This is our review of the Tesco Bank Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying .....

This is our review of the Tesco Bank Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at .....

19 Jun 202419 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

This is our review of the Lloyds Bank World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth .....

This is our review of the Lloyds Bank World Elite Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles .....

15 Jun 202415 June 2024 by Rob Burgess

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

I am spending time this week looking at the Barclays Premier current account and Barclays Avios Rewards package, so you can see if it is worth signing up. Our main introductory article to Barclays .....

I am spending time this week looking at the Barclays Premier current account and Barclays Avios Rewards .....

6 Sep 20246 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

The Barclays Premier Current Account is the only UK personal bank account with the option to collect monthly Avios to spend with British Airways. This article looks at how Barclays Avios Rewards can .....

The Barclays Premier Current Account is the only UK personal bank account with the option to collect monthly .....

16 Apr 202516 April 2025 by Katie Ridgers • 55 comments

This is our review of the Bank of Ireland Aer Credit Card from Aer Lingus, which earns Avios. In early 2019, Ireland got its first official Avios credit card.  This was the Aer Credit Card, .....

This is our review of the Bank of Ireland Aer Credit Card from Aer Lingus, which earns Avios. In early 2019, .....

29 Jul 202429 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

We don’t usually cover credit cards which don’t earn points or miles on HfP. The clue, after all, is in the site name! However there are two key features of the Lloyds Bank World Elite .....

We don’t usually cover credit cards which don’t earn points or miles on HfP. The clue, after all, .....

12 May 202512 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 30 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

Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay for a cash ticket via bank transfer. ‘Pay by Bank’ has become increasingly .....

Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay .....

17 Feb 202517 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 71 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

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

Lloyds Bank, which has had little to offer to the travel rewards market since it closed its Avios Mastercards some years ago, is dipping a toe back into the water. It has launched a new World Elite .....

Lloyds Bank, which has had little to offer to the travel rewards market since it closed its Avios Mastercards .....

20 Nov 202320 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

Last week, Airbus and Malaysia Airlines invited me to Toulouse to visit the final assembly line and see their first A330neo coming together. Malaysia Airlines has 20 A330neos on order, with the first .....

Last week, Airbus and Malaysia Airlines invited me to Toulouse to visit the final assembly line and see their .....

3 Jun 20243 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

It’s back – the 60 day block on booking Aer Lingus redemptions with Avios. In November 2023, we reported how Aer Lingus was blocking Avios redemptions made within 60 days of the date of .....

It’s back – the 60 day block on booking Aer Lingus redemptions with Avios. In November 2023, we .....

26 Apr 202526 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments