Historically, British Airways has been very casual about people who dropped the final segment on an ex-EU long haul flight. What I mean, in plain English, is that if you booked a Club World ticket .....

Historically, British Airways has been very casual about people who dropped the final segment on an ex-EU long .....

20 Jul 201520 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

British Airways has extended its current crazy deal to Hong Kong by another week, until this Friday.  This is NOT a fare mistake. It is a published fare with detailed fare rules. Below is an updated .....

British Airways has extended its current crazy deal to Hong Kong by another week, until this Friday.  This is .....

20 Jul 201520 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

This article is the final part of my new series of reference pieces for the site, focussing on hotel expiry policies.  They will be permanently linked from our ‘Hotel Offers’ page.  .....

This article is the final part of my new series of reference pieces for the site, focussing on hotel expiry .....

20 Jul 201520 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The Competition & Markets Authority recently released details of an EU-wide settlement which it has agreed with Avis Budget, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Europcar, Sixt and Hertz. Within six months, all .....

The Competition & Markets Authority recently released details of an EU-wide settlement which it has agreed .....

19 Jul 201519 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Tesco Direct has launched a new promotion on NOW TV boxes. Until August 5th, you will receive 250 bonus Clubcard points when you purchase NOW TV, either in-store or online.  The link to buy online is .....

Tesco Direct has launched a new promotion on NOW TV boxes. Until August 5th, you will receive 250 bonus .....

19 Jul 201519 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

There are a lot of offers around at the moment offering bonus Avios points on your hotel stays.  In general, these rely on you turning down hotel loyalty points and asking to receive a one-off Avios .....

There are a lot of offers around at the moment offering bonus Avios points on your hotel stays.  In general, .....

19 Jul 201519 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Tesco has launched another toy-related bonus points deal after their recent Lego promotion. This is another of those deals that comes around once a year in one form or another – although this .....

Tesco has launched another toy-related bonus points deal after their recent Lego promotion. This is another of .....

18 Jul 201518 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

18 Jul 201518 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This article is another part of my new series of reference pieces for the site, focussing on hotel expiry policies.  They will be permanently linked from our ‘Hotel Offers‘ page. I .....

This article is another part of my new series of reference pieces for the site, focussing on hotel expiry .....

18 Jul 201518 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Iberia Plus has launched a Summer competition.  I won’t bore you with the details because it is pretty irrelevant to almost all HfP readers.  Basically, you receive one entry into a prize draw .....

Iberia Plus has launched a Summer competition.  I won’t bore you with the details because it is pretty .....

17 Jul 201517 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

News in brief: More British Airways routes get a Boeing 787 I got a notification yesterday via the My Flights app that my British Airways booking to Abu Dhabi next Easter had changed.  When I took a .....

News in brief: More British Airways routes get a Boeing 787 I got a notification yesterday via the My Flights .....

17 Jul 201517 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Avios has announced a new partnership with chauffeur group Tristar.  You will now earn points with every Tristar booking you make, at the rate of 2 Avios points per £1 spent. This is an avios.com .....

Avios has announced a new partnership with chauffeur group Tristar.  You will now earn points with every .....

17 Jul 201517 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Less than a month after the previous sign-up offer ended, American Express has again increased the sign-up bonuses on the two British Airways American Express credit cards. This time the offer comes .....

Less than a month after the previous sign-up offer ended, American Express has again increased the sign-up .....

16 Jul 201516 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

The acquisition of Aer Lingus by IAG, the parent company of British Airways, is now certain to go ahead following the approval of the deal by the European Union.  This follows the announcement last .....

The acquisition of Aer Lingus by IAG, the parent company of British Airways, is now certain to go ahead .....

16 Jul 201516 July 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments