Riyadh Air hasn’t operated a single commercial flight, yet it’s one of the hottest airlines right now. Airline start-ups come and go; we’ve written about a fair few of them on HfP. .....

Riyadh Air hasn’t operated a single commercial flight, yet it’s one of the hottest airlines right .....

7 Nov 20247 November 2024 by Rhys Jones • 94 comments

One of the benefits of Finnair adopting Avios as its reward currency in March, and British Airways Executive Club allowing two-way transfers of Avios into Finnair in May, has been access to .....

One of the benefits of Finnair adopting Avios as its reward currency in March, and British Airways Executive .....

8 Jul 20248 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The Times had an article yesterday (paywall) on the problems facing both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic as they struggle with unreliable Rolls-Royce engines on their Boeing 787 fleets. We covered .....

The Times had an article yesterday (paywall) on the problems facing both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic .....

10 Nov 202410 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

British Airways news in brief: New Bridgerton-inspired safety video launched It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man British airline in possession of a good fortune, must be in want .....

British Airways news in brief: New Bridgerton-inspired safety video launched It is a truth universally .....

24 Jul 202424 July 2024 by Rhys Jones • 64 comments

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click here to read. It is his combined thoughts from a moderated public Q&A and a private .....

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click .....

4 Mar 20244 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of course.  But there are actually 37 airlines which let you earn Avios for some or all of .....

Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of .....

26 Mar 202526 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Air France and KLM are offering a special deal with £60 off bookings made by 17th February. To get the discount you need to use the promo code UK60FLYAFR  on the Air France UK website. It is .....

Air France and KLM are offering a special deal with £60 off bookings made by 17th February. To get the .....

14 Feb 202514 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage we’ve given it on Head for Points over the past few years. citizenM first started as an .....

Regular readers should be fairly familiar with the citizenM hotel brand, given the amount of coverage .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 36 comments

The aeroroutes.com website published an interesting list yesterday of British Airways short haul service cuts for July 2022. The numbers are huge – far bigger than we imagined. Flights from .....

The aeroroutes.com website published an interesting list yesterday of British Airways short haul service cuts .....

28 Jun 202228 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards airline status by booking a package holiday. You have always earned tier points if you booked .....

A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards .....

15 Mar 202515 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

During the pandemic, as a way of providing inspiration for readers who were stuck at home, we ran a 64-part series called ‘My Favourite Hotel’. We decided to break our usual rule about not .....

During the pandemic, as a way of providing inspiration for readers who were stuck at home, we ran a 64-part .....

10 Feb 202510 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get around to reviewing hotels on our doorstep. And let’s face it: in London, we are .....

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

Tomorrow morning I will hopefully be well on the way to New York on the world’s first transatlantic flight powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Flight100, as Virgin Atlantic is calling it, .....

Tomorrow morning I will hopefully be well on the way to New York on the world’s first transatlantic .....

27 Nov 202327 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 55 comments

Thanks to the aeroroutes.com website, we have the updated list of British Airways short haul service cuts for August 2022. This follows on from our article about BA’s flight cancellations in .....

Thanks to the aeroroutes.com website, we have the updated list of British Airways short haul service cuts for .....

12 Jul 202212 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments