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

Hilton is rolling out its ‘keep your 2022 status’ promotion to more people – including me. You may have received an email about this yesterday. If you didn’t, you may still be .....

Hilton is rolling out its ‘keep your 2022 status’ promotion to more people – including me. .....

27 Jan 202327 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

Accor has announced another two-way points transfer partnership with an airline. I’m not going to make a big deal of it because I doubt many HfP readers have a points balance with Italian .....

Accor has announced another two-way points transfer partnership with an airline. I’m not going to make a .....

27 Jan 202327 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Finnair has launched a new sale, with the long haul offers covering four eastbound long-haul routes. I will ignore the European sale which believes that £546 return in short-haul Business Class to .....

Finnair has launched a new sale, with the long haul offers covering four eastbound long-haul routes. I will .....

27 Jan 202327 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

With no fanfare, the Avios-earning partnership with menswear retailer Hackett has ended. This partnership replaced an earlier one with Charles Tyrwhitt. The Hackett offering was a decent one but .....

With no fanfare, the Avios-earning partnership with menswear retailer Hackett has ended. This partnership .....

27 Jan 202327 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

To promote the current British Airways sale, BA has launched a competition to win 300,000 Avios. There are 10 prizes up for grabs. The good news is that it literally only takes a few seconds to enter. .....

To promote the current British Airways sale, BA has launched a competition to win 300,000 Avios. There are 10 .....

26 Jan 202326 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 146 comments

Travelodge has announced the completion of the first phase of its ‘budget-luxe’ hotel upgrade programme. 68 hotels have been overhauled, of which 65 are refurbishments and three are .....

Travelodge has announced the completion of the first phase of its ‘budget-luxe’ hotel upgrade .....

26 Jan 202326 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

It may have been delayed by the pandemic, but the end is in sight for the £1.3 billion transformation of Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport. This morning, the airport has announced that it is .....

It may have been delayed by the pandemic, but the end is in sight for the £1.3 billion transformation of .....

25 Jan 202325 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

This is a very quick article to say that Marriott Bonvoy has just released tickets for the Peter Kay show on 22nd March 2023. The cost is 40,000 Bonvoy points for two seats in the Marriott Bonvoy VIP .....

This is a very quick article to say that Marriott Bonvoy has just released tickets for the Peter Kay show on .....

25 Jan 202325 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

An interesting new way to use your Avios for a non-flight redemption has just launched. You can now use your Avios to pay, in full or in part, for purchases at virtually every shop and restaurant at .....

An interesting new way to use your Avios for a non-flight redemption has just launched. You can now use your .....

25 Jan 202325 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has launched its first promotion for 2023. You can register here. It is particularly attractive because you will earn double elite night credits on qualifying stays, as well as 1,000 .....

Marriott Bonvoy has launched its first promotion for 2023. You can register here. It is particularly .....

25 Jan 202325 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Last year, Eurostar and Thalys, the French train company merged to form ‘Eurostar Group’, the largest high-speed rail franchise in Europe. Both companies were already majority owned by .....

Last year, Eurostar and Thalys, the French train company merged to form ‘Eurostar Group’, the .....

25 Jan 202325 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments