A new Holiday Inn has just opened in Bournemouth, bringing some much needed quality to the town. Long-term readers will know that I have a soft spot for decent hotels opening up in British seaside .....

A new Holiday Inn has just opened in Bournemouth, bringing some much needed quality to the town. Long-term .....

16 Jul 201916 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments

British Airways is running a competition with Absolute Radio this week to promote the new route to Durban. The winner receives two economy flights to Durban.  This is admittedly not the ideal prize .....

British Airways is running a competition with Absolute Radio this week to promote the new route to Durban. The .....

16 Jul 201916 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Apologies for dropping in two additional non-travel deals today, but I know these Amazon deals are popular with readers.  We also make a small cut on sales via the links below which helps keep us .....

Apologies for dropping in two additional non-travel deals today, but I know these Amazon deals are popular .....

15 Jul 201915 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....

15 Jul 201915 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

If you’ve enjoyed our coverage of Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines over the last couple of weeks, Heathrow Rewards is running a competition to win two flights to Kuala Lumpur. The bad news is that .....

If you’ve enjoyed our coverage of Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines over the last couple of weeks, Heathrow .....

15 Jul 201915 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Amazon Prime Day has returned for the fifth time, with big discounts all day today and tomorrow. What started as a one off event for Amazon’s 20th birthday four years ago, is now an established .....

Amazon Prime Day has returned for the fifth time, with big discounts all day today and tomorrow. What started .....

15 Jul 201915 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 127 comments

There is good news for British Airways passengers flying out of Amsterdam Schiphol. BA has handed over control of the (fairly recently) refurbished British Airways lounge to Prima Vista Group. As per .....

There is good news for British Airways passengers flying out of Amsterdam Schiphol. BA has handed over control .....

15 Jul 201915 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of Malaysia Airlines Business Class on the Airbus A350-900, between Kuala Lumpur and Heathrow. This review is the final part of our series on Malaysia Airlines. You can read my .....

This is our review of Malaysia Airlines Business Class on the Airbus A350-900, between Kuala Lumpur and .....

15 Jul 201915 July 2019 by Rhys Jones • 1 comment

This is Part 2 of our Malaysia Airlines Business class review, flying from Kuala Lumpur to London on an Airbus A350-900. Part 1 of our Malaysia Airlines Business class review can be found here, which .....

This is Part 2 of our Malaysia Airlines Business class review, flying from Kuala Lumpur to London on an Airbus .....

15 Jul 201915 July 2019 by Rhys Jones • 7 comments

It is not often that we write about LATAM, the South American airline that formed out of LAN Chile and Brazilian carrier TAM earlier this decade. It is, however, part of oneworld and therefore an .....

It is not often that we write about LATAM, the South American airline that formed out of LAN Chile and .....

14 Jul 201914 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Etihad is currently offering a 20% ‘early bird’ discount on its flight, hotel and race ticket packages for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.  This is over the weekend of 29th November. There .....

Etihad is currently offering a 20% ‘early bird’ discount on its flight, hotel and race ticket .....

14 Jul 201914 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Iberia has launched a 50% ‘buy Avios’ bonus as you can see from this page.  You need to log in to see the discounted prices. The Iberia system is a little odd as you can only buy certain .....

Iberia has launched a 50% ‘buy Avios’ bonus as you can see from this page.  You need to log in to .....

14 Jul 201914 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Last week we covered the changes coming to the airport lounge cards issued with Amex Platinum. The Platinum Card from American Express comes with two Priority Pass airport lounge access cards, one for .....

Last week we covered the changes coming to the airport lounge cards issued with Amex Platinum. The Platinum .....

14 Jul 201914 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

14 Jul 201914 July 2019 by Rhys Jones • 4 comments