With the new Eurostar loyalty scheme, Club Eurostar, now fully operational (my thoughts are here) – and with American Express Membership Rewards still onboard as the only Club Eurostar transfer .....

With the new Eurostar loyalty scheme, Club Eurostar, now fully operational (my thoughts are here) – and .....

15 Jan 201815 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Yesterday I looked at how to use both BA and avios.com Household Accounts as part of our ‘Avios Redemption University’ series. As we’re talking about Household Accounts, I wanted to .....

Yesterday I looked at how to use both BA and avios.com Household Accounts as part of our ‘Avios .....

14 Jan 201814 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

There has been an interesting development in the saga of the HSBC Premier World Elite credit card bonus (which I am legally obliged to tell you has a representative APR of 59.3% variable including .....

There has been an interesting development in the saga of the HSBC Premier World Elite credit card bonus (which .....

14 Jan 201814 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

If you have an American Express Platinum card, you probably got an email on Friday saying that you will get a 25% bonus when you redeem your Membership Reward points via Platinum Travel.  This would .....

If you have an American Express Platinum card, you probably got an email on Friday saying that you will get a .....

14 Jan 201814 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

Cathay Pacific has launched a short economy sale, running to Wednesday 17th January. Economy prices from London are: Hong Kong £479 Manila £469 Ho Chi Minh City £499 Bali £469 Shanghai £469 The .....

Cathay Pacific has launched a short economy sale, running to Wednesday 17th January. Economy prices from .....

14 Jan 201814 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

It is a good few months since I last talked about this deal so – as it is still running – I thought I would look at it again today for the benefit of new readers. AerClub, the new Aer .....

It is a good few months since I last talked about this deal so – as it is still running – I .....

14 Jan 201814 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

British Airways has launched a short flash sale on many of its European routes.  The headline prices are as low as you will ever see, with headline fares from £23 each way. You don’t have .....

British Airways has launched a short flash sale on many of its European routes.  The headline prices are as .....

13 Jan 201813 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. This article .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

13 Jan 201813 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

IHG has announced that a Hotel Indigo will open in Venice next year.   Hotel Indigo Venice Sant’Elena will be located next to the canal ‘Rio Sant’ Elena’, within walking .....

IHG has announced that a Hotel Indigo will open in Venice next year.   Hotel Indigo Venice Sant’Elena .....

13 Jan 201813 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

As we saw with the Qatar Airways sale this week, the best long-haul business class deals tend to involve starting outside the UK.  This is partly due to high UK Air Passenger Duty but mainly because .....

As we saw with the Qatar Airways sale this week, the best long-haul business class deals tend to involve .....

13 Jan 201813 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

In April 2017, Avios launched Restaurant Circle, a restaurant booking site that lets you earn 250 Avios with every reservation you book. The system did not work well from the start.  The initial .....

In April 2017, Avios launched Restaurant Circle, a restaurant booking site that lets you earn 250 Avios with .....

13 Jan 201813 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

If you are a British Airways Gold Guest List member, you will have received an email from British Airways about changes to the ‘Gold upgrade’ benefit. Earn 2500 BA tier points in a year .....

If you are a British Airways Gold Guest List member, you will have received an email from British Airways .....

12 Jan 201812 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

A modest three years after it bought the company, IHG has finally made redemptions at the US luxury boutique chain Kimpton Hotels available via IHG Rewards Club. As I outlined in this article, you can .....

A modest three years after it bought the company, IHG has finally made redemptions at the US luxury boutique .....

12 Jan 201812 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

If you’ve been intrigued by some of our flight simulator coverage in recent months, Groupon is running a deal for the Emirates-branded A380 and Boeing 777 flight simulator at North Greenwich. .....

If you’ve been intrigued by some of our flight simulator coverage in recent months, Groupon is running a .....

12 Jan 201812 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments