I’ve spent quite a bit of time over recent months highlighting attractive British Airways Club World fares from various starting points across Europe. What is discussed less often is that Virgin .....

I’ve spent quite a bit of time over recent months highlighting attractive British Airways Club World .....

19 Oct 201519 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Virgin Money is currently offering 6,000 Flying Club miles to anyone who open a new FTSE Tracker ISA.  This is an improvement on the previous offer of 5,000 miles. See here for full details. .....

Virgin Money is currently offering 6,000 Flying Club miles to anyone who open a new FTSE Tracker ISA.  .....

17 Oct 201517 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes.   I wrote about this extensively over the Summer when it turned out that it was pretty much the .....

Virgin Atlantic has a rare feature that allows you to transfer your points into hotel loyalty schemes.   I .....

11 Oct 201511 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

It’s time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals.  Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit .....

It’s time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK .....

5 Oct 20155 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

For just two days, until October 3rd, hotel booking site Rocketmiles is offering 3,000 bonus airline miles with any hotel booking. The only rule is that you must not have used their service before. .....

For just two days, until October 3rd, hotel booking site Rocketmiles is offering 3,000 bonus airline miles .....

2 Oct 20152 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I spent last Monday in a shed in Crawley.  This is not my normal Monday routine, but when the shed is the headquarters of Virgin Atlantic it becomes more interesting. I had been invited to tag along .....

I spent last Monday in a shed in Crawley.  This is not my normal Monday routine, but when the shed is the .....

30 Sep 201530 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

News in brief: British Airways Gatwick lounge to close in January British Airways confirmed yesterday that its lounge at Gatwick will close in January.  This is to enable work to begin on a new .....

News in brief: British Airways Gatwick lounge to close in January British Airways confirmed yesterday that its .....

22 Sep 201522 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

News in brief: British Airways Holidays sale – from £50 deposit The British Airways ‘Take-Off’ sale, which was due to run until the 22nd, has changed.  BA will now continue .....

News in brief: British Airways Holidays sale – from £50 deposit The British Airways .....

19 Sep 201519 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

News in brief: Save £200 on a package holiday by redeeming 10,000 Avios You have always been able to redeem Avios points via avios.com for package holiday discounts.  The rate was only 0.5p per .....

News in brief: Save £200 on a package holiday by redeeming 10,000 Avios You have always been able to redeem .....

12 Sep 201512 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

When I wrote about the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club “20% off Economy and Premium Economy redemptions” sale yesterday, I said that I would do a follow-up article on their parallel offers. .....

When I wrote about the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club “20% off Economy and Premium Economy .....

11 Sep 201511 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched another 20% off sale for reward seats. This time, Premium Economy is included as well.  The sale runs until 23rd September. Virgin taxes on Economy redemptions are .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched another 20% off sale for reward seats. This time, Premium Economy is included .....

10 Sep 201510 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Virgin Atlantic has boosted the sign-up bonus on its credit cards again.  This is not entirely surprising given that British Airways increased the bonus on its cards recently. This new offer is as .....

Virgin Atlantic has boosted the sign-up bonus on its credit cards again.  This is not entirely surprising .....

5 Sep 20155 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Delta Air Lines, the US airline which is a 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, has announced two new routes from the UK for 2016. Delta is a member of the SkyTeam alliance, which would usually mean .....

Delta Air Lines, the US airline which is a 49% shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, has announced two new routes .....

1 Sep 20151 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

For some reason, Virgin Atlantic is having a one-day-and-a-bit Flash Sale on seats in Upper Class from London to Chicago. The fare is just £995 return. Here is the best bit.  You are, in .....

For some reason, Virgin Atlantic is having a one-day-and-a-bit Flash Sale on seats in Upper Class from London .....

28 Aug 201528 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments