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British Airways has announced a new partnership with Uber this morning. It isn’t live yet, but will be rolling out via an app update later this month. BA is promising 250 Avios just for .....
British Airways has announced a new partnership with Uber this morning. It isn’t live yet, but will be .....
7 Nov 20227 November 2022 • 58 comments
IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion which, interestingly, will sit alongside its OTHER global promotion that we covered a couple of weeks ago. IHG One Rewards is the loyalty scheme .....
IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion which, interestingly, will sit alongside its OTHER global .....
22 Sep 202422 September 2024 • 18 comments
As you may have seen in the press, British Airways decided that yesterday afternoon was a good time to bury bad news. It announced that it would cut 10,300 more short-haul flights between August and .....
As you may have seen in the press, British Airways decided that yesterday afternoon was a good time to bury .....
7 Jul 20227 July 2022 • 58 comments
Virgin Atlantic has been running an exceptionally good rebate deal on Virgin Points reward flight bookings. You will be given back 50% of your Virgin Points after you have travelled. Full taxes and .....
Virgin Atlantic has been running an exceptionally good rebate deal on Virgin Points reward flight bookings. .....
7 Nov 20227 November 2022 • 13 comments
This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will sometimes refer to as Amex Platinum. Is The Platinum Card worth the £650 fee? We look at the .....
This is our review of The Platinum Card from American Express, which for the sake of simplicity we will .....
4 May 20254 May 2025 • 42 comments
One of the benefits of Finnair adopting Avios as its reward currency in March, and British Airways Executive Club allowing two-way transfers of Avios into Finnair in May, has been access to .....
One of the benefits of Finnair adopting Avios as its reward currency in March, and British Airways Executive .....
8 Jul 20248 July 2024 • 15 comments
This article is our attempt to decide what Accor Live Limitless points are worth. How should you value them? Valuing miles and hotel points is a thankless job. We have always published articles on .....
This article is our attempt to decide what Accor Live Limitless points are worth. How should you value them? .....
23 Aug 202423 August 2024 • 28 comments
Airport Coordination, which manages slot allocation at ‘full’ UK airports, issued a guidance note to airlines yesterday. It reiterated that there is NO slot waiver in place for the Winter .....
Airport Coordination, which manages slot allocation at ‘full’ UK airports, issued a guidance note .....
27 Aug 202027 August 2020 • 87 comments
Three years ago, HSBC Premier undertook a substantial upgrading of its credit card transfer partners. What was a bit of a laughing stock – although Avios was a partner – suddenly became a .....
Three years ago, HSBC Premier undertook a substantial upgrading of its credit card transfer partners. What was .....
8 Jul 20258 July 2025 • 20 comments
In 2022 British Airways launched a Prepaid Mastercard. It was designed to allow fee-free foreign currency spending, but could also be used in the UK for day-to-day spend. A lot of HfP readers took it .....
In 2022 British Airways launched a Prepaid Mastercard. It was designed to allow fee-free foreign currency .....
21 Feb 202421 February 2024 • 38 comments
This is our review of the new Park Hyatt London River Thames hotel. Regular readers will remember that we were invited to a media event in the Presidential Suite to celebrate the opening of the hotel, .....
This is our review of the new Park Hyatt London River Thames hotel. Regular readers will remember that we were .....
13 Nov 202413 November 2024 • 43 comments
Whilst there is nothing out there to show you, the word on the street is that easyJet is finally going to launch a ‘proper’ loyalty scheme. We’ve been here before, of course. In 2018 .....
Whilst there is nothing out there to show you, the word on the street is that easyJet is finally going to .....
10 Mar 202510 March 2025 • 94 comments
When we compare the major hotel loyalty schemes on Head for Points, we generally look at them in terms of the number of nights you need to stay in order to earn elite status. For most people, this is .....
When we compare the major hotel loyalty schemes on Head for Points, we generally look at them in terms of the .....
15 Apr 202415 April 2024 • 37 comments
I said we’d do an extra Black Friday article if anything interesting cropped up and (thanks to readers for the info) there are two interesting gift card deals worth flagging. The first is .....
I said we’d do an extra Black Friday article if anything interesting cropped up and (thanks to readers .....
25 Nov 202225 November 2022 • 28 comments
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