UPDATED post: Many people taking their first baby steps towards collecting airmiles make the mistake of opting for the free BA AMEX card. This card is officially known as the British Airways American Express Credit Card. In this post, I explain why this is a seriously bad idea. The British …

Travel Hack Thursday, (#TravelHackThursday) is back!!! It has been ages but I have tracked down an expert travel hacker (he is far too humble to acknowledge this!) to share top tips on how to travel in business and First Class using airmiles. He isn’t a bond trader (I don’t think …

I recently got chatting to a work colleague about the AMEX Platinum Cashback Card. Our conversation considered whether it made sense to keep the cashback card or change it for an American Express Gold card or British Airways American Express card if you happen to love collecting airmiles. Let’s take …

I recently booked our first Virgin Atlantic Reward flights and I was keen to see how the experience compared with booking a British Airways reward flight. Fortunately, we have booked to go to Shanghai with our friends Michala and John but they only have AVIOS to redeem. I therefore booked …

This post is inspired by a question I received from a reader recently. She was questioning whether she could use her AMEX companion voucher to redeem AVIOS for business class reward flights as she was struggling to find availability. I have covered redemptions before but thought it might be worth …