If you are considering travelling to Japan, the obvious options – especially if you want to earn Avios and British Airways tier points – are British Airways and Japan Airlines. (Japan .....

If you are considering travelling to Japan, the obvious options – especially if you want to earn Avios .....

28 Dec 202028 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

2020 saw many airlines including Virgin Atlantic and British Airways retire their Boeing 747 fleets, but the other jumbo jet isn’t far behind. Despite its recent introduction in 2007, many .....

2020 saw many airlines including Virgin Atlantic and British Airways retire their Boeing 747 fleets, but the .....

27 Dec 202027 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

News in brief: Hilton Winter sale now on This slipped through the cracks when it launched, but I should mention that Hilton is currently running its Winter sale across Europe, the Middle East and .....

News in brief: Hilton Winter sale now on This slipped through the cracks when it launched, but I should .....

27 Dec 202027 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

There is a lot more – a heck of a lot more – to the Avios frequent flyer scheme than most people think. If you are a new reader who came to HfP today as part of your Summer 2021 holiday .....

There is a lot more – a heck of a lot more – to the Avios frequent flyer scheme than most people .....

26 Dec 202026 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Sale news in brief: Virgin Atlantic adds some extra sale discounts We covered the current Virgin Atlantic sale in this article two weeks ago. A couple of extra deals have been added: Save an extra .....

Sale news in brief: Virgin Atlantic adds some extra sale discounts We covered the current Virgin Atlantic sale .....

26 Dec 202026 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. Long term readers will know that this Christmas Day article is generally used for people to discuss where they have flown to .....

Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. Long term readers will know that this .....

25 Dec 202025 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 166 comments

Of all the major hotel groups, Marriott has taken the biggest strides into competing directly with Airbnb with ‘Homes & Villas by Marriott’. Marriott is currently offering a 10% .....

Of all the major hotel groups, Marriott has taken the biggest strides into competing directly with Airbnb with .....

24 Dec 202024 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

It left it VERY late in the day, but IHG Rewards Club has decided to do the decent thing to credit card holders who have unused free night vouchers. The IHG Rewards Club Premium credit card, sadly no .....

It left it VERY late in the day, but IHG Rewards Club has decided to do the decent thing to credit card .....

24 Dec 202024 December 2020 by Rhys Jones

All the major transatlantic airlines have voluntarily agreed to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s request that all passengers have a negative covid test before flying. British Airways issued the .....

All the major transatlantic airlines have voluntarily agreed to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s request .....

24 Dec 202024 December 2020 by Rhys Jones