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

Two new American Express cashback flight offers have appeared which are worth a look. As usual, you need to see if you are targetted for these promotions by looking at the ‘Offers’ tab .....

Two new American Express cashback flight offers have appeared which are worth a look. As usual, you need to .....

17 Jan 202317 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Air France (via Paris) and KLM (via Amsterdam) have jointly launched a good UK sale.  Deals are available in all classes but I am just focusing on Business Class here. Details are here on .....

Air France (via Paris) and KLM (via Amsterdam) have jointly launched a good UK sale.  Deals are available .....

27 Sep 202227 September 2022 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

29 Dec 202429 December 2024 by HfP team

British Airways Holidays has just launched a new offer letting you save up to £200 off your next Caribbean holiday booking. The offer is in conjunction with the AMR Collection, which owns .....

British Airways Holidays has just launched a new offer letting you save up to £200 off your next Caribbean .....

28 Jun 202228 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 16 comments

Back in April 2023, Hyatt bought the London-based Mr & Mrs Smith hotel marketing group. Long term readers will know that Mr & Mrs Smith used to have a deal with IHG One Rewards, .....

Back in April 2023, Hyatt bought the London-based Mr & Mrs Smith hotel marketing group. Long term .....

27 Apr 202427 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

News in brief: Aer Lingus adds two new UK regional routes Aer Lingus is adding two new routes from Dublin to the UK. These will both be operated by Emerald Airlines as part of its Aer Lingus franchise .....

News in brief: Aer Lingus adds two new UK regional routes Aer Lingus is adding two new routes from Dublin to .....

13 Sep 202213 September 2022 by Rhys Jones

For a number of years now, British Airways has allowed you to use Avios to reduce the price of a cash flight. A similar structure is used by Vueling and Aer Lingus, BA’s two low cost sister .....

For a number of years now, British Airways has allowed you to use Avios to reduce the price of a cash flight. .....

17 Apr 202417 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 97 comments

Monday was a busier-than-usual day for IHG Hotels & Resorts. It added over 100 hotels in Germany in one go, through a franchise deal with NOVUM Hospitality. It will see two IHG brands – .....

Monday was a busier-than-usual day for IHG Hotels & Resorts. It added over 100 hotels in Germany in one .....

17 Apr 202417 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

News in brief: Save an extra £200 on short haul BA Holidays Whilst the British Airways sale is now over, BA Holidays is running a special deal on selected beach destinations for the next few days. .....

News in brief: Save an extra £200 on short haul BA Holidays Whilst the British Airways sale is now over, BA .....

20 Mar 202420 March 2024 by Rob Burgess

Hotel group Kempinski is offering a very generous deal for hotel stays next spring. Kempinski in part of the Global Hotel Alliance and takes part in the GHA Discovery loyalty programme. This gives you .....

Hotel group Kempinski is offering a very generous deal for hotel stays next spring. Kempinski in part of the .....

17 Dec 202317 December 2023 by Rob Burgess

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

4 Dec 20244 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

A regular question I get asked by readers is how The American Express Business Platinum Card differs from (personal) The Platinum Card. We have a similar articles on how The Platinum Card differs from .....

A regular question I get asked by readers is how The American Express Business Platinum Card differs from .....

22 Apr 202522 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

A flurry of new offers has landed on American Express cards. You are unlikely to have all these offers, as they do not appear on all cards, but you should have two or three. If you missed it, we .....

A flurry of new offers has landed on American Express cards. You are unlikely to have all these offers, as .....

27 Sep 202427 September 2024 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments