The oneworld airline alliance, which includes British Airways amongst its members, has finally opened its first ‘official’ oneworld-branded airport lounge, at Seoul Incheon. This is the .....

The oneworld airline alliance, which includes British Airways amongst its members, has finally opened its .....

23 Jan 202423 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

If you are in any doubt that air travel is back to normal, take a look at the record breaking year many UK airports enjoyed in 2024. Top of the list is Heathrow, which broke its previous record with .....

If you are in any doubt that air travel is back to normal, take a look at the record breaking year many UK .....

23 Mar 202523 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 79 comments

This is my review of the Aloft London Excel hotel at the Excel centre in East London. I last stayed here in 2015 so it was interesting to revisit, nine years on. Very little has changed inside the .....

This is my review of the Aloft London Excel hotel at the Excel centre in East London. I last stayed here in .....

28 Mar 202428 March 2024 by Rob Burgess

If you are in any doubt that air travel is back to normal, take a look at Heathrow’s record-breaking December 2023 performance. With 6.6 million passengers, Heathrow is calling it the biggest .....

If you are in any doubt that air travel is back to normal, take a look at Heathrow’s record-breaking .....

15 Jan 202415 January 2024 by Rhys Jones • 82 comments

As we approach a new year, here are 10 interesting new Marriott Bonvoy hotels which we believe will appeal to Head for Points readers. Before we get to the list, we wanted to remind you why the .....

As we approach a new year, here are 10 interesting new Marriott Bonvoy hotels which we believe will appeal to .....

28 Dec 202128 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 24 comments

This is our review of Aloft on Madrid’s Gran Via. It is the third and final hotel review in our tour of Barcelona and Madrid. You can read our review of the W Barcelona hotel here and our review .....

This is our review of Aloft on Madrid’s Gran Via. It is the third and final hotel review in our tour of .....

8 Sep 20218 September 2021 by Rhys Jones • 23 comments

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at SITA, an IT provider to the airline industry. If you didn’t get it, it said: .....

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at .....

7 Mar 20217 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

It’s Easter, and Air China has rolled out its Business Class deals to Asia and Australasia again.  This time there are good deals out of London although if you are willing to fly out of .....

It’s Easter, and Air China has rolled out its Business Class deals to Asia and Australasia .....

19 Apr 201919 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Every year, Air China runs a special weekend sale around 11/11.   All European destinations are included, but from Germany there are always some especially aggressive deals. I’m not sure why .....

Every year, Air China runs a special weekend sale around 11/11.   All European destinations are included, .....

10 Nov 201810 November 2018 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

After numerous delays, it seems that Marriott’s new Aloft Dublin City hotel is finally about to open. It is a new eight-storey hotel with 202 “loft-like” rooms.  It is located in the .....

After numerous delays, it seems that Marriott’s new Aloft Dublin City hotel is finally about to open. It .....

8 Jan 20198 January 2019 by Rob Burgess

Here is part 2 of my review of the Aloft Liverpool hotel. In part 1 of my Aloft Liverpool review (click here) I looked at my room, gym and meeting spaces. Part 2 focuses on the restaurant and bar and .....

Here is part 2 of my review of the Aloft Liverpool hotel. In part 1 of my Aloft Liverpool review (click here) .....

26 Aug 201626 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 32 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a sample of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions. Without question, PointBreaks are the .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

24 Feb 201524 February 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments