If you told people that, for a handful of months before the pandemic, Manchester Airport operated a private terminal where you could escape the crowds and be chauffeur driven to your aircraft, I doubt .....

If you told people that, for a handful of months before the pandemic, Manchester Airport operated a private .....

10 May 202410 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Volotea is an interesting airline which rarely comes onto our radar in the UK. This is despite the fact that it is one of the fastest growing independent airlines in Europe. It has bases in 19 medium .....

Volotea is an interesting airline which rarely comes onto our radar in the UK. This is despite the fact that .....

26 Jul 202326 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Storm Eunice is causing disruption at Heathrow and other airports in the South East as pilots struggle to land aircraft in high winds. The Met Office has issued a red weather warning due to high winds .....

Storm Eunice is causing disruption at Heathrow and other airports in the South East as pilots struggle to land .....

18 Feb 202218 February 2022 by Rhys Jones • 59 comments

Welcome, Norse Atlantic Airways. Laugh or cry, but you haven’t seen the end of Norway’s attempts to succeed in low-cost long-haul flying. With the original airline now virtually dead, .....

Welcome, Norse Atlantic Airways. Laugh or cry, but you haven’t seen the end of Norway’s attempts .....

19 Mar 202119 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

There is a phrase in the PR world – ‘when you’re apologising, you’re losing’. You are more likely to know ‘when you’re in a hole, stop digging’. These .....

There is a phrase in the PR world – ‘when you’re apologising, you’re losing’. .....

10 Dec 202410 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 245 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

30 Dec 202430 December 2024 by Rob Burgess

With British Airways unlikely to return to Thailand for a few years, due to a shortage of long haul aircraft and the unattractive economics of a route with modest premium traffic, you need to look .....

With British Airways unlikely to return to Thailand for a few years, due to a shortage of long haul aircraft .....

16 Aug 202316 August 2023 by Rob Burgess

Rob writes: I’ve met some fascinating people in 11 years of running this site, and Tom is absolutely one of them. Twenty years younger than me and independently wealthy after founding an IT .....

Rob writes: I’ve met some fascinating people in 11 years of running this site, and Tom is absolutely one .....

7 May 20237 May 2023 by HfP team • 44 comments

This is our review of China Airlines’ premium economy cabin from Taipei to London. On my return from Taipei I was booked into the increasingly popular premium economy cabin on China Airlines. .....

This is our review of China Airlines’ premium economy cabin from Taipei to London. On my return from .....

29 Oct 202429 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments

Yesterday Rob looked at his travel highlights for 2024 – click here. Today it’s my turn. Last year I thought I’d maxed out on the amount of travel I was doing. I was wrong. .....

Yesterday Rob looked at his travel highlights for 2024 – click here. Today it’s my turn. Last year .....

27 Dec 202427 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 41 comments

This is our review of business class on a Singapore Airlines A350 from London Gatwick to Singapore. With four flights per day out of Heathrow, Singapore Airlines has had to look outside the .....

This is our review of business class on a Singapore Airlines A350 from London Gatwick to Singapore. With four .....

1 Jul 20241 July 2024 by Rhys Jones • 55 comments

Whilst you are meant to obtain elite status with a hotel group via ‘heads in beds’, regular HfP readers will know that there are various ways to obtain status without going near a hotel. I .....

Whilst you are meant to obtain elite status with a hotel group via ‘heads in beds’, regular HfP .....

5 Dec 20245 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 85 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

The Retreat Suite is a brand new concept from Virgin Atlantic on its new A330neo aircraft. It comprises two enlarged Upper Class suites in the centre of row 1. Virgin Atlantic says it is its .....

The Retreat Suite is a brand new concept from Virgin Atlantic on its new A330neo aircraft. It comprises two .....

3 Feb 20243 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments