News in brief: TopCashback is ending conversions into Avios TopCashback is ending its relationship with Avios at the end of the year. TCB, website here, effectively allowed you to buy Avios at 0.95p .....

News in brief: TopCashback is ending conversions into Avios TopCashback is ending its relationship with Avios .....

18 Oct 202318 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Pre covid it was relatively easy to find business class flights from Europe to Australia for £2,000. The most common option was taking one of the Chinese carriers out of Amsterdam. Those fares are .....

Pre covid it was relatively easy to find business class flights from Europe to Australia for £2,000. The most .....

18 Oct 202318 October 2023 by Rob Burgess

I know that very few readers have the Harrods American Express card, which we wrote about here. The card has added a £25 quarterly in-store dining credit since we wrote that review. However, I .....

I know that very few readers have the Harrods American Express card, which we wrote about here. The card has .....

18 Oct 202318 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Last week, Bloomberg reported (paywall) that British Airways and Iberia parent International Airlines Group (IAG) was in contact with Airbus and Boeing about further widebody aircraft purchases. These .....

Last week, Bloomberg reported (paywall) that British Airways and Iberia parent International Airlines Group .....

17 Oct 202317 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 114 comments

Most people are aware that – if you need airport parking whilst you are on holiday – it is often cheaper to book a nearby hotel which offers a ‘free parking’ package and stay .....

Most people are aware that – if you need airport parking whilst you are on holiday – it is often .....

17 Oct 202317 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Last week we flagged American Express ‘Member Week’, a new initiative this year which copies a successful US promotion Amidst all of the competitions and other promotions, the one thing .....

Last week we flagged American Express ‘Member Week’, a new initiative this year which copies a .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 147 comments

On Thursday I was in Paris for the opening of the new Star Alliance non-Schengen lounge in Charles de Gaulle Airport. It is the seventh Star Alliance-branded lounge to open and all of the senior team .....

On Thursday I was in Paris for the opening of the new Star Alliance non-Schengen lounge in Charles de Gaulle .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

If you have been through Newcastle Airport in recent weeks, you may have noticed some activity in the old British Airways lounge space which is now abandoned. We had heard that Aspire was planning to .....

If you have been through Newcastle Airport in recent weeks, you may have noticed some activity in the old .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

This is my review of Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, part of Marriott’s The Luxury Collection. When I first started travelling heavily in my early 20s, I would visit cities, walk past – or .....

This is my review of Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, part of Marriott’s The Luxury Collection. When I .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rob Burgess

Manchester Airports Group, which owns London Stansted, Manchester and East Midlands Airports, will now allow you pre-book airport lounge access via a Priority Pass card. It is also offering it at .....

Manchester Airports Group, which owns London Stansted, Manchester and East Midlands Airports, will now allow .....

15 Oct 202315 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

First introduced in 2017, the British Airways boarding process involves ranking passengers based on status and cabin class. Those with higher status or those travelling in premium classes board first; .....

First introduced in 2017, the British Airways boarding process involves ranking passengers based on status and .....

15 Oct 202315 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 128 comments

InterContinental was arguably the daddy of the international, business driven hotel brands. It was founded by US airline Pan Am in 1946 as, oddly, a US Government initiative. .....

InterContinental was arguably the daddy of the international, business driven hotel brands. It was founded by .....

15 Oct 202315 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Aer Lingus has launched an Avios flash sale. Until Sunday night, you get a 50% discount on the number of Avios required when you book a cash ticket and use ‘Part Pay With Avios’. You are .....

Aer Lingus has launched an Avios flash sale. Until Sunday night, you get a 50% discount on the number of Avios .....

14 Oct 202314 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments