I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point.  In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park figure, and it is the value I use myself, but the real world is more complicated. For .....

I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point.  In our articles we use 1p as a .....

4 Jan 20224 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

It is now almost four 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 .....

It is now almost four years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge .....

4 Jan 20224 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

It has been a slightly weird Christmas and New Year period this year (again ….), not helped by Christmas Day falling on a Saturday. For a lot of our readers, today will be their first day at .....

It has been a slightly weird Christmas and New Year period this year (again ….), not helped by Christmas .....

4 Jan 20224 January 2022 by Rob Burgess

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high threshold that you would wonder why such a person would ever want to set foot in .....

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a .....

3 Jan 20223 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

TAP has been running this very generous offer now for around 18 months.  I thought it was worth covering again, especially as the prospects for travel in 2022 are getting brighter. It is an .....

TAP has been running this very generous offer now for around 18 months.  I thought it was worth covering .....

3 Jan 20223 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This is our review of The Royal at the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas. The hotel is part of Marriott Bonvoy. My trip to The Bahamas finished with a stay at The Royal at Atlantis. I’d already spent .....

This is our review of The Royal at the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas. The hotel is part of Marriott Bonvoy. .....

3 Jan 20223 January 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 12 comments

Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on any of the personal UK American Express cards, there IS one generous bonus which you may well be able to get. American Express is still offering 30,000 .....

Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on any of the personal UK American Express cards, there IS one .....

2 Jan 20222 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

At the start of each month, we usually run a summary of all of the hotel promotions from the big six chains. This month, there is no need. The only offer currently running is Hilton’s .....

At the start of each month, we usually run a summary of all of the hotel promotions from the big six chains. .....

2 Jan 20222 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Last month Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Voyages and The Bahamas Tourist Board invited us to The Bahamas for a few days. With Rhys literally just back from holiday and Rob and Sinead tied up with family .....

Last month Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Voyages and The Bahamas Tourist Board invited us to The Bahamas for a few .....

2 Jan 20222 January 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 19 comments

What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points?  This article looks at the British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus peak and off-peak Avios calendars for 2023. Remember that these .....

What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points?  This article looks at the British .....

1 Jan 20221 January 2022 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau. Baha Mar is an integrated resort development situated on 1,000 acres overlooking Cable beach, just outside Nassau, The Bahamas. It opened in .....

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau. Baha Mar is an integrated resort development situated .....

1 Jan 20221 January 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 23 comments

Back in October, I earned top-tier status (Diamond) in Accor Live Limitless from one 5-night hotel stay in Barbados. Click to read that story. It was the lucky combination of two factors. Accor had .....

Back in October, I earned top-tier status (Diamond) in Accor Live Limitless from one 5-night hotel stay in .....

1 Jan 20221 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

1 Jan 20221 January 2022 by Rhys Jones

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2021.  Click through to read them in full: We go on board the first Virgin Voyages cruise ship, Scarlet Lady How to earn Avios points .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in December 2021.  Click through to read them in full: .....

31 Dec 202131 December 2021 by HfP team