Good news: British Airways is making genuine improvements to its short haul catering. It turns out that the news that British Airways would be dropping Marks & Spencer products is part of a larger .....

Good news: British Airways is making genuine improvements to its short haul catering. It turns out that the .....

8 Jan 20218 January 2021 by Rhys Jones • 134 comments

British Airways Holidays is now offering additional sale savings of up to a further £100 off. However, these discounts are only available between now and 12th January. The offer works like this. Book .....

British Airways Holidays is now offering additional sale savings of up to a further £100 off. However, these .....

8 Jan 20218 January 2021 by Sinead Archer • 14 comments

I am back in the UK after 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. We stayed in seven different rooms in five different hotels (long story ….) but luckily for you I am not .....

I am back in the UK after 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. We stayed in seven .....

7 Jan 20217 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

You will probably have seen in the national media that Qatar has reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates to end the three year blockade of Doha. I will .....

You will probably have seen in the national media that Qatar has reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia, .....

6 Jan 20216 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point.  In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park figure, and it is the value I use myself, but the real world is more complicated. For the .....

I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point.  In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park .....

5 Jan 20215 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

As we exclusively broke back in October, British Airways / Avios and Tesco Clubcard have decided to part ways. The option to convert your Tesco Clubcard points into Avios is ending very soon. (Nothing .....

As we exclusively broke back in October, British Airways / Avios and Tesco Clubcard have decided to part ways. .....

4 Jan 20214 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 133 comments

British Airways snuck out an announcement to the Stock Exchange on New Years Eve. This is normally when companies bury bad news, knowing that the financial press will have forgotten about it when .....

British Airways snuck out an announcement to the Stock Exchange on New Years Eve. This is normally when .....

1 Jan 20211 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Even if you live in a Tier 4 area, you will find that Home Bargains is still open selling those core daily essentials. And, let’s be frank, nothing is more essential than a heavily reduced .....

Even if you live in a Tier 4 area, you will find that Home Bargains is still open selling those core daily .....

30 Dec 202030 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

In October we headed down to Domes of Elounda in Crete for a week. This hotel has been covered on HfP – most recently in this ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review – and I don’t .....

In October we headed down to Domes of Elounda in Crete for a week. This hotel has been covered on HfP – .....

29 Dec 202029 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

There is a lot more – a heck of a lot more – to the Avios frequent flyer scheme than most people think. If you are a new reader who came to HfP today as part of your Summer 2021 holiday .....

There is a lot more – a heck of a lot more – to the Avios frequent flyer scheme than most people .....

26 Dec 202026 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Sale news in brief: Virgin Atlantic adds some extra sale discounts We covered the current Virgin Atlantic sale in this article two weeks ago. A couple of extra deals have been added: Save an extra .....

Sale news in brief: Virgin Atlantic adds some extra sale discounts We covered the current Virgin Atlantic sale .....

26 Dec 202026 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

If you are looking to redeem Avios for flights to Central or South America, you may end up booking BA’s sister airline Iberia.  With British Airways announcing the closure of the Lima route .....

If you are looking to redeem Avios for flights to Central or South America, you may end up booking BA’s .....

22 Dec 202022 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

For much of 2020, hotel booking site Rocketmiles has been running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios, Virgin Flying Club or other airline miles from .....

For much of 2020, hotel booking site Rocketmiles has been running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ .....

22 Dec 202022 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

British Airways has launched another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. We aren’t going to make too much of a fuss because, at 30%, it is a very weak bonus compared to the 50% offers that .....

British Airways has launched another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. We aren’t going to make .....

20 Dec 202020 December 2020 by Rob Burgess