News in brief: Last day to get 70% bonus buying Virgin Points A quick one line reminder that today is the last day to get a 70% bonus buying Virgin Points. This article explains the deal and you can buy here. Decent Finnair business class deal to Delhi Finnair, a partner of British Airways in the oneworld airline alliance, is offering some good deals to Delhi in Business Class. You can travel at any point in the next year. Availability is scattered but Finnair has an excellent website which shows you the price for every date in its calendar – you will know the price before you’ve selected date ..read more

This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These articles are linked to the relevant sections of the ‘Credit Cards‘ area in the menu bar. Our other UK airline and hotel credit card reviews can be found here and we are updating the series over the next two weeks. Key link: American Express Preferred Rewards Gold application page Key facts: No annual fee in year 1 and £160 thereafter. You can cancel at any po ..read more

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American Express is currently running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen in the UK for a payment card. Today, 30th March, is your last day to apply. You need some sort of small business activity to quality. For the last two years, American Express has been setting new records for the biggest sign-up bonuses ever offered in the UK. Before they started this in 2021, the highest bonus I had ever seen in the previous 20 years was a short-lived 50,000 points offer on Platinum. Last year it offered a crazy 100,000 points on Business Platinum. This new 120,000 points deal beats the 100,000 po ..read more

British Airways has, finally, issued some guidance to passengers using Heathrow Terminal 5 between tomorrow and 9th April. Services through the terminal are expected to be hugely disrupted due to a strike by security staff. Apart from cancelling 5% of flights (with many passengers rebooked on other Terminal 5 services!) and stopping last minute ticket sales, the airline has done little to reassure passengers. Most other major airlines – operating from terminals which will not be as badly hit – are offering travel waivers. The strike may still be averted. It was announced last night that Heathr ..read more

News in brief: Get up to 20% back on LNER train bookings Rail operator LNER has launched a special offer via its app. For any LNER journey booked via the app by 16th April (travel can be later) you will receive 10% back in LNER Perks credit. This can be redeemed against a future LNER journey. No registration is required. The standard LNER Perks rate is just 2%, and this remains the rate for website bookings. The offer of £5 free credit for joining LNER Perks is still running. On top, some American Express cards currently have a 10% cashback offer for LNER which would stack with this. There is ..read more

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News in brief: Air France and KLM add seat selection fees in Business Class Whilst it hasn’t been communicated to members yet, Air France KLM has confirmed via its trade site here that it will impose seat selection fees in long haul Business Class from 4th April. The cost will be €70 to €90 per person each way. You can avoid the fee by waiting until check in and selecting from seats that remain. Whilst Silver, Gold and Platinum members of Flying Blue will be exempt, you will need to pay if you are an elite member of another SkyTeam airline. This is particularly frustrating for HfP readers who ..read more

onefinestay is the ‘home and villa rental’ business owned by Accor. For the last few months, a generous cashback offer has been available on some American Express cards and it could work very nicely. You need to see if you are targetted by looking at the ‘Offers’ area on your Amex statement page on the website or app. Remember that you will have different offers for each Amex card you hold. You will receive £500 cashback when you spend £1,000+ at onefinestay. This offer ends this week – on 31st March 2023. Even better, Accor is currently offering TRIPLE POINTS at onefinestay, worth 6% of your ..read more

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