Following a successful trial at the major London airports over the spring, the Government has opened up all eGates to 10 and 11 year olds. The change kicked in from yesterday so if you are currently .....

Following a successful trial at the major London airports over the spring, the Government has opened up all .....

25 Jul 202325 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Four months after Virgin Atlantic joined the SkyTeam airline alliance, it is now possible to book ITA Airways flights using Virgin Points via Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. (Take a look at this article .....

Four months after Virgin Atlantic joined the SkyTeam airline alliance, it is now possible to book ITA Airways .....

24 Jul 202324 July 2023 by Rhys Jones • 38 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic closes its lounge at Newark As part of its pandemic restructuring, Virgin Atlantic stopped all flights to Newark to focus on New York JFK. In London, of course, it did .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic closes its lounge at Newark As part of its pandemic restructuring, Virgin .....

24 Jul 202324 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has been firming up its short haul schedule for the winter / spring flying season which begins on the last Sunday in October. Flyertalk has a full list of changes, according to BA .....

British Airways has been firming up its short haul schedule for the winter / spring flying season which begins .....

24 Jul 202324 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

“How to get a discount on airport car parking” is a difficult and long-winded question, especially at Heathrow.  Luckily for me, the good people at moneysavingexpert.com have written .....

“How to get a discount on airport car parking” is a difficult and long-winded question, especially .....

24 Jul 202324 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....

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

24 Jul 202324 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Lufthansa has clearly seen the crazy fares that British Airways charges on ski routes during the season and decided that it wants a piece of the pie. Two new routes are being launched from Heathrow .....

Lufthansa has clearly seen the crazy fares that British Airways charges on ski routes during the season and .....

23 Jul 202323 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

For the last few weeks, Virgin Flying Club has been running an attractive sale on flight redemptions. You only have until 24th July to book, so you need to lock something in this weekend if you want .....

For the last few weeks, Virgin Flying Club has been running an attractive sale on flight redemptions. You only .....

23 Jul 202323 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 6 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 .....

23 Jul 202323 July 2023 by HfP team

We have been saying for a few weeks now that there are definite signs of nervousness in the travel industry about forward flight bookings after the summer 2023 peak has passed. Last month we ran an .....

We have been saying for a few weeks now that there are definite signs of nervousness in the travel industry .....

22 Jul 202322 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

This is our review of the Domes Aulus Zante resort on Zakynthos. Last month, I was invited to visit two Domes Resorts for review purposes – Domes Aulus Zante and Domes of Corfu. Being the .....

This is our review of the Domes Aulus Zante resort on Zakynthos. Last month, I was invited to visit two Domes .....

22 Jul 202322 July 2023 by Sinead Archer • 47 comments

We wouldn’t normally cover route changes of this sort, but it is worth a mention given that RwandAir is planning to join the oneworld alliance alongside British Airways. Should it go ahead .....

We wouldn’t normally cover route changes of this sort, but it is worth a mention given that RwandAir is .....

22 Jul 202322 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Regular HfP readers will know that there is a Hilton Garden Inn hotel inside the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester. It allows Hilton to run various promotions for Hilton Honors .....

Regular HfP readers will know that there is a Hilton Garden Inn hotel inside the Emirates Old Trafford cricket .....

22 Jul 202322 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

As we’ve covered previously, British Airways is currently using Air Belgium to operate one of the two daily flights to Chicago. It is a wet lease with Air Belgium also providing the pilots and .....

As we’ve covered previously, British Airways is currently using Air Belgium to operate one of the two .....

22 Jul 202322 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments