A fortuitous swap of an A330-300 to a brand new A330neo for an upcoming family trip to Boston – swapping Virgin Atlantic’s worst Upper Class suite for its best – has given me an .....

A fortuitous swap of an A330-300 to a brand new A330neo for an upcoming family trip to Boston – swapping .....

19 Mar 202319 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of putting the cost of gas and electricity onto an American Express card. This is unfortunate, .....

Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of .....

19 Mar 202319 March 2023 by Rhys Jones • 105 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 .....

19 Mar 202319 March 2023 by HfP team

This is our review of the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card. Capital on Tap – a small UK payments card company which I admit you may never have heard of – runs the only .....

This is our review of the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card. Capital on Tap – a small UK .....

19 Mar 202319 March 2023 by Rob Burgess

IHG One Rewards used to market two excellent UK credit cards. They were arguably the best Visa or Mastercard options on the market. Whilst closed to new applicants some time ago, some readers still .....

IHG One Rewards used to market two excellent UK credit cards. They were arguably the best Visa or Mastercard .....

18 Mar 202318 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 242 comments

Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio has added a newly opened property – Iaïla, Seychelles, a Tribute Portfolio Resort. Tribute Portfolio is – and hopefully this isn’t doing it an .....

Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio has added a newly opened property – Iaïla, Seychelles, a Tribute .....

18 Mar 202318 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

News in brief: Passport Office staff to launch a five week strike The Public & Commercial Services Union has announced that over 1,000 Passport Office workers will launch a five week strike. The .....

News in brief: Passport Office staff to launch a five week strike The Public & Commercial Services Union .....

18 Mar 202318 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 47 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 .....

18 Mar 202318 March 2023 by Rhys Jones

We have teamed up with – well, we can’t tell you who! – to offer two readers free flights to New York. One reader and a friend will win flights in Business Class to New York. The .....

We have teamed up with – well, we can’t tell you who! – to offer two readers free flights to .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

On 1st April 2023, Air Passenger Duty (APD) will rise for all passengers on flights departing a UK airport. This is an increase announced by Rishi Sunak, back when he was chancellor in October 2021, .....

On 1st April 2023, Air Passenger Duty (APD) will rise for all passengers on flights departing a UK airport. .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones

Back in February, Qatar tweaked its entry rules to require all travellers to hold compulsory insurance from a Doha-based insurance company. You can read Rob’s initial article on the change here. .....

Back in February, Qatar tweaked its entry rules to require all travellers to hold compulsory insurance from a .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones

We don’t normal focus on aircraft liveries, but when one of the major global carriers makes a change it is worth flagging. Emirates has just announced a ‘refresh’ of its livery, the .....

We don’t normal focus on aircraft liveries, but when one of the major global carriers makes a change it .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones • 37 comments

This is our review of the Tempelhof lounge at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It is the lounge used by British Airways and, amongst others, Aer Lingus and Air France. It is also a DragonPass lounge but .....

This is our review of the Tempelhof lounge at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It is the lounge used by British .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved hugely successful since their 2018 launch with, so I understand, over 200,000 applications .....

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments