British Airways has now confirmed the timings for its Summer 2018 schedules from Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham. Very little is changed from last year, with no new routes added.  BA has focused .....

British Airways has now confirmed the timings for its Summer 2018 schedules from Manchester, Bristol and .....

5 Dec 20175 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: Lufthansa becomes Europe’s first ‘five star airline’ Airline rating group Skytrax, which claims to receive 20 million votes for its annual World Airline Awards, has .....

News in brief: Lufthansa becomes Europe’s first ‘five star airline’ Airline rating group .....

5 Dec 20175 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

If you have never considered getting the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card, there are some good reasons why you should. Before I explain why, here is some background. Hotel credit .....

If you have never considered getting the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card, there are some .....

4 Dec 20174 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

News in brief: Amex / Park Hyatt ‘free night’ offer launched Park Hyatt is, in my view, the most luxurious hotel brand which is part of major chain and which allows you to earn and redeem .....

News in brief: Amex / Park Hyatt ‘free night’ offer launched Park Hyatt is, in my view, the most .....

4 Dec 20174 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Malaysia Airlines is one of the lesser known members of the oneworld alliance, in which it is a partner alongside British Airways.  This means that you can both earn and redeem Avios, and earn .....

Malaysia Airlines is one of the lesser known members of the oneworld alliance, in which it is a partner .....

4 Dec 20174 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

With the opening of the new Qantas lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 this week, which we covered here and here, and the Cathay Pacific lounge which we covered here, T3 is now the place to be if you want .....

With the opening of the new Qantas lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 this week, which we covered here and here, .....

3 Dec 20173 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

Lots of people have written a lot of nice things about the Boeing 787.  It has big windows, it is fairly quiet and – for airlines – it is amazingly fuel efficient. Unfortunately there is .....

Lots of people have written a lot of nice things about the Boeing 787.  It has big windows, it is fairly .....

3 Dec 20173 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

This is my review of the Aer Lingus lounge at Dublin Airport. This is the last part of my Boston trip reviews.  The main article – if you only have time to read one part of this series – .....

This is my review of the Aer Lingus lounge at Dublin Airport. This is the last part of my Boston trip .....

3 Dec 20173 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 6 comments

British Airways has made an internal announcement that it is phasing out in-flight shopping on short-haul flights from January. January 2018 sees the arrival of the first A320 / A321 NEO aircraft .....

British Airways has made an internal announcement that it is phasing out in-flight shopping on short-haul .....

2 Dec 20172 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 127 comments

News in brief: Get 50% off mytaxi in London this weekend mytaxi – the rebranded Hailo app – has been running a ‘weekend only’ promotion over the last couple of weeks giving .....

News in brief: Get 50% off mytaxi in London this weekend mytaxi – the rebranded Hailo app – has .....

2 Dec 20172 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

We are now on the least exciting bit of my recent Aer Lingus business class redemption from London to Boston, and back, via Dublin. If you didn’t see the earlier articles, Aer Lingus gave me a .....

We are now on the least exciting bit of my recent Aer Lingus business class redemption from London to Boston, .....

2 Dec 20172 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 8 comments

Avios and IHG Rewards Club have joined forces to offer you 500 Avios points for signing up – no stay required.  500 Avios (or 1500 IHG Rewards Club points) are also available to EXISTING IHG .....

Avios and IHG Rewards Club have joined forces to offer you 500 Avios points for signing up – no stay .....

1 Dec 20171 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

If you have an American Express credit or charge card (some exceptions apply), you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from this Saturday until 17th December with ‘Shop Small’. .....

If you have an American Express credit or charge card (some exceptions apply), you can make big savings on .....

1 Dec 20171 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 114 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in November 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Save 50% on ALL BA long-haul economy Avios redemptions – but is it worth it? British Airways .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in November 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Save .....

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