TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY to enter the fantastic competition we are currently running.  One lucky reader will win 100,000 Avios courtesy of Avios partner Cruise118. We haven’t done a huge amount .....

TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY to enter the fantastic competition we are currently running.  One lucky reader .....

31 Jan 202031 January 2020 by Sinead Archer • 1 comment

British Airways has extended its cancellations of flights to Beijing and Shanghai due to the Coronavirus outbreak. There will be no services until at least 29th February. As of last night, the .....

British Airways has extended its cancellations of flights to Beijing and Shanghai due to the Coronavirus .....

30 Jan 202030 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons for this. .....

The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is is .....

30 Jan 202030 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

One of IHG’s flagship hotel openings for 2020, Kimpton Vividora in Barcelona, is about to open.  It is due to launch on Monday 17th February although, at present, bookings are only being taken .....

One of IHG’s flagship hotel openings for 2020, Kimpton Vividora in Barcelona, is about to open.  It is .....

30 Jan 202030 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

There was some discussion in our comments yesterday about insurance coverage for the coronavirus outbreak. A reader had contacted American Express Platinum and been told that, basically, he was .....

There was some discussion in our comments yesterday about insurance coverage for the coronavirus outbreak. A .....

30 Jan 202030 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 215 comments

On Tuesday I did an article bemoaning the lack of good hotel loyalty promotions at present.  There are only two options: Hilton Honors – 2,000 bonus points per stay (register) Radisson .....

On Tuesday I did an article bemoaning the lack of good hotel loyalty promotions at present.  There are .....

30 Jan 202030 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

British Airways has cancelled all flights to Beijing and Shanghai due to the Coronavirus outbreak. There will be no services until at least Friday, and no tickets are being sold for flights until 1st .....

British Airways has cancelled all flights to Beijing and Shanghai due to the Coronavirus outbreak. There will .....

29 Jan 202029 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

We got very excited last year when IHG bought the small Six Senses chain.  This brought some very high quality properties into the group, including what is generally seen as the classiest resort in .....

We got very excited last year when IHG bought the small Six Senses chain.  This brought some very high .....

29 Jan 202029 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Monday should have been the day that IHG Rewards Club unveiled its latest list of PointBreaks redemptions. PointBreaks – website here – is a quarterly promotion which offers around 100 to .....

Monday should have been the day that IHG Rewards Club unveiled its latest list of PointBreaks redemptions. .....

29 Jan 202029 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments