Back in February, Qatar tweaked its entry rules to require all travellers to hold compulsory insurance from a Doha-based insurance company. You can read Rob’s initial article on the change here. .....

Back in February, Qatar tweaked its entry rules to require all travellers to hold compulsory insurance from a .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones

We don’t normal focus on aircraft liveries, but when one of the major global carriers makes a change it is worth flagging. Emirates has just announced a ‘refresh’ of its livery, the .....

We don’t normal focus on aircraft liveries, but when one of the major global carriers makes a change it .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones • 37 comments

This is our review of the Tempelhof lounge at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It is the lounge used by British Airways and, amongst others, Aer Lingus and Air France. It is also a DragonPass lounge but .....

This is our review of the Tempelhof lounge at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It is the lounge used by British .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved hugely successful since their 2018 launch with, so I understand, over 200,000 applications .....

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Air Canada has announced a new Summer route between Amsterdam and Montreal. There will be five flights per week (Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun from Amsterdam, leaving the previous day from Montreal). The .....

Air Canada has announced a new Summer route between Amsterdam and Montreal. There will be five flights per .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess

Back in January, we reported that British Airways had increased the tier points offered for Hong Kong flights. The distance had been reassessed as 6,004 miles which meant that it tipped over into the .....

Back in January, we reported that British Airways had increased the tier points offered for Hong Kong flights. .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess

Over the last few days we’ve been running hotel reviews from a recent trip to Mexico by Rhys: Just too late to be included in that trip, Marriott has opened The St Regis Kanai Resort, Riviera .....

Over the last few days we’ve been running hotel reviews from a recent trip to Mexico by Rhys: Just too .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

If you have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, you will be benefitting from 2 x £5 monthly credits towards Deliveroo orders. This is worth £120 per year if used in full. If you are .....

If you have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, you will be benefitting from 2 x £5 monthly .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel where I stayed last week for the huge ITB travel fair. I last reviewed this hotel in 2018, when I was also there for ITB. I returned in 2019 .....

This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel where I stayed last week for the huge ITB travel fair. I .....

15 Mar 202315 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been able to earn Avios for the past few years, many people still seen unaware of the .....

Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have .....

15 Mar 202315 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / Fairmont etc, has brought back its generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Accor points. You .....

Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / .....

15 Mar 202315 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

It seems that it was September 2021 when we last explained how to add an icon to your comments on HfP.  Apologies to anyone who has spent the last 18 months wondering how to do it …. You .....

It seems that it was September 2021 when we last explained how to add an icon to your comments on HfP.  .....

15 Mar 202315 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

The British Airways lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol was closed during the pandemic. (Given the number of flights from Amsterdam each day, it does make you wonder if British Airways intends to close all .....

The British Airways lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol was closed during the pandemic. (Given the number of flights .....

14 Mar 202314 March 2023 by Rob Burgess

An interview with Aer Lingus CEO Lynne Embleton in the Irish Independent last week (paywalled) shows support for a ramping up of direct long haul flights from Manchester. Aer Lingus currently flies .....

An interview with Aer Lingus CEO Lynne Embleton in the Irish Independent last week (paywalled) shows support .....

14 Mar 202314 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments