Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss announced that the airline would be retiring its onboard bars from 2028, with the last going in 2030. Virgin Atlantic says it was the first airline to .....

Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss announced that the airline would be retiring its onboard .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 15 comments

News in brief: Save £15 on a £150 Wizz Air spend with American Express As we mentioned last week, Wizz Air is now accepting American Express cards, both for flight bookings and in-flight purchases. .....

News in brief: Save £15 on a £150 Wizz Air spend with American Express As we mentioned last week, Wizz Air .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

The current Virgin Atlantic 'buy points' bonus, which will get you a bonus of up to 60%, ends soon. If you are short of points for your next redemption, then now is a good time to top up. This bonus .....

The current Virgin Atlantic 'buy points' bonus, which will get you a bonus of up to 60%, ends soon. If you are .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Katie Ridgers • Leave a comment

Accor Live Limitless has launched a new promotion with Sixt. This could be quite valuable. Remember that Accor points are worth 2 Eurocents each towards a hotel stay, or convert at 1:1 into Iberia .....

Accor Live Limitless has launched a new promotion with Sixt. This could be quite valuable. Remember that Accor .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select ‘Click here for today’s chat thread’. Thank you.

The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select .....

11 Jul 202511 July 2025 by HfP team

All good things must come to an end and after 41 years Virgin Atlantic has decided to call time on its onboard bars. The move was announced on Tuesday as part of a suite of updates by CEO Shai Weiss .....

All good things must come to an end and after 41 years Virgin Atlantic has decided to call time on its onboard .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 62 comments

News in brief: British Airways adds three new short haul routes BA announced three new routes to Europe yesterday. Because flights have only just been loaded to ba.com, Avios availability should be .....

News in brief: British Airways adds three new short haul routes BA announced three new routes to Europe .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding agreements as the contracts come .....

News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the .....

10 Jul 202510 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Last weekend we covered the Turkish Airlines ‘one million miles for six continents’ challenge. It did what it says – you would receive 1,000,000 Miles&Smiles miles if you flew to .....

Last weekend we covered the Turkish Airlines ‘one million miles for six continents’ challenge. It .....

9 Jul 20259 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

American Express has announced where its second Centurion lounge in Europe will open, almost four years since it opened its first European location at Heathrow Terminal 3. (Technically, American .....

American Express has announced where its second Centurion lounge in Europe will open, almost four years since .....

9 Jul 20259 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss unveiled a raft of customer experience upgrades at an event in London tonight which we attended. It is a cornucopia of announcements, including: It marks the biggest .....

Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss unveiled a raft of customer experience upgrades at an event in London tonight .....

8 Jul 20258 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 142 comments

Marriott Bonvoy is bringing its ‘Gourmet Odyssey’ programme back to London, with a six course extravaganza on Saturday 6th September. It is decent value at 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy points .....

Marriott Bonvoy is bringing its ‘Gourmet Odyssey’ programme back to London, with a six course .....

8 Jul 20258 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 12 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 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

A little known benefit of Hilton Honors is the ability to earn points on Lyft rides in the United States and Canada. If you find yourself in the US needing to get somewhere, Lyft may appeal to you. .....

A little known benefit of Hilton Honors is the ability to earn points on Lyft rides in the United States and .....

8 Jul 20258 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments