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Here’s the full HfP index of articles for September 2016

Here is a full list of the articles we published in September 2016.  Click through to read them in full: Get up to £400 for taking out the Amex Nectar credit card! British Airways ‘buy on board’ .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in September 2016.  Click through to read them in full: Get .....

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Get up to £400 for taking out the American Express Nectar credit card

We have never covered Nectar points much.  The little coverage we did give it has now migrated over to Shopper Points since we launched that site last December. Head for Points mainly focusses on .....

We have never covered Nectar points much.  The little coverage we did give it has now migrated over to .....

by Rob Burgess82 comments

Is easyJet Plus worth the money to you? Save 10% if it is

easyJet has recently started to roll out a loyalty scheme, Flight Club, to selected flyers, but it is strictly ‘invite only’ at the moment which is why I haven’t focussed on it. .....

easyJet has recently started to roll out a loyalty scheme, Flight Club, to selected flyers, but it is strictly .....

by Rob Burgess20 comments

Fascinating article on the forgotten West London Air Terminal

A HfP reader sent me a link yesterday to a truly fascinating article on the West London Air Terminal. If you have ever driven from London to Heathrow, you will have passed a huge Sainsburys .....

A HfP reader sent me a link yesterday to a truly fascinating article on the West London Air Terminal. If you .....

by Rob Burgess41 comments

New Club Aspire lounge to replace Swissport in Heathrow Terminal 3

I wrote two months ago that the dismal Swissport lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 was scheduled to close at the end of October. If you want to know how bad the Swissport lounge is, take a look at my .....

I wrote two months ago that the dismal Swissport lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 was scheduled to close at the .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

Review of No1 Lounge at London Gatwick’s South Terminal

This is our review of the No1 Lounge in the South Terminal at London Gatwick Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. EDIT: .....

This is our review of the No1 Lounge in the South Terminal at London Gatwick Airport. It is part of our .....

by Anika Burnett87 comments

I try out BEAM, the Virgin Trains West Coast on-board entertainment system

I promised to write about the new Virgin Trains (West Coast) entertainment system a couple of weeks ago but it slipped back.  I will correct that today. When I was in Manchester in the Virgin Trains .....

I promised to write about the new Virgin Trains (West Coast) entertainment system a couple of weeks ago but it .....

by Anika Burnett34 comments

The future of loyalty credit cards is here and it’s not a pretty sight

MBNA launched a new rewards credit card yesterday.  This is not a travel rewards card.  The reason I am writing about it is that it shows you what the future of free non-Amex reward credit cards .....

MBNA launched a new rewards credit card yesterday.  This is not a travel rewards card.  The reason I am .....

by Rob Burgess158 comments

La Compagnie to close its Luton to New York service in 3 weeks

Low cost long haul airline La Compagnie announced yesterday that it is closing its Luton to New York service on 24th September. The airline is blaming the new post-Brexit business environment for the .....

Low cost long haul airline La Compagnie announced yesterday that it is closing its Luton to New York service .....

by Rob Burgess45 comments