British Airways launched its September sale on Tuesday with offers in all travel classes. The home page for the sale is here.  You can book until 21st September. Travel dates are all over the .....

British Airways launched its September sale on Tuesday with offers in all travel classes. The home page for .....

25 Aug 201625 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios with £60 LEGO spend (or 1,200 Avios with £30 of LEGO) It’s back – another Lego deal from Tesco Direct. Until Monday night, you will receive 1,000 Clubcard .....

News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios with £60 LEGO spend (or 1,200 Avios with £30 of LEGO) It’s back – .....

24 Aug 201624 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

It is always risky writing about deals which are not yet launched as there is always a chance that they get pulled at the last minute or start late.  So, if it is not live when you read this, .....

It is always risky writing about deals which are not yet launched as there is always a chance that they get .....

23 Aug 201623 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to pay your road tax with an American Express card has come and gone over the last couple of .....

News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to .....

21 Aug 201621 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

News in brief: New British Airways route from Stansted announced Over the Summer, British Airways has been running a series of routes from Stansted at the weekend.  These use aircraft which would .....

News in brief: New British Airways route from Stansted announced Over the Summer, British Airways has been .....

20 Aug 201620 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Regular readers will have seen my various articles recently on the major cuts to British Airways in-flight service, eg here and here and here. Long-haul travellers in World Traveller (economy) have .....

Regular readers will have seen my various articles recently on the major cuts to British Airways in-flight .....

19 Aug 201619 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches an economy sale Virgin Atlantic has launched an economy seat sale running until 21st September.  Headline prices to the US start at £398, presumably aimed to .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches an economy sale Virgin Atlantic has launched an economy seat .....

17 Aug 201617 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

News in brief: Virgin East Coast launches a four day sale Virgin East Coast is running a short sale until Thursday night.  The discount is apparently a full 50% on all sale tickets, although the .....

News in brief: Virgin East Coast launches a four day sale Virgin East Coast is running a short sale until .....

15 Aug 201615 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

Petrol station news in brief! Get triple Shell Drivers Club points for buying a coffee Shell Drivers Club points can be converted into Avios at a ratio of 2:1.  This isn’t necessarily the best .....

Petrol station news in brief! Get triple Shell Drivers Club points for buying a coffee Shell Drivers Club .....

13 Aug 201613 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

News in brief: Another Lloyds Bank / Avios horror story Long-time HfP readers will know that I have softened my stance on the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards over the years. This is partly because .....

News in brief: Another Lloyds Bank / Avios horror story Long-time HfP readers will know that I have softened .....

13 Aug 201613 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

News in brief: Latest British Airways cost-cutting move announced I ran the latest list of British Airways service cuts for August recently.  This followed on from the long list of service cuts that .....

News in brief: Latest British Airways cost-cutting move announced I ran the latest list of British Airways .....

12 Aug 201612 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

Yesterday I featured two interesting offers to get you into airport lounges this Summer: Via The Daily Telegraph, you can buy passes for lounges in the Dragonpass network – which is extensive .....

Yesterday I featured two interesting offers to get you into airport lounges this Summer: Via The Daily .....

9 Aug 20169 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

News in brief: Special BA Holidays / Sandals deals British Airways Holidays has teamed up with Sandals, ‘the World’s leading all inclusive resorts’ (in quotes because I have never .....

News in brief: Special BA Holidays / Sandals deals British Airways Holidays has teamed up with Sandals, .....

9 Aug 20169 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

This is your beginners guide on how to earn and redeem Avios points on Flybe. It is now almost two years since Flybe abandoned its own reward scheme and adopted Avios as its reward currency.  A .....

This is your beginners guide on how to earn and redeem Avios points on Flybe. It is now almost two years since .....

8 Aug 20168 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments