The coverage of Virgin Flying Club on Head for Points has increased considerably since the site started almost three years ago.  This has been driven by a few factors: generous credit card sign-up .....

The coverage of Virgin Flying Club on Head for Points has increased considerably since the site started almost .....

21 Mar 201521 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

If you collect Avios points via your hotel stays, there are two hotel schemes which let you earn in Iberia Plus and British Airways, but where Iberia Plus is more lucrative. The origins of this date .....

If you collect Avios points via your hotel stays, there are two hotel schemes which let you earn in Iberia .....

21 Mar 201521 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The Qantas status match ended on the 16th.  This was a tricky one to get, since you needed a New Zealand mailing address to take part, but if that was not a problem then you could have obtained a .....

The Qantas status match ended on the 16th.  This was a tricky one to get, since you needed a New Zealand .....

20 Mar 201520 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

News in brief: Get a 60% bonus on IHG Rewards Club points purchases IHG Rewards Club is offering a 60% bonus when you buy 5,000 points or more before March 29th. This is not, in itself, a fantastic .....

News in brief: Get a 60% bonus on IHG Rewards Club points purchases IHG Rewards Club is offering a 60% bonus .....

20 Mar 201520 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Back in January, I wrote about the interesting transfer option available if you stay at the Thistle Hotel at Heathrow.  You can transfer to and from Terminal 5 in the driverless pods which .....

Back in January, I wrote about the interesting transfer option available if you stay at the Thistle Hotel at .....

20 Mar 201520 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

avios.com has launched a small low-key sale on selected routes to Spain operated by Iberia. Full details can be found on avios.com here.  In summary: Edinburgh to Madrid reduced from 15,000 Avios to .....

avios.com has launched a small low-key sale on selected routes to Spain operated by Iberia. Full details can .....

19 Mar 201519 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Last Thursday I was at a major London charity event with a friend.  Unfortunately, this event was serving fruit flavoured cocktails which appeared to contain disproportionately large amounts of .....

Last Thursday I was at a major London charity event with a friend.  Unfortunately, this event was serving .....

19 Mar 201519 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

News in brief: Egypt launches tough new visa regime My article yesterday about the disproportionately tough new visa regime brought in with very little warning by India caused a lot of comment. I hope .....

News in brief: Egypt launches tough new visa regime My article yesterday about the disproportionately tough .....

19 Mar 201519 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Reader Theo recently emailed me to explain how he had saved a decent amount on a weekend break in Rome by adding a car to his booking via ba.com.  Similar savings can be made by throwing in a hotel. .....

Reader Theo recently emailed me to explain how he had saved a decent amount on a weekend break in Rome by .....

18 Mar 201518 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Tesco has launched another promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping, this time via a tie-up with vouchercodes.co.uk. It isn’t quite as impressive as the last Tesco code but it is still worth .....

Tesco has launched another promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping, this time via a tie-up with .....

18 Mar 201518 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

News in brief: Massively inconvenient Indian Visa changes for British visitors This story had passed me by until a HfP reader emailed me this week to tell me how much money he has lost due to changes .....

News in brief: Massively inconvenient Indian Visa changes for British visitors This story had passed me by .....

18 Mar 201518 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

News in brief: British Airways offering a free Nice-Monaco helicopter transfer I think I’ve only ever been in a helicopter twice, and one of those times was to transfer from Nice Airport to .....

News in brief: British Airways offering a free Nice-Monaco helicopter transfer I think I’ve only ever .....

17 Mar 201517 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

This is the final report from my recent Middle East trip.  Earlier articles covered the Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4 hotel, the Etihad lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4, the Business Class Studio .....

This is the final report from my recent Middle East trip.  Earlier articles covered the Hilton London .....

17 Mar 201517 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Sunday. It is offering special deals at 250 hotels across Europe (including the UK), Middle East and Africa, but .....

Hilton has launched a seven day ‘flash sale’ which runs until midnight on Sunday. It is offering .....

17 Mar 201517 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments