News in brief: Get 8,000 Virgin Points with a Tesco Mobile deal We don’t cover many Tesco Clubcard deals these days, because the company decided a few years ago to focus on lower prices rather .....

News in brief: Get 8,000 Virgin Points with a Tesco Mobile deal We don’t cover many Tesco Clubcard deals .....

15 Nov 202315 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold recently added a valuable new perk for cardmembers. Each month, you receive 2 x £5 credits to spend at Deliveroo. There is no minimum order. As long as you .....

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold recently added a valuable new perk for cardmembers. Each month, you .....

10 Jul 202110 July 2021 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that Nectar is an option? ‘Part Pay With Avios’ has, apparently, been very successful .....

Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that .....

22 Jan 202422 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

As you may already have seen, Virgin Atlantic has announced some sweeping changes to the way Flying Club works, including a move to dynamic pricing for redemptions. If you haven’t already, you .....

As you may already have seen, Virgin Atlantic has announced some sweeping changes to the way Flying Club .....

1 Oct 20241 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 174 comments

Global Hotel Alliance, which operates the loyalty scheme for 45 hotel brands including Kempinski, Anantara and NH, has added a new brand – Rotana. Rotana operates 80 hotels across the .....

Global Hotel Alliance, which operates the loyalty scheme for 45 hotel brands including Kempinski, Anantara and .....

29 Mar 202529 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

The Radisson Collection Berlin hotel was famous for having a huge aquarium in its lobby. Long term readers will recognise the photo above because we used it for many years to illustrate Radisson .....

The Radisson Collection Berlin hotel was famous for having a huge aquarium in its lobby. Long term readers .....

13 Feb 202513 February 2025 by Rob Burgess

If you want a weekend break with a difference, there is something waiting for you in Tenby in Pembrokeshire. Apple Camping has a unique USP – each of its glamping units is, to put it mildly, .....

If you want a weekend break with a difference, there is something waiting for you in Tenby in Pembrokeshire. .....

14 Nov 202414 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

Whilst Virgin Atlantic has a reputation for high taxes on redemption flights – although those who complain conveniently forget that you need FAR fewer points compared to Avios – there was .....

Whilst Virgin Atlantic has a reputation for high taxes on redemption flights – although those who .....

4 Jul 20244 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

17 Feb 202417 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

British Airways has launched some attractive deals from Brussels to New York if you are willing to lock in a trip for the second half of 2023. Chicago is also available. You’re looking at around .....

British Airways has launched some attractive deals from Brussels to New York if you are willing to lock in a .....

2 Mar 20232 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

28 Jan 202428 January 2024 by HfP team • 8 comments

This is our review of Gulf Air’s Falcon Gold lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. This is, I believe, the last lounge at Heathrow we haven’t reviewed, bar the brand new Saudia lounge which has just .....

This is our review of Gulf Air’s Falcon Gold lounge at Heathrow Terminal 4. This is, I believe, the last .....

16 May 202516 May 2025 by Rhys Jones • 6 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

31 Mar 202431 March 2024 by HfP team • 3 comments

Over the last 48 hours, there have been a lot of rumours swirling around about the extent of the British Airways service cuts for November and early December. Suffice it to say, it won’t look .....

Over the last 48 hours, there have been a lot of rumours swirling around about the extent of the British .....

5 Nov 20205 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 143 comments