I recently had an email asking ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. This is not as easy an answer as you might think. Whilst there are the BA and Lloyds TSB cards which issue Avios miles directly, there are other cards [...]
What is the best Avios credit card? (Part 1: comparing sign-up bonuses)
May 23, 2013 by Raffles Leave a Comment
1,000 bonus Avios for Tesco conversion now extended to avios.com AND BAEC
May 23, 2013 by Raffles 16 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote this post which described a new Tesco / British Airways promotion. British Airways is offering 1,000 bonus Avios if you convert at least £5 of Tesco Clubcard vouchers to British Airways Executive Club and you have not done [...]
Up to £100 in Marks & Spencer vouchers when booking with hotels.com
May 23, 2013 by Raffles 2 Comments
hotels.com is running a generous promotion at the moment, giving out Marks & Spencer vouchers with bookings at selected properties. When you look to book a hotel at hotels.com, certain properties will show as participating in the M&S promotion. Book one of these and you [...]
2,000 Avios for £8.74 – another Head for Points deal !
May 22, 2013 by Raffles 59 Comments
2,000 Avios for £8.74 is not a bad deal! And you don’t even need to leave the house for this one (should you be sick of visiting Tesco stores trying to find 3V cards ….). You can even get something potentially more valuable for your [...]
3,000 bonus Virgin miles available if I refer you for the Virgin Atlantic credit cards
May 22, 2013 by Raffles 7 Comments
I am pleased to say that I am now able to offer referrals for anyone thinking about taking out the Virgin Atlantic White or Virgin Atlantic Black credit cards. I won’t go into the details of the two cards again, as I wrote about them [...]
BA to launch new route to Gran Canaria
May 22, 2013 by Raffles 13 Comments
BA has just announced plans to fly to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands from October 26th. This is obviously an interesting new Avios redemption option. They are, to put it mildly, not exactly risking the company on this one. The service will initially run [...]
Etihad Guest launches a UK credit card – is it worth applying?
May 21, 2013 by Raffles 8 Comments
Well, I didn’t see that one coming! MBNA announced yesterday that they have launched a new UK credit card in conjunction with Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme for Abu Dhabi’s national airline. The first thing to note is that the cards look very pretty! The [...]
Cheaper Avios from Shell with 5p off per litre (plus half-price Starbucks gift cards!)
May 21, 2013 by Raffles 27 Comments
Barclaycard has launched a range of special deals called Bespoke Offers, which are currently being promoted in TV ads. Weirdly, to put it mildly, you do NOT have to have a Barclaycard to take part in these offers. Even more weirdly, for offers which require payment, [...]
Lufthansa’s 20% bonus for buying Miles & More miles returns
May 21, 2013 by Raffles 1 Comment
Back in March, Lufthansa ran a 20% bonus promotion for buying Miles & More miles. This was part of the promotional activity to celebrate 20 years of the programme. The deal is now back until 30th June. You can see the full range of prices [...]
Has the clamp down on credit card fees changed airline pricing?
May 20, 2013 by Raffles 13 Comments
From April 6th, UK companies have been banned from imposing excessive credit card surcharges on customers. The airline industry has, of course, been one of the worst offenders here, but has anything actually changed for the better? If you are flying a legacy airline then, [...]
Free Avios with 3V Virtual Visa – our (updated) list of places where you can use the card
May 20, 2013 by Raffles 78 Comments
It was two weeks ago that I originally ran a version of this post, discussing places which accept the 3V Virtual Visa cards. (If you missed the original post, you can buy two £25 3V Virtual Visa cards in Tesco for £50, earn 150 bonus [...]
No Flying Blue qualiflying flights with CityJet CitySaver fares
May 20, 2013 by Raffles 4 Comments
This is a rather niche topic, but many Heads for Points readers with Flying Blue status are likely to have achieved it by shuttling around Europe with CityJet, Air France / KLM’s UK offshoot, from London City Airport. I received an email from a reader who [...]
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