I wrote in January about the forthcoming relaunch of Star Alliance Company Plus.  This is the Star Alliance equivalent of the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at companies in the UK and .....

I wrote in January about the forthcoming relaunch of Star Alliance Company Plus.  This is the Star .....

19 Feb 201419 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

A quick heads up that TODAY, New Years Eve, is your last chance to apply for the United MileagePlus credit card whilst it still has the 12,000 miles sign-up bonus. The United Airlines card, issued by .....

A quick heads up that TODAY, New Years Eve, is your last chance to apply for the United MileagePlus credit .....

31 Dec 201331 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for December. Apart from the big changes to the Starwood and BA cards, which I summarise below, the other points worth .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for December. Apart from the .....

3 Dec 20133 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

I posted the other day about the new United MileagePlus UK credit card so it is worth highlighting this deal as well. I wrote an introduction to hotel booking site Rocketmiles here.  It is a .....

I posted the other day about the new United MileagePlus UK credit card so it is worth highlighting this deal .....

17 Nov 201317 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

The United Airlines credit card, issued by MBNA, has historically been fundamentally ignored.  There was no sign-up bonus (once a year they offered a whopping 5,000 miles!) and it wasn’t even .....

The United Airlines credit card, issued by MBNA, has historically been fundamentally ignored.  There was no .....

13 Nov 201313 November 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

United Airlines has taken a leaf out of the British Airways promotions book and is currently offering a 25% bonus on all hotel and car hire points transfers. There is a bit of small print to follow: .....

United Airlines has taken a leaf out of the British Airways promotions book and is currently offering a 25% .....

23 Oct 201323 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Two new hotel booking services have sprung up recently which offer a twist on the usual third-party booking service. Both Rocketmiles and PointsHound give you a large slug of airline miles with every .....

Two new hotel booking services have sprung up recently which offer a twist on the usual third-party booking .....

26 Aug 201326 August 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

When BMI still existed, it was easier to get around the world with airline miles. BA was a core member of the oneworld alliance, and BMI was part of Star Alliance. Between them, you could redeem to .....

When BMI still existed, it was easier to get around the world with airline miles. BA was a core member of the .....

22 Jul 201322 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

In March 2013 the Starwood hotel group and Delta Airways announced a unique tie-up. This gave Starwood Preferred Guest elite members certain privileges when flying on Delta, and gave Delta .....

In March 2013 the Starwood hotel group and Delta Airways announced a unique tie-up. This gave Starwood .....

22 Jul 201322 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

There has been much knashing of teeth in the US in the last couple of weeks following the announcement that United Airlines is introducing ‘minimum spend’ requirements to achieve elite .....

There has been much knashing of teeth in the US in the last couple of weeks following the announcement that .....

4 Jul 20134 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is the 17th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for.  These articles will be linked to the relevant .....

This is the 17th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

4 May 20134 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Hilton HHonors has started to drip feed a number of promotions into the market which offer bonus miles for people who choose the ‘Hilton HHonors points and airline miles’ collection option .....

Hilton HHonors has started to drip feed a number of promotions into the market which offer bonus miles for .....

12 Apr 201312 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

I first wrote on this topic back in November 2012. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time to re-run the analysis. Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals .....

I first wrote on this topic back in November 2012. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time .....

18 Mar 201318 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

If you have a few United miles knocking about already, then you can add an extra 1,000 by signing up to a new social media service and linking a Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare account. The sign-up .....

If you have a few United miles knocking about already, then you can add an extra 1,000 by signing up to a new .....

9 Dec 20129 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments