British Airways partners with Airbnb to offer Avios with each stay you book. This sits alongside BA’s existing hotel partners on this page of ba.com. You earn 2 Avios per £1/€1/$1 spent at .....

British Airways partners with Airbnb to offer Avios with each stay you book. This sits alongside BA’s .....

24 Nov 202424 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Radisson Blu has just opened a hotel in Sheffield. It is a brand new property (website here), developed behind a Victorian facade on Pinstone Street. It faces across to the Town Hall and Peace Gardens .....

Radisson Blu has just opened a hotel in Sheffield. It is a brand new property (website here), developed behind .....

13 Jul 202413 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Some recent press coverage elsewhere (eg Business Traveller here, by the ever-excellent Alex McWhirter) has drawn attention to the huge spike in Eurostar ticket prices since the pandemic eased. This .....

Some recent press coverage elsewhere (eg Business Traveller here, by the ever-excellent Alex McWhirter) has .....

30 Sep 202230 September 2022 by Rob Burgess • 145 comments

Hilton Honors has launched two new Mastercard payment cards. And, very interestingly, they are DEBIT cards and not credit cards. You can see full details of the new Hilton Honors debit cards, and .....

Hilton Honors has launched two new Mastercard payment cards. And, very interestingly, they are DEBIT cards and .....

26 Sep 202426 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 150 comments

Norse Atlantic, which has risen from the ashes of Norwegian’s former long haul operation (it is even using the same aircraft), is starting flights from London Gatwick to New York next month. We .....

Norse Atlantic, which has risen from the ashes of Norwegian’s former long haul operation (it is even .....

1 Jul 20221 July 2022 by Rob Burgess

It’s now three years since Aer Lingus started its direct services from Manchester to New York, Orlando and Barbados. Whilst very useful for Avios collectors in the north of England, these .....

It’s now three years since Aer Lingus started its direct services from Manchester to New York, Orlando .....

28 Mar 202428 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

If you have ever been stuck in the queue at immigration at the US border and wondered if there is a better way, there is. Called Global Entry, it is a Customs and Border Protection program that allows .....

If you have ever been stuck in the queue at immigration at the US border and wondered if there is a better .....

30 Aug 202230 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 214 comments

Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Atlantic .....

Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class seat, as part of the launch event for its new A330neo aircraft.   Let’s take a look. I was at the official unveiling event in .....

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class seat, as part of the launch event for its new A330neo .....

12 Jul 202212 July 2022 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

British Airways has launched a new route from London Gatwick to Fuerteventura. It will become the fourth Canary Island to be served by the new BA Euroflyer short haul operation from Gatwick, following .....

British Airways has launched a new route from London Gatwick to Fuerteventura. It will become the fourth .....

14 Jun 202314 June 2023 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

Three years ago, British Airways brought in a new pricing chart for Avios bookings on partner airlines. As we have barely mentioned it since, I thought we’d take another look. This article is .....

Three years ago, British Airways brought in a new pricing chart for Avios bookings on partner airlines. As we .....

8 Jul 20238 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Today I want to give you an overview of how many Avios you need to upgrade your British Airways flight using Avios points. The first thing I want to say is that this only applies to British Airways .....

Today I want to give you an overview of how many Avios you need to upgrade your British Airways flight using .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

Earlier this week we were invited to a tour of Etihad’s new A350-1000 at Heathrow which had flown in as part of a promotional and crew familiarisation visit. Both Rob and Rhys were away so we .....

Earlier this week we were invited to a tour of Etihad’s new A350-1000 at Heathrow which had flown in as .....

20 May 202220 May 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 30 comments

What is the best value Avios redemption per mile flown?  Or, put another way, what’s the furthest you can fly for the fewest Avios? This is a sister article to our ‘Avios price .....

What is the best value Avios redemption per mile flown?  Or, put another way, what’s the .....

24 Jan 202524 January 2025 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments