Singapore Airlines announced a new European ‘fifth freedom’ route this week – Moscow to Stockholm, starting on 30th May.  As HfP has also just put a ‘fifth freedom’ .....

Singapore Airlines announced a new European ‘fifth freedom’ route this week – Moscow to .....

18 Dec 201618 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

News in brief: British Airways New York Christmas deal launched BA Holidays has launched two excellent deals if you want to get away for Christmas or New Year: Club World flights + 3 nights in a hotel .....

News in brief: British Airways New York Christmas deal launched BA Holidays has launched two excellent deals .....

2 Dec 20162 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Iberia Plus and Avis have launched a very low key promotion which a HfP reader flagged up last night. If you can make this work for you, you could do very nicely. Take a look here. Avis is offering .....

Iberia Plus and Avis have launched a very low key promotion which a HfP reader flagged up last night. If you .....

30 Nov 201630 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 291 comments

It’s back (again).  You can buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of Groupon. The fall in the £ in recent months means that this deal is not as good as it was .....

It’s back (again).  You can buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of .....

30 Nov 201630 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

News in brief: Get £199 Air New Zealand deals to Los Angeles at 10am It’s Cyber Monday.  Yes, I know.  Before things go back to whatever passes for normal a month before Christmas on the .....

News in brief: Get £199 Air New Zealand deals to Los Angeles at 10am It’s Cyber Monday.  Yes, I know. .....

28 Nov 201628 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 30 comments

News in brief: Book a Tallinn tier point run on British Airways Tallinn is being launched by British Airways as a new route next year as we wrote over the weekend. In the meantime, British Airways is .....

News in brief: Book a Tallinn tier point run on British Airways Tallinn is being launched by British Airways .....

8 Nov 20168 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

Yesterday was the annual International Airlines Group Capital Markets Day, where IAG gives a public presentation for its bondholders on the performance of BA, Iberia, Vueling and now Aer Lingus. The .....

Yesterday was the annual International Airlines Group Capital Markets Day, where IAG gives a public .....

5 Nov 20165 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments

This week saw the launch of the British Airways / Qatar Airways revenue sharing deal on routes from the UK to Doha which I discussed here. This means that BA and Qatar are effectively operating as one .....

This week saw the launch of the British Airways / Qatar Airways revenue sharing deal on routes from the UK to .....

3 Nov 20163 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 141 comments

News in brief: Get 1,700 Avios on Avis car rentals Avis has launched a new Avios promotion which runs until 31st October for rentals until 15th December. If you book a car in Group C or above for 3+ .....

News in brief: Get 1,700 Avios on Avis car rentals Avis has launched a new Avios promotion which runs until .....

12 Oct 201612 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

It’s back.  You can now buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of Groupon. The fall in the £ in recent months means that this deal is not as good as it was last .....

It’s back.  You can now buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service Blacklane has been added to Miles & More’s list of partners offering miles for every .....

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery and Pullman, has launched an interesting ‘triple Avios’ promotion with Iberia Plus. The offer runs .....

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, M Gallery and Pullman, has .....

5 Oct 20165 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Two interesting savings which could make your next miles and points redemption go a lot further have turned up. Big savings on Hilton HHonors redemptions in Turkey The political situation in Turkey .....

Two interesting savings which could make your next miles and points redemption go a lot further have turned .....

2 Oct 20162 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, the generous arbitrage that used to be available if you held the American Express .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, .....

26 Sep 201626 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 109 comments