Qatar Airways is running a generous ‘cash and Avios’ offer to promote the launch of its new Avios partnership. Click here for details. If you book a Qatar Airways flight for cash – .....

Qatar Airways is running a generous ‘cash and Avios’ offer to promote the launch of its new Avios .....

23 Mar 202223 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Qatar Airways has upgraded its onboard product significantly with the roll out of Diptyque amenity kits to business and first class passengers. The new kits, which come in three versions, are a big .....

Qatar Airways has upgraded its onboard product significantly with the roll out of Diptyque amenity kits to .....

23 Mar 202223 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

ITA Airways, the ‘replacement’ carrier for Alitalia, has brought back the elite status match that it first ran last October. This allows you, for free, to get elite status across the .....

ITA Airways, the ‘replacement’ carrier for Alitalia, has brought back the elite status match that .....

19 Mar 202219 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

Qatar Airways has announced that it is returning to London Gatwick from 5th June. The airline will offer a daily flight using a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. This does not feature Qsuite but – as we .....

Qatar Airways has announced that it is returning to London Gatwick from 5th June. The airline will offer a .....

17 Mar 202217 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

For anyone wondering if Qatar Airways will be moving back to Heathrow Terminal 4 when it re-opens in the Summer, I have some evidence that it might. I have got hold of two photographs of the newly .....

For anyone wondering if Qatar Airways will be moving back to Heathrow Terminal 4 when it re-opens in the .....

9 Mar 20229 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Qatar Airways has announced that it is to adopt Avios as its reward currency. From some point in late March (the rumoured date is 22nd March), the airline will drop Qmiles, the currency of its .....

Qatar Airways has announced that it is to adopt Avios as its reward currency. From some point in late March .....

22 Feb 202222 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 150 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic offering discounts on Barbados flights Virgin Atlantic is offering additional savings if you book a flight to Barbados before 21st February. The offer is valid for .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic offering discounts on Barbados flights Virgin Atlantic is offering additional .....

13 Feb 202213 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Qatar Airways. Launched in 1997, Qatar Airways has become one of the fastest-growing airlines in the world, and operates one of the youngest fleets in the industry. .....

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Qatar Airways. Launched in 1997, Qatar Airways has become one of the .....

9 Jan 20229 January 2022 by Sinead Archer • 23 comments

Qatar Airways has launched a slightly OTT competition. Your chances of winning are pretty slim, frankly, but if you did …. Here are the prizes: You will be entered into the draw if: This is not .....

Qatar Airways has launched a slightly OTT competition. Your chances of winning are pretty slim, frankly, but .....

19 Nov 202119 November 2021 by Rob Burgess

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on Substack (free to subscribe, click ‘Let me read it first’ to skip the sign-up page). He .....

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on Substack .....

14 Nov 202114 November 2021 by HfP team • 30 comments

Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways Executive Club status. This is due to the launch of ITA Airways, the replacement airline .....

Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Qatar Airways was, yet again, the big winner at the 2021 Skytrax airline awards. For better or worse, the Skytrax awards are seen as the benchmark in the industry. Whilst the Skytrax airline star .....

Qatar Airways was, yet again, the big winner at the 2021 Skytrax airline awards. For better or worse, the .....

1 Oct 20211 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Qatar Airways has been chipping away at its Business Class fare structures in recent years, as it attempts to follow the trend for ‘light’ fares with stripped down benefits. From 1st .....

Qatar Airways has been chipping away at its Business Class fare structures in recent years, as it attempts to .....

27 Sep 202127 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

9 Sep 20219 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments