The Black Friday flight and hotel deals we’ve covered over the last couple of days have been, to put it politely, average. Things are picking up a little today – Monday 27th November only .....

The Black Friday flight and hotel deals we’ve covered over the last couple of days have been, to put it .....

27 Nov 202327 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

27 Nov 202327 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

This may be targetted – the T&C say that it is for ‘select users’ – but I have an offer in my Uber app offering me £20 per passenger of Uber credit if I book a flight. .....

This may be targetted – the T&C say that it is for ‘select users’ – but I have an .....

26 Nov 202326 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Avios – and indeed most other major airline programmes, plus some hotel groups – has an ‘earn’ relationship with the luxury Bicester Village outlet shopping centre in .....

Avios – and indeed most other major airline programmes, plus some hotel groups – has an .....

26 Nov 202326 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 23 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 .....

26 Nov 202326 November 2023 by HfP team

There has been some grumbling in our forum recently about the time taken for British Airways to process compensation payments for cancelled, delayed or downgraded flights. For anyone in the same boat, .....

There has been some grumbling in our forum recently about the time taken for British Airways to process .....

25 Nov 202325 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

The British Airways lounge upgrade programme, which has recently seen the Heathrow Terminal 5B lounge get an overhaul and new furniture added to Galleries First, is heading north. The (surprisingly .....

The British Airways lounge upgrade programme, which has recently seen the Heathrow Terminal 5B lounge get an .....

25 Nov 202325 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments

This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai’s Pudong district. Note that this is one of two Ritz-Carlton hotels in Shanghai; the other is the Portman Ritz-Carlton which is located .....

This is our review of The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai’s Pudong district. Note that this is one of two .....

25 Nov 202325 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

The British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card offers you a very attractive sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The card also comes with a hugely valuable long term benefit.  You .....

The British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card offers you a very attractive sign-up bonus of .....

25 Nov 202325 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

As we haven’t mentioned it for a few weeks, I wanted to remind you that American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card from 20,000 to .....

As we haven’t mentioned it for a few weeks, I wanted to remind you that American Express has increased .....

25 Nov 202325 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

25 Nov 202325 November 2023 by Rhys Jones

Black Friday is back again although, as you have probably noticed, it has morphed into a week-long run of deals, some better than others. The highlight is probably £927 for Aer Lingus business class .....

Black Friday is back again although, as you have probably noticed, it has morphed into a week-long run of .....

24 Nov 202324 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Black Friday is back again although, as you have probably noticed, it has morphed into a week-long run of deals, some better than others. I’ve split our coverage into two parts. This article .....

Black Friday is back again although, as you have probably noticed, it has morphed into a week-long run of .....

24 Nov 202324 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is my review of the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, A Luxury Collection Hotel and part of Marriott Bonvoy. As I said yesterday, with the HfP team tied up at World Travel Market, I (Conny, Rob’s .....

This is my review of the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, A Luxury Collection Hotel and part of Marriott Bonvoy. As I .....

24 Nov 202324 November 2023 by Conny Urban • 30 comments