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Get lounge access with the new Santander Select World Elite Mastercard

Santander has become the latest bank to launch a World Elite MasterCard credit card with a chunky fee but with airport lounge access included. Details are here on the Santander website. I should be .....

Santander has become the latest bank to launch a World Elite MasterCard credit card with a chunky fee but with .....

by Rob Burgess46 comments

My review of Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, The Palm, Dubai

This is my review of Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on The Palm, Dubai. Regular readers may remember that I was in the Middle East in April, taking a look at the Emirates and Etihad A380 First Class products .....

This is my review of Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on The Palm, Dubai. Regular readers may remember that I was in the .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

My review of Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, The Palm, Dubai (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of my review of the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray beach resort on The Palm in Dubai. Part 1 of my Zabeel Saray review can be found here.  In this concluding part, I run through the kids .....

This is Part 2 of my review of the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray beach resort on The Palm in Dubai. Part 1 of my .....

by Rob Burgess27 comments

Principal Hotels launches Applause Rewards for its new UK city centre brand

Applause Rewards is a new UK hotel loyalty scheme launched by Principal Hotels.  It is worth signing up if you are an occasional guest at Principal or De Vere hotels in the UK. Principal Hotels is a .....

Applause Rewards is a new UK hotel loyalty scheme launched by Principal Hotels.  It is worth signing up if .....

by Rob Burgess5 comments

Is First Class on Stansted Express worth the money?

It had been a couple of years since I’d last been to Stansted Airport. I got to the point where I couldn’t get up at 3am for an early morning Ryanair flight any more and they stopped .....

It had been a couple of years since I’d last been to Stansted Airport. I got to the point where I .....

by Anika Burnett42 comments

Here’s the full HfP index of articles for May 2017

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: double Avios on BA’s regional weekend routes, buy the contents of Heathrow Terminal 1 Amex .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in May 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Bits: .....

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Four Seasons Hampshire in meltdown

We were down at Four Seasons Hampshire over the weekend, which I know is a weekend break spot for many of our readers.  It was a complete disaster.  I have never, ever, seen more people in a hotel .....

We were down at Four Seasons Hampshire over the weekend, which I know is a weekend break spot for many of our .....

by Rob Burgess92 comments

My review of the Escape Lounge at Stansted Airport

This is my review of the Escape lounge at London Stansted Airport. The official airport website, where you can book access for cash, is here. Our collection of UK airport business lounge reviews is .....

This is my review of the Escape lounge at London Stansted Airport. The official airport website, where you can .....

by Anika Burnett18 comments