Late last year, Hilton ran a hugely popular status match promotion.  Both my wife and I are now Hilton HHonors Diamond (top tier) until next March. This promotion is now back. This offer was emailed .....

Late last year, Hilton ran a hugely popular status match promotion.  Both my wife and I are now Hilton .....

31 Mar 201631 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic to launch two new routes from Manchester In a surprising but welcome move, Virgin Atlantic is to launch new routes to Boston and San Francisco from Manchester. You will .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic to launch two new routes from Manchester In a surprising but welcome move, .....

31 Mar 201631 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Whilst I am on holiday, I thought it was worthwhile running an updated version of this article by HfP reader Ricardo which originally ran 18 months ago.  It contains valuable advice for anyone .....

Whilst I am on holiday, I thought it was worthwhile running an updated version of this article by HfP reader .....

31 Mar 201631 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: British Airways to cut Club World baggage allowance British Airways is to reduce the luggage allowance for Club World passengers.  All tickets issued after 10th May will only allow you .....

News in brief: British Airways to cut Club World baggage allowance British Airways is to reduce the luggage .....

30 Mar 201630 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

One reason that ‘old timers’ in this hobby may have a more positive attitude to the constant changes to programmes is that they are getting a better deal than you!  It is not uncommon for .....

One reason that ‘old timers’ in this hobby may have a more positive attitude to the constant .....

30 Mar 201630 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

One of the sites I recommend is statusmatcher.com.  This is a modest website which is very useful.  It lets people post their experiences of using a particular hotel or airline status card to .....

One of the sites I recommend is statusmatcher.com.  This is a modest website which is very useful.  It lets .....

30 Mar 201630 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Head for Points has been picking up some traffic from Mumsnet today which is not a normal source of new readers.  I clicked through to the linked page and found this in the forum: “Looking for .....

Head for Points has been picking up some traffic from Mumsnet today which is not a normal source of new .....

29 Mar 201629 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is my review of British Airways Club World business class on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft. On Good Friday we flew down to Abu Dhabi on one of the new Boeing 787-9 British Airways aircraft.  (Click .....

This is my review of British Airways Club World business class on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft. On Good Friday we .....

29 Mar 201629 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

With new overseas payment products such as Curve and Supercard targetting the travelling public, is there any future for increasingly ‘old school’ products such as the Avios .....

With new overseas payment products such as Curve and Supercard targetting the travelling public, is there any .....

29 Mar 201629 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Hyatt Gold Passport, the loyalty scheme for the various Hyatt brands as well as Andaz, has launched a new promotion for the April to June period.  This is the first ‘open to all’ .....

Hyatt Gold Passport, the loyalty scheme for the various Hyatt brands as well as Andaz, has launched a new .....

29 Mar 201629 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

99% of British Airways Avios collectors do not know that BA also has a second redemption chart. I bet that most of you have never seen this chart before (click to enlarge): You can see the original by .....

99% of British Airways Avios collectors do not know that BA also has a second redemption chart. I bet that .....

28 Mar 201628 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

To be honest, I have always been happy with the idea of not letting the Heathrow Airport hotels run their own shuttle buses.  We all know from experience at other airports how chaotic arrival .....

To be honest, I have always been happy with the idea of not letting the Heathrow Airport hotels run their own .....

28 Mar 201628 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

NH Hotels is one of those niche European hotel chains that is rarely seen in the UK, although there is one in London, but crops up quite frequently on the continent. As well as the main NH Hotels .....

NH Hotels is one of those niche European hotel chains that is rarely seen in the UK, although there is one in .....

28 Mar 201628 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

The general mantra about using airline miles, especially those like Avios which impose hefty fuel surcharges, goes like this – ‘redeeming for Economy flights is a waste of miles’. In .....

The general mantra about using airline miles, especially those like Avios which impose hefty fuel surcharges, .....

27 Mar 201627 March 2016 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments