We have spent some time recently covering the new Avios and BPme Rewards partnership – click for details. I thought it was only fair to look at how to earn Virgin Points when buying petrol. The .....

We have spent some time recently covering the new Avios and BPme Rewards partnership – click for .....

3 Oct 20213 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

American Express recently launched a generous cashback offer with WorldHotels. If you haven’t heard of WorldHotels, it is a marketing group – rather like Preferred Hotels or Leading Hotels .....

American Express recently launched a generous cashback offer with WorldHotels. If you haven’t heard of .....

3 Oct 20213 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

For the first time in 18 months, Virgin Atlantic has launched an impressive special offer for its Virgin Money-issued Reward and Reward+ credit cards. You have under two weeks left to apply. If .....

For the first time in 18 months, Virgin Atlantic has launched an impressive special offer for its Virgin .....

3 Oct 20213 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

Qatar Airways was, yet again, the big winner at the 2021 Skytrax airline awards. For better or worse, the Skytrax awards are seen as the benchmark in the industry. Whilst the Skytrax airline star .....

Qatar Airways was, yet again, the big winner at the 2021 Skytrax airline awards. For better or worse, the .....

1 Oct 20211 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

In the 10 years we’ve been running this site, I don’t think we’ve ever seen so many credit and charge cards running ‘special’ sign-up bonuses at the same time. Whilst .....

In the 10 years we’ve been running this site, I don’t think we’ve ever seen so many credit .....

26 Sep 202126 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

This is our review of Club@YOTEL, the membership scheme for YOTEL hotels. Back in 2018, YOTEL launched a free membership scheme called My YOTEL.  It was, frankly, useless.  It gave .....

This is our review of Club@YOTEL, the membership scheme for YOTEL hotels. Back in 2018, YOTEL launched a free .....

26 Sep 202126 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

This week we finally saw the US travel ban lifted for UK residents, with plans to resume flying from some point in November. In a separate story, until the 15th October you can get a special sign-up .....

This week we finally saw the US travel ban lifted for UK residents, with plans to resume flying from some .....

25 Sep 202125 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Today I wanted to take a look at a regularly asked question – “Where can you fly using Virgin Points?” This is especially pertinent as you can – until 15th October – get .....

Today I wanted to take a look at a regularly asked question – “Where can you fly using Virgin .....

22 Sep 202122 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

For the first time in 18 months, Virgin Atlantic has launched an impressive special offer for its Virgin Money-issued Reward and Reward+ credit cards. If you had been waiting for a good time to .....

For the first time in 18 months, Virgin Atlantic has launched an impressive special offer for its Virgin .....

21 Sep 202121 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

This is Part 2 of your complete guide to redeeming Virgin Flying Club points on Air France and KLM. Apologies for the delay in getting Part 2 of this article live - it fell into the cracks due to .....

This is Part 2 of your complete guide to redeeming Virgin Flying Club points on Air France and KLM. Apologies .....

13 Sep 202113 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

In April 2018, Virgin Atlantic launched its two new Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved hugely successful with, so I understand, over 200,000 .....

In April 2018, Virgin Atlantic launched its two new Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin .....

12 Sep 202112 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

9 Sep 20219 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced a further set of status extensions for Flying Club members. If you have Gold or Silver status with Virgin, you will see an additional SIX months of status has been .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced a further set of status extensions for Flying Club members. If you have Gold or .....

7 Sep 20217 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

News in brief: BA CityFlyer resumes flights to Amsterdam, Zurich and Dublin In a LinkedIn post BA CityFlyer has announced it is returning to Amsterdam, Zurich and Dublin from next week, presumably to .....

News in brief: BA CityFlyer resumes flights to Amsterdam, Zurich and Dublin In a LinkedIn post BA CityFlyer .....

4 Sep 20214 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment