News in brief: Air France and KLM offering excellent Abu Dhabi / Dubai fares There is an excellent deal running from many European cities to Dubai at the moment, via the SkyTeam alliance. From the UK, .....

News in brief: Air France and KLM offering excellent Abu Dhabi / Dubai fares There is an excellent deal .....

20 Jan 202420 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Here is something which could lead to a big change in the Avios universe – RevPoints. Revolut has started to offer Avios for debit card spending in five European countries via its new RevPoints .....

Here is something which could lead to a big change in the Avios universe – RevPoints. Revolut has .....

15 Jan 202415 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

Air France and KLM are offering a pre-Christmas flash sale with £60 off bookings made by 22nd December. You can also book any Virgin Atlantic or Delta Airlines flight covered by the transatlantic .....

Air France and KLM are offering a pre-Christmas flash sale with £60 off bookings made by 22nd December. You .....

21 Dec 202321 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Two weeks ago, we published a thorough review of the new short haul economy snacks on offer on British Airways. You can now choose between a tiny flapjack or a tiny slice of banana bread. At the end .....

Two weeks ago, we published a thorough review of the new short haul economy snacks on offer on British .....

18 Oct 202318 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 73 comments

News in brief: TopCashback is ending conversions into Avios TopCashback is ending its relationship with Avios at the end of the year. TCB, website here, effectively allowed you to buy Avios at 0.95p .....

News in brief: TopCashback is ending conversions into Avios TopCashback is ending its relationship with Avios .....

18 Oct 202318 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

American Express has launched two interesting new cashback deals: Get £50 cashback at Hotel du Vin and Malmaison American Express has launched a new cashback deal with the Hotel du Vin and Malmaison .....

American Express has launched two interesting new cashback deals: Get £50 cashback at Hotel du Vin and .....

11 Oct 202311 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Today was the day that Scandinavian airline SAS was to announce its new shareholders as it completed its financial restucturing. The belief in the market was that Scandinavian banks and institutions .....

Today was the day that Scandinavian airline SAS was to announce its new shareholders as it completed its .....

3 Oct 20233 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

The end of the next week sees a major change to American Express cards – the end of pro-rata fee refunds. We will look at this again in more detail tomorrow. Today I want to look at another .....

The end of the next week sees a major change to American Express cards – the end of pro-rata fee .....

24 Sep 202324 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Air France KLM and Etihad have announced a stronger co-operation agreement which will, amongst other things: The current codeshare operation between the groups will be expanded to cover another 40 .....

Air France KLM and Etihad have announced a stronger co-operation agreement which will, amongst other things: .....

13 Sep 202313 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Air Canada has just announced a major new expansion of its flights to Europe, including additional services to both London and Manchester for next summer. It hopes to fly 100% of the capacity it flew .....

Air Canada has just announced a major new expansion of its flights to Europe, including additional services to .....

7 Sep 20237 September 2023 by Rhys Jones • 12 comments

KLM has just launched a new American Express cashback offer. If targeted, you will get £150 back when you spend £1,000+ on the KLM website by 2nd October, and book a flight which departs from a UK .....

KLM has just launched a new American Express cashback offer. If targeted, you will get £150 back when you .....

5 Sep 20235 September 2023 by Rob Burgess

Whilst I’m not sure why Abu Dhabi is the focus of this deal, Air France is offering some aggressive deals out of Dublin to the Emirate. How aggressive? £1,100 return, if you stay five nights: .....

Whilst I’m not sure why Abu Dhabi is the focus of this deal, Air France is offering some aggressive .....

5 Sep 20235 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: Caviar House launches the Mile High Picnic Caviar House & Prunier has launched the Mile High Picnic collection across all of its sites at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The company .....

News in brief: Caviar House launches the Mile High Picnic Caviar House & Prunier has launched the Mile .....

26 Aug 202326 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Air France has announced a new route from Paris Charles du Gaulle to Abu Dhabi. Launching at the start of the winter flying season on Sunday 29th October, it represents a new way to spend Virgin .....

Air France has announced a new route from Paris Charles du Gaulle to Abu Dhabi. Launching at the start of the .....

21 Jul 202321 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments