A valuable benefit that comes with The Platinum Card from American Express is £300 of annual dining credit. It makes a big dint in the annual membership fee. Each calendar year – so it resets .....

A valuable benefit that comes with The Platinum Card from American Express is £300 of annual dining credit. .....

6 Dec 20236 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

Which? magazine, which regularly tests and scores consumer goods, has turned its focus to airport lounges. It has released a league table for the best and worst independent airport lounges in the UK. .....

Which? magazine, which regularly tests and scores consumer goods, has turned its focus to airport lounges. It .....

5 Dec 20235 December 2023 by Rhys Jones • 171 comments

Lufthansa is currently celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Miles & More frequent flyer programme. It has been running a number of promotions linked to this, but none have generated any real .....

Lufthansa is currently celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Miles & More frequent flyer programme. It .....

5 Dec 20235 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Virgin Atlantic has just launched flights to the Maldives, adding to the number of new leisure destinations – including Dubai and Turks & Caicos – which have launched this year. The .....

Virgin Atlantic has just launched flights to the Maldives, adding to the number of new leisure destinations .....

5 Dec 20235 December 2023 by Rhys Jones • 63 comments

On Saturday we ran a review of the Hyatt House London Stratford hotel, image below. In the first version – the version which was emailed, not the version most of you read online – I .....

On Saturday we ran a review of the Hyatt House London Stratford hotel, image below. In the first version .....

5 Dec 20235 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Virgin Atlantic has been having a good year. The airline is once again growing its route network, with more destinations added this year than we have seen for some time including Dubai, the Maldives .....

Virgin Atlantic has been having a good year. The airline is once again growing its route network, with more .....

4 Dec 20234 December 2023 by Rhys Jones • 60 comments

It was announced on Sunday, following a media leak, that Alaska Airlines has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9bn deal. Alaska Airlines is a member of the oneworld airline alliance, alongside .....

It was announced on Sunday, following a media leak, that Alaska Airlines has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines .....

4 Dec 20234 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

No sooner had we run this article on the 19 UK airport lounges which can be pre-booked from £6 with a Priority Pass, the entire UK Aspire lounge network has now become bookable. Another 11 UK lounges .....

No sooner had we run this article on the 19 UK airport lounges which can be pre-booked from £6 with a .....

4 Dec 20234 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 47 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 .....

4 Dec 20234 December 2023 by Rob Burgess

A reader asked in the comments the other day about how ‘The Hotel Collection’ benefit for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders worked. I searched through HfP to find an .....

A reader asked in the comments the other day about how ‘The Hotel Collection’ benefit for American .....

3 Dec 20233 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Eurostar offers three classes of travel on its services from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond, all the way from Standard to Business Premier. In this article I want to look at the .....

Eurostar offers three classes of travel on its services from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond, .....

3 Dec 20233 December 2023 by Rhys Jones • 38 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

3 Dec 20233 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Many UK airport lounges, particularly in London, are now so busy that it is hard to get in at peak times using a lounge club card such as Priority Pass. To combat this issue, Priority Pass has been .....

Many UK airport lounges, particularly in London, are now so busy that it is hard to get in at peak times using .....

2 Dec 20232 December 2023 by Rhys Jones • 52 comments

A few weeks ago Rhys reviewed the iconic Hotel Cafe Royal hotel in London, and in a few days I will be heading over to Paris to see sister property Hôtel Lutetia. If Hotel Cafe Royal caught your eye .....

A few weeks ago Rhys reviewed the iconic Hotel Cafe Royal hotel in London, and in a few days I will be heading .....

2 Dec 20232 December 2023 by Rob Burgess