I was in Cardiff yesterday to watch the First Minister of Wales and the Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive inaugurate the new service from Cardiff to Doha. It is currently operating five days per .....

I was in Cardiff yesterday to watch the First Minister of Wales and the Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive .....

3 May 20183 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express. If you are targeted for this (log in to your online account and look at ‘Offers’ on each of your statement pages) you .....

Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express. If you are targeted for this (log in to .....

3 May 20183 May 2018 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the new Aerospace Bristol museum. I am in Cardiff today for an event to celebrate the launch of daily Qatar Airways flights from Cardiff to Doha.  (Yes, I know the first flight .....

This is my review of the new Aerospace Bristol museum. I am in Cardiff today for an event to celebrate the .....

2 May 20182 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every other branded mail-order operation), has been a BAEC partner .....

Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club .....

2 May 20182 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Today is 2nd May, which means that the new round of IHG Reward Club’s ‘Accelerate’ promotion is in full swing. IHG covers Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites, .....

Today is 2nd May, which means that the new round of IHG Reward Club’s ‘Accelerate’ .....

2 May 20182 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

This is my review of Club H10, the loyalty scheme for H10 Hotels. H10 Hotels is a Spanish based chain but, as they widen their reach across Europe, you may start to come across them in other cities .....

This is my review of Club H10, the loyalty scheme for H10 Hotels. H10 Hotels is a Spanish based chain but, as .....

1 May 20181 May 2018 by Rob Burgess

The new Club Aspire lounge at Gatwick North, the easyJet terminal, now has an opening date – 28th May. This replaces the old Aspire lounge – which was the old Delta lounge and (or am I .....

The new Club Aspire lounge at Gatwick North, the easyJet terminal, now has an opening date – 28th May. .....

1 May 20181 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 137 comments

In (yet another) acquisition, the French hotel group Accor has agreed to buy Swiss group Movenpick for CHF 560m. Movenpick runs 84 hotels with another 42 under development. Whilst it is almost certain .....

In (yet another) acquisition, the French hotel group Accor has agreed to buy Swiss group Movenpick for CHF .....

1 May 20181 May 2018 by Rob Burgess

News in brief: Get 100 Clubcard points with HP ink If you didn’t see this on Shopper Points yesterday, Tesco Direct is offering 100 bonus Clubcard points on HP printer inks.  This converts into .....

News in brief: Get 100 Clubcard points with HP ink If you didn’t see this on Shopper Points yesterday, .....

1 May 20181 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in April 2018.  Click through to read them in full: BOOK NOW: 170 IHG PointBreaks hotels (some decent!) for just 5,000 to 15,000 points Why the free .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in April 2018.  Click through to read them in full: BOOK .....

30 Apr 201830 April 2018 by HfP team

IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) has published the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. These hotels can be booked for stays until 31st July. .....

IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) has published the .....

30 Apr 201830 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the free British Airways American Express card in order to trigger the 2-4-1 voucher. For a high .....

Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the .....

30 Apr 201830 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

Virgin Atlantic sent me a press release last week to promote winning the TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Award for ‘Best European Premium Economy Product 2018’. For this and two other .....

Virgin Atlantic sent me a press release last week to promote winning the TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Award .....

30 Apr 201830 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

MegaDo is a US group which organises what can best be described as ‘frequent flyer tours’.  It has just announced its first ever SkyTeam MegaDo which will take place in Europe this .....

MegaDo is a US group which organises what can best be described as ‘frequent flyer tours’.  It .....

30 Apr 201830 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments