News in brief: Edinburgh gains a new Hilton The Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, previously a Barcelo, reopened as the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton hotel last week after a £17 million renovation.  It becomes .....

News in brief: Edinburgh gains a new Hilton The Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, previously a Barcelo, reopened as .....

18 Aug 201618 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches an economy sale Virgin Atlantic has launched an economy seat sale running until 21st September.  Headline prices to the US start at £398, presumably aimed to .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches an economy sale Virgin Atlantic has launched an economy seat .....

17 Aug 201617 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

And the award for worst lounge goes to …… I was heading back to Europe on airberlin, flying business class from New York JFK to Berlin Tegel for the attractive price of 60,000 Avios and .....

And the award for worst lounge goes to …… I was heading back to Europe on airberlin, flying .....

17 Aug 201617 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 52 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

This is my review of the new Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown hotel, New York. What do you do when Manhattan gets too busy and chaotic? Move to Brooklyn. After having spent 3 nights in Midtown Manhattan .....

This is my review of the new Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown hotel, New York. What do you do when Manhattan gets .....

16 Aug 201616 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 61 comments

News in brief: Virgin East Coast launches a four day sale Virgin East Coast is running a short sale until Thursday night.  The discount is apparently a full 50% on all sale tickets, although the .....

News in brief: Virgin East Coast launches a four day sale Virgin East Coast is running a short sale until .....

15 Aug 201615 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

This is my review of Melia’s new INNSiDE New York NoMad hotel. New York, I love you!   As my friend was getting married in the States this summer, I decided to combine the wedding with a New .....

This is my review of Melia’s new INNSiDE New York NoMad hotel. New York, I love you!   As my friend was .....

15 Aug 201615 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 40 comments

Whilst Rob settles down to his holiday, I will be running a selection of flight and hotel reviews from my trip to New York last month. First up is my review of low-cost ‘all business .....

Whilst Rob settles down to his holiday, I will be running a selection of flight and hotel reviews from my trip .....

14 Aug 201614 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 14 comments

This is part 2 of my review of the La Compagnie ‘all business class’ London Luton to New York Newark service.  Part 1 which is here looked at the seat and the background to the service. .....

This is part 2 of my review of the La Compagnie ‘all business class’ London Luton to New York .....

14 Aug 201614 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 31 comments

Petrol station news in brief! Get triple Shell Drivers Club points for buying a coffee Shell Drivers Club points can be converted into Avios at a ratio of 2:1.  This isn’t necessarily the best .....

Petrol station news in brief! Get triple Shell Drivers Club points for buying a coffee Shell Drivers Club .....

13 Aug 201613 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

News in brief: Another Lloyds Bank / Avios horror story Long-time HfP readers will know that I have softened my stance on the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards over the years. This is partly because .....

News in brief: Another Lloyds Bank / Avios horror story Long-time HfP readers will know that I have softened .....

13 Aug 201613 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

Back in April I ran an article which argued that NO-ONE should be spending £20,000 on the free British Airways American Express card to trigger the 2-4-1 voucher. A reader dropped me a line to ask if .....

Back in April I ran an article which argued that NO-ONE should be spending £20,000 on the free British .....

12 Aug 201612 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 148 comments

News in brief: Latest British Airways cost-cutting move announced I ran the latest list of British Airways service cuts for August recently.  This followed on from the long list of service cuts that .....

News in brief: Latest British Airways cost-cutting move announced I ran the latest list of British Airways .....

12 Aug 201612 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

I don’t mention Leading Hotels of the World much on Head for Points.  10 years ago it was quite a force in luxury hotel marketing – and they threw some fantastic events in London to .....

I don’t mention Leading Hotels of the World much on Head for Points.  10 years ago it was quite a force .....

11 Aug 201611 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments