Here’s the full HfP index of articles for October 2016
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Here is a full list of the articles we published in October 2016. Click through to read them in full:
BIG NEWS: Major changes at Virgin Flying Club
Should the collapsing £ make me re-assess my points valuations?
Bookable from 2pm-ish: new list of 5,000 points per night IHG PointBreaks
New IHG PointBreaks list of 125 x 5,000 point hotels, book on Monday
Last call: Get 10,000 (White) and 25,000 (Black) miles with the Virgin Atlantic credit cards
£100 back on £500 BA spend (should include Avios taxes) with new Amex offer
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (8): Etihad Guest American Express & Visa
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (7): Emirates Skywards Elite American Express & Visa
BA launches new route to Fort Lauderdale – Avios seats wide open for next Summer
HFP EXCLUSIVE: 3,000 BenefitPoints for joining the Star Alliance small business scheme
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (6): Emirates Skywards American Express & Visa
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (5): British Airways American Express Premium Plus
Which hotel chains offer lifetime status? (and the BA criteria revealed too)
Bits: Hilton ‘buy points’ offer extended to 31st, why you should follow HFP on Instagram
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (4): British Airways American Express (BA Amex)
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (3): American Express Platinum charge card
Valuing my points – what I REALLY got over my last year of spending
BA bits: win a trip to Prague, use Apple Pay to buy your flight
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (2): American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (1): American Airlines AAdvantage Visa
‘Part Pay With Avios’ now available on Flybe – at a poor rate
Bits: Get 5000 bonus Miles & More miles with a hotel booking, £18 off next Lufthansa flight
Bits: Etihad sale, ‘Credit Card Reviews’ returns, an unmissable video blast from the past
The three different types of loyalty credit cards I own
How to convert Marriott or SPG points into Hilton or IHG points
Bits: Kids fly free to Scandinavia, two nights for the price of one at Macdonald Hotels
Why I spent £1052.84 on LEGO Friends – Confessions of a HfP reader (Part One)
Why I Spent £1052.84 on LEGO Friends – Confessions of a HfP reader (Part Two)
Get 2,500 Avios or other miles with a Heathrow Rewards sign-up bonus
Earn 3,600 Avios with £75 LEGO City spend
Bits: whopping 3600 Avios with new £75 LEGO deal, Sunday Times £30 deal working again (perhaps)
Fascinating article on the Imperial Airways Empire Air Terminal at Victoria
How to earn miles when using your mobile abroad, with ‘Travelling Connect’
British Airways announces New Orleans ….. Avios redemptions wide open
Swap your Avios for beer … or wine …. or Bollinger!
Bits: Win 1 million Amex Membership Rewards points, win a trip to New York with Hotels.com
Bits: BA increasing check-in time limit, Qatar discount code, reader wins an awesome prize!
American Airlines First Class Avios redemptions to get cheaper but tier points cut
What are the best ‘first’ loyalty credit cards to get?
How to use SPG and Marriott points for a cheap African holiday
Bits: Avis comp winners, Star Alliance HEx upgrade is back, Melia sale + new Frankfurt hotel
British Airways scraps Chengdu, to launch New Orleans?
Accor Super Sale – up to 30% off and free breakfast
Bits: bonus Heathrow Rewards points on ‘collect on return’, Thistle London deals
Get a FREE Curve Card with £5 credit loaded!
50% bonus on Emirates conversions to Heathrow Rewards – worth it?
Bits: Radisson Blu sale, BA Holidays £1149 Christmas sale ends today, new BA Gatwick Summer flights
‘50% off Qatar Airways flights’ voucher for £19 on Groupon – worth it?
HfP competition – Win a luxury weekend for two in Worcester
6,000 Avios (2,500 Clubcard points) on the £150 Tesco Premium Credit Card – worth it?
12,000 Flying Blue miles with any 2-night hotel booking TODAY
New BA Holidays promo – NYC and other routes from £1,149 Club World including hotel!
Sunday Times Travel Magazine changes the rules on its 4,500 Avios promo
Bits: Attending World Travel Market?, bonus PartnerPlusBenefit points to Japan, Ski & Snowboard Show
Earn TRIPLE Avios on Hilton stays this Autumn
Are you better off taking Flying Club miles or Nectar points from Virgin Trains?
Bits: Win a trip to the Dutch Caribbean with KLM, win a trip to the Caribbean with BA
Qatar Airways business class to Adelaide (ex Zurich) for £1,086
Bits: 1700 Avios on Avis rentals, Cathay Pacific sale extended, triple Avios to Latin America
Got Enrich Miles? Up to 70% off Malaysia Airlines redemptions from London to KL in all classes!
CANCELLED AT THE LAST MINUTE: Bonkers Wyndham / SPG hotel promo, should you bite?
3 HFP readers won 1 million Avios last year – now Shell is giving away 75 million Avios again!
Last chance: 10,000 Avios points or €200 for 4 x 2-night Accor stays, however cheap!
NEW: How to keep your Membership Rewards points when cancelling Amex Gold or Platinum
Bits: Gatwick shorthaul schedule changes, 25% off and free drinks at Ibis, Hilton flash sale ending
Win a trip around the world with Radisson Blu and up to 200,000 points with Accor
Bits: 1p per Nectar point with Virgin East Coast, tour the McLaren factory with Hilton
Bits: 100% bonus buying Hilton points, no more free Heathrow Express First upgrades for Star Gold
US Global Entry appointments available in London for a limited period
It’s back – buy up to 100,000 Avios, from 1.08p, via Groupon!
I get legged over with MBNA’s replacement for Diamond Club!
LAST CHANCE: 10,000 Avios for opening an ISA with Nutmeg
Bits: Virgin scraps Combi Fare, Hilton Visa application criteria eased, Avios Dining delayed
Get 10,000 Mile & More miles with the UK credit card – biggest bonus in 11 months
Bits: Earn 1000 Miles & More miles with Blacklane, Iberia wine deal, Gatwick schedule changes
Bits: 50% bonus on HSBC transfers to Avios, £15 LON-EDI train tickets, 40% bonus on Hyatt points
Avios added as reward option with hotel booking site Agoda PointsMAX
Etihad, Alitalia etc aligning loyalty schemes + airberlin (oneworld) status match
Earn triple Avios – SEVEN per Euro! – on Accor (Sofitel, Mercure, Novotel etc) stays
Hilton launches new Flash Sale for weekend stays until January
Get 15,000 Etihad Guest miles & £50 via their credit card – and a 20% bonus on partner conversions
New promo – 1,000 Avios in BA and avios.com for collecting with a new partner
Win 18,000 Avios in a new British Airways free draw
Why the Hilton HHonors Visa is the ideal starting point for the new miles and points collector
How to earn 7 Avios per £1 shopping at Waitrose, John Lewis and Amazon!
Bits: Luxury Travel Diary auctions, Emirates / Arsenal tickets, Premier Inn Scarborough reviewed!
Is the Amex Platinum ‘UK Hotel Collection’ a good deal?
Bits: £50 off £100 Thistle stay, Monarch flies on, new Hotel Tonight loyalty scheme
Big redemption savings: Hilton properties in Turkey and Iberia Express flights to Spain
Bits: Heathrow protest today, Etihad sale, update on 40,000 Nectar points deal
Get £38 of Airbnb credit with your first booking as a “business traveller”
