Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus when you convert hotel loyalty points into Avios points. Yesterday, I received an email from .....

Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus .....

22 Jun 201322 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Hilton has launched a big promotion entitled “Great Getaway”, offering discounts of up to 40% on rooms in Europe. A smaller discount of up to 25% applies elsewhere in North America, the .....

Hilton has launched a big promotion entitled “Great Getaway”, offering discounts of up to 40% on .....

22 Jun 201322 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

News in brief: Last call for our RedSpottedHanky tennis mini-league! Wimbledon starts on Monday, which means that this weekend is your last chance to earn up to £15 in free UK train travel by signing .....

News in brief: Last call for our RedSpottedHanky tennis mini-league! Wimbledon starts on Monday, which means .....

22 Jun 201322 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

I posted last week about a new Iberia promotion that allowed you to earn a whopping 15 Avios points (!). There was a reason for this, though, as earning 15 points would ‘activate’ your .....

I posted last week about a new Iberia promotion that allowed you to earn a whopping 15 Avios points (!). There .....

21 Jun 201321 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Here are a few random photographs from Taste of London 2013, sponsored by British Airways, yesterday afternoon.  It wasn’t the sunniest afternoon ever in Regents Park, but at least the rain .....

Here are a few random photographs from Taste of London 2013, sponsored by British Airways, yesterday .....

21 Jun 201321 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

There is something distinctly weird about Amex Platinum and their special promotions. For every one they send you that might possibly be useful, there is one that is just fundamentally odd or poor .....

There is something distinctly weird about Amex Platinum and their special promotions. For every one they send .....

21 Jun 201321 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Virgin Atlantic launched its new Little Red domestic flights at the end of March, serving Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. These are operated using Heathrow slots which British Airways was forced .....

Virgin Atlantic launched its new Little Red domestic flights at the end of March, serving Manchester, .....

20 Jun 201320 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all! The scheme has been around for a while, and offers a number of benefits: Free seat selection .....

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all! The .....

20 Jun 201320 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

There is, it seems, no end to the different ways in which the internet and, specifically, mobile applications are changing the travel scene. Guidestock – whilst still in beta at the moment .....

There is, it seems, no end to the different ways in which the internet and, specifically, mobile applications .....

20 Jun 201320 June 2013 by Rob Burgess

I was in the British Airways Terminal 5 lounges last week for the first time since the change of caterers to BaxterStorey. The new contract – combined with what appears to be a massive budget .....

I was in the British Airways Terminal 5 lounges last week for the first time since the change of caterers to .....

19 Jun 201319 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

An interesting promotion has popped up on the American Express Travel website, for anyone who has an Amex card enrolled in the Membership Rewards programme. Amex is offering 2,500 Membership Rewards .....

An interesting promotion has popped up on the American Express Travel website, for anyone who has an Amex card .....

19 Jun 201319 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Just a quick heads up, if you use an iPhone, that the new version of the British Airways app – released a couple of week ago – now supports Passbook. Your boarding pass will now be stored .....

Just a quick heads up, if you use an iPhone, that the new version of the British Airways app – released .....

19 Jun 201319 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Thank you to the 99 people who entered the Taste of London competition, to win tickets for Thursday evening. Of the 99 comments, 95 were received before the midnight cut-off and were able to win. I .....

Thank you to the 99 people who entered the Taste of London competition, to win tickets for Thursday evening. .....

18 Jun 201318 June 2013 by Rob Burgess

Hyatt Stay Certificates can be a very interesting tool for the luxury traveller – or, at least, the traveller who like to travel in luxury but wants to pay less than rack rate to get it!  This .....

Hyatt Stay Certificates can be a very interesting tool for the luxury traveller – or, at least, the .....

18 Jun 201318 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments