News in brief: British Airways closes the BA1 gate lounge at London City If you have ever taken the British Airways ‘all business class’ A318 flight from London City Airport to New York .....

News in brief: British Airways closes the BA1 gate lounge at London City If you have ever taken the British .....

14 Nov 201714 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments

British Airways will today launch another aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. It is a short term deal which expires on Friday 17th November. BA has increased the number of Avios you can buy .....

British Airways will today launch another aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. It is a short term deal .....

13 Nov 201713 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

This is my review of the British Airways Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. A long layover at .....

This is my review of the British Airways Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of .....

12 Nov 201712 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

I spent two days at a Loyalty Fraud conference this week (and a day at World Travel Market) so today you are getting a bit of ‘filler’.  However, in terms of filler, this is pretty .....

I spent two days at a Loyalty Fraud conference this week (and a day at World Travel Market) so today you are .....

11 Nov 201711 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: Hilton 2017/18 Weekend Sale now on for Hilton Honors members Hilton has launched a week-long pre-sale event of its major ‘Weekends’ sale for Hilton Honors members. You can .....

News in brief: Hilton 2017/18 Weekend Sale now on for Hilton Honors members Hilton has launched a week-long .....

10 Nov 201710 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

News in brief: IHG’s extended ‘100% buy points bonus’ ends today IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – extended its recent .....

News in brief: IHG’s extended ‘100% buy points bonus’ ends today IHG Rewards Club – .....

9 Nov 20179 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 114 comments

It is that time of quarter again when both Avios / British Airways and Virgin Atlantic wheel out incentives to persuade you that you should convert your Tesco Clubcard points into frequent flyer .....

It is that time of quarter again when both Avios / British Airways and Virgin Atlantic wheel out incentives to .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

News in brief: New BA route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, BA CEO, announced a new route to Figari in Corsica (picture below) in his speech at World Travel .....

News in brief: New BA route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, BA CEO, .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between Monday and Wednesday this week.  Monday is restricted to the media and key buyers and is when .....

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

News in brief: 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is fairly well known.  The latest offer is The Christmas Collection, 12 mix and match bottles .....

News in brief: 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Back in March, Flybe launched flights from London Heathrow (Terminal 2) to Edinburgh and Aberdeen. As you can both earn and spend Avios on Flybe, I thought it was worth checking the service out. Why .....

Back in March, Flybe launched flights from London Heathrow (Terminal 2) to Edinburgh and Aberdeen. As you can .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

Every year, British Airways parent company, IAG, holds an investor day for the financial community to update it on what is happening.  The 2017 event took place on Friday. The 126 pages of slides .....

Every year, British Airways parent company, IAG, holds an investor day for the financial community to update .....

5 Nov 20175 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

News in brief: 35% discount when you buy Starwood Preferred Guest points Starwood is offering a 35% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 29th December. The link to buy is here. The good .....

News in brief: 35% discount when you buy Starwood Preferred Guest points Starwood is offering a 35% discount .....

5 Nov 20175 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

We gave Bink, a new loyalty app, a lot of coverage late last year.   It was – and remains – a very clever concept, which would let you earn loyalty points in High Street loyalty schemes .....

We gave Bink, a new loyalty app, a lot of coverage late last year.   It was – and remains – a .....

3 Nov 20173 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments