News in brief: £9.98 one-way Avis car rentals to London Regular readers will remember our article last year on Europcar offering £1 one-way car rentals to London.  Europcar uses this to cheaply .....

News in brief: £9.98 one-way Avis car rentals to London Regular readers will remember our article last year .....

23 Mar 201723 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

News in brief: UK laptop ban on flights to / from certain countries This story was covered extensively in the news yesterday so I don’t want to dwell on it here.  However, if you missed it, the .....

News in brief: UK laptop ban on flights to / from certain countries This story was covered extensively in the .....

22 Mar 201722 March 2017 by Anika Burnett • 73 comments

There is a generally accepted view that, over time, all reward schemes get worse.  People say that you should spend your points as your earn, rather than holding them for retirement or some .....

There is a generally accepted view that, over time, all reward schemes get worse.  People say that you should .....

19 Mar 201719 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 122 comments

News in brief: Business class US flights from Manchester for £1,000 For reasons no-one quite understands, American Airlines is offering business class flights from Manchester to two US cities: San .....

News in brief: Business class US flights from Manchester for £1,000 For reasons no-one quite understands, .....

17 Mar 201717 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

Hilton @Play, the ‘redeem your points for events’ side of Hilton Honors, has just launched something that, if you are a keen music fan, would be very special indeed. On Saturday 22nd .....

Hilton @Play, the ‘redeem your points for events’ side of Hilton Honors, has just launched .....

16 Mar 201716 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current credit card portfolio may impact what other cards you can get.  I thought I would .....

A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current .....

14 Mar 201714 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 23 UK travel credit cards can .....

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

6 Mar 20176 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the new British Airways Executive Club and Hilton Honors mileage deal for the Spring. At the time, it wasn’t clear if this would double up with the main .....

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the new British Airways Executive Club and Hilton Honors mileage deal .....

4 Mar 20174 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

The major changes to the Hilton Honors programme (which included the new spelling of Honors) kicked in yesterday.  There were some IT wobbles initially, but by the time the USA was waking up things .....

The major changes to the Hilton Honors programme (which included the new spelling of Honors) kicked in .....

2 Mar 20172 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 131 comments

News in brief: 2,400 Avios with £50 worth of toys Tesco Direct is offering 1,000 Clubcard points when spending £50 on Nerf, My Little Pony, Play Doh and Hasbro Gaming this week.  This means you .....

News in brief: 2,400 Avios with £50 worth of toys Tesco Direct is offering 1,000 Clubcard points when .....

23 Feb 201723 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 67 comments

News in brief: Hilton Honors ‘points and money’ update We covered the forthcoming changes to the Hilton Honors programme in this article.  A few people asked me what the exact .....

News in brief: Hilton Honors ‘points and money’ update We covered the forthcoming changes to the .....

23 Feb 201723 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of cold .....

Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....

21 Feb 201721 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

When Hilton announced the changes to the Hilton Honors programme recently they included the following slide.  It contains some fascinating statistics about the scheme: It is worth having a look at .....

When Hilton announced the changes to the Hilton Honors programme recently they included the following slide. .....

20 Feb 201720 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Until 8th March, British Airways is offering a 35% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty schemes into Avios – click for my article on that deal. Since most of the hotel .....

Until 8th March, British Airways is offering a 35% bonus if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty .....

17 Feb 201717 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments