Following on from our coverage of Curve and its split with American Express, the blog post below was published on the Curve website on Thursday morning. As few of you will find it there by chance, I .....

Following on from our coverage of Curve and its split with American Express, the blog post below was published .....

31 Jan 201931 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 280 comments

Here’s something I didn’t see coming.  After launching with much fanfare on Monday, American Express suspended its relationship with Curve Card on Tuesday night. This came just 36 .....

Here’s something I didn’t see coming.  After launching with much fanfare on Monday, American .....

30 Jan 201930 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 788 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today in case you have started to make your holiday plans for 2019.  Since I launched this service 22 months ago with Emyr .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today in case you have started to make your .....

30 Jan 201930 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

On Thursday we covered the new VIP terminal being built at Manchester Airport, which will allow any passenger willing to pay to bypass the main airport and be driven to their plane. Reader Andrew .....

On Thursday we covered the new VIP terminal being built at Manchester Airport, which will allow any passenger .....

27 Jan 201927 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

The Thistle, Guoman and Amba hotel chains – which are all under common ownership, and which tend to move hotels around inside their three brands on a regular basis – have extended their .....

The Thistle, Guoman and Amba hotel chains – which are all under common ownership, and which tend to move .....

27 Jan 201927 January 2019 by Rob Burgess

Millennium Hotels, operator of any high end hotels in London, is running an interesting ‘Culture Vulture’ offer for anyone visiting for an event. Via this link, you can get a 20% discount .....

Millennium Hotels, operator of any high end hotels in London, is running an interesting ‘Culture .....

27 Jan 201927 January 2019 by Rob Burgess

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

27 Jan 201927 January 2019 by Anika Burnett • 10 comments

I did an article yesterday on the opening of the new Virgin Hotels San Francisco, which has special offers for Virgin Flying Club members. At the cheaper end of the scale, YOTEL is opening in San .....

I did an article yesterday on the opening of the new Virgin Hotels San Francisco, which has special offers for .....

26 Jan 201926 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

Manchester Airport has an excellent route network, but even its biggest supporters have to admit that the passenger experience is dire at best.  Even the lounges are a mess. Things are changing.  A .....

Manchester Airport has an excellent route network, but even its biggest supporters have to admit that the .....

24 Jan 201924 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

EDIT:  Unfortunately, N26 closed its UK operation in February 2020 and it is no longer possible to open an account This is our updated review of N26, the online bank, focusing on its new metal .....

EDIT:  Unfortunately, N26 closed its UK operation in February 2020 and it is no longer possible to open an .....

22 Jan 201922 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 188 comments

Low cost Canadian airline WestJet will launch an impressive fully flat Business Class service on its London Gatwick to Calgary route from 28th April. As you can see from the photograph below, it looks .....

Low cost Canadian airline WestJet will launch an impressive fully flat Business Class service on its London .....

21 Jan 201921 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Norwegian has quietly removed lounge access for the majority of its Premium customers. As posted by a HfP reader yesterday, it turns out that the rules were changed on 21st December.  From that .....

Norwegian has quietly removed lounge access for the majority of its Premium customers. As posted by a HfP .....

15 Jan 201915 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 170 comments

Uber has confirmed that its ‘clean air’ fees, announced last October, will begin tomorrow in London. The fee is a fairly chunky 15p per mile.  The money will be ring fenced and paid to .....

Uber has confirmed that its ‘clean air’ fees, announced last October, will begin tomorrow in .....

15 Jan 201915 January 2019 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the new My Lounge at London Gatwick’s South Terminal. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. The .....

This is my review of the new My Lounge at London Gatwick’s South Terminal. This is part of our series of .....

14 Jan 201914 January 2019 by Rob Burgess • 113 comments