British Airways, or their selected third party, lounges in Europe are generally unexciting and I wasn’t expecting to find anything to write about in Vienna.  However, it turned out that I had .....

British Airways, or their selected third party, lounges in Europe are generally unexciting and I wasn’t .....

23 Sep 201623 September 2016 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

I thought I’d drop this in during the afternoon as something to think about …. This morning a Mandarin-speaking reader, who I know fairly well via previous emails, sent me a document which .....

I thought I’d drop this in during the afternoon as something to think about …. This morning a .....

22 Sep 201622 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

The Curve Card got a lot of coverage on Head for Points this year, for better and worse.  It launched as an intermediary payment card which, among other things, allowed you to recharge Visa .....

The Curve Card got a lot of coverage on Head for Points this year, for better and worse.  It .....

22 Sep 201622 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 203 comments

I wrote two months ago that the dismal Swissport lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 was scheduled to close at the end of October. If you want to know how bad the Swissport lounge is, take a look at my .....

I wrote two months ago that the dismal Swissport lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 was scheduled to close at the .....

22 Sep 201622 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

News in brief: New Starwood SPG Moments concerts at The O2 now bookable Starwood Preferred Guest released a new batch of O2 concerts yesterday.  The list, it is fair to say, has something for .....

News in brief: New Starwood SPG Moments concerts at The O2 now bookable Starwood Preferred Guest released a .....

22 Sep 201622 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous Avios offer.  You will receive up to 10,000 Avios points when you open a Stocks & Shares ISA or a pension with Nutmeg before 9th .....

Wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous Avios offer.  You will receive up to 10,000 .....

21 Sep 201621 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

News in brief: Get 3,600 Avios and £10 off with LEGO Friends As we covered on Shopper Points yesterday, there is a VERY generous LEGO deal running again this week on Tesco Direct. As you can see on .....

News in brief: Get 3,600 Avios and £10 off with LEGO Friends As we covered on Shopper Points yesterday, there .....

21 Sep 201621 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson Blu / Park Inn / Park Plaza programme, launched a status match programme back in June which is still running. If you have elite status with another hotel group, it is worth .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson Blu / Park Inn / Park Plaza programme, launched a status match programme back in .....

21 Sep 201621 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Some good news from British Airways for a change.  Yesterday, the company officially announced the new First Class, Gold Executive Club and oneworld Emerald access route at Heathrow Terminal 5. Click .....

Some good news from British Airways for a change.  Yesterday, the company officially announced the new First .....

20 Sep 201620 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Tomorrow, Wednesday 21st, is your last chance to make a booking in the current British Airways and Virgin Atlantic sales. I wanted to do a recap today of some of the deals on offer. British Airways .....

Tomorrow, Wednesday 21st, is your last chance to make a booking in the current British Airways and Virgin .....

20 Sep 201620 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Westin, Sheraton, W, St Regis etc, has an interesting tie-up with Emirates which a lot of people don’t know about. It is called ‘Your .....

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Westin, Sheraton, W, St Regis etc, has an interesting tie-up .....

20 Sep 201620 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Avios is gearing up for the launch of a new feature on 1st October – a new restaurant-booking portal called Restaurant Circle which will give you 250 Avios points with every table booked. The .....

Avios is gearing up for the launch of a new feature on 1st October – a new restaurant-booking portal .....

19 Sep 201619 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

19 Sep 201619 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Following on from my story on Saturday that British Airways is training cabin crew to sell ‘buy on board’ food on short haul – but only after they sign a confidentiality agreement .....

Following on from my story on Saturday that British Airways is training cabin crew to sell ‘buy on .....

18 Sep 201618 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 120 comments