News in brief: Get a 30% bonus for buying Avios – good deal? ba.com has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus.  You will receive up to 30% extra Avios with any purchase you make before .....

News in brief: Get a 30% bonus for buying Avios – good deal? ba.com has launched a new ‘buy .....

6 Mar 20166 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

These days we are able to do pretty much everything online and usually we’d say taking out home insurance is one of those things that can be done with a few clicks.   However Tesco Bank seems .....

These days we are able to do pretty much everything online and usually we’d say taking out home .....

6 Mar 20166 March 2016 by Anika Burnett • 47 comments

News in brief: Get 500 Avios with your first LOVEtheatre booking On Thursday I wrote about the new avios.com partnership with LOVEtheatre.com, which allows you to earn 3 Avios points for every £1 you .....

News in brief: Get 500 Avios with your first LOVEtheatre booking On Thursday I wrote about the new avios.com .....

6 Mar 20166 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

News in brief: The worst example of Dynamic Currency Conversion I have seen I was in the Waldorf-Astoria Ras al-Khaimah last week which I will review soon.  It is a very impressive hotel but, at .....

News in brief: The worst example of Dynamic Currency Conversion I have seen I was in the Waldorf-Astoria Ras .....

5 Mar 20165 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments

Starwood is (again) offering a 10%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 15th April. The link to buy points is here. The discount is staggered.  You get 10% off purchases of 5,000 .....

Starwood is (again) offering a 10%-25% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 15th April. The link .....

5 Mar 20165 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

News in brief: Pair of Heathrow slots sold for reported $75m If you want proof that no-one expects to see a new Heathrow runway in the near future, Oman Air has reportedly paid $75m to Kenya Airways .....

News in brief: Pair of Heathrow slots sold for reported $75m If you want proof that no-one expects to see a .....

5 Mar 20165 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

British Airways has launced a new ‘Premium Leisure’ sale.  This is offering deals over Easter, the Summer and right into early 2017. The home page for the sale is here. You can book until .....

British Airways has launced a new ‘Premium Leisure’ sale.  This is offering deals over Easter, .....

4 Mar 20164 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

Some people felt I was a bit unfair to Turkish Airlines when I reviewed their Boeing 777 business class service last week. If you thought I was too critical, you are unlikely to be keen on my review .....

Some people felt I was a bit unfair to Turkish Airlines when I reviewed their Boeing 777 business class .....

4 Mar 20164 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

News in brief: 32 Design Hotels now bookable with SPG points Some of the Design Hotels portfolio has been slowly integrated into Starwood Preferred Guest this year.  My most recent article was two .....

News in brief: 32 Design Hotels now bookable with SPG points Some of the Design Hotels portfolio has been .....

4 Mar 20164 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: Virgin West Coast sale – Birmingham and Coventry from £4 Today (midnight Thursday) will see the end of a Virgin Trains flash sale on the West Coast route. London to Birmingham / .....

News in brief: Virgin West Coast sale – Birmingham and Coventry from £4 Today (midnight Thursday) will .....

3 Mar 20163 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

News in brief: Avios launches new partnership with LOVEtheatre Avios has a new collection partner – theatre ticketing group LOVEtheatre. In an industry full of dubious characters, LOVEtheatre .....

News in brief: Avios launches new partnership with LOVEtheatre Avios has a new collection partner – .....

3 Mar 20163 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

With just a month to go until the tax year ends, it is worth remembering – if you haven’t used up your ISA allowance for the year – that Virgin Money is currently offering 6,000 .....

With just a month to go until the tax year ends, it is worth remembering – if you haven’t used up .....

2 Mar 20162 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is my review of the Aspire lounge at Luton Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. Whilst Rob got to hang out in the .....

This is my review of the Aspire lounge at Luton Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport .....

2 Mar 20162 March 2016 by Anika Burnett • 14 comments

Radisson Blu is running a special Easter promotion across 15 of its hotels in the UK and Ireland. Between 21st March and 10th April, they are offering special Easter packages .  These will get you: .....

Radisson Blu is running a special Easter promotion across 15 of its hotels in the UK and Ireland. Between .....

2 Mar 20162 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments