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Here’s the full HfP index of articles for December 2022

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2022.  Click through to read them in full: Is using Avios at Nectar Hotels still better value than using them at BA Hotels? Last day .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2022.  Click through to read them in full: .....

by HfP team

Last call for these miles and points offers closing on 31st December

31st December is, unsurprisingly, the date that a lot of miles and points offers close. I thought it was worth a quick reminder of the key ones which we have covered on the site in recent weeks. .....

31st December is, unsurprisingly, the date that a lot of miles and points offers close. I thought it was worth .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

Flybe adds Bergerac flights from Birmingham

The ‘old’ Flybe, before it went into administration, had built up a decent niche in flying to those parts of France popular with British second-home owners. I was surprised, given the .....

The ‘old’ Flybe, before it went into administration, had built up a decent niche in flying to .....

by Rob Burgess

Flyr launches flights from London Gatwick

Flyr is a low-cost Norwegian airline operating to a range of European destinations from Oslo. If you don’t know the name, you may know the name of founder Erik G. Braathen who owned the .....

Flyr is a low-cost Norwegian airline operating to a range of European destinations from Oslo. If you .....

by Rob Burgess23 comments

‘The Travel Brief’, the weekly Head for Points travel trade newsletter

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. You are receiving this as a previous subscriber to Malcolm .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment

Rob’s travel highlights (and lowlights) of 2022

Yesterday Rhys gave a comprehensive run-down of top recommendations from his very extensive travels in 2022, virtually all of which we documented on the site. My end of year review is different. Ever .....

Yesterday Rhys gave a comprehensive run-down of top recommendations from his very extensive travels in 2022, .....

by Rob Burgess109 comments

Rhys’ travel highlights of 2022

After a couple of years of on again-off again travel, 2022 has seen a return to vague normality. Huge swathes of the globe were still off limits, of course, including many parts of Asia, but it was .....

After a couple of years of on again-off again travel, 2022 has seen a return to vague normality. Huge swathes .....

by Rhys Jones49 comments

Happy Christmas from the Head for Points team

Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. For the first time in three years, 2022 should – strikes permitting – be a Christmas when you have been able to .....

Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. For the first time in three years, .....

by Rob Burgess115 comments

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

by Rhys Jones

London City Airport submits planning application for longer opening hours

London City Airport has submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Newham to allow for a sharp expansion in passenger numbers via longer opening hours. The airport is asking for: There .....

London City Airport has submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Newham to allow for a sharp .....

by Rob Burgess32 comments

TAP Air Portugal unveils its new look flagship lounge in Lisbon

If you have Star Alliance Gold status, or are travelling in TAP Air Portugal business class, you will be able to visit the refurbished flagship TAP lounge on your next trip to Lisbon. The lounge has .....

If you have Star Alliance Gold status, or are travelling in TAP Air Portugal business class, you will be able .....

by Rob Burgess

Review: the Currensea travel money card – a low-fee way to spend abroad

This is our review of the Currensea travel money card. Is it worth getting one? It is free, after all! Currensea is an interesting new fintech company which I was introduced to by a reader a couple of .....

This is our review of the Currensea travel money card. Is it worth getting one? It is free, after all! .....

by Rob Burgess123 comments

Review: the iconic TWA Hotel at New York JFK Airport

This is our review of the TWA Hotel at New York JFK Airport. If you love travel and flying then the chances are that you have heard of the TWA Hotel. Opened in 2019, it turned the iconic former Trans .....

This is our review of the TWA Hotel at New York JFK Airport. If you love travel and flying then the chances .....

by Rhys Jones30 comments

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