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If you have any level of airline elite status, or mid tier or higher status with any major hotel group, you can now claim a full year of top-tier Radisson Rewards VIP hotel status. The match is .....
If you have any level of airline elite status, or mid tier or higher status with any major hotel group, you .....
18 Dec 202418 December 2024 • 104 comments
You may not be familiar with how American Express treats refunds when you have a spend target to hit. The answer is simple: all American Express spend targets are based on NET spend, not GROSS .....
You may not be familiar with how American Express treats refunds when you have a spend target to hit. The .....
20 Jul 202420 July 2024 • 52 comments
This is our review of Club Eurostar, the Eurostar loyalty scheme. We don’t give Club Eurostar much coverage on Head for Points, mainly because it doesn’t run many promotions and we are .....
This is our review of Club Eurostar, the Eurostar loyalty scheme. We don’t give Club Eurostar much .....
23 Jan 202523 January 2025 • 26 comments
Whilst you are meant to obtain elite status with a hotel group via ‘heads in beds’, regular HfP readers will know that there are various ways to obtain status without going near a hotel. I .....
Whilst you are meant to obtain elite status with a hotel group via ‘heads in beds’, regular HfP .....
5 Dec 20245 December 2024 • 85 comments
British Airways has released a number of schedule improvements for the summer 2024 flying season. The reason this is interesting is that these seats were only made available for booking in the last .....
British Airways has released a number of schedule improvements for the summer 2024 flying season. The reason .....
19 Sep 202319 September 2023 • 69 comments
It’s now three years since Aer Lingus started its direct services from Manchester to New York, Orlando and Barbados. Whilst very useful for Avios collectors in the north of England, these .....
It’s now three years since Aer Lingus started its direct services from Manchester to New York, Orlando .....
28 Mar 202428 March 2024 • 46 comments
This month marks 25 years of Heathrow Express services since its introduction in June 1998. Whilst it can't send you a piece of birthday cake to celebrate, it is doing the next best thing. It is .....
This month marks 25 years of Heathrow Express services since its introduction in June 1998. Whilst it can't .....
9 Jun 20239 June 2023 • 36 comments
2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint venture (together with Finnair and Iberia) was up for renewal with competition regulators. .....
2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint .....
5 Apr 20225 April 2022 • 37 comments
When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its new IHG One Rewards loyalty scheme in 2022, one of the key benefits was Confirmable Suite .....
When IHG, the hotel chain behind InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, rolled out its .....
26 Apr 202526 April 2025 • 51 comments
The Retreat Suite is a brand new concept from Virgin Atlantic on its new A330neo aircraft. It comprises two enlarged Upper Class suites in the centre of row 1. Virgin Atlantic says it is its .....
The Retreat Suite is a brand new concept from Virgin Atlantic on its new A330neo aircraft. It comprises two .....
3 Feb 20243 February 2024 • 31 comments
Some route news worth sharing: British Airways seems to have dropped eight short haul routes It seems that British Airways will be dropping eight short haul routes for the summer 2024 season. The .....
Some route news worth sharing: British Airways seems to have dropped eight short haul routes It seems that .....
31 Oct 202331 October 2023 • 53 comments
A regular question I receive from readers is about ‘convertible’ points. There is a psychological desire to move, say, your American Express Membership Rewards points to Avios as .....
A regular question I receive from readers is about ‘convertible’ points. There is a .....
14 Jun 202514 June 2025 • 19 comments
As I mentioned in our other article today, Sean Doyle, Chairman and CEO of British Airways, invited us round to his lounge for Christmas drinks on Monday night. Not the lounge of his house – the .....
As I mentioned in our other article today, Sean Doyle, Chairman and CEO of British Airways, invited us round .....
12 Dec 202312 December 2023 • 65 comments
Aer Lingus is launching its first flights to Mexico with a thrice-weekly service from Dublin to Cancún, starting in January 2026. The new non-stop service will be operated by the airline’s .....
Aer Lingus is launching its first flights to Mexico with a thrice-weekly service from Dublin to Cancún, .....
22 May 202522 May 2025 • 18 comments
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