If you have a stack of Heathrow Rewards points sitting around, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for to unload them. (Heathrow Rewards is the loyalty scheme covering the shops, .....

If you have a stack of Heathrow Rewards points sitting around, this is the opportunity you have been waiting .....

23 May 201723 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

You can’t accuse airport lounge card Priority Pass of standing still.  After adding a restaurant / bar at Gatwick South (you get £15 of free food and drink by showing your Priority Pass) and .....

You can’t accuse airport lounge card Priority Pass of standing still.  After adding a restaurant / bar .....

19 May 201719 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our .....

9 May 20179 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

This is Part 2 of my review of Emirates A380 First Class on a recent flight from Dubai to London. Part 1, which focuses on the Emirates A380 First Class cabin, seat and bathroom, can be found here. .....

This is Part 2 of my review of Emirates A380 First Class on a recent flight from Dubai to London. Part 1, .....

18 Apr 201718 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

This is my review of Emirates A380 First Class on the Dubai to London Heathrow service. I hadn’t flown Emirates First Class for eight years, well before I launched this site, and even then it .....

This is my review of Emirates A380 First Class on the Dubai to London Heathrow service. I hadn’t flown .....

17 Apr 201717 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

This is my review of the Emirates First Class lounge in Dubai International Airport, Concourse A, Terminal 3. Heading back from the Middle East, I had booked myself – using Emirates Skywards .....

This is my review of the Emirates First Class lounge in Dubai International Airport, Concourse A, Terminal 3. .....

16 Apr 201716 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

For the first time since September 2015, unbelievably, MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for its two Emirates credit cards.  The offer is as good as it ever gets on these cards. EDIT: .....

For the first time since September 2015, unbelievably, MBNA has brought back a special sign-up promotion for .....

13 Apr 201713 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

I thought I’d run this as a fourth ‘bonus’ article – it has not gone to the email list – since it simply sets the scene for a series of articles on my recent whistle-stop .....

I thought I’d run this as a fourth ‘bonus’ article – it has not gone to the email list .....

9 Apr 20179 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

News in brief: Last day for 2,400 Avios with £60 of LEGO Friends Today (Monday) is the last day for the latest Tesco Direct / LEGO promotion.  If you still haven’t filled up every birthday .....

News in brief: Last day for 2,400 Avios with £60 of LEGO Friends Today (Monday) is the last day for the .....

27 Mar 201727 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added Avios and Virgin Flying Club as partners?“. I didn’t, because I had never heard of .....

A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added .....

15 Mar 201715 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

ITB Berlin news in brief: The new Emirates A380 bar revealed Emirates showcased their new A380 business and first class bar at ITB and I thought I would share a few pictures.  Emirates had .....

ITB Berlin news in brief: The new Emirates A380 bar revealed Emirates showcased their new A380 business .....

10 Mar 201710 March 2017 by Anika Burnett • 14 comments

News in brief: British Airways has a new lounge in Copenhagen A new lounge opened at Copenhagen Airport last week – “Eventyr”, operated by Menzies.  British Airways has adopted .....

News in brief: British Airways has a new lounge in Copenhagen A new lounge opened at Copenhagen Airport last .....

7 Mar 20177 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

Today (Wednesday) is the last day to initiate a transfer of take advantage of the Heathrow Rewards / Avios bonus. Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, has been offering a .....

Today (Wednesday) is the last day to initiate a transfer of take advantage of the Heathrow Rewards / Avios .....

1 Mar 20171 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: A new way to spend expiring Emirates Skywards miles I get a lot of emails from HfP readers concerned about some Emirates Skywards miles which are approaching expiry. Your options are .....

News in brief: A new way to spend expiring Emirates Skywards miles I get a lot of emails from HfP readers .....

27 Feb 201727 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments