With Portugal now off the UK Green List, Gibraltar is the only realistic travel option for anyone looking for a few days in the sun. I am meant to be down there myself next week for a couple of days, .....

With Portugal now off the UK Green List, Gibraltar is the only realistic travel option for anyone looking for .....

11 Jun 202111 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 206 comments

During May we spent some time looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, so you can see if it is worth signing up. This article was meant to run as part of that .....

During May we spent some time looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards .....

11 Jun 202111 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Hilton has added a new 46-room boutique hotel in Madrid, the Atocha Hotel. Atocha is the first European member of Hilton’s Tapestry Collection. You may be familiar with Curio Collection, which .....

Hilton has added a new 46-room boutique hotel in Madrid, the Atocha Hotel. Atocha is the first European member .....

11 Jun 202111 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

British Airways has announced additional measures today to conserve revenue in the face of continued Government restrictions on outbound travel. From next Monday, according to an email sent to staff .....

British Airways has announced additional measures today to conserve revenue in the face of continued .....

10 Jun 202110 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

The Competition & Markets Authority has launched separate enforcement actions against British Airways and Ryanair over their treatment of passengers requesting flight refunds. The enforcement .....

The Competition & Markets Authority has launched separate enforcement actions against British Airways and .....

10 Jun 202110 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

This is our review of Pine Cliffs and Pine Cliffs Ocean Suites, a Luxury Collection resort. It is the final part of our ‘HfP in Portugal’ series in partnership with Marriott Bonvoy, who very .....

This is our review of Pine Cliffs and Pine Cliffs Ocean Suites, a Luxury Collection resort. It is the final .....

10 Jun 202110 June 2021 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

Last week we covered a new offer from Avios and The Economist magazine, which allowed you to earn up to 18,000 Avios for taking out a subscription. We assumed that this offer would double-up with the .....

Last week we covered a new offer from Avios and The Economist magazine, which allowed you to earn up to 18,000 .....

10 Jun 202110 June 2021 by Rob Burgess

News in brief: Heathrow to end all Free Travel Zone bus travel on Friday Regular readers will know that Heathrow announced last year that it was ending its financial support for the Free Travel Zone. .....

News in brief: Heathrow to end all Free Travel Zone bus travel on Friday Regular readers will know that .....

10 Jun 202110 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

This is our review of Pine Cliffs and Pine Cliffs Ocean Suites, an Luxury Collection resort. It is the final part of our ‘HfP in Portugal’ series in partnership with Marriott Bonvoy, who very .....

This is our review of Pine Cliffs and Pine Cliffs Ocean Suites, an Luxury Collection resort. It is the final .....

10 Jun 202110 June 2021 by Rhys Jones • 41 comments

If you had been thinking about getting the Amazon Business American Express card for your company / sole trader activities, Amazon has just upped the ante. For a couple of months now, the Amazon .....

If you had been thinking about getting the Amazon Business American Express card for your company / sole .....

9 Jun 20219 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

We covered the current British Airways sale last week, but we haven’t mentioned Virgin Atlantic’s response yet. The sale home page is here. You can book until 22nd June for travel up to .....

We covered the current British Airways sale last week, but we haven’t mentioned Virgin Atlantic’s .....

9 Jun 20219 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

With travel, at least domestically, and life in general hopefully getting back to some level of normality, we are bringing back the regular HfP features which were suspended last year. Today it is .....

With travel, at least domestically, and life in general hopefully getting back to some level of normality, we .....

9 Jun 20219 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

IHG Rewards, the loyalty programme for Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Hotel Indigo etc, has launched a generous promotion for new members. The snag, of course, is that you .....

IHG Rewards, the loyalty programme for Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Hotel Indigo .....

8 Jun 20218 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Just a few weeks after it moved the whole of the UK to its Green List, Jersey has brought back restrictions at the UK local authority level. What is worse is that the list is being revised twice per .....

Just a few weeks after it moved the whole of the UK to its Green List, Jersey has brought back restrictions at .....

8 Jun 20218 June 2021 by Rob Burgess