Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

3 Dec 20233 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Why should you get the Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card? Today, I want to look at the top 10 card benefits you get if you apply for the free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card. You can .....

Why should you get the Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card? Today, I want to look at the top 10 card .....

1 Feb 20251 February 2025 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic has never been one to follow the pack, so when it opened its first business class lounge at Gatwick Airport in 1990 it was called the Clubhouse. The name has stuck ever since. Back in .....

Virgin Atlantic has never been one to follow the pack, so when it opened its first business class lounge at .....

26 Aug 202426 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 54 comments

How can you close a British Airways Household Account – and what happens to the Avios? We recently wrote about how to open a British Airways household account in order to pool Avios. In this .....

How can you close a British Airways Household Account – and what happens to the Avios? We recently wrote .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

As part of my day with Arnaud de Saint-Exupéry, the Area Vice President for Hyatt in the UK and Ireland, I joined him on a hard hat tour of Park Hyatt London River Thames. Part 1 of this article, .....

As part of my day with Arnaud de Saint-Exupéry, the Area Vice President for Hyatt in the UK and Ireland, I .....

24 May 202424 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Harvey Nichols Rewards is a loyalty programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their annual Harvey Nichols benefit. American Express has a valuable benefit for holders of The .....

Harvey Nichols Rewards is a loyalty programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their annual .....

10 Jul 202310 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

What is Iberia Plus Kids, and does it have any useful benefits? The main way to earn Avios points on behalf of your children is to sign them up to a British Airways Executive Club household account. .....

What is Iberia Plus Kids, and does it have any useful benefits? The main way to earn Avios points on behalf of .....

1 Apr 20241 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel, we arrived by train in Granada for the second leg of our .....

This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 18 comments

Whilst you should have been emailed directly by Priority Pass about this yesterday, the airport lounge club group is increasing its guest fee from £20 to £24 from 1st October. If you currently pay .....

Whilst you should have been emailed directly by Priority Pass about this yesterday, the airport lounge club .....

31 Aug 202331 August 2023 by Rob Burgess

IHG has brought back its partnership with the Wilderness festival (now known as ‘Audi presents Wilderness’) which runs from 1st to 4th August at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire. I won’t .....

IHG has brought back its partnership with the Wilderness festival (now known as ‘Audi presents .....

25 Jun 202425 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

As there are six separate Avios loyalty schemes – British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub, Vueling Club, Qatar Airways Privilege Club and Finnair Plus – which each .....

As there are six separate Avios loyalty schemes – British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Aer .....

28 Jan 202528 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

A long time ago, at the dawn of the internet, hotel groups made some very big mistakes when dealing with nascent online travel agents. Scared of being left behind, they entered into agreements that .....

A long time ago, at the dawn of the internet, hotel groups made some very big mistakes when dealing with .....

27 Sep 202427 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Seven weeks ago, but not openly announced, British Airways made a change to the terms and conditions of the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion voucher. These changes allow for the annual .....

Seven weeks ago, but not openly announced, British Airways made a change to the terms and conditions of the .....

23 Sep 202423 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

This is our review of Point A Hotels and the ‘A-List’ loyalty programme. Head for Points tends to focus on the main global hotel brands  – Hilton, Marriott etc – and their .....

This is our review of Point A Hotels and the ‘A-List’ loyalty programme. Head for Points tends to .....

25 Aug 202425 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments