News in brief: Amazon Prime Day – big discounts for today only Today is the 2nd Amazon Prime Day.  This is a day when Amazon makes certain items available at big discounts to anyone who is an .....

News in brief: Amazon Prime Day – big discounts for today only Today is the 2nd Amazon Prime Day.  This .....

12 Jul 201612 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

The Accor ‘Happy Mondays’ deal is the most generous hotel promotion available for last minute weekend rooms in the UK.   If you find yourself in need of a hotel room for the coming .....

The Accor ‘Happy Mondays’ deal is the most generous hotel promotion available for last minute .....

12 Jul 201612 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

This is my review of the British Airways Concorde Room lounge at New York JFK Terminal 7. I don’t think I have been here before, to be honest.  That is not as odd as it seems since a short .....

This is my review of the British Airways Concorde Room lounge at New York JFK Terminal 7. I don’t think .....

11 Jul 201611 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Tomorrow, Tuesday 12th July is the last day to book in the current British Airways sale. As the sale has quite a lot of moving parts, I wanted to run through some of the discounts I’ve focused .....

Tomorrow, Tuesday 12th July is the last day to book in the current British Airways sale. As the sale has quite .....

11 Jul 201611 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

News in brief: The BA Diamond Club discount is back Well, here’s a surprise.  At the end of May, the 10% discount on British Airways flights offered to holders of the old bmi British Midland .....

News in brief: The BA Diamond Club discount is back Well, here’s a surprise.  At the end of May, the .....

11 Jul 201611 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

There is new lounge available at Heathrow Terminal 5 for holders of a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card. It is the club lounge of the Sofitel hotel, Club Millesime, which is now open to the public. Full .....

There is new lounge available at Heathrow Terminal 5 for holders of a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card. It is .....

10 Jul 201610 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

You may never have heard of Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in Asia.  It was acquired by Priceline and is now a sister company to booking.com. The reason .....

You may never have heard of Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in .....

10 Jul 201610 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

News in brief: Emergency Gatwick Express timetable starts tomorrow I have written recently about the terrible punctuality problems at Gatwick Express.  The company has now brought in an emergency .....

News in brief: Emergency Gatwick Express timetable starts tomorrow I have written recently about the terrible .....

10 Jul 201610 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

On Thursday night I dropped an extra article onto the site in response to a newly launched Virgin Flying Club promotiton.  This is a more developed version of the same idea, and if you read HfP via .....

On Thursday night I dropped an extra article onto the site in response to a newly launched Virgin Flying Club .....

9 Jul 20169 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

I get to hear some great Avios collecting stories from readers.  I rarely repeat them because the idea is often not scaleable or would collapse if given wider exposure.  I am happy to share this one .....

I get to hear some great Avios collecting stories from readers.  I rarely repeat them because the idea is .....

9 Jul 20169 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

9 Jul 20169 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

It’s back!  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post when this deal ran in April and December) you can yet again buy cheap Avios points .....

It’s back!  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to .....

8 Jul 20168 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

News in brief: More British Airways Gatwick schedule changes British Airways has announced some additional schedule changes for Gatwick this Winter.  None of these are substantial.  The reason I .....

News in brief: More British Airways Gatwick schedule changes British Airways has announced some additional .....

8 Jul 20168 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is my review of the new Hilton Tallinn Park hotel in Tallinn, Estonia.   It is part of our occasional series of ‘new luxury hotels in European tourist spots where you might want to use .....

This is my review of the new Hilton Tallinn Park hotel in Tallinn, Estonia.   It is part of our occasional .....

8 Jul 20168 July 2016 by Anika Burnett • 5 comments