The Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card comes with an annual upgrade voucher. Triggered when you have spent £7,000, it allows you to book two one-way flights (either both for yourself or for you and .....

The Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card comes with an annual upgrade voucher. Triggered when you have spent .....

13 May 201713 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Beijing hotel. This is the final hotel review from our recent Asia trip – apologies for the slight delay in getting to this one.  These are not as .....

This is my review of the Waldorf Astoria Beijing hotel. This is the final hotel review from our recent Asia .....

13 May 201713 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards which offer airline miles or hotel loyalty points for your spending. However, as Expedia .....

This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards .....

12 May 201712 May 2017 by Rob Burgess

Qatar Airways is currently offering an excellent fare of £885 from Stockholm, £945 from Copenhagen or £999 from Berlin to Singapore in Business Class. I mentioned this as a PS. to our coverage of .....

Qatar Airways is currently offering an excellent fare of £885 from Stockholm, £945 from Copenhagen or £999 .....

12 May 201712 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

You will often see articles about how some airlines have a loyalty programme which is worth more than the airline itself.  Avios Group is not in the same zone, but it is still a chunky company worth .....

You will often see articles about how some airlines have a loyalty programme which is worth more than the .....

12 May 201712 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Club Carlson, the loyalty scheme for Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn, is offering a 75% bonus when you buy points, however few or many points you buy. The link is here.  The offer runs until .....

Club Carlson, the loyalty scheme for Radisson, Park Plaza and Park Inn, is offering a 75% bonus when you buy .....

12 May 201712 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

Last year there was a generous subscription offer for The Times which gave Avios points.   This year, Avios has teamed up with The Telegraph to run a deal for new subscribers. There are four packages .....

Last year there was a generous subscription offer for The Times which gave Avios points.   This year, Avios .....

11 May 201711 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments

British Airways has launched a bigger and better version of the ‘Kids Fly Free’ offer which it has run in the past.  This is a genuinely good deal with no catches or small print. From .....

British Airways has launched a bigger and better version of the ‘Kids Fly Free’ offer which it .....

11 May 201711 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

IHG, owner of the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Indigo and Staybridge Suites brands, has extended its generous discount promotion in association with Mastercard .....

IHG, owner of the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Indigo and Staybridge .....

11 May 201711 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

We are receiving an increasing number of emails at HfP from British Airways passengers who have had major issues on or with BA flights. Our general advice has been to take BA to arbitration, making a .....

We are receiving an increasing number of emails at HfP from British Airways passengers who have had major .....

10 May 201710 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 116 comments

News in brief: New hotel booking site – Nightly – with a difference Nightly (www.nightly.travel) is, genuinely, a hotel booking website with a difference.  And you can’t say that .....

News in brief: New hotel booking site – Nightly – with a difference Nightly (www.nightly.travel) .....

10 May 201710 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

If it only feels like last week that Qatar Airways had a major sale, it is because it was. A new sale is now live.  The good news is that this one has a substantially wider travel window.  You can .....

If it only feels like last week that Qatar Airways had a major sale, it is because it was. A new sale is now .....

9 May 20179 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our .....

9 May 20179 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

News in brief: Win 10,000 Avios and a weekend break with Mercure Mercure, the mid-market brand within the Accor hotel group, is currently running a free draw. The prize is 10,000 Le Club AccorHotels .....

News in brief: Win 10,000 Avios and a weekend break with Mercure Mercure, the mid-market brand within the .....

9 May 20179 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments