News in brief: BA Holidays unveils impressive new booking system British Airways has given its BA Holidays booking site an overhaul.  And, to be honest, it seems impressive. The company has realised .....

News in brief: BA Holidays unveils impressive new booking system British Airways has given its BA Holidays .....

3 Jun 20163 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

As part of its acquisition of Starwood Hotels, Marriott Rewards rushed out a series of announcements. These were designed to persuade Starwood loyalists not to walk away immediately, by promising them .....

As part of its acquisition of Starwood Hotels, Marriott Rewards rushed out a series of announcements. These .....

3 Jun 20163 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Starting from today, 2nd June, Head for Points is delighted to announce an exciting new promotion with IHG Rewards Club. Head for Points readers will receive DOUBLE IHG Rewards Club base points when .....

Starting from today, 2nd June, Head for Points is delighted to announce an exciting new promotion with IHG .....

2 Jun 20162 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways launches excellent an Tokyo fare from Pisa Whilst Qatar Airways has been throwing around discounted business class fares like confetti recently, tickets to Tokyo tend to .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways launches excellent an Tokyo fare from Pisa Whilst Qatar Airways has been throwing .....

2 Jun 20162 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

Virgin Atlantic announced two new routes on Tuesday and the move to Delta Air Lines of two others. This is part of what is becoming an annual rejig of its US network alongside its 49% shareholder .....

Virgin Atlantic announced two new routes on Tuesday and the move to Delta Air Lines of two others. This is .....

2 Jun 20162 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

For three days only, until Friday, IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – has brought back its ‘100% buy points bonus’ .....

For three days only, until Friday, IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, .....

1 Jun 20161 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

One of the easiest ways of earning Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles is via cashback site TopCashback. TopCashback allows you to take up to £50 of cashback from your day-to-day online .....

One of the easiest ways of earning Avios points or Virgin Flying Club miles is via cashback site TopCashback. .....

1 Jun 20161 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

News in brief: MyFlights app forced to close The popular MyFlights app, which I have written about on HfP numerous times, has been forced to close.  Amadeus, the main global flight booking database, .....

News in brief: MyFlights app forced to close The popular MyFlights app, which I have written about on HfP .....

1 Jun 20161 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2016.  Click through to read them in full: Did you know iberia.com shows more Iberia business class Avios seats than ba.com? Get Star Alliance .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2016.  Click through to read them in full: Did you .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by HfP team

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on ba.com. This is a bit bizarre, I admit.  I’m not entirely sure why this fact .....

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Club is a way of buying lounge access at Air Canada and Star Alliance facilities around the world. Importantly, you do not have to be flying Air Canada to use it.  Any .....

Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Club is a way of buying lounge access at Air Canada and Star .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

By a coincidence, we (Rob and Anika) each stayed at one of the two London InterContinental hotels over the last ten days.  We thought it would be interesting to do a ‘compare and .....

By a coincidence, we (Rob and Anika) each stayed at one of the two London InterContinental hotels over the .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

This is Part 2 of my review of the brand new InterContinental London The O2 hotel. Part 1 of InterContinental London The O2 review can be found here and focussed on the location and the high quality .....

This is Part 2 of my review of the brand new InterContinental London The O2 hotel. Part 1 of InterContinental .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is our review of the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel. By a coincidence, we (Rob and Anika) each stayed at one of the two London InterContinental hotels over the last ten days.  We .....

This is our review of the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel. By a coincidence, we (Rob and Anika) each .....

30 May 201630 May 2016 by Anika Burnett • 17 comments