If you’re ‘not the sort of person who books package holidays’, you may have given BA Holidays a wide berth.  That would be a mistake.  BA Holidays has three unique benefits: It .....

If you’re ‘not the sort of person who books package holidays’, you may have given BA .....

30 Sep 201830 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 137 comments

This is our review of the Expedia Rewards loyalty scheme. Expedia introduced its loyalty scheme Expedia Rewards (originally called Expedia+) to the UK market a couple of years ago. It has not set the .....

This is our review of the Expedia Rewards loyalty scheme. Expedia introduced its loyalty scheme Expedia .....

30 Sep 201830 September 2018 by Anika Burnett • 43 comments

As we haven’t looked at this for a couple of years, I thought it was worth updating my list of all Avios airlines, ie airlines which let you redeem Avios points for their flights. You .....

As we haven’t looked at this for a couple of years, I thought it was worth updating my list of all Avios .....

30 Sep 201830 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible deal.  The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but no new .....

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible .....

29 Sep 201829 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Over on Reddit, a user who claims to be a British Airways employee has posted pictures of new British Airways Executive Club membership cards.  See below, and click to enlarge. I have cropped the .....

Over on Reddit, a user who claims to be a British Airways employee has posted pictures of new British Airways .....

29 Sep 201829 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

New GWR rail lounges have opened in Truro and Penzance. We had a bit of a spurt a couple of years ago reviewing rail lounges across the UK.  My favourite is the GWR First Class lounge at Paddington .....

New GWR rail lounges have opened in Truro and Penzance. We had a bit of a spurt a couple of years ago .....

29 Sep 201829 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

I have an Automobile Association (AA, not to be confused with American Airlines) membership card in a drawer at home. This may not seem surprising, except that I don’t own a car. My AA .....

I have an Automobile Association (AA, not to be confused with American Airlines) membership card in a drawer .....

29 Sep 201829 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

We don’t cover UK boutique hotel chain Malmaison much on HfP because it does not partner with any airlines or operate as part of any major loyalty scheme.  They did have a Virgin Atlantic .....

We don’t cover UK boutique hotel chain Malmaison much on HfP because it does not partner with any .....

28 Sep 201828 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 122 comments

If you’re doing a short car rental, the best Virgin Flying Club reward deal is via their Hertz partnership.  As you can see here, you earn 1,000 Virgin Atlantic miles on most Hertz rentals, .....

If you’re doing a short car rental, the best Virgin Flying Club reward deal is via their Hertz .....

28 Sep 201828 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment