A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my first experience of using my phone to unlock my hotel door. It allowed me to check in online at the Courtyard London Gatwick Airport and go straight to my room .....

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my first experience of using my phone to unlock my hotel door. It allowed .....

29 May 202229 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 35 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 .....

29 May 202229 May 2022 by HfP team • 1 comment

Norse Atlantic – a new nordic low-cost long haul airline – has started selling tickets for its upcoming Gatwick to New York flights. Norse Atlantic’s executives – unrelated to .....

Norse Atlantic – a new nordic low-cost long haul airline – has started selling tickets for its .....

28 May 202228 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 59 comments

Last year, almost all UK mobile networks brought back international roaming charges for all destinations, including those in the EU. This was a major disappointment, as free European roaming was .....

Last year, almost all UK mobile networks brought back international roaming charges for all destinations, .....

28 May 202228 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 167 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

28 May 202228 May 2022 by Rhys Jones

Unlike British Airways, Virgin Atlantic does not guarantee to make a minimum number of seats available for redemption on each flight. This means that reward seat availability can be patchy or even non .....

Unlike British Airways, Virgin Atlantic does not guarantee to make a minimum number of seats available for .....

27 May 202227 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

With inflation expected to hit 10% soon, and few companies willing or able to offer pay rises of that level (HfP did, before anyone asks), we can expect increased rumblings of industrial action across .....

With inflation expected to hit 10% soon, and few companies willing or able to offer pay rises of that level .....

27 May 202227 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

Virgin Money has teamed up with Virgin Red to offer 3,500 Virgin Points if you take out annual multi-trip travel insurance with Virgin Money. You can find details of the policy on the Virgin Money .....

Virgin Money has teamed up with Virgin Red to offer 3,500 Virgin Points if you take out annual multi-trip .....

27 May 202227 May 2022 by Rob Burgess

Vueling, the low cost short-haul carrier within the IAG group, and a sister airline of British Airways, continues to expand at London Gatwick. This is due to the airline taking over a number of take .....

Vueling, the low cost short-haul carrier within the IAG group, and a sister airline of British Airways, .....

27 May 202227 May 2022 by Rob Burgess

HSBC sent out a slightly cryptic email yesterday to holders of its Rewards Credit Card, Premier Credit Card and Premier World Elite Credit Card. The gist of the email was to explain that a new online .....

HSBC sent out a slightly cryptic email yesterday to holders of its Rewards Credit Card, Premier Credit Card .....

27 May 202227 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Virgin Atlantic has – correctly – come under a lot of pressure recently for its failure to release Upper Class reward seats. (It has also come under a lot of pressure for the taxes and .....

Virgin Atlantic has – correctly – come under a lot of pressure recently for its failure to release .....

26 May 202226 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

An interesting route has popped up to allow you to get free membership of the DragonPass airport lounge programme. This allows you to enter any DragonPass affiliated lounge for just £19, which often .....

An interesting route has popped up to allow you to get free membership of the DragonPass airport lounge .....

26 May 202226 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

Virgin Atlantic has quietly dropped its flights from Edinburgh to Barbados after just a few months of operation. The route started in December 2021. It was due to run until the end of the Winter .....

Virgin Atlantic has quietly dropped its flights from Edinburgh to Barbados after just a few months of .....

26 May 202226 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Radisson Rewards has launched a one week flash sale, running to 31st May. It’s a simple deal – ALL redemptions for the brands listed below are reduced by 15%, as long as you stay by 31st December .....

Radisson Rewards has launched a one week flash sale, running to 31st May. It’s a simple deal – ALL .....

26 May 202226 May 2022 by Rob Burgess