EDIT: This offer has been extended to bookings made by 31st March 2020 For much of 2020, hotel booking site Rocketmiles has been running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn .....

22 Dec 202022 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out! Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....

8 Nov 20208 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

United Airlines has announced that it will roll out the first free transatlantic testing regime between Newark and London. The pilot program will require ALL passengers and crew on United Airlines .....

30 Oct 202030 October 2020 by Rhys Jones • Leave a comment

Hotel booking site Rocketmiles is currently running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios, Virgin Flying Club or other airline miles from just one night. .....

28 Sep 202028 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

US airline United Airlines recently raised $5 billion secured against the assets of its United MileagePlus frequent flyer programme.  As part of this process, it was obliged to put full details of .....

8 Jul 20208 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

It appears that United Airlines may be permanently dropping its flights between Manchester Airport and New York Newark. United had already suspended the service for the Summer timetable, which runs .....

22 Jun 202022 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

As there are four separate Avios airline schemes – British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub and Vueling Club – which each have their own partners, you would expect .....

21 Jun 202021 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has brought back its EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios, Virgin Flying Club or other airline miles from just one night. .....

11 Jun 202011 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

I thought you might be interested to see this list, which is the list of cancellations which United Airlines will put in place from 20th March between the United States and the European Schengen Area. .....

15 Mar 202015 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Even though it is a year since Marriott Bonvoy launched, it turns out that we haven’t looked at the interesting Marriott and United Airlines partnership since the SPG merger. This was always a .....

25 Feb 202025 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

We’ve covered the United Airlines Polaris business class seat quite a bit in recent weeks. First, United added a 5th daily flight between Heathrow and New York Newark, with a guarantee that all .....

27 Oct 201927 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

United Airlines has confirmed that its Polaris business class seats will be guaranteed on the Heathrow to Chicago route from 15th November. All three daily flights will have the new seat, as well as .....

24 Oct 201924 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out! Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....

14 Oct 201914 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

This is our overview of the United Airlines Polaris business class seat on a Boeing 767. With Rob in Doha, Rhys in Vietnam, and Anika about to give birth, I (Caroline) was asked if I could do another .....

11 Oct 201911 October 2019 by HfP team • 2 comments