Although the opening of the Elizabeth Line has dented passenger numbers at London City Airport, it remains one of my favourites for its proximity to home, size and speedy departures and arrivals .....

Although the opening of the Elizabeth Line has dented passenger numbers at London City Airport, it remains one .....

2 Sep 20252 September 2025 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

Plaza Premium is offering a 20% discount on its airport lounges, for visits until the end of March. The deal also includes Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses, except for London Heathrow. Our most recent .....

Plaza Premium is offering a 20% discount on its airport lounges, for visits until the end of March. The deal .....

19 Feb 202219 February 2022 by Rob Burgess

Airlines in America, once the laughing stock of the world, are racing ahead. Go back a couple decades and global airlines were broadly grouped into three tiers. At the top of the pile were the Asian .....

Airlines in America, once the laughing stock of the world, are racing ahead. Go back a couple decades and .....

28 Jul 202528 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 86 comments

American Express recently launched a generous cashback offer with WorldHotels. If you haven’t heard of WorldHotels, it is a marketing group – rather like Preferred Hotels or Leading Hotels .....

American Express recently launched a generous cashback offer with WorldHotels. If you haven’t heard of .....

3 Oct 20213 October 2021 by Rob Burgess

The luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel group has launched another American Express cashback offer. You will get £100 cashback when you spend £500+ by 21st April. Cumulative spend does count, which is a .....

The luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel group has launched another American Express cashback offer. You will get .....

31 Jan 202531 January 2025 by Rob Burgess

There has been some odd shifts in how certain long haul British Airways routes are rewarded this year. Back in January, we reported that British Airways had increased the tier points offered for Hong .....

There has been some odd shifts in how certain long haul British Airways routes are rewarded this year. Back in .....

10 Dec 202310 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

No1 Lounges, along with its sister brands Clubrooms and My Lounge, is one of the largest independent airport lounge operators in the UK. Since the pandemic, the cost of booking its lounges for cash .....

No1 Lounges, along with its sister brands Clubrooms and My Lounge, is one of the largest independent airport .....

14 Mar 202414 March 2024 by Rob Burgess

A BA staffer sent us a couple of pictures of a British Airways Boeing 777-200 which has been converted for cargo use. First Class remains in place but all other seating has been removed. When empty, .....

A BA staffer sent us a couple of pictures of a British Airways Boeing 777-200 which has been converted for .....

2 Nov 20202 November 2020 by Rob Burgess

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you could fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you would receive 1 .....

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....

26 Jan 202526 January 2025 by HfP team • 137 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

6 Nov 20236 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 14 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 .....

23 Oct 202223 October 2022 by HfP team

Last autumn, Hilton rebranded its ‘preferred partner’ scheme for luxury travel agents. The ‘Impressario’ name was dropped, replaced by ‘Hilton for Luxury’. The .....

Last autumn, Hilton rebranded its ‘preferred partner’ scheme for luxury travel agents. The .....

11 Mar 202511 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Earlier this year we ran an exclusive offer on currency transfers with Midpoint.  The company is a well-established Avios partner and feedback from HfP readers has always been positive. The offer .....

Earlier this year we ran an exclusive offer on currency transfers with Midpoint.  The company is a .....

20 Dec 202120 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

If you have The Platinum Card from American Express, one of the unsung ‘free money’ benefits has been £50 per half-year to spend at Harvey Nichols stores. This offer is valid instore and online .....

If you have The Platinum Card from American Express, one of the unsung ‘free money’ benefits has been £50 .....

8 Jun 20258 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments