If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express .....

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card .....

28 Mar 201928 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

Last week I ran a long ‘Avios Redemption University’ article how ‘Part Pay With Avios’ works. I said that Aer Lingus did not have this feature, although you could use it if the .....

Last week I ran a long ‘Avios Redemption University’ article how ‘Part Pay With Avios’ .....

27 Mar 201927 March 2019 by Rob Burgess

British Airways is rolling out its new, much improved catering from Do&Co to more long-haul routes. I feel a bit sorry for British Airways sometimes.  They are making some genuine improvements to .....

British Airways is rolling out its new, much improved catering from Do&Co to more long-haul routes. I feel .....

27 Mar 201927 March 2019 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has announced that Gold Guest List members (see this article for how you get to become Gold Guest List) can permanently bring five guests into a lounge. This has been trialled over .....

British Airways has announced that Gold Guest List members (see this article for how you get to become Gold .....

27 Mar 201927 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 197 comments

Malaysia Airlines invited me down to Heathrow last week to take a tour of their new Airbus A350-900. I am hoping to do a proper review of Malaysia Airlines in the next couple of months, but for now .....

Malaysia Airlines invited me down to Heathrow last week to take a tour of their new Airbus A350-900. I am .....

27 Mar 201927 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

We have given a lot of editorial space over the last few days to covering the changes to the sign-up bonus rules on the UK personal American Express cards. Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on .....

We have given a lot of editorial space over the last few days to covering the changes to the sign-up bonus .....

27 Mar 201927 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

According to an article in The Daily Telegraph yesterday, Curve Card is going through with its threat to sue American Express for withdrawing its support in January with no notice. The report says .....

According to an article in The Daily Telegraph yesterday, Curve Card is going through with its threat to sue .....

26 Mar 201926 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 223 comments

Avios and American Express have come together to launch a new partnership with the upmarket men’s clothing retailer Hackett. When I was first told about this, six months ago, it was meant to be .....

Avios and American Express have come together to launch a new partnership with the upmarket men’s .....

26 Mar 201926 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 165 comments

Le Club AccorHotels has launched a credit card-based programme to encourage you to eat and drink in its bars and restaurants. The deal has an interesting structure which could be a template for .....

Le Club AccorHotels has launched a credit card-based programme to encourage you to eat and drink in its bars .....

26 Mar 201926 March 2019 by Rob Burgess

If you’re looking for somewhere funky-ish for your next trip to New York, the latest EDITION hotel has just opened in Times Square. Full details are here. The location may, de facto, make you .....

If you’re looking for somewhere funky-ish for your next trip to New York, the latest EDITION hotel has .....

26 Mar 201926 March 2019 by Rob Burgess

Airport lounge network Priority Pass has unveiled the winners of its ‘Airport Lounge of the Year 2018’ awards. Whilst it is easy to take such awards with a pinch of salt, the fact that the .....

Airport lounge network Priority Pass has unveiled the winners of its ‘Airport Lounge of the Year .....

26 Mar 201926 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Two readers dropped me emails this week to highlight hotel redemptions they had booked which represented exceptional value for money.  I thought I’d share them both today. Family suites at .....

Two readers dropped me emails this week to highlight hotel redemptions they had booked which represented .....

25 Mar 201925 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Hilton is running a flash sale on rooms in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.  The sale home page is here. We never got around to covering this last week, amongst all the coverage of .....

Hilton is running a flash sale on rooms in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.  The sale home .....

25 Mar 201925 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 159 comments

Singapore Airlines has announced some changes to its Star Alliance reward chart from 16th April 2019. If you are wondering why you should care, it is because: Singapore Airlines is a transfer partner .....

Singapore Airlines has announced some changes to its Star Alliance reward chart from 16th April 2019. If you .....

25 Mar 201925 March 2019 by Rob Burgess