There are three bits of hotel ‘buy points’ news to note today if you want to try to save some money on your next stay. I recently used 9,000 World of Hyatt points per night to upgrade a .....

There are three bits of hotel ‘buy points’ news to note today if you want to try to save some .....

5 Oct 20245 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the last few years. This is down to three things: We ran a separate piece here which provides a .....

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the .....

18 Aug 202518 August 2025 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that Nectar is an option? ‘Part Pay With Avios’ has, apparently, been very successful .....

Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that .....

7 Jul 20257 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Whilst you should have been emailed directly by Priority Pass about this yesterday, the airport lounge club group is increasing its guest fee from £20 to £24 from 1st October. If you currently pay .....

Whilst you should have been emailed directly by Priority Pass about this yesterday, the airport lounge club .....

31 Aug 202331 August 2023 by Rob Burgess

This article looks at The American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex family which, in one scenario, can prove incredibly useful. One of the downsides of cancelling .....

This article looks at The American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex .....

24 Jun 202524 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

This is our review of Bovey Castle hotel in Dartmoor National Park, Devon. The planning for this trip started with the question of all questions: What to do with teenage kids during February half .....

This is our review of Bovey Castle hotel in Dartmoor National Park, Devon. The planning for this trip started .....

2 Mar 20252 March 2025 by Conny Urban • 42 comments

Whilst there is no overarching World of Hyatt promotion at the moment, Hyatt has launched an offer for its midscale Hyatt Place, Hyatt House and Hyatt Studios brands. The offer runs until 7th .....

Whilst there is no overarching World of Hyatt promotion at the moment, Hyatt has launched an offer for its .....

12 Jun 202512 June 2025 by Rob Burgess

What are the benefits of British Airways Executive Club Bronze status? Bronze is one of four tiers of the Executive Club, British Airways’ frequent flyer membership scheme. In this article .....

What are the benefits of British Airways Executive Club Bronze status? Bronze is one of four tiers of the .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

InterContinental Ambassador is IHG’s ‘pay to join’ loyalty programme. On the face of it, the fact that it is only valid at InterContinental-branded hotels and costs $225 (or 45,000 .....

InterContinental Ambassador is IHG’s ‘pay to join’ loyalty programme. On the face of it, the .....

24 Apr 202524 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

This is our review of China Airlines’ premium economy cabin from Taipei to London. On my return from Taipei I was booked into the increasingly popular premium economy cabin on China Airlines. .....

This is our review of China Airlines’ premium economy cabin from Taipei to London. On my return from .....

29 Oct 202429 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments

Cornwall Newquay Airport has been through a lot of ups and downs in recent years in terms of airlines opening and closing routes, especially on the Government subsidised route to London. The situation .....

Cornwall Newquay Airport has been through a lot of ups and downs in recent years in terms of airlines opening .....

5 Nov 20225 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Hilton Honors has launched two new Mastercard payment cards. And, very interestingly, they are DEBIT cards and not credit cards. You can see full details of the new Hilton Honors debit cards, and .....

Hilton Honors has launched two new Mastercard payment cards. And, very interestingly, they are DEBIT cards and .....

26 Sep 202426 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 150 comments

Barclaycard is currently running a special sign-up bonus for its free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard but you only have three days left to apply. This is the first time that we have ever seen a special .....

Barclaycard is currently running a special sign-up bonus for its free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard but you .....

24 Sep 202424 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 21 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 .....

2 Apr 20232 April 2023 by HfP team • 2 comments