Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Pullman, Mercure, Novotel, Ibis etc, is launching a new Avios promotion today. You will receive 500 bonus Avios on your next stay, between today .....

Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Sofitel, Pullman, Mercure, Novotel, Ibis etc, is launching a new .....

2 Jul 20172 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: Earn Avios taking taxis in Italy If you are in Rome or Milan in the near future, you can now earn Avios with two local taxi groups.  Pronto Taxi operates in Rome and Auto Radio Taxi .....

News in brief: Earn Avios taking taxis in Italy If you are in Rome or Milan in the near future, you can now .....

2 Jul 20172 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

BA Holidays is offering extra discounts this weekend if you book a ‘flight and hotel’ or ‘flight and car’ package in the current British Airways sale. These packages can often .....

BA Holidays is offering extra discounts this weekend if you book a ‘flight and hotel’ or .....

1 Jul 20171 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Yeah, sorry about that.  We meant to cover this yesterday but it got missed as I made my way back from Amsterdam. IHG has been running a short flash sale for the UK and Europe this week.  This .....

Yeah, sorry about that.  We meant to cover this yesterday but it got missed as I made my way back from .....

1 Jul 20171 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

News in brief: Air New Zealand Premium Economy deal to Los Angeles Air New Zealand has launched a limited time Premium Economy fare from London to Los Angeles of £815. Air New Zealand is currently .....

News in brief: Air New Zealand Premium Economy deal to Los Angeles Air New Zealand has launched a limited time .....

1 Jul 20171 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in June 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Is BA trying to make you think you’ve given up your EU261 compensation rights? This is what you .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in June 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Is BA .....

30 Jun 201730 June 2017 by HfP team

Regular readers will know that we have given much coverage in recent months to British Airways and its approach to EU261 compensation.  This has primarily been around a perception that the .....

Regular readers will know that we have given much coverage in recent months to British Airways and its .....

30 Jun 201730 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

Back in March I wrote about a new product being trialled by InterContinental – the ‘Club InterContinental Experience’ or ‘Club Life’ package. This is aimed at hotels .....

Back in March I wrote about a new product being trialled by InterContinental – the ‘Club .....

30 Jun 201730 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

News in brief: 35% discount when you buy Starwood points extended I had this written as a ‘last chance to buy’ piece.  And then, at 10pm, Starwood went and extended the deal until 14th .....

News in brief: 35% discount when you buy Starwood points extended I had this written as a ‘last chance .....

30 Jun 201730 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza / Quorvus chain, has launched a very interesting new promotion. This could be very lucrative if you are prepared to ‘play the game’, .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza / Quorvus chain, has launched a very interesting new .....

29 Jun 201729 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

News in brief: The Terminal 5 Concorde Room magic door reopens When British Airways opened The First Wing at Terminal 5 earlier this year (review here), they simultaneously closed the direct entrance .....

News in brief: The Terminal 5 Concorde Room magic door reopens When British Airways opened The First Wing at .....

29 Jun 201729 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

This is my review of the Park Inn Palace, Southend on Sea, hotel. I have never stayed in a Park Inn before.  I have ‘stayed’ in a Park Inn, on a mattress run for the purposes of accruing .....

This is my review of the Park Inn Palace, Southend on Sea, hotel. I have never stayed in a Park Inn before. .....

29 Jun 201729 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

News in brief: British Airways cancelling flights pre-strike British Airways seems more worried about the upcoming 16-day strike by Mixed Fleet crew members than it was for previous strikes.  Perhaps .....

News in brief: British Airways cancelling flights pre-strike British Airways seems more worried about the .....

28 Jun 201728 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

Three years ago we wrote about the court decision in Huzar vs Jet2. Jet2’s decision not to pay Mr Huzar his EU compensation has turned out to be one of the most expensive mistakes in recent .....

Three years ago we wrote about the court decision in Huzar vs Jet2. Jet2’s decision not to pay Mr Huzar .....

28 Jun 201728 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments