Today (Sunday) is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. For Practice Day on Friday 7th July, Hilton threw a rooftop party at the hotel. We wrote about it back in May – you could redeem 110,000 .....

Today (Sunday) is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. For Practice Day on Friday 7th July, Hilton threw a .....

9 Jul 20239 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: Biden drops the US vaccination mandate for air arrivals With unfortunate timing for us, President Biden announced overnight on Sunday (UK time) that he was dropping the covid .....

News in brief: Biden drops the US vaccination mandate for air arrivals With unfortunate timing for us, .....

3 May 20233 May 2023 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Eurostar train services from London to Amsterdam and Rotterdam will be suspended for up to 11 months whilst major rebuilding work at Amsterdam Centraal is undertaken. The Dutch transport minister .....

Eurostar train services from London to Amsterdam and Rotterdam will be suspended for up to 11 months whilst .....

4 Jun 20234 June 2023 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

This is our review of the Emirates Business Class lounge at Dubai International Airport. After trialling Emirates’ new premium economy experience (review here), it was time to return to London .....

This is our review of the Emirates Business Class lounge at Dubai International Airport. After trialling .....

22 May 202422 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

This week, British Airways is celebrating 25 years of flying from London City Airport. BA Cityflyer now serves 26 short haul destinations from the airport, with the furthest being Mykonos. If you've .....

This week, British Airways is celebrating 25 years of flying from London City Airport. BA Cityflyer now serves .....

9 Nov 20249 November 2024 by Conny Urban • 94 comments

2022 and 2023 have seen a huge number of new aircraft cabins launched. It started with Finnair in early 2022 with its revolutionary ‘no-recline’ seat. Iberia followed, as did Air France, .....

2022 and 2023 have seen a huge number of new aircraft cabins launched. It started with Finnair in early 2022 .....

10 Oct 202310 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 51 comments

Following a successful trial at the major London airports over the spring, the Government has opened up all eGates to 10 and 11 year olds. The change kicked in from yesterday so if you are currently .....

Following a successful trial at the major London airports over the spring, the Government has opened up all .....

25 Jul 202325 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Qatar Airways has returned to Birmingham Airport with a new daily service. The first flight touched down last Thursday, and I was lucky enough to literally be standing on the tarmac as the aircraft .....

Qatar Airways has returned to Birmingham Airport with a new daily service. The first flight touched down last .....

14 Jul 202314 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

I don't think we've ever covered a Walt Disney World offer before, but I imagine many of you with children have either been or are being badgered to go! Book a Hotel & Ticket package to Walt Disney .....

I don't think we've ever covered a Walt Disney World offer before, but I imagine many of you with children .....

13 Sep 202413 September 2024 by HfP Partner Content • 95 comments

Back in early August we published a long article about booking Aer Lingus flights using Avios. What we showed was that – assuming you didn’t want to use a British Airways American Express .....

Back in early August we published a long article about booking Aer Lingus flights using Avios. What we showed .....

22 Sep 202322 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

It’s been a long time coming but Cathay Pacific has finally lifted the lid on its much-teased new Aria business class seat for the Boeing 777 fleet. Originally due to fly in Q2, the new cabin .....

It’s been a long time coming but Cathay Pacific has finally lifted the lid on its much-teased new Aria .....

17 Oct 202417 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 45 comments

British Airways has, finally, issued some guidance to passengers using Heathrow Terminal 5 between tomorrow and 9th April. Services through the terminal are expected to be hugely disrupted due to a .....

British Airways has, finally, issued some guidance to passengers using Heathrow Terminal 5 between tomorrow .....

30 Mar 202330 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 217 comments

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you could fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you would receive 1 .....

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....

26 Jan 202526 January 2025 by HfP team • 137 comments

Something seems to be ‘up’ with the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse network in the United States. This seems to be linked to Virgin Atlantic’s membership of SkyTeam, which is expected to .....

Something seems to be ‘up’ with the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse network in the United States. This .....

27 Feb 202327 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments