How many tier points do you earn from a British Airways flight? We haven’t updated our tier point calculator since before the pandemic so it was time for a refresh. It lists every British .....

How many tier points do you earn from a British Airways flight? We haven’t updated our tier point .....

20 Jan 202320 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

The IHG Luxury & Lifestyle Collections can get you impressive extra benefits at many InterContinental, Kimpton, Hotel Indigo, Regent and Vignette Collection hotels. As most HfP readers should .....

The IHG Luxury & Lifestyle Collections can get you impressive extra benefits at many .....

20 Jan 202320 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

SportBusiness has an exclusive story on Qatar Airways replacing Emirates as the official airline partner of Formula 1. To quote: Qatar Airways is set to be announced as the new airline sponsor of .....

SportBusiness has an exclusive story on Qatar Airways replacing Emirates as the official airline partner of .....

20 Jan 202320 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Last week I wrote about the launch of Spark, Hilton’s latest hotel brand. That was last week, of course. This week it is Accor’s turn to launch another new hotel brand – the 44th in .....

Last week I wrote about the launch of Spark, Hilton’s latest hotel brand. That was last week, of course. .....

20 Jan 202320 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Earlier this week, London City Airport invited us to Antwerp courtesy of Luxair’s new non-stop service between the two airports, which you can read about here. Also on the flight was Robert .....

Earlier this week, London City Airport invited us to Antwerp courtesy of Luxair’s new non-stop service .....

19 Jan 202319 January 2023 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. From UK airports, you should be able to find a return fare in Business Class for around £1,300. You need to travel .....

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. From UK airports, you should be .....

19 Jan 202319 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Hilton has brought back its offer of a 100% bonus when you buy points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here.  The maximum purchase is 80,000 points. This would double up to 160,000 points .....

Hilton has brought back its offer of a 100% bonus when you buy points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is .....

19 Jan 202319 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Lufthansa confirmed yesterday that it has submitted an offer to the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance to acquire ITA. ITA is the ‘reborn’ Alitalia, although the airline is not .....

Lufthansa confirmed yesterday that it has submitted an offer to the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance to .....

19 Jan 202319 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

A quick note to say that Hilton’s flagship Conrad Maldives resort is wide open for reward availability between mid May and the end of September. Due to the ‘5-4-4’ deal available to .....

A quick note to say that Hilton’s flagship Conrad Maldives resort is wide open for reward availability .....

18 Jan 202318 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

On Monday, London City Airport welcomed a new direct route to Europe with the introduction of Luxair’s service to Antwerp. We went along to review it. It marks the resumption of a route that has .....

On Monday, London City Airport welcomed a new direct route to Europe with the introduction of Luxair’s .....

18 Jan 202318 January 2023 by Rhys Jones • 55 comments

US award notification site Thrifty Traveller has posted about the appearance of a lot of Aer Lingus business class reward availability to the United States from Dublin. As you can now use ‘new .....

US award notification site Thrifty Traveller has posted about the appearance of a lot of Aer Lingus business .....

18 Jan 202318 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

Emirates is offering tickets to three attractions in Dubai for anyone who books a return ticket to the Emirate or builds in a 20+ hour stopover on a ticket elsewhere. Here’s the small print: If .....

Emirates is offering tickets to three attractions in Dubai for anyone who books a return ticket to the Emirate .....

18 Jan 202318 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Whilst this has not been officially confirmed, two separate HfP readers – both regular users of the Aspire lounge at Bristol International Airport – have been told that the lounge is .....

Whilst this has not been officially confirmed, two separate HfP readers – both regular users of the .....

18 Jan 202318 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

American Airlines has announced additional flights to Los Angeles and Charlotte for Summer 2023, as part of what it claims is its largest ever UK-US schedule. There will be 26 daily flights from .....

American Airlines has announced additional flights to Los Angeles and Charlotte for Summer 2023, as part of .....

18 Jan 202318 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments