If you’re a Virgin Flying Club member, you may have noticed that you have been unable to access your account for the last week. Not only can you not log in, but the Flying Club call centre .....

If you’re a Virgin Flying Club member, you may have noticed that you have been unable to access your .....

1 Jun 20201 June 2020 by Rob Burgess

Aer Lingus has done an excellent job of building out its North American routes over the last few years. IAG has been trying to position Aer Lingus as a ‘value’ carrier across the Atlantic, .....

Aer Lingus has done an excellent job of building out its North American routes over the last few years. IAG .....

1 Jun 20201 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Today I want to look at how you can earn Virgin Flying Club miles, in the Virgin Atlantic frequent flyer scheme, when you stay at YOTEL hotels. I recently ran an article outlining hotels chains which .....

Today I want to look at how you can earn Virgin Flying Club miles, in the Virgin Atlantic frequent flyer .....

1 Jun 20201 June 2020 by Rob Burgess

Small Luxury Hotels of the World has got together with its member properties to offer 500 free 2-night stays to people working on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. This offer is not .....

Small Luxury Hotels of the World has got together with its member properties to offer 500 free 2-night stays .....

1 Jun 20201 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2020.  Click through to read them in full: British Airways debt now rated as ‘junk’ by all three major credit rating agencies European .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2020.  Click through to read them in full: British .....

31 May 202031 May 2020 by HfP team

Moody’s has joined fellow rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poors in cutting British Airways debt to ‘junk’ status. In early April, as we covered, Fitch cut the credit rating .....

Moody’s has joined fellow rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poors in cutting British Airways debt .....

31 May 202031 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

The saga of the Lufthansa bailout is finally over after the European Commission caved in to Lufthansa’s demands to – as near as matters – be given €9 billion with no preconditions. .....

The saga of the Lufthansa bailout is finally over after the European Commission caved in to Lufthansa’s .....

31 May 202031 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

You have one month left if you want to apply for the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card whilst the sign-up bonus is doubled to 20,000 Membership Rewards points (=20,000 Avios). There .....

You have one month left if you want to apply for the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card .....

31 May 202031 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

British Airways Executive Club rolled out an interesting update to its terms and conditions this week to the 1 million members based in the USA and Canada. This was the email that members received: .....

British Airways Executive Club rolled out an interesting update to its terms and conditions this week to the 1 .....

30 May 202030 May 2020 by Rob Burgess

News in brief: InterContinental Moorea closes InterContinental Moorea in French Polynesia has become a casualty of coronavirus.  The owners have decided that the remoteness of the resort, requiring a .....

News in brief: InterContinental Moorea closes InterContinental Moorea in French Polynesia has become a .....

30 May 202030 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

Sunday 31st May is your last day to take part in the Hotels.com Rewards attractive ‘Double Stamps’ promotion.  This means that you will, in effect, be getting back 20% of what you spend as credit .....

Sunday 31st May is your last day to take part in the Hotels.com Rewards attractive ‘Double Stamps’ .....

30 May 202030 May 2020 by Sinead Archer • 7 comments

IHG Rewards Club, the loyalty scheme for Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc, has launched revenue-based redemption pricing in Europe and parts of the USA. Don’t panic.  In most .....

IHG Rewards Club, the loyalty scheme for Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc, has launched .....

29 May 202029 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 124 comments

easyJet has announced that it wants to reduce its workforce by up to 30% as a result of coronavirus. It joins British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and low-cost peer Ryanair in making significant .....

easyJet has announced that it wants to reduce its workforce by up to 30% as a result of coronavirus. It joins .....

29 May 202029 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

There is nothing like simplicity when designing a loyalty scheme, and the free breakfast benefit for Titanium Elite or Platnium Elite members of Marriott Bonvoy is nothing like simple. I put together .....

There is nothing like simplicity when designing a loyalty scheme, and the free breakfast benefit for Titanium .....

29 May 202029 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments