Whilst British Airways has become a little paranoid about Norwegian’s low cost long haul operation from Gatwick – which has led to BA launching ‘spoiler’ routes to Oakland and .....

Whilst British Airways has become a little paranoid about Norwegian’s low cost long haul operation from .....

28 Dec 201628 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

There is just one article today as we gently ease back into things.   What impressed me on my travels during 2016?  And what didn’t? What I realised when I looked back over the last year of .....

There is just one article today as we gently ease back into things.   What impressed me on my travels during .....

27 Dec 201627 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 120 comments

Happy Christmas to you and your family. I hope you enjoy a well deserved break, wherever in the world you are. Do please post below if your travels have taken you anywhere exciting this Christmas.  I .....

Happy Christmas to you and your family. I hope you enjoy a well deserved break, wherever in the world you are. .....

25 Dec 201625 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 135 comments

Avios wants you to hit the high street and earn Avios from your in-store purchases. Sounds familiar? We were also confused by Avios’ announcement. Do they not have a partnership with Bink to do .....

Avios wants you to hit the high street and earn Avios from your in-store purchases. Sounds familiar? We were .....

19 Dec 201619 December 2016 by Anika Burnett • 46 comments

One of our readers and occasional commentators, Tom, recently turned 30.  I’m not sure what you did for your 30th, but Tom runs a successful IT business and thought he would push the .....

One of our readers and occasional commentators, Tom, recently turned 30.  I’m not sure what you did .....

18 Dec 201618 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

This is my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel. Regular readers may remember that, a few months ago, The Leading Hotels of the World offered me a generous deal if I agreed to pay $150 to rejoin .....

This is my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel. Regular readers may remember that, a few months ago, The .....

13 Dec 201613 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

This is part 2 of my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel.  Part 1, which covers the The Gainsborough Bath Spa’s rooms and public areas, can be found here. The Spa Village complex at .....

This is part 2 of my review of The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel.  Part 1, which covers the The .....

13 Dec 201613 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals.  Our updated directory of all 23 UK travel credit cards .....

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

12 Dec 201612 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

11 Dec 201611 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This week we have been running a fantastic and exclusive competition for our readers in association with the new loyalty app Bink: One Head for Points reader will win 100,000 Avios. It could be you .....

This week we have been running a fantastic and exclusive competition for our readers in association with the .....

9 Dec 20169 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

News in brief: Plaza Premium in Heathrow T2 voted ‘best lounge’ The Plaza Premium departure lounge in Heathrow Terminal 2 has been voted ‘best Priority Pass lounge worldwide’ .....

News in brief: Plaza Premium in Heathrow T2 voted ‘best lounge’ The Plaza Premium departure lounge .....

9 Dec 20169 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Thank you to everyone who came to the HfP Christmas party on Tuesday.  I hope you all had a great night with interesting conversations about Avios etc. Let’s see how soon we can repeat .....

Thank you to everyone who came to the HfP Christmas party on Tuesday.  I hope you all had a great night .....

8 Dec 20168 December 2016 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

This week we have got a fantastic and exclusive competition for our readers in association with the new loyalty app Bink: One Head for Points reader will win 100,000 Avios. It could be you ….. .....

This week we have got a fantastic and exclusive competition for our readers in association with the new .....

5 Dec 20165 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 144 comments

Our lead article today – click here – is a fantastic competition to win 100,000 Avios. The competition is sponsored by Bink, which is a very impressive new loyalty app.  Bink has .....

Our lead article today – click here – is a fantastic competition to win 100,000 Avios. The .....

5 Dec 20165 December 2016 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments