This is my review of the Hilton Helsinki Airport hotel. With my Finnair flight arriving into Helsinki well past midnight, and the train service into Helsinki closed for the evening, it made sense to .....

This is my review of the Hilton Helsinki Airport hotel. With my Finnair flight arriving into Helsinki well .....

4 Dec 20154 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

British Airways launched a three day ‘buy Avios’ flash sale yesterday, offering a bonus of 40% for purchases made by the end of Friday.  The page to buy Avios points is here. I received .....

British Airways launched a three day ‘buy Avios’ flash sale yesterday, offering a bonus of 40% .....

3 Dec 20153 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

News in brief: Get 3,000 airline miles with a hotel booking, including Avios Rocketmiles, a Kaligo.com clone, is a hotel booking site which offers airline miles with every booking.  You won’t .....

News in brief: Get 3,000 airline miles with a hotel booking, including Avios Rocketmiles, a Kaligo.com clone, .....

3 Dec 20153 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is the final part of my review of the new Finnair A350 aircraft which I flew recently on a test flight from Heathrow to Helsinki and back. Yesterday was the ‘proper’ review of what .....

This is the final part of my review of the new Finnair A350 aircraft which I flew recently on a test flight .....

3 Dec 20153 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club.  In December, they are giving away 72 million Avios points in a major competition. First, a quick reminder of .....

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club.  In December, they .....

2 Dec 20152 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Two weeks ago, I flew to Helsinki and back in Finnair business class.  This was an opportunity to be one of the first people to fly the new Airbus A350 XWB and also to try out Finnair. Finnair, .....

Two weeks ago, I flew to Helsinki and back in Finnair business class.  This was an opportunity to be one of .....

2 Dec 20152 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

News in brief: Virgin Trains launches a flash sale in First Class Virgin Trains has launched a 3-day flash sale which runs until tomorrow night.  Initial feedback from HfP readers in the comments .....

News in brief: Virgin Trains launches a flash sale in First Class Virgin Trains has launched a 3-day flash .....

2 Dec 20152 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

News in brief: New American Express statement credit deals launched A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched yesterday. Some, all or none of these will be available for registration under the .....

News in brief: New American Express statement credit deals launched A new wave of Amex cashback offers .....

1 Dec 20151 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

Two weeks ago, I flew to Helsinki and back in Finnair business class.  This was an opportunity to be one of the first people to fly the new Airbus A350 XWB and also to try out Finnair. As a oneworld .....

Two weeks ago, I flew to Helsinki and back in Finnair business class.  This was an opportunity to be one of .....

1 Dec 20151 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth .....

This is my review of the IHG Rewards Club Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of .....

1 Dec 20151 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

We are giving away something different on Head for Points this week.  Instead of flights or hotel stays, we have an interesting new ‘yet to be released’ travel accessory to win – .....

We are giving away something different on Head for Points this week.  Instead of flights or hotel stays, we .....

30 Nov 201530 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: More free Avios via Avios Suitcase Avios Suitcase is a Facebook app which allows you to earn Avios points – credited to avios.com and NOT British Airways Executive Club accounts .....

News in brief: More free Avios via Avios Suitcase Avios Suitcase is a Facebook app which allows you to earn .....

30 Nov 201530 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Of all the Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals I covered last week, the British Airways one was clearly the most attractive. Full details are on ba.com here – but they do not tell the whole story. .....

Of all the Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals I covered last week, the British Airways one was clearly the most .....

30 Nov 201530 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Tesco Direct is running another printer offer which, amazingly, is an even better deal than the one which ran a couple of weeks ago. Tesco Direct is currently offering 2,500 bonus Clubcard points when .....

Tesco Direct is running another printer offer which, amazingly, is an even better deal than the one which ran .....

29 Nov 201529 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments