This article is about how to fly short haul European business class flights which use long-haul aircraft (ie a 747, 777, 787, A380, A350, A330, A340 etc). Why would you want to do this? Well, for .....

This article is about how to fly short haul European business class flights which use long-haul aircraft (ie .....

21 Sep 201821 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

If you’re planning a trip to California in the near future, you might want to take a look at the brand new InterContinental San Diego which opened this week. Details are here. A new 400 room .....

If you’re planning a trip to California in the near future, you might want to take a look at the brand .....

21 Sep 201821 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

As many HfP readers know, the independent airport lounge in Gatwick’s South terminal, No1 Lounge, is a victim of its own success. Whilst the lounge is part of Priority Pass and Lounge Club, it .....

As many HfP readers know, the independent airport lounge in Gatwick’s South terminal, No1 Lounge, is a .....

21 Sep 201821 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

I was updating my old article on which airlines you can spend Avios with (it will appear soon) when I spotted something new. Iberia now has an Avios redemption partnership with Interjet, the third .....

I was updating my old article on which airlines you can spend Avios with (it will appear soon) when I spotted .....

21 Sep 201821 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

Sometimes there are long running offers which we don’t mention because they have been around, unchanged, forever.  Now and then I like to dust one off.  A good example is this .....

Sometimes there are long running offers which we don’t mention because they have been around, unchanged, .....

21 Sep 201821 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Curve Card has announced a new benefit for cardholders today – 0% foreign exchange fees. There is another major announcement to come in around 8 weeks, but you will have to wait for that one .....

Curve Card has announced a new benefit for cardholders today – 0% foreign exchange fees. There is .....

20 Sep 201820 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 360 comments

If you were wondering how the general public approach their miles and points – and where the programmes are making real money – take a look at this email I received earlier in the week. .....

If you were wondering how the general public approach their miles and points – and where the programmes .....

20 Sep 201820 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – is running a flash sale with a bonus of up to 100% when you buy over 5,000 points.  100% is as .....

IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – is running a flash .....

20 Sep 201820 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

We told you last week that Aer Lingus is launching Montreal and Minneapolis for Summer 2019. What I didn’t spot at the time is that Aer Lingus is NOT fudging Avios pricing to Montreal. This is .....

We told you last week that Aer Lingus is launching Montreal and Minneapolis for Summer 2019. What I .....

20 Sep 201820 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 179 comments

This is our review of the British Airways lounge at Jersey Airport A few weeks ago we started another round of UK airport reviews and mentioned the fact that we still need a good number of .....

This is our review of the British Airways lounge at Jersey Airport A few weeks ago we started another round of .....

20 Sep 201820 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

British Airways has launched a new route to the Greek island of Kos. The service will start next Summer and operate from Gatwick.  It joins a wide range of other destinations in Greece: Athens, .....

British Airways has launched a new route to the Greek island of Kos. The service will start next Summer and .....

19 Sep 201819 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

British Airways has announced an extension of its chauffeur driven executive car connection service at Heathrow. Passengers travelling in First, Club World or Club Europe, plus British Airways Gold .....

British Airways has announced an extension of its chauffeur driven executive car connection service at .....

19 Sep 201819 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 174 comments

Emirates is offering an aggressive €1,546 return fare in Business Class from Amsterdam to Bangkok. You need to book by 20th September and fly between mid December (90 days advance booking is .....

Emirates is offering an aggressive €1,546 return fare in Business Class from Amsterdam to Bangkok. You need .....

19 Sep 201819 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

Vueling, if you’re not familiar with it, is BA’s sister low-cost airline, operating primarily out of Barcelona and Rome.  There are a substantial number of services to the UK.  Full .....

Vueling, if you’re not familiar with it, is BA’s sister low-cost airline, operating primarily out .....

19 Sep 201819 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments