News in brief: Qatar Airways confirms Dublin route Qatar Airways has finally committed to a date for the launch of its Dublin route. Services will start on 12th June.  It will use a Boeing 787 .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways confirms Dublin route Qatar Airways has finally committed to a date for the .....

7 Dec 20167 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

News in brief: Hilton North America Flash Sale Hilton has launched a 3-day Flash Sale covering North America.  This will end at 5am (note am) UK time on Thursday 8th. For bookings between 18th .....

News in brief: Hilton North America Flash Sale Hilton has launched a 3-day Flash Sale covering North America. .....

6 Dec 20166 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Yesterday was a fairly chaotic day on Head for Points, but all ended well.  British Airways claimed that it was a mistake that it announced that Qatar Airways ‘R’ class (discounted .....

Yesterday was a fairly chaotic day on Head for Points, but all ended well.  British Airways claimed that .....

4 Nov 20164 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 61 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 .....

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 • 143 comments

News in brief: BA offering bigger baggage allowances via some travel agents A HfP reader who travels to India on a regular basis dropped me a note with an interesting observation. The current free .....

News in brief: BA offering bigger baggage allowances via some travel agents A HfP reader who travels to India .....

2 Nov 20162 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling business person who uses their phone heavily outside the UK. It is, if nothing else, genius in .....

Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling .....

22 Oct 201622 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

News in brief: British Airways to extend check-in cut-off British Airways has announced that, from 30th October, check-in for long-haul flights at Heathrow will close one hour prior to departure. At .....

News in brief: British Airways to extend check-in cut-off British Airways has announced that, from 30th .....

20 Oct 201620 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 83 comments

I have had a lot of emails over the last few days about a Qatar Airways deal which has appeared on Groupon. As with many Groupon deals, the headline becomes a lot less interesting once you have read .....

I have had a lot of emails over the last few days about a Qatar Airways deal which has appeared on Groupon. As .....

16 Oct 201616 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

I dropped this in as an interesting extra article as these tickets will disappear fast. Qatar Airways has launched a £1,086 (CHF 1,312) business class fare from Zurich to Adelaide. You have until .....

I dropped this in as an interesting extra article as these tickets will disappear fast. Qatar Airways has .....

12 Oct 201612 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in Asia.  It was acquired by Priceline and is now a sister company to booking.com. The reason .....

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

Qatar Airways and British Airways unveiled a ‘joint business agreement’ yesterday covering flights between the UK and Doha. What this means, in simple terms, is that all revenue generated .....

Qatar Airways and British Airways unveiled a ‘joint business agreement’ yesterday covering flights .....

29 Sep 201629 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 66 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 • 111 comments

I have run various articles over the last couple of days covering generous sale fares to Australia and New Zealand on Etihad (£1,500 from Istanbul, now gone) and Qatar Airways (an aggressive deal .....

I have run various articles over the last couple of days covering generous sale fares to Australia and New .....

1 Sep 20161 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

My discussion of the new Qatar Airways sale yesterday focussed exclusively on business class fares.  The airline is also offering some good prices on economy tickets. In particular, there is a VERY .....

My discussion of the new Qatar Airways sale yesterday focussed exclusively on business class fares.  The .....

31 Aug 201631 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments