If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express Gold, .....

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass .....

13 Aug 201713 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

News in brief: Lloyds Avios Rewards refer a friend bonus dropped Avios has dropped the 4,500 Avios ‘refer a friend’ bonus that it has offered on the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card for .....

News in brief: Lloyds Avios Rewards refer a friend bonus dropped Avios has dropped the 4,500 Avios .....

12 Aug 201712 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

Reader Janne asked us if we were interested in a review of the IAM Jet Center private jet terminal lounge in Barbados.  As it’s Summer and most people are either away on holiday or dreaming of .....

Reader Janne asked us if we were interested in a review of the IAM Jet Center private jet terminal lounge in .....

12 Aug 201712 August 2017 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

I like car share club Zipcar.  We have a membership in London and there are about 15 cars within a 15-minute walk of our house.  The nearest, which is available 80% of the time, is literally 30 .....

I like car share club Zipcar.  We have a membership in London and there are about 15 cars within a 15-minute .....

11 Aug 201711 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

As you only have a few days left to take advantage of their generous introductory deal, I wanted to give another mention today to a new avios.com partner – insurance broker Alan .....

As you only have a few days left to take advantage of their generous introductory deal, I wanted to give .....

11 Aug 201711 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

The rumours I reported on Sunday were correct.  British Airways announced a new route to Nashville in Tennessee yesterday. The service will start in May 2018 and will, amazingly, be the only direct .....

The rumours I reported on Sunday were correct.  British Airways announced a new route to Nashville in .....

9 Aug 20179 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

Loganair operates flights to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, primarily from Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh.  It is probably best known for its service from Glasgow to Barra, where the plane .....

Loganair operates flights to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, primarily from Glasgow, Inverness and .....

7 Aug 20177 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

News in brief: 1,000 Avios for joining Marriott Rewards posting Two months ago I published an article, see here, showing how you could get 1,000 Avios points simply for joining Marriott Rewards .....

News in brief: 1,000 Avios for joining Marriott Rewards posting Two months ago I published an article, see .....

6 Aug 20176 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 33 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 • 95 comments

BA has launched a Club Europe holidays flash sale with good prices for city breaks and beach holidays this Autumn. These deals look very good if you are flexible about when you can travel, and are a .....

BA has launched a Club Europe holidays flash sale with good prices for city breaks and beach holidays this .....

4 Aug 20174 August 2017 by Anika Burnett • 46 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches a Clubcard / Avios conversion competition Last week I wrote about the competition that avios.com is running if you convert your Tesco Clubcard vouchers into .....

News in brief: British Airways launches a Clubcard / Avios conversion competition Last week I wrote about the .....

4 Aug 20174 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity amongst hotel programmes.  Whilst it works in the same way as other schemes, with different tier .....

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Sheraton, Westin, W, aloft etc – is an oddity amongst .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

News in brief: BA strike hitting Gatwick to New York this month Another wave of British Airways cabin crew strikes start today, running to 15th August. This only impact flights from Heathrow, .....

News in brief: BA strike hitting Gatwick to New York this month Another wave of British Airways cabin .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

During August we’re going to be running a few more ‘educational’ articles than usual, to help new readers get up to speed with some of the tricks of our trade. One of the things that .....

During August we’re going to be running a few more ‘educational’ articles than usual, to .....

2 Aug 20172 August 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments