News in brief: Get £1,365 Business Class tickets to Canberra Via Flyertalk, Qatar Airways seems to have slipped out some more exceptional fares to Australia.  This is not part of the January sale .....

News in brief: Get £1,365 Business Class tickets to Canberra Via Flyertalk, Qatar Airways seems to have .....

29 Dec 201729 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today, in case you are starting to make your holiday plans for 2018.  Since I launched this service a year ago with Emyr Thomas .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today, in case you are starting to make your .....

29 Dec 201729 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

As a complement to his own travel highlights and lowlights article yesterday, Rob asked me to look back at some of the places I have covered for HfP this year.  The places that really stuck in my .....

As a complement to his own travel highlights and lowlights article yesterday, Rob asked me to look back at .....

28 Dec 201728 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 27 comments

There was a spike in readership to our hotel pages yesterday so it seems that people are looking to get some bookings in place during this quiet(er) time between Christmas and New Year. As a reminder, .....

There was a spike in readership to our hotel pages yesterday so it seems that people are looking to get some .....

28 Dec 201728 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

In November, Lloyds suffered a very serious fraud issue on the American Express cards issued as part of the Lloyds Avios Rewards MasterCard and Amex double pack.  We first highlighted it on HfP and .....

In November, Lloyds suffered a very serious fraud issue on the American Express cards issued as part of the .....

28 Dec 201728 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

There is just one article today as we gently ease back into things.   What impressed me on my travels during 2017?  And what didn’t? What I realised when I looked back over the last year of .....

There is just one article today as we gently ease back into things.   What impressed me on my travels during .....

27 Dec 201727 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 121 comments

Happy Christmas to you and your family. I hope you enjoy a well deserved break, wherever in the world you are. Do please post below if your travels have taken you anywhere exciting this Christmas.  I .....

Happy Christmas to you and your family. I hope you enjoy a well deserved break, wherever in the world you are. .....

25 Dec 201725 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat nightly rate to a revenue based model, and my gut feeling is that most people will earn more .....

The Melia hotel group has changed the way you earn Avios at its hotels.  The company has moved from a flat .....

24 Dec 201724 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

24 Dec 201724 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

News in brief: Meridiana to add new US routes to New York and Miami Meridiana is a slightly odd Italian airline which used to be controlled by the Aga Khan.  The route network is focused around .....

News in brief: Meridiana to add new US routes to New York and Miami Meridiana is a slightly odd Italian .....

24 Dec 201724 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

The Virgin Atlantic Winter sale is now on as you can see here. The best deals, however, are out of Dublin.  There are some exceptional prices available at the moment if you don’t mind heading .....

The Virgin Atlantic Winter sale is now on as you can see here. The best deals, however, are out of Dublin.  .....

23 Dec 201723 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

News in brief: Two interesting British Airways competitions The latest issue of British Airways’ ‘The Club’ magazine contains a couple of interesting competitions.  These literally .....

News in brief: Two interesting British Airways competitions The latest issue of British Airways’ .....

23 Dec 201723 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Back in 2016, French group Accor bought (from the same owner) the Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel hotel brands.  In one swoop it added a number of impressive high end properties, including The Savoy .....

Back in 2016, French group Accor bought (from the same owner) the Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel hotel .....

23 Dec 201723 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: New HMRC fees for tax payments on credit cards published As we have mentioned on HfP numerous times, the last day to pay tax bills on a personal credit card is 13th January.  This is a .....

News in brief: New HMRC fees for tax payments on credit cards published As we have mentioned on HfP numerous .....

22 Dec 201722 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments