The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. This article .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

30 Jan 201830 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

There was an interesting interview in the Mail on Sunday yesterday with British Airways CEO Alex Cruz. You can find it here. It was billed as his ‘first major interview’.  Unfortunately, .....

There was an interesting interview in the Mail on Sunday yesterday with British Airways CEO Alex Cruz. You can .....

29 Jan 201829 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 118 comments

The extremehoteldeals site has been running a series of well-researched articles on hotels which let you redeem for suites or high end rooms at standard rates.  In some cases this may be an error, .....

The extremehoteldeals site has been running a series of well-researched articles on hotels which let you .....

29 Jan 201829 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

The British Airways Winter sale ends tomorrow.  As I will remind you, the short-haul deals are pretty good and the long-haul deals are pretty average.  You can also double up with the American .....

The British Airways Winter sale ends tomorrow.  As I will remind you, the short-haul deals are pretty good .....

29 Jan 201829 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Iberia takes delivery of its first Airbus A350 aircraft in June, a year ahead of its big brother British Airways. Iberia already has a decent Business Class on its long-haul aircraft as I reviewed .....

Iberia takes delivery of its first Airbus A350 aircraft in June, a year ahead of its big brother British .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

For the last two years I have managed to find an excuse to escape the dismal British winter weather and head down to the Middle East for a couple of days. I didn’t have an angle this year .....

For the last two years I have managed to find an excuse to escape the dismal British winter weather and head .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

It seems that even IHG Rewards Club admits that it has devalued its points with the changes to reward pricing over the last couple of years. Joining Ambassador used to cost $200 or 32,000 IHG Rewards .....

It seems that even IHG Rewards Club admits that it has devalued its points with the changes to reward pricing .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

We like to cover money saving travel related stories on HfP but I’m not sure I can recommend this one. Did you know that you can get from Heathrow (Zone 6) to Upminster (Zone 6 at the other .....

We like to cover money saving travel related stories on HfP but I’m not sure I can recommend this one. .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Anika Burnett

Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a bonus Avios offer. Until 28th February you will get 300 bonus Avios on top of the usual 4 Avios per £1 – and at the moment you can purchase their £60 shirts .....

Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a bonus Avios offer. Until 28th February you will get 300 bonus Avios on top of .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Anika Burnett

Surf Air, the membership based private jet company which recently moved to London City Airport, has launched flights to Sion in Switzerland over the ski season.’ This adds a further route to .....

Surf Air, the membership based private jet company which recently moved to London City Airport, has launched .....

28 Jan 201828 January 2018 by Anika Burnett • 58 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. For once, this is a genuine .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released .....

27 Jan 201827 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

Air China has brought back its annual German super-sale weekend.  I have no idea why Air China offers such low prices for one weekend a year but it does offer exceptional opportunities. Prices are .....

Air China has brought back its annual German super-sale weekend.  I have no idea why Air China offers such .....

27 Jan 201827 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has confirmed internally that ten new routes are due to get the new Club World trolley-based food service from 1st February. These are: Baltimore Boston Chicago Dubai Hong Kong .....

British Airways has confirmed internally that ten new routes are due to get the new Club World trolley-based .....

27 Jan 201827 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from the end of February. The airline has said that this is down to “matching flights to .....

British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from .....

27 Jan 201827 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments