If you’ve ever visited Ras Al-Khaimah in the UAE, you may know the Hilton Al Hamra Beach Resort, which was adjacent to the Waldorf Astoria. The Waldorf Astoria (website here) has just been .....

If you’ve ever visited Ras Al-Khaimah in the UAE, you may know the Hilton Al Hamra Beach Resort, which .....

15 May 202415 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is our review of JetBlue’s Mint Suite business class on an intercontinental flight from London to Boston. If you’re based in the UK, then you may not have heard of American airline .....

This is our review of JetBlue’s Mint Suite business class on an intercontinental flight from London to .....

14 May 202414 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 54 comments

You may not know that you can get free access to club lounges at some InterContinental hotels if you book via a travel agent who is affiliated to the exclusive Virtuoso network. This is a benefit .....

You may not know that you can get free access to club lounges at some InterContinental hotels if you book via .....

14 May 202414 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

There are some decent deals available via the Hilton Experiences platform to see the KLM Open golf tournament in Amsterdam next month. As we have written before, there are often good .....

There are some decent deals available via the Hilton Experiences platform to see the KLM Open golf tournament .....

14 May 202414 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

We’ve covered JetBlue in considerable detail on HfP since it launched its London flights a few years ago, but before I review it (published tomorrow and Wednesday) I wanted to dig a little .....

We’ve covered JetBlue in considerable detail on HfP since it launched its London flights a few years .....

13 May 202413 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

Tucked away in the InterContinental Hotels Group PLC financial results last week was an interesting disclosure about its strategy for IHG One Rewards points. IHG is going to be more aggressive in .....

Tucked away in the InterContinental Hotels Group PLC financial results last week was an interesting disclosure .....

13 May 202413 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

On Wednesday, Virgin Atlantic published the scientific findings from the innovative ‘Flight100’ SAF test flight it operated in November last year. You may recall that I was one of just .....

On Wednesday, Virgin Atlantic published the scientific findings from the innovative ‘Flight100’ .....

13 May 202413 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up here to .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

13 May 202413 May 2024 by Rob Burgess

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points tends to focus on the first two types. I thought it was worth another look at the three .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points .....

12 May 202412 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

You are probably aware of the American Express network of Centurion Lounges. You will find these in various airports around the world, primarily in the US, for the exclusive use of Platinum and .....

You are probably aware of the American Express network of Centurion Lounges. You will find these in various .....

12 May 202412 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with a lot of airport lounge access benefits: You also get Eurostar lounge access (no guests) in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels by showing your Platinum .....

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with a lot of airport lounge access benefits: You also get .....

12 May 202412 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Accor LIve Limitless is currently running a ‘double points’ promotion for stays in selected European and North African countries, including the UK. You can register here. Today, Sunday, is .....

Accor LIve Limitless is currently running a ‘double points’ promotion for stays in selected .....

12 May 202412 May 2024 by Rob Burgess

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 .....

12 May 202412 May 2024 by HfP team

Marriott Moments, the ‘experiences’ platform for Marriott Bonvoy, has a partnership with the Mercedes – AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 team. This means that exciting redemption opportunities .....

Marriott Moments, the ‘experiences’ platform for Marriott Bonvoy, has a partnership with the .....

11 May 202411 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments