American Express is throwing out travel-based cashback offers from all directions this week. The latest two deals offer £100 back if you can put your spending in the right place. These two promotions .....

American Express is throwing out travel-based cashback offers from all directions this week. The latest two .....

24 Sep 202124 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Nectar has a ‘card linked offers’ programme called Nectar Connect. This allows you to earn Nectar points (and therefore Avios) when you link your credit and debit card details to your .....

Nectar has a ‘card linked offers’ programme called Nectar Connect. This allows you to earn Nectar .....

30 Nov 202230 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 37 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 .....

10 Dec 202310 December 2023 by HfP team

Black Friday is back again although, as you have probably noticed, it has morphed into a week-long run of deals, some better than others. The highlight is probably £927 for Aer Lingus business class .....

Black Friday is back again although, as you have probably noticed, it has morphed into a week-long run of .....

24 Nov 202324 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

British Airways launched ‘Avios Balance Boost’ in June 2023. It is a surprisingly good value way of buying Avios. Put simply, you can buy a lump sum of Avios equivalent to 100%, 200% or .....

British Airways launched ‘Avios Balance Boost’ in June 2023. It is a surprisingly good value way .....

31 Jan 202531 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

This is our review of the Jumeriah One hotel loyalty scheme. Jumeirah One is the programme for Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts, the Dubai-based group with properties across the Middle East. Jumeirah One .....

This is our review of the Jumeriah One hotel loyalty scheme. Jumeirah One is the programme for Jumeirah Hotels .....

24 Apr 202424 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click here to read. It is his combined thoughts from a moderated public Q&A and a private .....

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click .....

4 Mar 20244 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

For many years now we’ve been encouraging, via anyone who would listen, BA and American Express to start issuing British Airways Executive Club tier points on credit card spend. We thought that .....

For many years now we’ve been encouraging, via anyone who would listen, BA and American Express to start .....

21 Nov 202321 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 432 comments

In January 2021, Sainsbury’s became the official Avios supermarket partner. That means you can now convert your Nectar points into Avios and Avios into Nectar points. What is the conversion rate .....

In January 2021, Sainsbury’s became the official Avios supermarket partner. That means you can now .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will sometimes refer to as Amex Platinum. Is The Platinum Card worth the £650 fee? We look at the .....

This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will .....

4 May 20254 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Etihad is offering some surprisingly attractive business class deals to the Maldives. This is part of a broader business class sale which runs until 8th February. We’ve already covered some good .....

Etihad is offering some surprisingly attractive business class deals to the Maldives. This is part of a .....

6 Feb 20246 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

British Airways has introduced further stealth price increases to Avios redemptions as it raises the ‘taxes and fees’ element on Club World seats. The price increase appears standard, with .....

British Airways has introduced further stealth price increases to Avios redemptions as it raises the .....

16 Mar 202216 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 272 comments

In response to the relaxation in pre-departure and arrivals testing rules, BA Holidays has rolled out some extra savings if you are now ready to jump in and book. These offers are valid on bookings .....

In response to the relaxation in pre-departure and arrivals testing rules, BA Holidays has rolled out some .....

8 Jan 20228 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

British Airways launched ‘Avios Balance Boost’ in June 2023. It is a surprisingly good value way of buying Avios. As we haven’t mentioned it for a year I thought it was worth running .....

British Airways launched ‘Avios Balance Boost’ in June 2023. It is a surprisingly good value way .....

29 Dec 202429 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments