This is our review of The Randolph Hotel in Oxford. We couldn’t resist checking out the hotel after writing about the Graduate Hotels flash sale last week, where £300+ hotel nights were on sale .....

This is our review of The Randolph Hotel in Oxford. We couldn’t resist checking out the hotel after .....

2 Jun 20222 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 59 comments

How do you book flights on Virgin Atlantic’s non-SkyTeam alliance members using Virgin Points? This article is Part 5 of our updated ‘Virgin Redemption University’ series. Further .....

How do you book flights on Virgin Atlantic’s non-SkyTeam alliance members using Virgin Points? This .....

14 Sep 202414 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

This is my review of short haul business class on Finnair, the Finnish flag carrier. Finnair now flies four times a day to London, with British Airways effectively ceding the route to its oneworld .....

This is my review of short haul business class on Finnair, the Finnish flag carrier. Finnair now flies four .....

23 Sep 202423 September 2024 by Rhys Jones • 68 comments

How do you extend the expiry date of your British Airways miles? Today I want to take a look at what you can do to stop your BA Avios points (British Airways frequent flyer miles) from .....

How do you extend the expiry date of your British Airways miles? Today I want to take a look at what you .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

You have just 48 hours left to enter this exclusive competition for HfP readers, our first big competition of 2022. Snoop, the money management app, is giving HfP readers the chance to win a beautiful .....

You have just 48 hours left to enter this exclusive competition for HfP readers, our first big competition of .....

27 Feb 202227 February 2022 by Sinead Archer • 42 comments

Jersey Airport is getting a big increase in lounge space with the arrival of a brand new 148-seat No1 Lounge. It is scheduled to open in ‘late summer’ 2025. Crucially, this is a new lounge .....

Jersey Airport is getting a big increase in lounge space with the arrival of a brand new 148-seat No1 Lounge. .....

19 Dec 202419 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

This is our review of JAL’s premium economy cabin on the new A350-1000. Last year, Japan Airlines introduced its new flagship aircraft – the A350-1000. With 13 on order, these will form .....

This is our review of JAL’s premium economy cabin on the new A350-1000. Last year, Japan Airlines .....

7 Apr 20257 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

This is our review of Point A Hotels and the ‘A-List’ loyalty programme. Head for Points tends to focus on the main global hotel brands  – Hilton, Marriott etc – and their .....

This is our review of Point A Hotels and the ‘A-List’ loyalty programme. Head for Points tends to .....

25 Aug 202425 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Barclaycard has just launched two new Avios earning Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are very, very good products with everything you could ask for, and are easily (in my view) .....

Barclaycard has just launched two new Avios earning Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are very, .....

1 Apr 20221 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Barcelona hotel. It is one of two Barcelona reviews we’ll be running in July because, before I accepted an invitation from Hyatt, I had already booked a .....

This is our review of the Grand Hyatt Barcelona hotel. It is one of two Barcelona reviews we’ll be .....

12 Jul 202412 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

British Airways continues to rebuild its Gatwick schedules and is now close to where it was pre-pandemic. Short haul operations restarted in 2022 following the launch of BA subsidiary BA Euroflyer. .....

British Airways continues to rebuild its Gatwick schedules and is now close to where it was pre-pandemic. .....

21 Mar 202521 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

British Airways has announced some substantial changes to its Tel Aviv service – changes which are likely to substantially benefit Virgin Atlantic, assuming that the latter resumes flights as .....

British Airways has announced some substantial changes to its Tel Aviv service – changes which are .....

8 Feb 20248 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 173 comments

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. You need to register here. A bit of thinking is involved because you need to choose between TWO different options. .....

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow few weeks. You need to register here. .....

7 May 20257 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Trendy capsule hotel chain citizenM is offering a heavily discounted one year membership of mycitizenM+, its paid-for membership plan. See here. citizenM already has a free loyalty programme, .....

Trendy capsule hotel chain citizenM is offering a heavily discounted one year membership of mycitizenM+, its .....

1 Oct 20231 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments