It is one of the newest W Hotels to open and part of the big brand expansion in Europe. Other recent Ws to open include W Algarve which has had good reader .....

This is our review of the W Hotel in Rome. It is one of the newest W Hotels to open and part of the big brand .....

22 Apr 202322 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 18 comments

What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of ‘mattress runs’ today.  A ‘mattress run’ involves booking a .....

What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of .....

22 Apr 202322 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

22 Apr 202322 April 2023 by Rhys Jones

Loganair is growing its Heathrow presence, with two new routes to add to the existing Isle of Man service. There is a big push on City of Derry, with three flights per day Monday to Friday and two per .....

Loganair is growing its Heathrow presence, with two new routes to add to the existing Isle of Man service. .....

21 Apr 202321 April 2023 by Rob Burgess

18 months ago, we wrote about an annoying new habit turning up at high-end London hotels – an ‘optional’ 5% service charge. With London’s top hotels now selling for over .....

18 months ago, we wrote about an annoying new habit turning up at high-end London hotels – an .....

21 Apr 202321 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 143 comments

Eurostar has launched a discount promotion for Earth Day. You can save 10% on bookings in Standard and Standard Premier using code EARTH2023. The small print is minimal: This is a genuine saving. I .....

Eurostar has launched a discount promotion for Earth Day. You can save 10% on bookings in Standard and .....

21 Apr 202321 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at The O2 arena in London. If you’ve never been, this is a great way to see a concert – or at least it is about as good as .....

Marriott Bonvoy has released a new batch of tickets for its box at The O2 arena in London. If you’ve .....

21 Apr 202321 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments