Bits: United adds at Edinburgh, IHG hotel sale, 50% bonus OneKeyCash with Hotels.com

News in brief:

United Airlines expands at Edinburgh

United Airlines has announced that its service from Edinburgh to Washington DC is moving to (almost) year-round from ‘summer only’.

Instead of ending on 25th October, flights will now continue for much of the winter.

Here are the details:

• additional flights will run from 26th October 2025 to 5th January 2026, and from 20th February to 28th March 2026

• services will operate from Edinburgh on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

• the airline will use a Boeing 757, as it does in the summer, which includes 16 flat-bed business class seats

Daily flights will resume on 29th March 2026.

The existing Edinburgh services remain unchanged:

• daily flights to New York Newark (twice daily in summer peak)
• daily flights to Chicago during the summer peak

Our review of United Airlines business class, albeit on a Boeing 777, is here.

IHG launches its Europe summer hotel sale

IHG has launched its European summer hotel sale, covering brands such as InterContinental, Kimpton, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites and many others.

The ‘Book Early and Save’ sale runs until 15th July.

You can book for stays at any time until the end of the booking window, usually 11 months out.

You must book at least three days in advance of your stay.

The headline discount for ‘Book Early and Save’ rates is 15% off Best Flexible Rate.

As we always say with these sales, it is NOT a true 15% discount because – whilst the discount is off the Best Flexible Rate – sale rooms are NOT flexible or refundable.

It is more accurate to compare it to the standard Advanced Purchase rate, in which case you should be saving an additional 5% or so.

Note that Iberostar Beachfront Resorts have different booking terms.

You can find out more on the IHG website here.

Hotels.com launches a sale and bonus cashback

Hotels.com is also running a promotion for the next month.

For all bookings made by 26th May, for travel by 30th September, you will receive 3% back in OneKeyCash instead of the usual 2%. Elite members will receive an extra 1% on top of their standard rate.

Selected properties are also on offer at 25% off in The Summer Getaway Sale.

We (and the rest of the market) have been critical of the new One Key reward scheme. Even Hotels.com hates it, which is why the roll-out was abandoned after the US and UK had switched, in the face of falling sales.

An extra 1% of OneKeyCash won’t move the needle but, if you can find a bargain in The Summer Getaway Sale, it’s a little extra bonus on top.

You can find out more on this special page of the Hotels.com website.