Tesco Clubcard offers a very cheap way of accumulating Avios points and Virgin Flying Club miles without stepping on a plane. This is why I cover the best Clubcard earning offers on Head for Points .....

Tesco Clubcard offers a very cheap way of accumulating Avios points and Virgin Flying Club miles without .....

17 Aug 201917 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Virgin Atlantic accepted delivery of its first A350 at the Airbus factory in Toulouse over the weekend.  The aircraft has been called ‘Red Velvet’. There was no public arrival event, with .....

Virgin Atlantic accepted delivery of its first A350 at the Airbus factory in Toulouse over the weekend.  The .....

15 Aug 201915 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

It looks like your ability to earn and spend Virgin Flying Club miles on Air France and KLM flights – or, indeed, your ability to earn and spend Flying Blue miles on Virgin Atlantic flights .....

It looks like your ability to earn and spend Virgin Flying Club miles on Air France and KLM flights – .....

9 Aug 20199 August 2019 by Rhys Jones • 138 comments

Virgin Atlantic‘s arrivals lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 – which it calls the Revivals Lounge, and which is shared with Delta Air Lines passengers – is having a refurbishment, .....

Virgin Atlantic‘s arrivals lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 – which it calls the Revivals Lounge, and .....

9 Aug 20199 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Virgin Flying Club has brought back its favourite Tesco Clubcard offer – a 1,000 miles opt-in bonus for switching on auto-convert. I do not recommend auto-converting your Clubcard points, to .....

Virgin Flying Club has brought back its favourite Tesco Clubcard offer – a 1,000 miles opt-in bonus for .....

8 Aug 20198 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Best Western is the newest major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been able to earn Avios for the past 18 months or so, many people still seen unaware of the .....

Best Western is the newest major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been .....

4 Aug 20194 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

EDIT 7pm Sunday: The strike has been suspended for Monday 5th August. Strikes for Tuesday 6th August are still scheduled. Read our latest update. EDIT:  The list of British Airways cancellations and .....

EDIT 7pm Sunday: The strike has been suspended for Monday 5th August. Strikes for Tuesday 6th August are still .....

2 Aug 20192 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • 164 comments

Where does Virgin Atlantic fly?  I thought I would do a quick run-down today of the current route network as we have seen various changes over the last year or so. Where does Virgin Atlantic fly from .....

Where does Virgin Atlantic fly?  I thought I would do a quick run-down today of the current route network as .....

1 Aug 20191 August 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes. The first thing to say is that it is VERY rare for an airline to allow you to transfer to a hotel .....

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes. The .....

28 Jul 201928 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

According to travel trade reports, Virgin Atlantic is to cancel its route to St Lucia from 8th June 2020. Virgin currently has three flights per week from London Gatwick to St Lucia.  One of these .....

According to travel trade reports, Virgin Atlantic is to cancel its route to St Lucia from 8th June 2020. .....

27 Jul 201927 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Virgin Atlantic is offering a special deal on its new Mumbai route this weekend, which launches on 27th October.  Our full article on the route launch is here. You can save: £50 per person on .....

Virgin Atlantic is offering a special deal on its new Mumbai route this weekend, which launches on 27th .....

20 Jul 201920 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel planning series.  This will cover the best ways of earning or redeeming miles and points to get the best .....

With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel planning series. .....

12 Jul 201912 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Virgin Atlantic is currently running its semi-regular bonus on ‘Miles Booster’. ‘Miles Booster’ IS a potentially very good deal.  This version is better than ever, both in .....

Virgin Atlantic is currently running its semi-regular bonus on ‘Miles Booster’. ‘Miles .....

10 Jul 201910 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a new promotion if you take out one of its Reward credit cards. This time, it is NOT offering additional bonus miles.  Instead, you will pay no FX fees on all foreign .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a new promotion if you take out one of its Reward credit cards. This time, it is .....

9 Jul 20199 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments