This is our review of the Fairmont Royal Pavilion hotel and resort in Barbados. As usual when I review hotels from my family holidays, it is not comprehensive. I didn’t get a personal tour and I .....

This is our review of the Fairmont Royal Pavilion hotel and resort in Barbados. As usual when I review hotels .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways Executive Club status. This is due to the launch of ITA Airways, the replacement airline .....

Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Virgin Red – the new app which gives you additional possibilities for earning and spending Virgin Points – has brought back its Virgin Money current account offer. You can earn 15,000 .....

Virgin Red – the new app which gives you additional possibilities for earning and spending Virgin Points .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

We’ve started to collate photos and video from the big US reopening event. British Airways shared this video from the Heathrow control tower of the dual take-off of the British Airways and Virgin .....

We’ve started to collate photos and video from the big US reopening event. British Airways shared this video .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Today, Monday 8th November, is the first day in 601 days that the United States is open to visitors and tourists flying from the UK. The re-opening has taken longer than expected – several .....

Today, Monday 8th November, is the first day in 601 days that the United States is open to visitors and .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 128 comments

This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this week, I have been spending a lot of time in UK airports recently. My tour started in Luton .....

This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

For almost two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Points .....

For almost two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British .....

8 Nov 20218 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

Our credit cards directory lists 12 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards.  For the beginner to this hobby, however, there is one obvious piece of plastic to .....

Our credit cards directory lists 12 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel .....

7 Nov 20217 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Back in April, Singapore Airlines has launched a very interesting promotion – you can earn status, all the way up to Gold, by transferring American Express Membership Rewards points to its .....

Back in April, Singapore Airlines has launched a very interesting promotion – you can earn status, all .....

7 Nov 20217 November 2021 by Rob Burgess

Marriott Bonvoy has launched a new ‘buy points’ bonus. You will receive a 45% bonus with a minimum purchase of 2,000 points. You can buy via this page of the website. The offer runs to 8th .....

Marriott Bonvoy has launched a new ‘buy points’ bonus. You will receive a 45% bonus with a minimum .....

7 Nov 20217 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

I am running three articles this week to outline three hacks that I used to maximise the Accor Live Limitless points I earned on a stay in Barbados. This is the final one I earned Diamond status .....

I am running three articles this week to outline three hacks that I used to maximise the Accor Live .....

7 Nov 20217 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 40 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 .....

7 Nov 20217 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

With a deal now done with pilot union BALPA to cut pay and conditions, British Airways is pushing on with its plans to launch a new low-cost operation at London Gatwick next year. This operation is .....

With a deal now done with pilot union BALPA to cut pay and conditions, British Airways is pushing on with its .....

6 Nov 20216 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

At some point over the last couple of months, the Hotel Reichshof in Hamburg has left Hilton’s Curio Collection. I reviewed Hotel Reichshof shortly after it opened in 2015. It was a bit of a .....

At some point over the last couple of months, the Hotel Reichshof in Hamburg has left Hilton’s Curio .....

6 Nov 20216 November 2021 by Rob Burgess