We often get asked about the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card from American Express. In truth, virtually the only thing that Amex Gold and Amex .....

We often get asked about the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

This is our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel at Terminal 5. There are some odd gaps in the HfP review coverage, which we blame on familiarity breeding contempt. We’ve not reviewed The .....

This is our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel at Terminal 5. There are some odd gaps in the HfP .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is Part 2 of our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel. Part 1 is here. In this second part I will look at the club lounge and the impressive variety of bars and restaurants on site, as .....

This is Part 2 of our review of the Sofitel London Heathrow hotel. Part 1 is here. In this second part I will .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

This is our review of the ibis Business paid loyalty programme. Accor offers a paid loyalty programme for regular ibis guests – ibis Business. We touched on this recently as part of our review .....

This is our review of the ibis Business paid loyalty programme. Accor offers a paid loyalty programme for .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. You are receiving this as a previous subscriber to Malcolm .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

30 Jan 202330 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Just before Christmas we published a piece about a secret (and it remains a secret, to the extent that members have not been told) devaluation by the Emirates Skywards programme. Here is the new .....

Just before Christmas we published a piece about a secret (and it remains a secret, to the extent that members .....

29 Jan 202329 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

In my previous article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the IHG One Rewards loyalty scheme. This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want to .....

In my previous article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the IHG One Rewards loyalty scheme. .....

29 Jan 202329 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

29 Jan 202329 January 2023 by HfP team • 1 comment

In an unexpected move on Saturday morning, UK regional airline Flybe filed for administration. All flights are cancelled and customers are unlikely to receive any refunds, except via a credit card .....

In an unexpected move on Saturday morning, UK regional airline Flybe filed for administration. All flights are .....

28 Jan 202328 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

This article is part of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles. One will list the basic facts of the scheme – basically ‘How .....

This article is part of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered .....

28 Jan 202328 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

SCHLOSS Roxburghe, near Kelso in Scotland, is now officially part of the ‘Destination By Hyatt’ brand. This is the first ‘Destination By’ property in the UK. What was an .....

SCHLOSS Roxburghe, near Kelso in Scotland, is now officially part of the ‘Destination By Hyatt’ .....

28 Jan 202328 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is our review of the Hilton Rotterdam hotel. The hotel is, in many ways, an icon of Rotterdam. When it opened in 1963, as the first American hotel in the city, it more than doubled the number of .....

This is our review of the Hilton Rotterdam hotel. The hotel is, in many ways, an icon of Rotterdam. When it .....

28 Jan 202328 January 2023 by Rhys Jones • 14 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 .....

28 Jan 202328 January 2023 by Rhys Jones

Looking at reports, people who signed up to the new British Airways / Uber partnership last Autumn should have received their 250 bonus Avios yesterday. Unless, that is, BA and Uber chose to unlink .....

Looking at reports, people who signed up to the new British Airways / Uber partnership last Autumn should have .....

27 Jan 202327 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments