This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel and my experience there as a new Marriott Rewards Gold member. The hotel website is here. It is now 18 months since Marriott allowed you to status match .....

This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel and my experience there as a new Marriott Rewards Gold member. .....

17 Mar 201817 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Here are details of the new fares on the old Heathrow Connect stopping service from Paddington to Heathrow which passes to the control of TfL Rail from 20th May.  Once the central section of .....

Here are details of the new fares on the old Heathrow Connect stopping service from Paddington to Heathrow .....

17 Mar 201817 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

The saveeastcoastrewards site (long story about the name) has published a trip report from the back of the first ‘densified’ British Airways short-haul planes. The interesting points are: .....

The saveeastcoastrewards site (long story about the name) has published a trip report from the back of the .....

17 Mar 201817 March 2018 by Rob Burgess

I wanted to remind you today about the generous promotion that Head for Points and hotel booking site Kaligo.com, which awards Avios points with every hotel you book, are running this month. It is a .....

I wanted to remind you today about the generous promotion that Head for Points and hotel booking site .....

17 Mar 201817 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 23 comments

Carlisle Lake District airport reopens to passenger traffic on 4th June. As the airport is owned by Stobart Group, which also owns London Southend Airport and runs Flybe franchise services, it was .....

Carlisle Lake District airport reopens to passenger traffic on 4th June. As the airport is owned by Stobart .....

16 Mar 201816 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Following a successful first season, Finnair is bringing back its direct London to Kittilä flight this winter. Commencing on 16th December 2018 and running every Sunday until 25th March 2019, the .....

Following a successful first season, Finnair is bringing back its direct London to Kittilä flight this .....

16 Mar 201816 March 2018 by Rob Burgess

Spanish hotel group Melia has, not surprisingly, had a long term relationship with Iberia.  This allowed you to earn Avios in Iberia Plus from your stays, and to convert existing chunks of .....

Spanish hotel group Melia has, not surprisingly, had a long term relationship with Iberia.  This allowed you .....

16 Mar 201816 March 2018 by Rob Burgess

Filling the gap left by South African Airways move to drop one of its two daily Jo’burg to Heathrow services from late April, Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is doubling its Johannesburg .....

Filling the gap left by South African Airways move to drop one of its two daily Jo’burg to Heathrow .....

16 Mar 201816 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Heathrow Express has kindly given us five pairs of Business First return tickets, worth £110 per pair, to give away this week. We thought it would be fun to try something new. Instead of doing one .....

Heathrow Express has kindly given us five pairs of Business First return tickets, worth £110 per pair, to .....

16 Mar 201816 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 9 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today, in case you are starting to make your holiday plans for the Summer. Since I launched this service a year ago with Emyr Thomas .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today, in case you are starting to make your .....

16 Mar 201816 March 2018 by Rob Burgess

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. To be honest, there is more ‘going’ than .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

15 Mar 201815 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments

We have given some coverage recently to IHG’s much-publicised hunt to buy a ‘true’ luxury hotel brand.  There was much speculation that they wanted Belmond as we reported recently. .....

We have given some coverage recently to IHG’s much-publicised hunt to buy a ‘true’ luxury .....

15 Mar 201815 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Avios has launched a new partnership with the Financial Times offering you bonus points if you take out a subscription. There are no great deals to be had here however. 10,000 Avios with a £447 .....

Avios has launched a new partnership with the Financial Times offering you bonus points if you take out a .....

15 Mar 201815 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

I dropped in an extra article yesterday to cover the amazing £1360 return Manchester to Auckland deal launched by Qatar Airways.  You can read about that fare here but you must book today. There are .....

I dropped in an extra article yesterday to cover the amazing £1360 return Manchester to Auckland deal .....

14 Mar 201814 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments