News in brief: New British Airways route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, BA CEO, announced a new route to Figari in Corsica (picture below) in his speech at World .....

News in brief: New British Airways route to Figari, Corsica now bookable I mentioned yesterday that Alex Cruz, .....

8 Nov 20178 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between Monday and Wednesday this week.  Monday is restricted to the media and key buyers and is when .....

World Travel Market, the UK’s biggest trade show of any sort, runs at Excel in East London between .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in Heathrow Terminal 5 yesterday afternoon. This was odd timing, given that every travel journalist .....

Word has it, although I haven’t seen any photographs yet, that the Plaza Premium lounge opened in .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, is launching a new airline transfer partner today – Singapore Airlines Krisflyer. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 .....

Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, is launching a new airline transfer partner .....

7 Nov 20177 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: Get 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is fairly well known.  The latest offer is The Christmas Collection, 12 mix and match bottles .....

News in brief: Get 240 Avios with six bottles of rioja British Airways Wine Explorer, run by Laithwaites, is .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

Back in March, Flybe launched flights from London Heathrow (Terminal 2) to Edinburgh and Aberdeen. As you can both earn and spend Avios on Flybe, I thought it was worth checking the service out. Why .....

Back in March, Flybe launched flights from London Heathrow (Terminal 2) to Edinburgh and Aberdeen. As you can .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

One of the key reasons that there is no obvious reason to ditch Avios for another oneworld, SkyTeam or Star Alliance frequent flyer programme is the good value redemptions available in Europe. 9,000 .....

One of the key reasons that there is no obvious reason to ditch Avios for another oneworld, SkyTeam or Star .....

6 Nov 20176 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Every year, British Airways parent company, IAG, holds an investor day for the financial community to update it on what is happening.  The 2017 event took place on Friday. The 126 pages of slides .....

Every year, British Airways parent company, IAG, holds an investor day for the financial community to update .....

5 Nov 20175 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

News in brief: Last day to book in the IHG flash sale IHG has been running a flash sale this week covering Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo and Staybridge Suites. This is .....

News in brief: Last day to book in the IHG flash sale IHG has been running a flash sale this week .....

5 Nov 20175 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

News in brief: Get 35% discount when you buy Starwood points Starwood is offering a 35% discount when you purchase SPG Starpoints before 29th December. The link to buy is here. The good news is that .....

News in brief: Get 35% discount when you buy Starwood points Starwood is offering a 35% discount when you .....

5 Nov 20175 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

So, no pressure Alex.  If you want to make British Airways First Class and Club World a leading global product, Singapore Airlines has just raised the bar on what needs to be done. Singapore Airlines .....

So, no pressure Alex.  If you want to make British Airways First Class and Club World a leading global .....

3 Nov 20173 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 113 comments

We gave Bink, a new loyalty app, a lot of coverage late last year.   It was – and remains – a very clever concept, which would let you earn loyalty points in High Street loyalty schemes .....

We gave Bink, a new loyalty app, a lot of coverage late last year.   It was – and remains – a .....

3 Nov 20173 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia and North America.   It relaunched its loyalty scheme last year and – as many HFP readers may find .....

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia and North America.   .....

3 Nov 20173 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Qatar Airways has launched another of its slightly crazy sales.   This one has, frankly, some astonishing fares to Australia and New Zealand. I will say up front that these are ‘two .....

Qatar Airways has launched another of its slightly crazy sales.   This one has, frankly, some astonishing .....

2 Nov 20172 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 135 comments