As I trailed in an article yesterday, IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc loyalty scheme, has launched a new promotion – IHG Accelerate.  Yes, it .....

As I trailed in an article yesterday, IHG Rewards Club, the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, .....

14 Apr 201814 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World and Club Europe flash sale.  There are some decent prices here but you need to book by Monday 16th April.  The headline prices may seem a .....

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World and Club Europe flash sale.  There are some decent .....

14 Apr 201814 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two posts. One will list the facts of the scheme, basically, “How does Radisson .....

This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....

14 Apr 201814 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Tesco Bank has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  As usual I need to tell you that the representative APR is 56.5% .....

Tesco Bank has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out .....

13 Apr 201813 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a batch of economy deals, running until 17th April. These mainly cover the Winter period although travel dates vary by route.  Headline prices are: Boston £312 New York .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a batch of economy deals, running until 17th April. These mainly cover the Winter .....

13 Apr 201813 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

IHG’s Accelerate promotion will be returning.  This is probably not a major surprise to anyone, but as it is generally good fun and a decent deal I doubt many will complain. The new version .....

IHG’s Accelerate promotion will be returning.  This is probably not a major surprise to anyone, but as .....

13 Apr 201813 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 147 comments

IAG, the parent of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, made a statement to the Stock Exchange on Thursday to confirm rumours that it intends to open negotiations with Norwegian Air Shuttle to buy .....

IAG, the parent of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, made a statement to the Stock Exchange on Thursday .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a couple of years ago and decided to start Mainly Miles to cover KrisFlyer. You might think .....

I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

A friend of mine recently flew British Airways First Class.  After a litany of issues, including BA only loading one fish plate for a cabin of nine people and only loading one bottle of a particular .....

A friend of mine recently flew British Airways First Class.  After a litany of issues, including BA only .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 157 comments

Once a year I publish this list which ranks American Express Membership Rewards redemptions in terms of ‘value per point’. It is clearly very subjective but – on my maths – the .....

Once a year I publish this list which ranks American Express Membership Rewards redemptions in terms of .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

I surprised myself the other day when I realised that I had never written about the Sheraton Family Package.  This is despite booking them in the past and being about to book another in .....

I surprised myself the other day when I realised that I had never written about the Sheraton Family .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

We recently covered the suspension of flights by British Airways to Oakland in California from 20th October. According to Airlineroute, Oakland is showing again in the GDS booking systems from 1st .....

We recently covered the suspension of flights by British Airways to Oakland in California from 20th October. .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

We recently wrote about a 10% discount for first time users with airport chauffeur group Blacklane.  Their website is here. When you book, Blacklane lets you earn miles with: Asia Miles (2 per .....

We recently wrote about a 10% discount for first time users with airport chauffeur group Blacklane.  Their .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

The relaunch of the Virgin Atlantic website in late 2016 did not go smoothly.  Most of the teething problems were eventually ironed out. There was one very serious issue which did not get fixed.  .....

The relaunch of the Virgin Atlantic website in late 2016 did not go smoothly.  Most of the teething problems .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments