One particularly frustrating aspect of flying from Luton Airport is the fact that anyone arriving by train must get on a connecting shuttle bus to the terminal building. Even worse, the shuttle bus .....

One particularly frustrating aspect of flying from Luton Airport is the fact that anyone arriving by train .....

25 Feb 202325 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

25 Feb 202325 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 2 comments

This is a very quick article to say that Marriott Bonvoy has just released MORE VIP tickets for two of the Elton John shows at The O2 in London in April. The cost is 50,000 Bonvoy points for two seats .....

This is a very quick article to say that Marriott Bonvoy has just released MORE VIP tickets for two of the .....

24 Feb 202324 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

As we announced on Wednesday, American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything else we see. If you or someone .....

As we announced on Wednesday, American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK .....

24 Feb 202324 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

One of my unexpected travel highlights of 2022 was the 48 hours I spent in Oslo, a city I hadn’t visited for over 20 years. I flew there on a Norse Atlantic Boeing 787 (review here), paying .....

One of my unexpected travel highlights of 2022 was the 48 hours I spent in Oslo, a city I hadn’t visited .....

24 Feb 202324 February 2023 by Rob Burgess

Aspire Airport Lounges has announced a £1.2 million investment in the expansion of its lounge at Belfast City Airport. Capacity will rise from around 100 people to 178 after the work is completed. It .....

Aspire Airport Lounges has announced a £1.2 million investment in the expansion of its lounge at Belfast City .....

24 Feb 202324 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

IAG, the parent company of British Airways, has finally struck a deal to buy the remaining 80% stake in Spanish airline Air Europa that it does not own for €400 million. The seller is Spanish .....

IAG, the parent company of British Airways, has finally struck a deal to buy the remaining 80% stake in .....

23 Feb 202323 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Over the last 18 months, British Airways and American Express have done a lot of fiddling with the two British Airways American Express credit cards. You can see the current features in our British .....

Over the last 18 months, British Airways and American Express have done a lot of fiddling with the two British .....

23 Feb 202323 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 192 comments

As we covered on HfP a few weeks ago, you can now use your Avios to pay, in full or in part, for purchases at virtually every shop and restaurant at Doha’s Hamad International Airport – .....

As we covered on HfP a few weeks ago, you can now use your Avios to pay, in full or in part, for purchases at .....

23 Feb 202323 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

As we announced yesterday American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything we have seen before. If you or .....

As we announced yesterday American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment .....

23 Feb 202323 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Today sets a new record. American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It is the culmination of three years of hugely generous offers on its small .....

Today sets a new record. American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a .....

22 Feb 202322 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you targetted, you will see this deal under the ‘Offers’ tab for one or more of your Amex cards on the statement page. .....

IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you targetted, you will see this deal .....

22 Feb 202322 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

‘Project Sunrise’ – the Qantas planning name for the non-stop flights from Sydney and Melbourne to London – is coming soon. To ensure that you will be travelling in style from .....

‘Project Sunrise’ – the Qantas planning name for the non-stop flights from Sydney and .....

22 Feb 202322 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

When Qatar Airways Privilege Club started using Avios as its rewards currency in 2022, it became the fifth loyalty programme to adopt Avios. The others are British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, .....

When Qatar Airways Privilege Club started using Avios as its rewards currency in 2022, it became the fifth .....

21 Feb 202321 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 65 comments