This is my review of the Scandic Friends loyalty programme. If you are planning a trip to Scandinavia, there is a good cash saving to be had if you join Scandic Friends. Scandic Friends is the loyalty .....

This is my review of the Scandic Friends loyalty programme. If you are planning a trip to Scandinavia, there .....

16 Apr 201816 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 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 .....

15 Apr 201815 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

We recently wrote about a 10% discount for first time users with airport chauffeur group Blacklane.  Their website is here. When you book, Blacklane lets you earn miles with: Asia Miles (2 per .....

We recently wrote about a 10% discount for first time users with airport chauffeur group Blacklane.  Their .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Leeds Bradford International Airport is to open not one, not two but three new airport lounges this week. Full details on the airport website here. Regular HfP readers will know that Manchester .....

Leeds Bradford International Airport is to open not one, not two but three new airport lounges this week. Full .....

9 Apr 20189 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Happy Easter!  As today will be a quiet day on the site I thought I would share a few highlights from our 15 hour train ride last week from Stockholm to Kiruna in (Swedish) Lapland. Just before we .....

Happy Easter!  As today will be a quiet day on the site I thought I would share a few highlights from our 15 .....

1 Apr 20181 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2018.  Click through to read them in full: BA changes lounge access rules for Easter Radisson Blu and Park Inn advance booking sale now on .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2018.  Click through to read them in full: BA .....

31 Mar 201831 March 2018 by HfP team

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 .....

31 Mar 201831 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Heathrow Express has agreed a 10 year management contract with GWR to operate its train services.  This guarantees the future of the service until at least 2028. Heathrow Express will retain a large .....

Heathrow Express has agreed a 10 year management contract with GWR to operate its train services.  This .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Anika Burnett

Today is the last chance to enter our New York competition. In early January we ran a competition to win two economy class flights between London and New York. It was a big success and generated a lot .....

Today is the last chance to enter our New York competition. In early January we ran a competition to win two .....

29 Mar 201829 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

After two days of serious articles about the future of Avios and BA Executive Club, I thought we’d do something lighter today. I visited the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden yesterday and .....

After two days of serious articles about the future of Avios and BA Executive Club, I thought we’d do .....

28 Mar 201828 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Here is one of the oddest but most lucrative giveaways we have ever done. Rob’s mate Tom has booked a pre-paid two night stay at the Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island in South Australia .....

Here is one of the oddest but most lucrative giveaways we have ever done. Rob’s mate Tom has booked a .....

28 Mar 201828 March 2018 by Anika Burnett

In order to make travelling from the UK to the US easier, British citizens have been able to register for Global Entry since December 2015, making it possible for them to use the ‘fast-track’ .....

In order to make travelling from the UK to the US easier, British citizens have been able to register for .....

27 Mar 201827 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 45 comments

Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental has finally launched a loyalty programme – but one that isn’t a loyalty programme in the usual sense. There are no points to collect and tiers to .....

Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental has finally launched a loyalty programme – but one that isn’t .....

25 Mar 201825 March 2018 by Anika Burnett • 14 comments

Opodo is running a money off promotion until 2nd April. Using the code PROMO (very original!) you will get: £30 off flights when spending £550+ £60 off hotel + flight when spending £700+ The .....

Opodo is running a money off promotion until 2nd April. Using the code PROMO (very original!) you will .....

24 Mar 201824 March 2018 by Rob Burgess