News in brief: Lufthansa to launch Newcastle and Bristol to Frankfurt We’ve not had many new international route announcements to cover recently. However, Lufthansa is launching new daily .....

News in brief: Lufthansa to launch Newcastle and Bristol to Frankfurt We’ve not had many new .....

26 Feb 202126 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

If you’ve wanted to fly to the Maldives on Avios, today is your lucky day. British Airways seems to have relaunched the Maldives as a year-round service, albeit in a limited way. A new service .....

If you’ve wanted to fly to the Maldives on Avios, today is your lucky day. British Airways seems to have .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

As we announced yesterday, American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything we have seen before. If you or .....

As we announced yesterday, American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

World of Hyatt has launched its spring promotion, which is called ‘Bonus Journeys’. This was also the name for the Winter promotion, although the two are structured differently. Here are .....

World of Hyatt has launched its spring promotion, which is called ‘Bonus Journeys’. This was also .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess

This is, I should stress, from the BA rumour mill, albeit from a well placed source. The story is that British Airways has signed off on a full refurbishment of the 12 x A380 aircraft. First Suite and .....

This is, I should stress, from the BA rumour mill, albeit from a well placed source. The story is that British .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

According to pwc’s Manhattan Lodging Report, 11 New York hotels closed for good in the 2nd half of 2020. To be honest, this doesn’t seem too bad – although it will be a while before .....

According to pwc’s Manhattan Lodging Report, 11 New York hotels closed for good in the 2nd half of 2020. .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess

When the Avios / Nectar partnership launched, we published this guide on how to spend Nectar points. We missed one, however. Nectar has a major partnership with the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Once .....

When the Avios / Nectar partnership launched, we published this guide on how to spend Nectar points. We missed .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It doesn’t just set a new record, it smashes them. The highest bonus I have ever seen in the last .....

American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It .....

24 Feb 202124 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 238 comments

Hilton has extended its ‘3 for 2’ offer for its most luxurious hotels in Europe.  Even better, this can be combined with the extra benefits that come via Hilton’s Impresario scheme .....

Hilton has extended its ‘3 for 2’ offer for its most luxurious hotels in Europe.  Even better, .....

24 Feb 202124 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is a complete directory of our British Airways reference articles. As the largest airline in the UK British Airways gets a lot of our attention. Whilst we periodically update and re-publish many .....

This is a complete directory of our British Airways reference articles. As the largest airline in the UK .....

24 Feb 202124 February 2021 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

American Express has launched an interesting offer for its American Express Business Platinum cardholders. You receive £150 cashback when you spend £1,000. There does not appear to be any .....

American Express has launched an interesting offer for its American Express Business Platinum cardholders. You .....

23 Feb 202123 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

In advance of IAG’s full-year results, due later this week, British Airways made two announcements yesterday about its plans to generate liquidity. A pension scheme with a little airline .....

In advance of IAG’s full-year results, due later this week, British Airways made two announcements .....

23 Feb 202123 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

If you are a member of the Aegean Miles+Bonus programme, you should have received an email yesterday offering you a ‘special gift’ for logging in to the website by tonight. If you opted .....

If you are a member of the Aegean Miles+Bonus programme, you should have received an email yesterday offering .....

23 Feb 202123 February 2021 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Red has launched a new ‘daily win’ game via the Virgin Red app with a top prize of 1,000,000 Virgin Red points. There are also 100 instant win prizes to be picked up each day, .....

Virgin Red has launched a new ‘daily win’ game via the Virgin Red app with a top prize of .....

23 Feb 202123 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments