This is our review of the new, expanded Skylife lounge at London Southend Airport. Back in 2016 Rob had a pleasant day out at London Southend Airport including a visit to the small Skylife lounge.  .....

This is our review of the new, expanded Skylife lounge at London Southend Airport. Back in 2016 Rob had a .....

16 Apr 201916 April 2019 by Anika Burnett • 5 comments

Your travel life gets a tiny bit easier from Friday.  Anyone with a prepaid Mastercard will no longer be offered Dynamic Currency Conversion. Dynamic Currency Conversion is when a shop or hotel .....

Your travel life gets a tiny bit easier from Friday.  Anyone with a prepaid Mastercard will no longer be .....

10 Apr 201910 April 2019 by Rob Burgess

If you don’t normally look at Head for Points in the evening, make an exception tonight. Virgin Atlantic is launching its new A350 aircraft this evening, which means it will be unveiling its new .....

If you don’t normally look at Head for Points in the evening, make an exception tonight. Virgin Atlantic .....

8 Apr 20198 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

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 .....

7 Apr 20197 April 2019 by Anika Burnett • 17 comments

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express .....

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card .....

5 Apr 20195 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 128 comments

This is my review of my trip to Barra in the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair. I’m not really a ‘bucket list’ person, but one of the few aviation-related trips I have been .....

This is my review of my trip to Barra in the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair. I’m not really a .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

This is part two of my review of my trip to the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair and landing on the beach at Barra. Why did I fly to an island in the Outer Hebrides with a population of 1,100?  .....

This is part two of my review of my trip to the Outer Hebrides, flying with Loganair and landing on the beach .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Flybe has announced that it will close its bases at Cardiff and Doncaster Sheffield at the end of the Summer season in late October. Flights using jet aircraft from Exeter and Norwich will also cease .....

Flybe has announced that it will close its bases at Cardiff and Doncaster Sheffield at the end of the Summer .....

4 Apr 20194 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 187 comments

If you work in the City you are probably familiar with Grange Hotels, which has some prime sites and was one of the first groups to open hotels in the area. When I started work in 1994 there were .....

If you work in the City you are probably familiar with Grange Hotels, which has some prime sites and was one .....

1 Apr 20191 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 120 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2019.  Click through to read them in full: How to save tax on US redemptions with Aer Lingus – Avios Redemption University – Lesson 12 .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2019.  Click through to read them in full: How to .....

31 Mar 201931 March 2019 by HfP team

As you have presumably seen on the national news, Icelandic airline WOW Air finally slid into bankruptcy yesterday after various rescue attempts failed.  All flights were cancelled with .....

As you have presumably seen on the national news, Icelandic airline WOW Air finally slid into bankruptcy .....

29 Mar 201929 March 2019 by Rob Burgess

Flybe has announced a new service from Heathrow to the Isle of Man. Starting on 21st April and using a 78-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft, it is initially scheduled to run for the Summer season to 26th .....

Flybe has announced a new service from Heathrow to the Isle of Man. Starting on 21st April and using a 78-seat .....

29 Mar 201929 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

If you need any further proof of the tough environment out there for credit card rewards, Amazon has just announced big changes to its UK Platinum Mastercard. I tend to use the Amazon card as one of .....

If you need any further proof of the tough environment out there for credit card rewards, Amazon has just .....

28 Mar 201928 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 152 comments

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express .....

If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card .....

28 Mar 201928 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments