Can you spend your Avios points on flights on Qantas? In this article I want to look at how you can use your Avios to fly with partner airlines like Qantas. The good news is that you are not .....

Can you spend your Avios points on flights on Qantas? In this article I want to look at how you can use your .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

The travel points highlight of Black Friday 2021 was, oddly enough, not on a travel website. The best deal came from eBay. For one hour, it offered 50 Nectar points (31 Avios) for every £1 you .....

The travel points highlight of Black Friday 2021 was, oddly enough, not on a travel website. The best deal .....

1 Jun 20221 June 2022 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has a dedicated telephone line for anyone who is flying in First Class. “You First” is a dedicated call centre set up to help anyone holding a British Airways First Class .....

British Airways has a dedicated telephone line for anyone who is flying in First Class. “You .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

The travel points highlight of Black Friday 2021 was, oddly enough, not on a travel website. The best deal came from eBay. For one hour, it offered 50 Nectar points (31 Avios) for every £1 you spent .....

The travel points highlight of Black Friday 2021 was, oddly enough, not on a travel website. The best deal .....

29 May 202229 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Europcar is a major player on the car rental scene in Europe (the company is based in France) although it has a lower profile than the two big boys, Hertz and Avis Budget. It was, historically, .....

Europcar is a major player on the car rental scene in Europe (the company is based in France) although it has .....

9 Jun 20249 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

The proposed catering strike at Heathrow, which would have meant no catering on British Airways flights on 4th March and 5th March, has been postponed. 100 HGV drivers at DO&CO, the firm used by .....

The proposed catering strike at Heathrow, which would have meant no catering on British Airways flights on 4th .....

3 Mar 20223 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

A fortuitous swap of an A330-300 to a brand new A330neo for an upcoming family trip to Boston – swapping Virgin Atlantic’s worst Upper Class suite for its best – has given me an .....

A fortuitous swap of an A330-300 to a brand new A330neo for an upcoming family trip to Boston – swapping .....

19 Mar 202319 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

British Airways never, ever, does status matches from other airlines. (Well, if you are a multinational switching from another alliance to BA they will do it for top staff, but apart from that .....

British Airways never, ever, does status matches from other airlines. (Well, if you are a multinational .....

31 Mar 202231 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

This is our review of China Airlines Premium Business Class on an A350-900. It is the first in a series of reviews looking at Taiwanese carrier China Airlines. You can see my overview of China .....

This is our review of China Airlines Premium Business Class on an A350-900. It is the first in a series of .....

23 Oct 202423 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 37 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

20 Nov 202220 November 2022 by HfP team • 5 comments

This is slightly off topic for us, except that I know many HfP readers like to redeem their miles and points for VIP Premier League hospitality. The two obvious routes for this are (click for our .....

This is slightly off topic for us, except that I know many HfP readers like to redeem their miles and points .....

21 Sep 202321 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

24 Dec 202224 December 2022 by Rhys Jones

We ran an article yesterday on the British Airways policy for unaccompanied children. I thought it was worth taking a look at how Virgin Atlantic tackles the same problem. Following a rule change in .....

We ran an article yesterday on the British Airways policy for unaccompanied children. I thought it was worth .....

9 Mar 20259 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Trip.com is offering all one year Railcards at just £19.80 (usually £30) until the end of September. The catch is that you can only order a digital Railcard, not a paper one, and that it is stored .....

Trip.com is offering all one year Railcards at just £19.80 (usually £30) until the end of September. The .....

21 Aug 202321 August 2023 by Rob Burgess