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Review: the Aspire lounge (Gate 4) at Edinburgh Airport

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 .....

by Rob Burgess24 comments

ENDS FRIDAY: Bargains in the great Qatar Airways sale (eg Oz business £1330)

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.  .....

by Rob Burgess61 comments

Credit & Charge Card Reviews (15): Tesco Premium Mastercard

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 .....

by Rob Burgess72 comments

ALL MBNA airline credit cards withdrawn – what are your alternatives?

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 .....

by Rob Burgess161 comments

What Alex Cruz had to say at World Travel Market yesterday

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 .....

by Rob Burgess85 comments

Plaza Premium lounge NOW OPEN in Heathrow Terminal 5

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 .....

by Rob Burgess64 comments