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Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP.

Thank you for your support over the past year. We managed to grow page views again – up 12% on 2023 to 32 million, on top of 12% in 2022 – which means we’ve grown every year, even during the pandemic, since the site launched in 2012.

Happy Christmas from the Head for Points team

Please feel free to share your Christmas travel plans in the comments. Obviously Rhys wasn’t going to be sticking around, and despite being in Los Angeles ten days ago is now back across the Atlantic in Toronto. Sinead is in the UK having the first Christmas with her new son. Katie is here but disappearing off to Spain for New Year and Conny and I will be off to the Middle East.

We will slowly get back into things tomorrow as Rhys and I look back over our year in travel. Anyone waiting with bated breath for the next part of Barry’s SkyTeam odyssey will need to wait until Saturday – but be assured that he did (eventually) make it home for Christmas!

With our best wishes,

Rob, Rhys, Sinead, Katie and Conny

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  • roberto says:
    25 Dec25 December 07:21

    All the best from Malaga. Our last Xmas here as moving back to the UK in March after 22 years on the Costa Del Sol.

  • Mikel says:
    25 Dec25 December 07:23

    Merry Xmas everyone . Thanks for all your hard work in 2024. I’m not the biggest contributor but I look forward to receiving my emails every day and dipping into the forum for information and guidance. Couldn’t survive without it. Have a fabulous break.

  • Phillip says:
    25 Dec25 December 07:24

    Merry Christmas to everyone. Thank you Rob and the entire team, not only for the articles, but also your friendly support behind the scenes! After a mad few weeks of travel, it’ll be a quiet one at home in the U.K. for me before visiting family in Cyprus for New Year! Best wishes to all!

  • Mark says:
    25 Dec25 December 07:30

    Hope all of you at HfP have a great Christmas – thanks for all the news, updates and sensible commentary in a world surrounded by hyperbole and BA Comms spin!!! Best wishes for 2025!

  • JohnTh says:
    25 Dec25 December 07:50

    Thank you for all your work, the insights, the SCOOPS, the Credit cards, the points and miles.
    Happy Christmas and a well travelled New Year to all.

  • PeterK says:
    25 Dec25 December 07:58

    Season’s greetings Rob and HfP team. We are staying put in Sussex this holiday time but work commitments will mean a few days at our local airport over the coming days.

    Hopefully everyone travelling to the Channel Islands yesterday finally got there to celebrate Christmas, the weather was out of limits for most of the day.

  • JDB says:
    25 Dec25 December 07:59

    Happy Christmas from sunny SE Spain to all the HfP team for another year of wonderful articles, insights and ideas. Happy Christmas to all readers and commenters for another year of lively debate, advice and invaluable tips.

    Now church, present unwrapping and vermut before Spanish Christmas lunch.

    • Michael C says:
      25 Dec25 December 08:32

      Have one for me, @JDB!

      Just back from a quick stroll around the quay on IOM before popping our Loaghtan lamb into the oven.

      Hope everyone has a lovely day, wherever you are.

    • Cat says:
      25 Dec25 December 10:43

      Merry Christmas @JDB! Have a good one!

  • Bumblebee says:
    25 Dec25 December 08:06

    Merry Christmas, and safe travels. We are off skiing 27th in France for 1 week, then May LAX on Virgin booked before the changes happened.

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