If you are a Marriott Rewards members who has just signed up with Starwood Preferred Guest in order to benefit from status matching and points transfer, you may not know about this deal. Starwood .....

If you are a Marriott Rewards members who has just signed up with Starwood Preferred Guest in order to .....

27 Sep 201627 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 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

Aer Lingus is still offering 250 free Avios points if you pre-register for its new, much delayed, loyalty scheme AerClub.  If you didn’t jump in when I mentioned this back in April, you can .....

Aer Lingus is still offering 250 free Avios points if you pre-register for its new, much delayed, loyalty .....

26 Sep 201626 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

easyJet has recently started to roll out a loyalty scheme, Flight Club, to selected flyers, but it is strictly ‘invite only’ at the moment which is why I haven’t focussed on it.  If .....

easyJet has recently started to roll out a loyalty scheme, Flight Club, to selected flyers, but it is strictly .....

26 Sep 201626 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

In my discussion of the implications of Marriott’s decision to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest points into Marriott Rewards at the ratio of 1:3, I said that Marriott Travel Packages looked a .....

In my discussion of the implications of Marriott’s decision to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest points .....

25 Sep 201625 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

News in brief: Get bonus Heathrow Rewards points on fashion purchases Heathrow Rewards is offering bonus points on purchases at selected retailers until 31st October.  No registration is required .....

News in brief: Get bonus Heathrow Rewards points on fashion purchases Heathrow Rewards is offering bonus .....

25 Sep 201625 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

I wanted to give 3More another mention today as there are still a few days – until the end of the month – to qualify to win your share of £1,000-worth of Amazon vouchers. Over the last .....

I wanted to give 3More another mention today as there are still a few days – until the end of the month .....

25 Sep 201625 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

We will shortly be saying goodbye to three generous Avios collection opportunities.  If you want to take advantage, this weekend is the time to do so. Last day for 360 Avios per £50 Tesco gift cards .....

We will shortly be saying goodbye to three generous Avios collection opportunities.  If you want to take .....

24 Sep 201624 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

A HfP reader sent me a link yesterday to a truly fascinating article on the West London Air Terminal. If you have ever driven from London to Heathrow, you will have passed a huge Sainsburys .....

A HfP reader sent me a link yesterday to a truly fascinating article on the West London Air Terminal. If you .....

24 Sep 201624 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

The merger of the Marriott and Starwood hotel groups completed this morning.  It creates the largest hotel company in the world with a – frankly crazy – rota of 30 brands and 5,700 .....

The merger of the Marriott and Starwood hotel groups completed this morning.  It creates the largest hotel .....

23 Sep 201623 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

News in brief: Share your Heathrow Express upgrade codes Heathrow Express emailed its database on Wednesday with a free First Class upgrade code. These are valid for one person on a ticket (one-way or .....

News in brief: Share your Heathrow Express upgrade codes Heathrow Express emailed its database on Wednesday .....

23 Sep 201623 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

With the sign-up bonus on the British Airways American Express Premium Plus (BAPP) card increased to 25,000 Avios until February, I thought it was worth taking another look at why I rate this .....

With the sign-up bonus on the British Airways American Express Premium Plus (BAPP) card increased to .....

23 Sep 201623 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 171 comments

British Airways, or their selected third party, lounges in Europe are generally unexciting and I wasn’t expecting to find anything to write about in Vienna.  However, it turned out that I had .....

British Airways, or their selected third party, lounges in Europe are generally unexciting and I wasn’t .....

23 Sep 201623 September 2016 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

I thought I’d drop this in during the afternoon as something to think about …. This morning a Mandarin-speaking reader, who I know fairly well via previous emails, sent me a document which .....

I thought I’d drop this in during the afternoon as something to think about …. This morning a .....

22 Sep 201622 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments