The Shangri-La hotel group, which also includes the Traders, Hotel Jen and Kerry chains, has announced the relaunch of its Golden Circle loyalty programme today. The key thing you need to know is that .....

The Shangri-La hotel group, which also includes the Traders, Hotel Jen and Kerry chains, has announced the .....

17 Jan 202217 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

In April 2018, Virgin Atlantic launched its two new Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved hugely successful with, so I understand, over 200,000 .....

In April 2018, Virgin Atlantic launched its two new Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin .....

16 Jan 202216 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches a short haul sale with seats from £28 For this weekend only – until midnight on Monday 17th January to be precise – British Airways is running a .....

News in brief: British Airways launches a short haul sale with seats from £28 For this weekend only – .....

16 Jan 202216 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Etihad has launched a new long haul sale which it is calling its ‘biggest sale of the year’. Given it is only mid-January this is probably true …. Prices are decent albeit not .....

Etihad has launched a new long haul sale which it is calling its ‘biggest sale of the year’. Given .....

16 Jan 202216 January 2022 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments

News in brief: Marriott to scrap ‘Travel Package’ redemptions next week It appears that Marriott Bonvoy is scrapping its ‘Travel Package’ redemptions next week. An update to .....

News in brief: Marriott to scrap ‘Travel Package’ redemptions next week It appears that Marriott .....

15 Jan 202215 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are about to be joined by a brand new long-haul airline later this year. By my count it will be the UK’s smallest scheduled carrier. Hans Airways hopes to .....

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are about to be joined by a brand new long-haul airline later this year. .....

15 Jan 202215 January 2022 by Rhys Jones • 55 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

15 Jan 202215 January 2022 by Rhys Jones • Leave a comment

Virgin Atlantic is offering a further £150 off in its sale with the promo code 'FLYVA'. You need to book by Monday 17th January for travel between now and the end of March or between September and .....

Virgin Atlantic is offering a further £150 off in its sale with the promo code 'FLYVA'. You need to book by .....

14 Jan 202214 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

One upside from the long Avios IT migration and subsequent downtime in November is that the long-running problems with ‘Combine My Avios’ seem to have been fixed. It is now possible to .....

One upside from the long Avios IT migration and subsequent downtime in November is that the long-running .....

14 Jan 202214 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

News in brief: Get 5,000 Avios with the Aer Lingus credit card Whilst we don’t write about it much, Aer Lingus has its own Avios-earning credit card. Our full review of the Aer Lingus Aer Credit .....

News in brief: Get 5,000 Avios with the Aer Lingus credit card Whilst we don’t write about it much, Aer .....

14 Jan 202214 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. As a special offer, you will receive 2% cashback – double the standard rate – for your .....

Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. As a .....

14 Jan 202214 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

News in brief: The excellent Cathay Pacific lounges in Heathrow Terminal 3 are open If you have British Airways or oneworld status, especially if you have a British Airways Gold card, you will be .....

News in brief: The excellent Cathay Pacific lounges in Heathrow Terminal 3 are open If you have British .....

13 Jan 202213 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

What is the best way to spend Nectar points? It is now one year since Avios and Nectar unveiled their partnership. We got an innovative two-way transfer system where you can move Avios and Nectar .....

What is the best way to spend Nectar points? It is now one year since Avios and Nectar unveiled their .....

13 Jan 202213 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

British Airways is launching six new routes from London City Airport for Summer 2022. These will be operated, as usual, by the BA CityFlyer subsidiary using the fleet of Embraer E190 aircraft. Avios .....

British Airways is launching six new routes from London City Airport for Summer 2022. These will be operated, .....

12 Jan 202212 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments