News in brief: IHG’s Winter Sale to return on 5th November IHG announced yesterday that its Winter sale will be returning on 5th November.  Full details are here. This has, historically, .....

News in brief: IHG’s Winter Sale to return on 5th November IHG announced yesterday that its Winter sale .....

29 Oct 201529 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

British Airways announced yesterday that it is to increase the cost of some Avios redemptions on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines flights in the US. You can read the full announcement on ba.com .....

British Airways announced yesterday that it is to increase the cost of some Avios redemptions on American .....

29 Oct 201529 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Today is the last day of an Etihad sale which has been running over the last few days. For some reason I was only sent details of the European fares yesterday. In general, there is nothing to get .....

Today is the last day of an Etihad sale which has been running over the last few days. For some reason I was .....

29 Oct 201529 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Virgin Atlantic appears to be lining up another Tesco Clubcard transfer bonus. This is not officially live yet, but Tesco appears to have jumped the gun on this page of the Tesco Clubcard website if .....

Virgin Atlantic appears to be lining up another Tesco Clubcard transfer bonus. This is not officially live .....

28 Oct 201528 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

News in brief: £1,000 Premium Economy fares to Sydney ex-Dublin Reader Paul dropped me a line to say that he had just booked a very competitive £1,015 Premium Economy fare to Sydney.  This was on .....

News in brief: £1,000 Premium Economy fares to Sydney ex-Dublin Reader Paul dropped me a line to say that he .....

28 Oct 201528 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is my review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) charge card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing .....

This is my review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) charge card. It is part of .....

28 Oct 201528 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways to launch services from Birmingham In great news for HfP readers in the Midlands, Qatar Airways has announced that it will launch daily flights from Birmingham to Doha on .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways to launch services from Birmingham In great news for HfP readers in the Midlands, .....

27 Oct 201527 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Vueling is the Spanish version of easyJet.  Few people know that it is owned by IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus. Whilst British Airways has essentially abandoned .....

Vueling is the Spanish version of easyJet.  Few people know that it is owned by IAG, the parent company of .....

27 Oct 201527 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is my review of the American Airlines AAdvantage credit card issued in the UK by MBNA. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

This is my review of the American Airlines AAdvantage credit card issued in the UK by MBNA. It is part of my .....

27 Oct 201527 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

News in brief: IAG to buy Finnair? I mentioned in a throw-away remark in a comment last week that Finnair could be the next airline on the IAG shopping list.  Lo and behold, this article appeared on .....

News in brief: IAG to buy Finnair? I mentioned in a throw-away remark in a comment last week that Finnair .....

26 Oct 201526 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

Just a reminder that, as I originally wrote on Sunday, the latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) PointBreaks redemptions will be .....

Just a reminder that, as I originally wrote on Sunday, the latest batch of IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, .....

26 Oct 201526 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

Since the 2013 devaluation, the value of a Hilton HHonors points – when used for a premium property – has fallen to around 0.3p. It is, to put it mildly, not great.  You can do better .....

Since the 2013 devaluation, the value of a Hilton HHonors points – when used for a premium property .....

26 Oct 201526 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. These rooms are a .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

25 Oct 201525 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

25 Oct 201525 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments