News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, American Express has arranged free screenings of the Opening Night Gala Film, A United .....

News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, .....

14 Sep 201614 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘. They claim that, if you find the identical flight cheaper on a competing website to ba.com, they will .....

Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘. They claim that, .....

13 Sep 201613 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

British Airways has launched a strong Club World sale out of Germany and Switzerland for flights to the USA. If you happy to take a little detour on the way, you could pick up a Club World flight for .....

British Airways has launched a strong Club World sale out of Germany and Switzerland for flights to the USA. .....

11 Sep 201611 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

News in brief: Earn 20 Avios per £1 on Heathrow Express tickets It is kept very low key – and you need to book via a special website – but you can earn Avios points when booking Heathrow .....

News in brief: Earn 20 Avios per £1 on Heathrow Express tickets It is kept very low key – and you need .....

10 Sep 201610 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

On Tuesday I wrote a piece about the new British Airways ‘triple Avios’ promotion.  To say that the website for it left something to be desired was putting it mildly, with contradictory .....

On Tuesday I wrote a piece about the new British Airways ‘triple Avios’ promotion.  To say that .....

9 Sep 20169 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

News in brief: Get up to 35% bonus when you buy Avios If everything went to plan, a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus should now be live over at avios.com.  I’m not sure if ba.com will have it .....

News in brief: Get up to 35% bonus when you buy Avios If everything went to plan, a new ‘buy .....

9 Sep 20169 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

So, how bad are British Airways forward bookings at the moment?  I was surprised that the current British Airways sale (covered here) was not as aggressive as I expected. However, now we have a .....

So, how bad are British Airways forward bookings at the moment?  I was surprised that the current British .....

7 Sep 20167 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 172 comments

News in brief: Amex / Nespresso deal Three people dropped me a note about a new American Express promotion which, to be honest, I saw on my account but dismissed without investigation.  Two readers .....

News in brief: Amex / Nespresso deal Three people dropped me a note about a new American Express promotion .....

5 Sep 20165 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

News in brief: British Airways launching two new routes to Bremen It is ironic that British Airways runs a major call centre in Bremen but did not fly there.  All of this will be fixed from 31st .....

News in brief: British Airways launching two new routes to Bremen It is ironic that British Airways runs a .....

3 Sep 20163 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

It is now almost four weeks since I wrote about the very generous Avios earning offer from The Sunday Times Travel Magazine. You could earn 4,500 Avios points for just £30. The good news is that .....

It is now almost four weeks since I wrote about the very generous Avios earning offer from The Sunday Times .....

2 Sep 20162 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments

Yesterday I ran an extra article to share the news that the MBNA Diamond Club (ex bmi British Midland) credit cards will stop accruing Avios points on 30th September. This is a big blow for many .....

Yesterday I ran an extra article to share the news that the MBNA Diamond Club (ex bmi British Midland) credit .....

1 Sep 20161 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 167 comments

British Airways announced yesterday that it is to drop BA3 and BA4, one of the two return flights to New York operated from London City Airport.  The last flight will be 29th October. These flights .....

British Airways announced yesterday that it is to drop BA3 and BA4, one of the two return flights to New York .....

1 Sep 20161 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 56 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

News in brief: Qatar Airways offering ‘kids fly free’ My discussion of the new Qatar Airways sale yesterday focussed exclusively on business class fares.  The airline is also offering .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways offering ‘kids fly free’ My discussion of the new Qatar Airways sale .....

31 Aug 201631 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments