Well, after years of telling people that British Airways never does status matches, British Airways has launched a status match. The bad news for the 90% of HfP readers who outside North America is .....

Well, after years of telling people that British Airways never does status matches, British Airways has .....

9 Apr 20249 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Hilton, covering selected European hotels. If you are targetted, you will see the deal on the ‘Offers’ page of one or more of your .....

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Hilton, covering selected European hotels. If you are .....

9 Apr 20249 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Hilton has launched another offer of a 100% bonus when you buy points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here.  The offer runs to 14th May. For me, the maximum purchase is TRIPLED to 240,000 .....

Hilton has launched another offer of a 100% bonus when you buy points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is .....

9 Apr 20249 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

SAS has confirmed that it will leave Star Alliance on 31st August. This follows the sale of the airline to a consortium which includes SkyTeam stalwarts Air France KLM, who have a pre-agreed deal to .....

SAS has confirmed that it will leave Star Alliance on 31st August. This follows the sale of the airline to a .....

9 Apr 20249 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

Danish Air Transport, a small regional carrier which operates domestic routes across Denmark, Norway and Germany, will be operating a number of British Airways short haul flights this summer. It is a .....

Danish Air Transport, a small regional carrier which operates domestic routes across Denmark, Norway and .....

9 Apr 20249 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Expedia Group has now announced the (rough) date when One Key, the new rewards programme, will launch in the UK. Your accounts will be switched “between July and October 2024”. Don’t .....

Expedia Group has now announced the (rough) date when One Key, the new rewards programme, will launch in the .....

8 Apr 20248 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

In this article I want to look at where you can fly from UK regional airports (so excluding Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and London City) with Avios. When British Airways sold its regional operations .....

In this article I want to look at where you can fly from UK regional airports (so excluding Heathrow, Gatwick, .....

8 Apr 20248 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

American Express has brought back the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. Today, Monday, is your last full day to apply. The offer will be withdrawn at some point on Tuesday 9th .....

American Express has brought back the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. Today, Monday, .....

8 Apr 20248 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

News in brief: Border Force strike action this week suspended The threatend strike by Border Force officers at Heathrow this week has been suspended. The Public and Commercial Services Union has .....

News in brief: Border Force strike action this week suspended The threatend strike by Border Force officers at .....

8 Apr 20248 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up here to .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

8 Apr 20248 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the Fairmont Windsor Park hotel, just outside London. It was announced this week that Fairmont Windsor Park, the (surprisingly) impressive new luxury hotel on the edge of Windsor .....

This is my review of the Fairmont Windsor Park hotel, just outside London. It was announced this week that .....

7 Apr 20247 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios booking platform that has launched over at the Aer Lingus website. This has replaced the old booking site at avios.com. We looked at some long haul .....

Two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios booking platform that has launched over at the Aer Lingus website. .....

7 Apr 20247 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Today, Sunday, is your last day to win 20,000 Avios by completing our 2024 HfP reader survey. As you’d expect from us, we have kept it short and multi-choice. We won’t take up much of your .....

Today, Sunday, is your last day to win 20,000 Avios by completing our 2024 HfP reader survey. As you’d .....

7 Apr 20247 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Since 2022 when Qatar Airways adopted Avios as its frequent flyer currency, you have been able to link your Privilege Club and BA Executive Club accounts, allowing you to combine your Avios into one .....

Since 2022 when Qatar Airways adopted Avios as its frequent flyer currency, you have been able to link your .....

6 Apr 20246 April 2024 by Katie Ridgers • 13 comments