The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 farewell event before Christmas, the airline was hoping to be back .....

The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and electricity supply over to their 2 year Fix & Reward tariff. You will collect 10,000 bonus Nectar .....

Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 22 comments

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at SITA, an IT provider to the airline industry. If you didn’t get it, it said: .....

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at .....

7 Mar 20217 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been able to earn Avios for the past couple of years, many people still seen unaware of the .....

Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been .....

7 Mar 20217 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

If you signed up to the class action lawsuit against British Airways over the 2018 data breach, you may have received an email this week asking for details of your mental health. As I understand it, .....

If you signed up to the class action lawsuit against British Airways over the 2018 data breach, you may have .....

6 Mar 20216 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

British Airways has partnered with a number of Covid testing companies since the start of the pandemic, most of which are PCR testing providers. It has now announced a new partnership with Qured .....

British Airways has partnered with a number of Covid testing companies since the start of the pandemic, most .....

5 Mar 20215 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 116 comments

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? We are dedicating a lot of space this week to the new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme from Barclays Premier Banking. Our overview of .....

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? We are dedicating a lot of space this week .....

4 Mar 20214 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Argos and Habitat appear to have raised the number of Nectar points you can spend in one transaction. The limit has shot up from 40,000 Nectar points (£200 of value) to 100,000 Nectar points (£500 .....

Argos and Habitat appear to have raised the number of Nectar points you can spend in one transaction. The .....

4 Mar 20214 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

On Monday we ran an article explaining how you could earn 25,000 Avios with Barclays Avios Rewards and Barclays Premier Banking – along with an annual upgrade voucher! You can find out more on .....

On Monday we ran an article explaining how you could earn 25,000 Avios with Barclays Avios Rewards and .....

3 Mar 20213 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 161 comments

I am generally very pro Which? magazine, although in my mind I tend to think of it as peaking in importance in the 1980s and becoming less relevant and less ‘part of the conversation’ as .....

I am generally very pro Which? magazine, although in my mind I tend to think of it as peaking in importance in .....

2 Mar 20212 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 123 comments

Details of the Barclays Premier Banking and British Airways partnership are finally here. It is the only way to earn Avios from a UK current account. If you are an existing Barclays Premier or .....

Details of the Barclays Premier Banking and British Airways partnership are finally here. It is the only way .....

1 Mar 20211 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 341 comments

Very few people lose their Avios via expiry. The rules are very lenient – you only need to earn or spend one Avios every 36 months, from any source, to keep your balance alive. People may use .....

Very few people lose their Avios via expiry. The rules are very lenient – you only need to earn or spend .....

1 Mar 20211 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before.  However, it contains valuable advice for anyone planning a trip to Japan and I like to re-run it every 18 months or so for the benefit .....

We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before.  However, it contains valuable advice for .....

1 Mar 20211 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

In an attempt to overcome business concerns over bookings flights, and potentially as a first step to withdrawing Book With Confidence and Future Travel Vouchers, British Airways has announced two new .....

In an attempt to overcome business concerns over bookings flights, and potentially as a first step to .....

28 Feb 202128 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments