Back in September, we wrote about an excellent hotel promotion. Hotel booking site Rocketmiles was (and still is) offering ‘first time users’ 5,000+ easy Avios or other airline miles for a .....

Back in September, we wrote about an excellent hotel promotion. Hotel booking site Rocketmiles was (and still .....

12 Nov 201912 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

No1 Lounges has launched a Christmas offer, with up to 30% discount on lounge passes.  You can buy here. There are two options: you can buy a pass for a specific lounge, if you know where you will .....

No1 Lounges has launched a Christmas offer, with up to 30% discount on lounge passes.  You can buy here. .....

12 Nov 201912 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 183 comments

Bid for an IHG New Year’s Eve party in Manchester. I recently ran a review of Principal Manchester, IHG’s new luxury hotel in the City (see the hotel website here).  It is soon to be .....

Bid for an IHG New Year’s Eve party in Manchester. I recently ran a review of Principal Manchester, .....

12 Nov 201912 November 2019 by Rob Burgess

Radisson Rewards is running a promotion to encourage you to transfer your points to airline miles.  You should ignore it. As you can see on this page of their website, you will get a 20% points .....

Radisson Rewards is running a promotion to encourage you to transfer your points to airline miles.  You .....

12 Nov 201912 November 2019 by Rob Burgess

After a slightly longer than expected delay, the two Capital On Tap small business payment cards have relaunched as Visa products. The cards are now credit cards, instead of prepaid Mastercards, with .....

After a slightly longer than expected delay, the two Capital On Tap small business payment cards have .....

12 Nov 201912 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Every year, Air China runs a special sale around 11/11 to celebrate Single’s Day.   All European destinations are usually included, but from Germany there are always some especially aggressive .....

Every year, Air China runs a special sale around 11/11 to celebrate Single’s Day.   All European .....

11 Nov 201911 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 144 comments

ba.com has a range of wine, beer, champagne and spirits redemptions available, if you have more Avios than you can realistically use for flights. At the high end, you can redeem 146,100 Avios for six .....

ba.com has a range of wine, beer, champagne and spirits redemptions available, if you have more Avios than you .....

11 Nov 201911 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Priority Pass has a new promotion, offering up to 40% off membership until 1st December. If you’ve been thinking of getting a Priority Pass airport lounge card then this Black Friday offer is, .....

Priority Pass has a new promotion, offering up to 40% off membership until 1st December. If you’ve been .....

11 Nov 201911 November 2019 by Sinead Archer • 46 comments

Iberia Plus has launched a competition to promote, of all things, its Infinita ‘lifetime status’ scheme.  Since this requires 125,000 Iberia status points to achieve, something which will .....

Iberia Plus has launched a competition to promote, of all things, its Infinita ‘lifetime status’ .....

10 Nov 201910 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

British Airways has re-opened its airport lounge in Johannesburg with a new look. In May we announced that the British Airways lounges at Johannesburg were closing for complete refurbishment. It is .....

British Airways has re-opened its airport lounge in Johannesburg with a new look. In May we announced that the .....

10 Nov 201910 November 2019 by Rhys Jones • 30 comments

This is our review of the Aloft Madrid Gran Via hotel in Madrid. A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Madrid to review Marriott’s newly-opened 139 room Aloft Madrid Gran Via. Anika and Rob have .....

This is our review of the Aloft Madrid Gran Via hotel in Madrid. A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Madrid .....

10 Nov 201910 November 2019 by Sinead Archer • 25 comments

Yesterday IAG (owner of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and soon maybe Air Europa) had its Capital Markets Day.  This is an event for IAG bond investors where they are updated on current .....

Yesterday IAG (owner of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and soon maybe Air Europa) had its .....

9 Nov 20199 November 2019 by Rhys Jones • 89 comments

A batch of Thomas Cook slot sales were announced yesterday by the liquidator of the airline. easyJet has paid £36m for a package of slots at London Gatwick and Bristol.  It acquired 12 Summer and .....

A batch of Thomas Cook slot sales were announced yesterday by the liquidator of the airline. easyJet has paid .....

9 Nov 20199 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 123 comments

Have you been struggling to use your British Airways American Express 2-4-1 voucher this week? Avios is currently running a redemption sale, which we covered here. World Traveller and World Traveller .....

Have you been struggling to use your British Airways American Express 2-4-1 voucher this week? Avios is .....

9 Nov 20199 November 2019 by Rob Burgess