News in brief: British Airways Club World US deals from Leeds Bradford BA is currently selling some interesting Club World fares from Leeds Bradford.   You can fly to Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia .....

News in brief: British Airways Club World US deals from Leeds Bradford BA is currently selling some .....

29 Sep 201729 September 2017 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

News in brief: More British Airways strikes announced The UNITE union has announced another batch of ‘mixed fleet’ cabin crew strike dates.  This covers 16th August to 30th August, which .....

News in brief: More British Airways strikes announced The UNITE union has announced another batch of .....

5 Aug 20175 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Virgin Flying Club launched a new partnership with chauffeur firm myDriver in April.  I didn’t mention it then but a reader recently gave me a nudge and – because of the decent earning .....

Virgin Flying Club launched a new partnership with chauffeur firm myDriver in April.  I didn’t mention .....

13 Sep 201613 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Are you one of the many people who still holds one of the old BMI (British Midland) credit cards?  You would have been pretty crazy to cut them up, given that you will be earning up to 2.5 Avios .....

Are you one of the many people who still holds one of the old BMI (British Midland) credit cards?  You .....

3 Jan 20143 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

Crowne Plaza, the four-star hotel chain run as part of the Holiday Inn and InterContinental grouping, has an interesting European offer in conjunction with BMW. If you book a Crowne Plaza stay at a .....

Crowne Plaza, the four-star hotel chain run as part of the Holiday Inn and InterContinental grouping, has an .....

26 Jun 201326 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled the plug on the UK Etihad Guest credit card from 27th July.  This is also now confirmed .....

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 161 comments

A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference on loyalty fraud in Brighton, where representatives of various loyalty programmes and tech companies got together to discuss issues currently facing the .....

A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference on loyalty fraud in Brighton, where representatives of various .....

21 Nov 201721 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments

News in brief: BA dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British Airways is managing to run so many services during the cabin crew strike today and Wednesday, here is .....

News in brief: BA dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British Airways is .....

10 Jan 201710 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments

I knew it was coming, but I thought we may get more notice than this.  It seems not. If you still have an MBNA bmi Diamond Club credit card, you will no longer be able to earn Avios after 30th .....

I knew it was coming, but I thought we may get more notice than this.  It seems not. If you still have an .....

31 Aug 201631 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

Yesterday we gave over two articles to the launch of the the new Virgin Atlantic Reward and Reward+ credit cards.  Part 1, which is a factual look at the cards, is .....

Yesterday we gave over two articles to the launch of the the new Virgin Atlantic .....

5 Apr 20185 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 145 comments

According to reports in The Scotsman, Flybe is about to announce flights to Heathrow from Edinburgh and Aberdeen. This is not as crazy as you might think, because the cost to Flybe is limited. We need .....

According to reports in The Scotsman, Flybe is about to announce flights to Heathrow from Edinburgh and .....

13 Dec 201613 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

It’s hard to believe, but for anyone unlucky enough to live in Australia or New Zealand (not that there is anything unlucky per se about that!) and a member of bmi Diamond Club, their miles have .....

It’s hard to believe, but for anyone unlucky enough to live in Australia or New Zealand (not that there .....

11 Aug 201311 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

We will shortly be saying goodbye to three generous Avios collection opportunities.  If you want to take advantage, this weekend is the time to do so. Last day for 360 Avios per £50 Tesco gift cards .....

We will shortly be saying goodbye to three generous Avios collection opportunities.  If you want to take .....

24 Sep 201624 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

Letters started to land on doormats yesterday from MBNA explaining what rewards scheme would apply to ex-bmi Diamond Club credit cards now that the Avios scheme has closed. Interestingly, MBNA has .....

Letters started to land on doormats yesterday from MBNA explaining what rewards scheme would apply to ex-bmi .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 122 comments