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It is now seven years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. The good news was that it was replaced by the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....
It is now seven years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. .....
21 Feb 202521 February 2025 • 27 comments
Today (and only today, Thursday) we are running an exclusive Head for Points competition in association with ALL – Accor’s hotel loyalty programme, following its launch of the new ALL Terrace .....
Today (and only today, Thursday) we are running an exclusive Head for Points competition in association with .....
20 Feb 202520 February 2025 • 32 comments
Whilst it is too early in the calendar year to be worrying about this, by the time autumn arrives you should have a view of whether you will be able to do enough elite nights with your preferred hotel .....
Whilst it is too early in the calendar year to be worrying about this, by the time autumn arrives you should .....
20 Feb 202520 February 2025 • 4 comments
Emirates has a lot of high quality partnerships such as its established deal with Qantas. It also works with many other well regarded legacy airlines such as JAL and Air Canada, giving .....
Emirates has a lot of high quality partnerships such as its established deal with Qantas. It also .....
20 Feb 202520 February 2025 • 14 comments
IHG has added another new hotel brand – but this time it is an established one. To be fair, with just 20 brands, IHG is being positively restrained compared with Accor (40+) or Marriott’s .....
IHG has added another new hotel brand – but this time it is an established one. To be fair, with just 20 .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 64 comments
HfP readers, and indeed HfP writers, have been generally scathing about the introduction of dynamic reward pricing at Virgin Atlantic. It has, to all intents and purposes, killed off your chances of .....
HfP readers, and indeed HfP writers, have been generally scathing about the introduction of dynamic reward .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 49 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 .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 22 comments
Tesco and Avios may have gone their separate ways but Virgin Atlantic / Virgin Red remains a Tesco Clubcard partner. Virgin Red has brought back the exceptionally generous offer it ran twice last .....
Tesco and Avios may have gone their separate ways but Virgin Atlantic / Virgin Red remains a Tesco .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 13 comments
Whilst plans to refit the British Airways A380 fleet keep slipping further and further back, there’s no doubt that the aircraft still has a great attraction for flyers – even it means .....
Whilst plans to refit the British Airways A380 fleet keep slipping further and further back, there’s no .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 79 comments
Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner. 400 Nectar points will get you a voucher (in the form of a QR code, saved in the Nectar app, to be scanned in-store) for ANY hot .....
Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner. 400 Nectar points will get you a .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 77 comments
Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. Let me answer the obvious question first. Why are we covering it, given that it doesn’t earn .....
Today I want to look at the benefits of the Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card for businesses. Let me .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 12 comments
Marriott and Hertz have had a partnership for many years, although neither makes a big deal of it. You can see details on the Marriott website here. As part of this, Hertz offers a status match to .....
Marriott and Hertz have had a partnership for many years, although neither makes a big deal of it. You can see .....
18 Feb 202518 February 2025 • 7 comments
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. Before the pandemic, my honest answer was ‘don’t bother – use cash’. .....
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025 • 119 comments
Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay for a cash ticket via bank transfer. ‘Pay by Bank’ has become increasingly .....
Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025 • 71 comments
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