This is part of my trip report on my Middle East visit last week.  I have already looked at the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4 and Qatar Airways A380 Business Class. This article .....

This is part of my trip report on my Middle East visit last week.  I have already looked at the Qatar Airways .....

10 Mar 201610 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is my review of Business Class on a Qatar Airways A380, from London to Doha. As I explained yesterday, I travelled down to the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah last week as the guest of Qatar Airways. .....

This is my review of Business Class on a Qatar Airways A380, from London to Doha. As I explained yesterday, I .....

9 Mar 20169 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

Heinemann is the German equivalent of World Duty Free.   It has its own loyalty programme, Heinemann & Me, and at present is offering all new and existing members 1,000 Etihad Guest or airberlin .....

Heinemann is the German equivalent of World Duty Free.   It has its own loyalty programme, Heinemann & .....

9 Mar 20169 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

News in brief: Easter deals at Park Inn hotels in the UK and Ireland Last week I wrote about the special Easter deals available at Radisson Blu hotels across the UK – free upgrades, free .....

News in brief: Easter deals at Park Inn hotels in the UK and Ireland Last week I wrote about the special .....

9 Mar 20169 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

News in brief: The Facebook ‘Avios Suitcase’ game is over For the last couple of year, it has been possible to pick up the odd hundred Avios here and there in avios.com by using the Avios .....

News in brief: The Facebook ‘Avios Suitcase’ game is over For the last couple of year, it has been .....

8 Mar 20168 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is my review of the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. Last time I .....

This is my review of the Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. This is part of our series of .....

8 Mar 20168 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

A hotel executive with a major UK group told me recently that she isn’t primarily bothered about other chains these days. What keeps her up at night is the behaviour of the major online travel .....

A hotel executive with a major UK group told me recently that she isn’t primarily bothered about other .....

8 Mar 20168 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Hilton has launched a seven day flash sale which runs until midnight on Sunday. It is offering special deals at 300 hotels across Europe (including the UK), Middle East and Africa, but only at .....

Hilton has launched a seven day flash sale which runs until midnight on Sunday. It is offering special deals .....

7 Mar 20167 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

7 Mar 20167 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 9 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 directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....

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

7 Mar 20167 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

News in brief: Get a 30% bonus for buying Avios – good deal? ba.com has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus.  You will receive up to 30% extra Avios with any purchase you make before .....

News in brief: Get a 30% bonus for buying Avios – good deal? ba.com has launched a new ‘buy .....

6 Mar 20166 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

These days we are able to do pretty much everything online and usually we’d say taking out home insurance is one of those things that can be done with a few clicks.   However Tesco Bank seems .....

These days we are able to do pretty much everything online and usually we’d say taking out home .....

6 Mar 20166 March 2016 by Anika Burnett • 47 comments

News in brief: Get 500 Avios with your first LOVEtheatre booking On Thursday I wrote about the new avios.com partnership with LOVEtheatre.com, which allows you to earn 3 Avios points for every £1 you .....

News in brief: Get 500 Avios with your first LOVEtheatre booking On Thursday I wrote about the new avios.com .....

6 Mar 20166 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

News in brief: The worst example of Dynamic Currency Conversion I have seen I was in the Waldorf-Astoria Ras al-Khaimah last week which I will review soon.  It is a very impressive hotel but, at .....

News in brief: The worst example of Dynamic Currency Conversion I have seen I was in the Waldorf-Astoria Ras .....

5 Mar 20165 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments