British Airways has re-opened its lounge in San Francisco with a brand new look. Late last year we reported that British Airways had closed its lounge at San Francisco airport for .....

British Airways has re-opened its lounge in San Francisco with a brand new look. Late last year we reported .....

11 Jul 201911 July 2019 by Rhys Jones • 41 comments

Finnair announced yesterday that it is launching a new route to Busan in South Korea next year. This will be the first direct flight to Busan from anywhere in Europe.  As Finnair is a British Airways .....

Finnair announced yesterday that it is launching a new route to Busan in South Korea next year. This will be .....

11 Jul 201911 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 160 comments

10 day ago we wrote about a new spend-based bonus promotion launched by American Express for many people – but not everyone – who have Preferred Rewards Gold or The Platinum Card.  The .....

10 day ago we wrote about a new spend-based bonus promotion launched by American Express for many people .....

11 Jul 201911 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

YOTEL dropped us a note yesterday to highlight their new Edinburgh hotel, which opens on 19th August. This is not an airport site – it is on Queen Street in the City Centre.  Standard rooms are .....

YOTEL dropped us a note yesterday to highlight their new Edinburgh hotel, which opens on 19th August. This is .....

11 Jul 201911 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

British Airways has announced that all Beijing flights will move to the new Daxing airport on 27th October, at the start of the Winter timetable.  BA is the first international airline to set a .....

British Airways has announced that all Beijing flights will move to the new Daxing airport on 27th October, at .....

11 Jul 201911 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Lufthansa has launched a new feature via the Miles & More mobile app – the ability to transfer your miles to someone else for a ludicrous price. And yet …. and yet …. you still .....

Lufthansa has launched a new feature via the Miles & More mobile app – the ability to transfer your .....

11 Jul 201911 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Thank you to everyone who came to our Summer Party on Monday at Renaissance St Pancras. There were over 500 people in the room at one stage – twice as many as we have ever had before – and .....

Thank you to everyone who came to our Summer Party on Monday at Renaissance St Pancras. There were over 500 .....

10 Jul 201910 July 2019 by Rhys Jones • 115 comments

The proposed £183m fine to be paid – subject to appeal – by British Airways for the massive data breach last year has been well reported by the national media, so I don’t want to .....

The proposed £183m fine to be paid – subject to appeal – by British Airways for the massive data .....

10 Jul 201910 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

A lot of HfP readers emailed me yesterday about an British Airways American Express cardholder offer that was emailed to them.  We covered this last month, but the feedback yesterday means that I .....

A lot of HfP readers emailed me yesterday about an British Airways American Express cardholder offer that was .....

10 Jul 201910 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 192 comments

As we have covered before, the British Airline Pilots Association is currently balloting its members who work for British Airways on industrial action. It turns out that BALPA and BA spent Monday and .....

As we have covered before, the British Airline Pilots Association is currently balloting its members who work .....

10 Jul 201910 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Stansted Express has launched a new family ticket deal for trips this Summer. Until 30th September, children under 15 travel free when a special family ticket is purchased, which is priced at the same .....

Stansted Express has launched a new family ticket deal for trips this Summer. Until 30th September, children .....

10 Jul 201910 July 2019 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic is currently running its semi-regular bonus on ‘Miles Booster’. ‘Miles Booster’ IS a potentially very good deal.  This version is better than ever, both in .....

Virgin Atlantic is currently running its semi-regular bonus on ‘Miles Booster’. ‘Miles .....

10 Jul 201910 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points in 2020?  British Airways still hasn’t officially released the peak and off peak dates for reward flights in 2020 but we now have .....

What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points in 2020?  British Airways still hasn’t .....

9 Jul 20199 July 2019 by Rhys Jones • 86 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a new promotion if you take out one of its Reward credit cards. This time, it is NOT offering additional bonus miles.  Instead, you will pay no FX fees on all foreign .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a new promotion if you take out one of its Reward credit cards. This time, it is .....

9 Jul 20199 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments