On Tuesday, the acquisition of Fairmont, Swissotel and Raffles hotels by French group Accor legally completed. It beat the legal completion of the Starwood / Marriott merger by a few days – .....

On Tuesday, the acquisition of Fairmont, Swissotel and Raffles hotels by French group Accor legally .....

14 Jul 201614 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by my standards this was a slightly bizarre way to start the week.  At Christmas, Starwood .....

This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by .....

13 Jul 201613 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

News in brief: Supercard – the small print we missed I covered the relaunch of Supercard recently, the payment card which lets you charge foreign currency transactions to ANY Visa or Mastercard .....

News in brief: Supercard – the small print we missed I covered the relaunch of Supercard recently, the .....

13 Jul 201613 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 148 comments

EDIT:  This offer ended on 1st January 2017 Six weeks ago, we launched an EXCLUSIVE exciting new promotion with IHG Rewards Club. Head for Points readers will receive DOUBLE IHG Rewards Club base .....

EDIT:  This offer ended on 1st January 2017 Six weeks ago, we launched an EXCLUSIVE exciting new promotion .....

13 Jul 201613 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

British Airways Holidays recently made a very quiet change to their terms and conditions.  I’m not sure why they didn’t publicise this as it is actually an improvement.  I .....

British Airways Holidays recently made a very quiet change to their terms and conditions.  I’m not .....

12 Jul 201612 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

News in brief: Amazon Prime Day – big discounts for today only Today is the 2nd Amazon Prime Day.  This is a day when Amazon makes certain items available at big discounts to anyone who is an .....

News in brief: Amazon Prime Day – big discounts for today only Today is the 2nd Amazon Prime Day.  This .....

12 Jul 201612 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

The Accor ‘Happy Mondays’ deal is the most generous hotel promotion available for last minute weekend rooms in the UK.   If you find yourself in need of a hotel room for the coming .....

The Accor ‘Happy Mondays’ deal is the most generous hotel promotion available for last minute .....

12 Jul 201612 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

This is my review of the British Airways Concorde Room lounge at New York JFK Terminal 7. I don’t think I have been here before, to be honest.  That is not as odd as it seems since a short .....

This is my review of the British Airways Concorde Room lounge at New York JFK Terminal 7. I don’t think .....

11 Jul 201611 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Tomorrow, Tuesday 12th July is the last day to book in the current British Airways sale. As the sale has quite a lot of moving parts, I wanted to run through some of the discounts I’ve focused .....

Tomorrow, Tuesday 12th July is the last day to book in the current British Airways sale. As the sale has quite .....

11 Jul 201611 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

News in brief: The BA Diamond Club discount is back Well, here’s a surprise.  At the end of May, the 10% discount on British Airways flights offered to holders of the old bmi British Midland .....

News in brief: The BA Diamond Club discount is back Well, here’s a surprise.  At the end of May, the .....

11 Jul 201611 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

There is new lounge available at Heathrow Terminal 5 for holders of a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card. It is the club lounge of the Sofitel hotel, Club Millesime, which is now open to the public. Full .....

There is new lounge available at Heathrow Terminal 5 for holders of a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card. It is .....

10 Jul 201610 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

You may never have heard of Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in Asia.  It was acquired by Priceline and is now a sister company to booking.com. The reason .....

You may never have heard of Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in .....

10 Jul 201610 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

News in brief: Emergency Gatwick Express timetable starts tomorrow I have written recently about the terrible punctuality problems at Gatwick Express.  The company has now brought in an emergency .....

News in brief: Emergency Gatwick Express timetable starts tomorrow I have written recently about the terrible .....

10 Jul 201610 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

On Thursday night I dropped an extra article onto the site in response to a newly launched Virgin Flying Club promotiton.  This is a more developed version of the same idea, and if you read HfP via .....

On Thursday night I dropped an extra article onto the site in response to a newly launched Virgin Flying Club .....

9 Jul 20169 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments