News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use Tesco’s mobile payment app PayQwiq in EVERY Tesco store.  If you haven’t tried it .....

News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use .....

24 Jan 201724 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit card group MBNA from Bank of America.  It paid £1.9bn as well as taking over MBNA’s .....

Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit .....

21 Dec 201621 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

Heathrow Rewards has launched its annual bonus promotion on electronics and jewellery, keen to tap into the Christmas rush. Here are the details of the offer, which runs from now until 31st December. .....

Heathrow Rewards has launched its annual bonus promotion on electronics and jewellery, keen to tap into the .....

10 Nov 201610 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is my review of the Emirates Skywards Elite credit cards. 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 Emirates Skywards Elite credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at .....

29 Oct 201629 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is my review of the Emirates Skywards UK credit cards. 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 Emirates Skywards UK credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at .....

28 Oct 201628 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Heathrow Rewards has launched an interesting promotion – a 50% bonus when you convert your Emirates Skywards miles INTO Heathrow Rewards points. This deal runs until 31st December. Emirates .....

Heathrow Rewards has launched an interesting promotion – a 50% bonus when you convert your Emirates .....

17 Oct 201617 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: More Arsenal football tickets released for Skywards members Emirates Skywards has released a further batch of Arsenal football tickets for the current season.  All of the ‘lesser .....

News in brief: More Arsenal football tickets released for Skywards members Emirates Skywards has released a .....

3 Oct 20163 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, the generous arbitrage that used to be available if you held the American Express .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, .....

26 Sep 201626 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 109 comments

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Westin, Sheraton, W, St Regis etc, has an interesting tie-up with Emirates which a lot of people don’t know about. It is called ‘Your .....

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty scheme for Westin, Sheraton, W, St Regis etc, has an interesting tie-up .....

20 Sep 201620 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Emirates Skywards added a new feature last week – the ability to use your Skywards miles as part payment towards a cash ticket. You can find full details of ‘cash and miles’ on this .....

Emirates Skywards added a new feature last week – the ability to use your Skywards miles as part payment .....

11 Sep 201611 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

News in brief: British Airways launching two new routes to Bremen It is ironic that British Airways runs a major call centre in Bremen but did not fly there.  All of this will be fixed from 31st .....

News in brief: British Airways launching two new routes to Bremen It is ironic that British Airways runs a .....

3 Sep 20163 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

Yesterday I ran an extra article to share the news that the MBNA Diamond Club (ex bmi British Midland) credit cards will stop accruing Avios points on 30th September. This is a big blow for many .....

Yesterday I ran an extra article to share the news that the MBNA Diamond Club (ex bmi British Midland) credit .....

1 Sep 20161 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 160 comments

News in brief: Emirates to make Manchester ‘all A380’ whilst Birmingham gets a switch Emirates announced last week that all three of its daily Manchester services will be operated by A380 .....

News in brief: Emirates to make Manchester ‘all A380’ whilst Birmingham gets a switch Emirates .....

16 Aug 201616 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

I continue to get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard miles and points card.  With earning rates being cut following the EU cap on interchange fees, .....

I continue to get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard miles and .....

4 Jul 20164 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments