IAG, the parent of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, made a statement to the Stock Exchange on Thursday to confirm rumours that it intends to open negotiations with Norwegian Air Shuttle to buy .....

IAG, the parent of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, made a statement to the Stock Exchange on Thursday .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a couple of years ago and decided to start Mainly Miles to cover KrisFlyer. You might think .....

I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

A friend of mine recently flew British Airways First Class.  After a litany of issues, including BA only loading one fish plate for a cabin of nine people and only loading one bottle of a particular .....

A friend of mine recently flew British Airways First Class.  After a litany of issues, including BA only .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 157 comments

Once a year I publish this list which ranks American Express Membership Rewards redemptions in terms of ‘value per point’. It is clearly very subjective but – on my maths – the .....

Once a year I publish this list which ranks American Express Membership Rewards redemptions in terms of .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

I surprised myself the other day when I realised that I had never written about the Sheraton Family Package.  This is despite booking them in the past and being about to book another in Milan.  Let .....

I surprised myself the other day when I realised that I had never written about the Sheraton Family Package.  .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

We recently covered the suspension of flights by British Airways to Oakland in California from 20th October. According to Airlineroute, Oakland is showing again in the GDS booking systems from 1st .....

We recently covered the suspension of flights by British Airways to Oakland in California from 20th October. .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

We recently wrote about a 10% discount for first time users with airport chauffeur group Blacklane.  Their website is here. When you book, Blacklane lets you earn miles with: Asia Miles (2 per .....

We recently wrote about a 10% discount for first time users with airport chauffeur group Blacklane.  Their .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

The relaunch of the Virgin Atlantic website in late 2016 did not go smoothly.  Most of the teething problems were eventually ironed out. There was one very serious issue which did not get fixed.  .....

The relaunch of the Virgin Atlantic website in late 2016 did not go smoothly.  Most of the teething problems .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

If you had any airberlin topbonus miles, you may be able to get a small amount of cash from their insolvency proceedings.  But not for a while …. You need to file an insolvency claim by 24th .....

If you had any airberlin topbonus miles, you may be able to get a small amount of cash from their insolvency .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

This is only relevant to a small part of readership, but it will be valuable if it does apply to you. Reader Graeme got in touch to recommend American Express FX International Payments (full details .....

This is only relevant to a small part of readership, but it will be valuable if it does apply to you. Reader .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

After a stay at the Pullman London St Pancras last week which was so depressing that we can’t even bring ourselves to review it, it is good to see that Accor has not completely lost its way. The .....

After a stay at the Pullman London St Pancras last week which was so depressing that we can’t even bring .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

There were a few comments in our articles on the new Virgin Atlantic credit cards last week asking about Virgin Flying Club airline partners and the ease (or not) of getting reward .....

There were a few comments in our articles on the new Virgin Atlantic credit cards last week asking .....

10 Apr 201810 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (now under the same ownership, of course) have unveiled their promotions for Quarter 2. Starwood and Marriott offers have become closer in recent quarters .....

Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (now under the same ownership, of course) have unveiled their .....

10 Apr 201810 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Time is running out for the current generous Radisson Rewards offer to promote their rebranding from Club Carlson.  I outlined the few differences between Club Carlson and Radisson Rewards in this .....

Time is running out for the current generous Radisson Rewards offer to promote their rebranding from Club .....

10 Apr 201810 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments