One fascinating change to Avios in recent years was the opening up of Aer Lingus and Iberia for American Express 2-4-1 Companion Voucher redemptions. The Aer Lingus option is especially interesting .....

One fascinating change to Avios in recent years was the opening up of Aer Lingus and Iberia for American .....

1 Dec 20241 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Emirates has released FA Cup semi final tickets for Emirates Skywards members who have miles to redeem.  You can also use American Express Membership Rewards points via a transfer. As .....

Emirates has released FA Cup semi final tickets for Emirates Skywards members who have miles to .....

2 Apr 20242 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards airline status by booking a package holiday. You have always earned tier points if you booked .....

A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards .....

15 Mar 202515 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Apple’s AirTag is practically made for frequent travellers. The small £2-sized tracking device is ideal for making sure your bags come with you, and knowing where they are when they .....

Apple’s AirTag is practically made for frequent travellers. The small £2-sized tracking device is ideal .....

21 Dec 202421 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 85 comments

News in brief: Lots of Avios seats TO Cape Town …. few back! A huge amount of British Airways business class Avios availability TO Cape Town was released yesterday, covering January, February .....

News in brief: Lots of Avios seats TO Cape Town …. few back! A huge amount of British Airways business .....

7 Aug 20257 August 2025 by Rhys Jones • 18 comments

If you have plans to fly to New York – and possible further afield – you may want to move fast. British Airways is selling sub-€1,000 business class fares. EDIT: It appears British .....

If you have plans to fly to New York – and possible further afield – you may want to move fast. .....

10 Jan 202310 January 2023 by Rhys Jones • 113 comments

This is our review of the brand new oneworld non-Schengen lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. On Wednesday, oneworld finally unveiled its second official oneworld-branded lounge, following the .....

This is our review of the brand new oneworld non-Schengen lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. On Wednesday, .....

21 Feb 202421 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 85 comments

In 2022 British Airways launched a Prepaid Mastercard. It was designed to allow fee-free foreign currency spending, but could also be used in the UK for day-to-day spend. A lot of HfP readers took it .....

In 2022 British Airways launched a Prepaid Mastercard. It was designed to allow fee-free foreign currency .....

21 Feb 202421 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

For many years now we’ve been encouraging, via anyone who would listen, BA and American Express to start issuing British Airways Executive Club tier points on credit card spend. We thought that .....

For many years now we’ve been encouraging, via anyone who would listen, BA and American Express to start .....

21 Nov 202321 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 432 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches a new American Express cashback deal Back in April we saw what I think was the first ever Virgin Atlantic American Express cashback deal – at least, it .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches a new American Express cashback deal Back in April we saw what I think .....

19 Jul 202419 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is potentially the most intriguing deal I’ve seen all year. If you have British Airways elite status, you can match it to BOTH SkyTeam and Star Alliance status. Even better, a British .....

This is potentially the most intriguing deal I’ve seen all year. If you have British Airways elite .....

6 Jul 20246 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 222 comments

News in brief: British Airways adds flights to Lapland British Airways is adding winter services to Lapland this year, with twice-weekly flights to Ivalo. Ivalo is the most northerly airport in .....

News in brief: British Airways adds flights to Lapland British Airways is adding winter services to Lapland .....

7 Jun 20247 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

British Airways and British Airways Holidays launched a new sale last week – we looked at the British Airways Holidays deals in an article on Friday. Whilst the flight-only deals from London are .....

British Airways and British Airways Holidays launched a new sale last week – we looked at the British .....

29 Apr 202429 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

ITA Airways, the ‘replacement’ carrier for Alitalia, has brought back its elite status match offer. This allows you, for free, to get elite status across most of the SkyTeam alliance .....

ITA Airways, the ‘replacement’ carrier for Alitalia, has brought back its elite status match .....

17 Jul 202417 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments