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The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons for this. .....
The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is .....
27 Jul 202527 July 2025 • 13 comments
Today, Heathrow (re-)submits its proposed masterplan for the third runway to the Government. As everyone will know, this has been an on-again off-again saga for …. well, decades. Most recently, .....
Today, Heathrow (re-)submits its proposed masterplan for the third runway to the Government. As everyone will .....
1 Aug 20251 August 2025 • 193 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 .....
28 May 202328 May 2023 • 12 comments
This is the second part of our overview series looking at the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles on consecutive days. One will list the basic facts of the .....
This is the second part of our overview series looking at the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme .....
25 Jan 202525 January 2025 • 49 comments
As we reminded you yesterday, from 1st November 2024 you will need to spend £15,000 per year to receive a 2-4-1 companion voucher on either of the British Airways American Express credit cards. On .....
As we reminded you yesterday, from 1st November 2024 you will need to spend £15,000 per year to receive a .....
12 Oct 202412 October 2024 • 63 comments
Whilst you are meant to obtain elite status with a hotel group via ‘heads in beds’, regular HfP readers will know that there are various ways to obtain status without going near a hotel. I .....
Whilst you are meant to obtain elite status with a hotel group via ‘heads in beds’, regular HfP .....
5 Dec 20245 December 2024 • 85 comments
A question I am often asked is how many British Airways points you can earn from a particular flight. We have our own British Airways tier point calculator in the form of this article (click). .....
A question I am often asked is how many British Airways points you can earn from a particular flight. We have .....
1 Feb 20241 February 2024
Emirates Skywards has a hotel booking portal powered by Rocketmiles, which lets you earn Skywards miles on every booking. You can also spend miles on hotel rooms. Until Monday, you will get 5,000 .....
Emirates Skywards has a hotel booking portal powered by Rocketmiles, which lets you earn Skywards miles on .....
29 Aug 202529 August 2025 • Leave a comment
This is our review of the Hilton Mallorca Galatzo resort hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....
This is our review of the Hilton Mallorca Galatzo resort hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale .....
3 Aug 20243 August 2024 • 9 comments
It’s now three years since Aer Lingus started its direct services from Manchester to New York, Orlando and Barbados. Whilst very useful for Avios collectors in the north of England, these .....
It’s now three years since Aer Lingus started its direct services from Manchester to New York, Orlando .....
28 Mar 202428 March 2024 • 46 comments
Two historic Scottish hotels – Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort and The Bruntsfield – have been acquired by Dubai-based hotel group JA Resorts & Hotels. JA Resorts & Hotels is a .....
Two historic Scottish hotels – Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort and The Bruntsfield – have been .....
12 Aug 202512 August 2025 • 6 comments
This month marks 25 years of Heathrow Express services since its introduction in June 1998. Whilst it can't send you a piece of birthday cake to celebrate, it is doing the next best thing. It is .....
This month marks 25 years of Heathrow Express services since its introduction in June 1998. Whilst it can't .....
9 Jun 20239 June 2023 • 36 comments
Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia, North America and New Zealand. It relaunched its loyalty scheme as My Millennium in 2016, and just has just given it a .....
Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia, North America and New .....
25 Nov 202425 November 2024 • 5 comments
This is our review of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection and probably the best Hyatt property in London. Part 1, click here, looked at the location, the rooms and .....
This is our review of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection and probably the .....
23 Mar 202423 March 2024 • 3 comments
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