This article is my review of the Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport.  This is the original Aspire lounge by Gate 4.  Our review of the new Aspire lounge, by Gate 16, is here. This is part of our .....

This article is my review of the Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport.  This is the original Aspire lounge by .....

10 Nov 201710 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

News in brief: IHG’s extended ‘100% buy points bonus’ ends today IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – extended its recent .....

News in brief: IHG’s extended ‘100% buy points bonus’ ends today IHG Rewards Club – .....

9 Nov 20179 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 114 comments

Time is running out if you want to take advantage of the current Qatar Airways slightly crazy flight sale.   This one has, frankly, some astonishing fares to Australia and New Zealand. I will say .....

Time is running out if you want to take advantage of the current Qatar Airways slightly crazy flight sale.  .....

9 Nov 20179 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

This is my review of the Tesco Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is my review of the Tesco Premium Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking .....

9 Nov 20179 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the MBNA airline credit cards. It was good advice. All eight MBNA airline credit cards were .....

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 161 comments

It is that time of quarter again when both Avios / British Airways and Virgin Atlantic wheel out incentives to persuade you that you should convert your Tesco Clubcard points into frequent flyer .....

It is that time of quarter again when both Avios / British Airways and Virgin Atlantic wheel out incentives to .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

News in brief: New BA route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, BA CEO, announced a new route to Figari in Corsica (picture below) in his speech at World Travel .....

News in brief: New BA route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, BA CEO, .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between Monday and Wednesday this week.  Monday is restricted to the media and key buyers and is when .....

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in Heathrow Terminal 5 yesterday afternoon. This was odd timing, given that every travel journalist .....

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments