One of the downsides of cancelling an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or Platinum charge card is that you are required to empty out your Membership Rewards points account. The Preferred .....

One of the downsides of cancelling an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or Platinum charge card is that .....

10 Oct 201610 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 110 comments

News in brief: Shorthaul changes at Gatwick airport announced British Airways has announced changes to their shorthaul flights from Gatwick airport for the Summer 2017 season: The twice a week .....

News in brief: Shorthaul changes at Gatwick airport announced British Airways has announced changes to their .....

10 Oct 201610 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 21 comments

There are two interesting competitions around at the moment run by major hotel chains. One is hosted by Radisson Blu and the other by Le Club AccorHotels. Win a trip around the world with Radisson .....

There are two interesting competitions around at the moment run by major hotel chains. One is hosted by .....

10 Oct 201610 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 9 comments

Hilton HHonors has arranged another tour of the McLaren-Honda factory at the Norman Foster-designed McLaren Technology Centre in Woking. Last time I wrote about this offer, HFP readers bought the .....

Hilton HHonors has arranged another tour of the McLaren-Honda factory at the Norman Foster-designed McLaren .....

9 Oct 20169 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Until 21st October, Hilton HHonors (the new Hilton Tallinn Park, recently reviewed here, is pictured below) is offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 20,000+ points. The Hilton ‘buy .....

Until 21st October, Hilton HHonors (the new Hilton Tallinn Park, recently reviewed here, is pictured below) .....

9 Oct 20169 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Queuing at American airports can be a pain. Most of the time – unless I am just unlucky – it is incredibly chaotic, overcrowded and time consuming. In order to make travelling from the UK .....

Queuing at American airports can be a pain. Most of the time – unless I am just unlucky – it is .....

9 Oct 20169 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 47 comments

It’s back.  You can now buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of Groupon. The fall in the £ in recent months means that this deal is not as good as it was last .....

It’s back.  You can now buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to the Spanish version of .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Letters started to land on doormats yesterday from MBNA explaining what rewards scheme would apply to ex-bmi Diamond Club credit cards now that the Avios scheme has closed. Interestingly, MBNA has .....

Letters started to land on doormats yesterday from MBNA explaining what rewards scheme would apply to ex-bmi .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

This weekend – until Sunday night – is your last chance to take advantage of the current offer from wealth management group Nutmeg.  You will receive up to 10,000 Avios points when .....

This weekend – until Sunday night – is your last chance to take advantage of the current offer .....

8 Oct 20168 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

News in brief Virgin Atlantic scraps CombiFare In a surprise move, Virgin Flying Club scrapped CombiFare this week.   This was odd because CombiFare was the sort of unique product which Virgin likes .....

News in brief Virgin Atlantic scraps CombiFare In a surprise move, Virgin Flying Club scrapped CombiFare this .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 119 comments

Lufthansa and MBNA have brought back a decent sign-up bonus for the Miles & More credit card.  This is the first increased bonus on this card since November 2015 and the first since the 0.3% cap .....

Lufthansa and MBNA have brought back a decent sign-up bonus for the Miles & More credit card.  This is .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service Blacklane has been added to Miles & More’s list of partners offering miles for every .....

News in brief: Blacklane announced as new Miles & More partner Global professional driver service .....

7 Oct 20167 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 22 comments

Until 25th October, Hyatt is offering a bonus of up to 40% when you buy Gold Passport points.  This is as good a deal as you ever see from Hyatt. You need to buy 10,000 points to get the full 40% .....

Until 25th October, Hyatt is offering a bonus of up to 40% when you buy Gold Passport points.  This is as .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in Asia.  It was acquired by Priceline and is now a sister company to booking.com. The reason .....

Back in July we wrote about Agoda.  It is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched in .....

6 Oct 20166 October 2016 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments