American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 100,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 100,000 Avios (!) or .....

American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 100,000 Membership Rewards .....

29 Nov 202329 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

This is our review of Lufthansa’s Senator Lounge opposite Gate 24 in Munich Airport’s Terminal 2. On my way back from Munich to see Beond’s new all-business class plane, now in .....

This is our review of Lufthansa’s Senator Lounge opposite Gate 24 in Munich Airport’s Terminal 2. .....

29 Nov 202329 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 23 comments

This is our review of Lufthansa’s Business Lounge opposite Gate 24 in Munich Airport’s Terminal 2. Whilst I spent most of my time in the Senator Lounge next door (review here), I did pop .....

This is our review of Lufthansa’s Business Lounge opposite Gate 24 in Munich Airport’s Terminal 2. .....

29 Nov 202329 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 6 comments

Once a year, International Airlines Group – the parent company for British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia, LEVEL and Vueling – runs a ‘Capital Markets Day’. This is aimed at the .....

Once a year, International Airlines Group – the parent company for British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia, .....

28 Nov 202328 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

This is our review of The Shanghai EDITION hotel. Although it sits as part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio, the EDITION brand is a bit of an outlier in that Marriott does not have full control. .....

This is our review of The Shanghai EDITION hotel. Although it sits as part of Marriott Bonvoy’s .....

28 Nov 202328 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 11 comments

If you need to book a trip to Asia or Australasia in the next few days, it is still possible to claim £150 in retail vouchers when you make a booking in any class with Malaysia Airlines. You can earn .....

If you need to book a trip to Asia or Australasia in the next few days, it is still possible to claim £150 in .....

28 Nov 202328 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

Heathrow Express has had a reputation for being expensive since it launched. A few years ago, the service tried to rid itself of this image by launching £5.50 one-way advance tickets. These were a .....

Heathrow Express has had a reputation for being expensive since it launched. A few years ago, the service .....

28 Nov 202328 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

Tomorrow morning I will hopefully be well on the way to New York on the world’s first transatlantic flight powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Flight100, as Virgin Atlantic is calling it, .....

Tomorrow morning I will hopefully be well on the way to New York on the world’s first transatlantic .....

27 Nov 202327 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 55 comments

The World Duty Free shops at Heathrow have launched a new partnership with Avios. You will now earn 1 Avios for every £1 you spend in World Duty Free and other shops at Heathrow run by the same .....

The World Duty Free shops at Heathrow have launched a new partnership with Avios. You will now earn 1 Avios .....

27 Nov 202327 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

The Black Friday flight and hotel deals we’ve covered over the last couple of days have been, to put it politely, average. Things are picking up a little today – Monday 27th November only .....

The Black Friday flight and hotel deals we’ve covered over the last couple of days have been, to put it .....

27 Nov 202327 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

27 Nov 202327 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

This may be targetted – the T&C say that it is for ‘select users’ – but I have an offer in my Uber app offering me £20 per passenger of Uber credit if I book a flight. .....

This may be targetted – the T&C say that it is for ‘select users’ – but I have an .....

26 Nov 202326 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Avios – and indeed most other major airline programmes, plus some hotel groups – has an ‘earn’ relationship with the luxury Bicester Village outlet shopping centre in .....

Avios – and indeed most other major airline programmes, plus some hotel groups – has an .....

26 Nov 202326 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

26 Nov 202326 November 2023 by HfP team