News in brief: £100 off a £500 British Airways spend deal with Amex American Express is offering a very limited number of cardholders a £100 statement credit with their next £500 British Airways .....

News in brief: £100 off a £500 British Airways spend deal with Amex American Express is offering a very .....

16 May 201716 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 189 comments

News in brief: Decent SWISS sale out of Italy SWISS business class and, in particular, first class has an excellent reputation.  I was one of the last people to redeem for Swiss First .....

News in brief: Decent SWISS sale out of Italy SWISS business class and, in particular, first class has an .....

4 May 20174 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

News in brief: Buy yourself access to Etihad’s airport lounges Following rival Emirates which opened up its facilities to paying passengers earlier this year, Etihad has decided to let .....

News in brief: Buy yourself access to Etihad’s airport lounges Following rival Emirates which opened .....

25 Mar 201725 March 2017 by Anika Burnett • 7 comments

News in brief: Starwood launches more O2 concert tickets Starwood Preferred Guest launched a new batch of O2 concert tickets yesterday. For just 15,000 SPG points (or 45,000 Marriott Rewards points if .....

News in brief: Starwood launches more O2 concert tickets Starwood Preferred Guest launched a new batch of O2 .....

9 Mar 20179 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Today (Wednesday) is the last day to initiate a transfer of take advantage of the Heathrow Rewards / Avios bonus. Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, has been offering a .....

Today (Wednesday) is the last day to initiate a transfer of take advantage of the Heathrow Rewards / Avios .....

1 Mar 20171 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in association with Etihad Guest. This is one of the most generous sign-up .....

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up .....

27 Jan 201727 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

News in brief: Court judgement on how you receive compensation when downgraded I ran an article about EC261 downgrade compensation on Wednesday.  I said in that piece that some parts of the .....

News in brief: Court judgement on how you receive compensation when downgraded I ran an article about EC261 .....

20 Jan 201720 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC slashed its credit card fee to roughly 0.4%. One of the biggest jokes, since the EU cap on .....

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC .....

11 Jan 201711 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 97 comments

News in brief: No more 25% bonus on TopCashback transfers to Avios Quietly TopCashback has withdrawn its 25% bonus when converting TopCashback cashback directly into Avios. First launched in September .....

News in brief: No more 25% bonus on TopCashback transfers to Avios Quietly TopCashback has withdrawn its 25% .....

8 Jan 20178 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 52 comments

Ever since it joined the oneworld alliance, airberlin has offered some exceptional bargains for Avios collectors. As I wrote in this article, you have been able to fly to the USA and Abu Dhabi paying .....

Ever since it joined the oneworld alliance, airberlin has offered some exceptional bargains for Avios .....

7 Jan 20177 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

Air China has launched some amazing deals out of Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich in Business Class. If you looking to head to Australia or New Zealand before the end of June, you probably won’t .....

Air China has launched some amazing deals out of Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich in Business Class. If you .....

24 Dec 201624 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

News in brief: BA strike called off The British Airways strike by mixed fleet cabin crew, scheduled for Christmas Day and Boxing Day, was called off last night. BA will now run a normal schedule on .....

News in brief: BA strike called off The British Airways strike by mixed fleet cabin crew, scheduled for .....

23 Dec 201623 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit card group MBNA from Bank of America.  It paid £1.9bn as well as taking over MBNA’s .....

Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit .....

21 Dec 201621 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

There are two generous Lufthansa Miles & More offers running at the moment – they may be worth a look if you were also considering getting their credit card (the offer for 10,000 bonus miles .....

There are two generous Lufthansa Miles & More offers running at the moment – they may be worth a .....

15 Dec 201615 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments