News in brief: Book Etihad business class flights to Asia from £1,350 Courtesy of Flyertalk comes an interesting Etihad promotion from Germany (pick your starting point – Frankfurt, Berlin, .....

News in brief: Book Etihad business class flights to Asia from £1,350 Courtesy of Flyertalk comes an .....

3 Apr 20173 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

This is one of those silly travel tips which you may, actually, find that you can make use of. If you have a Starbucks plastic payment card or pay via the Starbucks app, you may not know that there is .....

This is one of those silly travel tips which you may, actually, find that you can make use of. If you have a .....

3 Apr 20173 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 23 UK travel credit cards can .....

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

2 Apr 20172 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

The new British Airways Club Europe domestic services started yesterday. It had not been fully clear how these flights would be treated for tier points.  The publicity material put out by British .....

The new British Airways Club Europe domestic services started yesterday. It had not been fully clear how these .....

2 Apr 20172 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Back in 2013 Rob wrote about SPG Flights, the Starwood Preferred Guest redemption option where you exchange your Starwood points for a flight ticket. Two facts made this offer sound quite attractive. .....

Back in 2013 Rob wrote about SPG Flights, the Starwood Preferred Guest redemption option where you exchange .....

2 Apr 20172 April 2017 by Anika Burnett • 38 comments

News in brief: Virgin Flying Club offer on Boston flights Virgin Flying Club is running a special deal on the new Manchester to Boston route in Upper Class. For bookings made by 2nd May, you can book .....

News in brief: Virgin Flying Club offer on Boston flights Virgin Flying Club is running a special deal on the .....

1 Apr 20171 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

1 Apr 20171 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

One of the changes introduced in the Virgin Flying Club revamp earlier this year was a major revamp of ‘Miles Plus Money’.  Today I want to review whether Virgin’s new .....

One of the changes introduced in the Virgin Flying Club revamp earlier this year was a major revamp of .....

1 Apr 20171 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: last call for these offers, first World of Hyatt promo, $75m slot sale American Express .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in March 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: .....

31 Mar 201731 March 2017 by HfP team

News in brief: Many decent offers closing today, 31st March We’ll be running our fortnightly ‘offers closing soon’ article over the weekend.  There are a slug of good deals which .....

News in brief: Many decent offers closing today, 31st March We’ll be running our fortnightly .....

31 Mar 201731 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, changing property every night to maximise your stay .....

If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options.  One is to start .....

31 Mar 201731 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

Over the weekend we are looking at whether it is worth using your Virgin Flying Club miles as part payment for a booking.  (Short answer: it isn’t). We’ve also looked at ‘part pay .....

Over the weekend we are looking at whether it is worth using your Virgin Flying Club miles as part payment .....

31 Mar 201731 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

AerClub was, it seems, officially launched yesterday as a press release dropped into my inbox. I’m not sure why Aer Lingus waited a few months from the actual launch before formally telling .....

AerClub was, it seems, officially launched yesterday as a press release dropped into my inbox. I’m not .....

31 Mar 201731 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

With the end of the tax year approaching, wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous Avios offer for opening a SIPP or ISA. The deal is a little different this time around. .....

With the end of the tax year approaching, wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous .....

30 Mar 201730 March 2017 by Rob Burgess