IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – has launched a new ‘buy points’ promotion that is open to anyone. It is as generous an offer as .....

IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – has launched a new .....

16 Jun 201516 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

News in brief: Cambridge to Gothenburg on British Airways now redeemable In February I wrote about the launch of the first British Airways service from Cambridge Airport.  In a deal underwritten by .....

News in brief: Cambridge to Gothenburg on British Airways now redeemable In February I wrote about the launch .....

16 Jun 201516 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Hilton HHonors is currently offering a 100% bonus when you buy points – see this page. This may or may not be a great bargain as it depends how you redeem them. At the top end, you can buy .....

Hilton HHonors is currently offering a 100% bonus when you buy points – see this page. This may or may .....

16 Jun 201516 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

I was over in Amsterdam last week which gave me an opportunity to test out my new Supercard from Travelex. As I outlined here, this is a revolutionary new Visa card which translates your foreign .....

I was over in Amsterdam last week which gave me an opportunity to test out my new Supercard from Travelex. As .....

15 Jun 201515 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 159 comments

If you are heading to the USA this Summer and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able to visit one of the new airport lounges commissioned by American Express. A couple of years .....

If you are heading to the USA this Summer and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able .....

15 Jun 201515 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Thanks to Loyalty Lobby, an unannounced change to the Hilton Honors terms and conditions was spotted last week. Hilton has historically been very good about honouring your status benefits if you book .....

Thanks to Loyalty Lobby, an unannounced change to the Hilton Honors terms and conditions was spotted last .....

15 Jun 201515 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: British Airways subcontracting at Gatwick British Airways has ‘wet leased’ an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 757 to work at Gatwick during July.  These will come from Titan .....

News in brief: British Airways subcontracting at Gatwick British Airways has ‘wet leased’ an .....

14 Jun 201514 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

I was back at the InterContinental Amstel in Amsterdam last Monday.  I reviewed the hotel last year so I won’t run through the basics again.  Essentially this is a very large historical hotel .....

I was back at the InterContinental Amstel in Amsterdam last Monday.  I reviewed the hotel last year so .....

14 Jun 201514 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

There is clearly a super-hot salesman at The O2 arena in Greenwich who knows exactly what to say to make the big travel companies sign on the dotted line. First we had the American Express Invites .....

There is clearly a super-hot salesman at The O2 arena in Greenwich who knows exactly what to say to make the .....

14 Jun 201514 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

This is my review of the new My Lounge in the North Terminal at Gatwick Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. EDIT: A more .....

This is my review of the new My Lounge in the North Terminal at Gatwick Airport. This is part of our series of .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays to HfP readers in a competition last year.  I wanted to remind readers about the special .....

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

New rules on car hire for holders of UK driving licences – which apply wherever you are in the world – were slipped out by the DVLA on Monday. This had been kept so low profile that even .....

New rules on car hire for holders of UK driving licences – which apply wherever you are in the world .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

You may not have heard of WorldHotels, which is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread across 65 countries. These are hotels which do not want to formally join a branded chain .....

You may not have heard of WorldHotels, which is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread .....

13 Jun 201513 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I have just booked a couple of nights at the new JW Marriott in Venice on the back of peer pressure after my kids read ‘Olivia Goes To Venice’. Whilst I ended up using cash, when .....

I have just booked a couple of nights at the new JW Marriott in Venice on the back of peer pressure after my .....

12 Jun 201512 June 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments