Iberia takes delivery of its first Airbus A350 aircraft in June, a year ahead of its big brother British Airways. Iberia already has a decent Business Class on its long-haul aircraft as I reviewed .....

Iberia takes delivery of its first Airbus A350 aircraft in June, a year ahead of its big brother British .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. What flights can you .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

24 Jan 201824 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

On Saturday I wrote about the repeat of the Groupon / Iberia promotion which let you buy Avios for 1.1p. When this offer first ran in 2015 there were terrible IT issues which meant that many people .....

On Saturday I wrote about the repeat of the Groupon / Iberia promotion which let you buy Avios for 1.1p. When .....

22 Jan 201822 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

It’s back.  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post when this deal ran in the past) you can yet again buy cheap Avios points simply by heading .....

It’s back.  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post .....

20 Jan 201820 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. What is the cheapest .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

17 Jan 201817 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. This article .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

7 Jan 20187 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Want to know how to spend your Avios wisely?  Starting today, we are running updated versions of our ‘Avios Redemption University’ series.  This series of articles, which I group .....

Want to know how to spend your Avios wisely?  Starting today, we are running updated versions of our .....

2 Jan 20182 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat nightly rate to a revenue based model, and my gut feeling is that most people will earn more .....

The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat .....

24 Dec 201724 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

News in brief: Are you our Club Eurostar competition winner? Last week we ran a competition in association with Club Eurostar to celebrate the launch of their new loyalty program. One lucky reader got .....

News in brief: Are you our Club Eurostar competition winner? Last week we ran a competition in association .....

22 Dec 201722 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

News in brief: We’re back in business ….. ….. after a day off to finalise our IT server move.  Everything has gone to plan, I’m pleased to say.  Page load times have .....

News in brief: We’re back in business ….. ….. after a day off to finalise our IT server .....

10 Dec 201710 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

Here is another batch of Black Friday travel deals we have been notified about in advance. We take no responsibility if these deals have changed or don’t work as promised.  Remember that we are .....

Here is another batch of Black Friday travel deals we have been notified about in advance. We take no .....

24 Nov 201724 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 61 comments

News in brief: 10am check-in (guaranteed?) now a Spire Elite benefit IHG Rewards Club sent out an email to Spire Elite members over the weekend.  It said: “We know that when you’re busy .....

News in brief: 10am check-in (guaranteed?) now a Spire Elite benefit IHG Rewards Club sent out an email to .....

20 Nov 201720 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 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

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