News in brief: Book £90 Thistle hotel rooms in London, including breakfast Thistle Hotels is running a four day promotion, starting today, to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Queen. There are 9,000 .....

News in brief: Book £90 Thistle hotel rooms in London, including breakfast Thistle Hotels is running a four .....

10 Jun 201610 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

TODAY, 10th June, is the last day to take advantage of the current 100% bonus when you buy Hilton HHonors points – see this page and click through. Even with a 100% bonus, it is .....

TODAY, 10th June, is the last day to take advantage of the current 100% bonus when you buy Hilton HHonors .....

10 Jun 201610 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

I received a private message via Flyertalk yesterday from a British Airways employee who said, to paraphrase, that he was fed up with the anti-BA bias that he felt runs through the site. In my .....

I received a private message via Flyertalk yesterday from a British Airways employee who said, to paraphrase, .....

9 Jun 20169 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 176 comments

News in brief: British Airways removes hot food from Band 4 flights In order not to appear to be unduly criticising British Airways again (see my main article today), I will assume that this is a .....

News in brief: British Airways removes hot food from Band 4 flights In order not to appear to be unduly .....

9 Jun 20169 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

We have seen some interesting promotions over the last couple of years to drum up business for the British Airways Leeds Bradford to Heathrow route. We have had ‘kids fly free’ (up to 3 .....

We have seen some interesting promotions over the last couple of years to drum up business for the British .....

9 Jun 20169 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to try out the new Eurostar e320 trains on a trip to Paris.  That review will follow in a couple of days. First, however, I got to review the Eurostar .....

A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to try out the new Eurostar e320 trains on a trip to Paris.  That .....

8 Jun 20168 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

News in brief: American Express ending Royal Academy partnership For the last year or so, it has been possible to get free access to exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London with your American .....

News in brief: American Express ending Royal Academy partnership For the last year or so, it has been possible .....

8 Jun 20168 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, now with a .....

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on .....

8 Jun 20168 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a hammer blow to the business (I thoroughly recommend reading the story here) and there has .....

American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a .....

7 Jun 20167 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

News in brief: Lock in your exchange rate now if travelling to Europe There is general agreement that the £ will drop if the UK votes to leave the European Union on 23rd June.  Many are predicting .....

News in brief: Lock in your exchange rate now if travelling to Europe There is general agreement that the £ .....

7 Jun 20167 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 121 comments

This our review of the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, Portugal. Being the only hotel in Estoril set right at the ocean front, this new InterContinental hotel – which opened its doors in .....

This our review of the new InterContinental hotel in Estoril, Portugal. Being the only hotel in Estoril set .....

7 Jun 20167 June 2016 by Anika Burnett • 12 comments

This is Part 2 of our review of the new InterContinental Estoril hotel in Portugal.  You can read part 1 here. In part 1 of my review of the InterContinental Estoril my focus was on our room and the .....

This is Part 2 of our review of the new InterContinental Estoril hotel in Portugal.  You can read part 1 .....

7 Jun 20167 June 2016 by Anika Burnett • 1 comment

An image appeared on Flyertalk yesterday which appears to show the new British Airways Club World seats for the forthcoming A350 aircraft. I have not reproduced the image because it has been stolen .....

An image appeared on Flyertalk yesterday which appears to show the new British Airways Club World seats for .....

6 Jun 20166 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

News in brief: Get 7,200 Avios with Tesco home insurance Tesco Bank has extended its current offer of 3,000 Clubcard points when buying home insurance until 31st August.  This is good news if your .....

News in brief: Get 7,200 Avios with Tesco home insurance Tesco Bank has extended its current offer of 3,000 .....

6 Jun 20166 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments