This is our review of the Tesco Bank Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying .....

This is our review of the Tesco Bank Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at .....

19 Jun 202419 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

This is our review of the Lloyds Bank World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth .....

This is our review of the Lloyds Bank World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles .....

15 Jun 202415 June 2024 by Rob Burgess

I am spending time this week looking at the Barclays Premier current account and Barclays Avios Rewards package, so you can see if it is worth signing up. Our main introductory article to Barclays .....

I am spending time this week looking at the Barclays Premier current account and Barclays Avios Rewards .....

6 Sep 20246 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

The Barclays Premier Current Account is the only UK personal bank account with the option to collect monthly Avios to spend with British Airways. This article looks at how Barclays Avios Rewards can .....

The Barclays Premier Current Account is the only UK personal bank account with the option to collect monthly .....

16 Apr 202516 April 2025 by Katie Ridgers • 55 comments

This is our review of the Bank of Ireland Aer Credit Card from Aer Lingus, which earns Avios. In early 2019, Ireland got its first official Avios credit card.  This was the Aer Credit Card, .....

This is our review of the Bank of Ireland Aer Credit Card from Aer Lingus, which earns Avios. In early 2019, .....

29 Jul 202429 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

We don’t usually cover credit cards which don’t earn points or miles on HfP. The clue, after all, is in the site name! However there are two key features of the Lloyds Bank World Elite .....

We don’t usually cover credit cards which don’t earn points or miles on HfP. The clue, after all, .....

12 May 202512 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Virgin Red has recently taken a box at The O2 arena in London, and on Wednesday we published an article showing you what it is like inside. It’s looking good! Virgin Red has now released tickets .....

Virgin Red has recently taken a box at The O2 arena in London, and on Wednesday we published an article .....

17 Aug 202417 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

This is my review of the Iberia Velazquez lounge in Madrid Terminal 4S, which is Iberia’s flagship facility at its home airport. I was passing through on my return from my trip to Bogota to .....

This is my review of the Iberia Velazquez lounge in Madrid Terminal 4S, which is Iberia’s flagship .....

4 Feb 20244 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 80 comments

Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay for a cash ticket via bank transfer. ‘Pay by Bank’ has become increasingly .....

Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay .....

17 Feb 202517 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

Lloyds Bank, which has had little to offer to the travel rewards market since it closed its Avios Mastercards some years ago, is dipping a toe back into the water. It has launched a new World Elite .....

Lloyds Bank, which has had little to offer to the travel rewards market since it closed its Avios Mastercards .....

20 Nov 202320 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

I spent last weekend in Las Vegas with Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic, and Sir Richard Branson (and some other people, not just the three of us!) to celebrate the airline’s upcoming 40th .....

I spent last weekend in Las Vegas with Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic, and Sir Richard Branson (and some .....

17 Jun 202417 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

Virgin Red has taken a box at The O2 arena in London, and we recently published an article showing you what it is like inside. It’s looking good! Virgin Red has now released tickets for shows in .....

Virgin Red has taken a box at The O2 arena in London, and we recently published an article showing you what it .....

29 Sep 202429 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Take-off and landing slots at Heathrow are a scarce resource but Qatar Airways has managed to get its hands on another pair thanks to Romanian flag carrier TAROM. ACL, which co-ordinates slots at .....

Take-off and landing slots at Heathrow are a scarce resource but Qatar Airways has managed to get its hands on .....

20 Aug 202420 August 2024 by Rhys Jones

Whilst Iberia will be the first airline to fly the A321XLR from Airbus, Aer Lingus is a close follower and is expecting to receive two by the end of the year. The A321XLR is the newest variant of the .....

Whilst Iberia will be the first airline to fly the A321XLR from Airbus, Aer Lingus is a close follower and is .....

5 Oct 20245 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments