If anyone ever tells you that they know a lot about Avios, ask them how you should maximise your Avios earning when buying petrol. It is such a painfully complex calculation that most people will .....

If anyone ever tells you that they know a lot about Avios, ask them how you should maximise your Avios earning .....

31 Dec 201731 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

This is one of those odd little deals which has been running for a while – at least 18 months – but which you won’t know about if you are a new reader, and may well have forgotten .....

This is one of those odd little deals which has been running for a while – at least 18 months – .....

31 Dec 201731 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

As a follow-up to my recent articles on the major fraud in the US on Lloyds Avios Rewards American Express cards, I was contacted last week by a reader who works in the credit card industry on the .....

As a follow-up to my recent articles on the major fraud in the US on Lloyds Avios Rewards American Express .....

31 Dec 201731 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

It is three months since I last did a round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals.  The reason for the delay is that things got a .....

It is three months since I last did a round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline .....

30 Dec 201730 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

One of the less known avios.com and British Airways Executive Club partners is market research group ‘Rewards For Thoughts‘.  They are offering a generous 600 Avios points just for .....

One of the less known avios.com and British Airways Executive Club partners is market research group .....

30 Dec 201730 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

News in brief: Hilton Honors improves Gold and Diamond benefits at Waldorf Astoria hotels Hilton Honors has announced a small but welcome improvement to their programme which removes one of the .....

News in brief: Hilton Honors improves Gold and Diamond benefits at Waldorf Astoria hotels Hilton Honors has .....

30 Dec 201730 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

This isn’t our usual style of article, but I ran a version of it between Christmas and New Year last year and it went down well.  I thought I’d give it another outing.  If you .....

This isn’t our usual style of article, but I ran a version of it between Christmas and New Year last .....

29 Dec 201729 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

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