Just a quick heads to remind you that the Foursquare / Shell / American Express promotion ends on April 18th. You will save £15 on any £50 spend at a Shell garage when you pay with any American Express card and sign-up for the promotion [...]
Lufthansa scraps First Class on 25% of routes
March 15, 2013 by Raffles
A couple of weeks ago I posted two trip reports about my visit to Lufthansa’s First Class Terminal and my flight in their new First Class cabin, which comes with a seat and a fully separate bed. It is a truly fantastic product. Unfortunately, your [...]
End of tax year reminder – 5,000 Virgin Flying Club miles for taking out an ISA
March 5, 2013 by Raffles
With just a month to go before the end of the tax year, it is worth remembering that Virgin Money is offering 5,000 Flying Club miles to anyone who open a new FTSE Tracker ISA. There are two ways to invest. You can either invest [...]
If you can read this, the move to our new server must have worked!
February 27, 2013 by Raffles
Welcome, hopefully, to the new look Head for Points! (I write this, of course, a day or two in advance, not knowing if the move to our new server will work properly or not. Perhaps no-one is reading this ….!) The blog certainly looks different. I hope [...]
Priority Club’s ‘Friends & Family’ rate keeps on working for discounted hotel stays
February 27, 2013 by Raffles
Back in 2009, when the hotel business first started dipping down, Priority Club launched a special deal for stays at Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Indigo, InterContinental, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites hotels. It was called ‘Friends & Family’ and was nominally aimed [...]
Last chance to get your February Foursquare cashback!
February 27, 2013 by Raffles
(EDIT: Broken links in this post are now fixed) With Head for Points having been out of action for the last two days, this has been my first chance to give you a final warning not to miss out on the current batch of Amex [...]
Head for Points returns on Wednesday 27th – no posts Monday 25th or Tuesday 26th whilst we renovate!
February 24, 2013 by Raffles
OK, it is decorating time! As I outlined last Sunday, there will be no new posts on Monday or Tuesday whilst the blog is migrated to its new home and is given its new look. If you try to access the site during Monday or [...]
A hotel loyalty scheme I won’t be joining …
February 24, 2013 by Raffles
Back in May, we did an ‘out of season’ holiday at Sandy Lane in Barbados. I wrote a review of it here. Now, Sandy Lane is not cheap, even out of season. But at Christmas and New Year, it is extortionate! The Sandy Lane email [...]
Why Tesco’s ‘Win 1 Million Avios’ competition is rubbish
February 23, 2013 by Raffles
Scott emailed me to ask what is a very fair question: I didn’t see anything on your website about the Avios and Tesco clubcard email offer I received the other day. Apparently if you exchange a minimum of £10 worth of Tesco clubcard vouchers, before [...]
Amex refreshes its UK small business cards
February 23, 2013 by Raffles
A couple of months ago, Amex was offering a very generous 40,000 Avios if you signed up for their Business Gold card. Sadly that offer has now ended, and there is currently no sign-up bonus at all. However, Amex has recently relaunched its Business Platinum [...]
Emirates Skywards launches new ‘Platinum’ elite tier
February 23, 2013 by Raffles
Emirates has added a new elite tier to its Skywards programme – Platinum. Timed to match the launch of its new partnership with Qantas, the new tier will begin on April 1st. The benefits, to be honest, are not terribly exciting. This is especially disappointing [...]
Off to NYC Part 5 – review of the Conrad New York hotel
February 22, 2013 by Raffles
This is Part 5 of a series of airline and hotel reviews covering my trip to New York. To recap – I have just arrived, via Lufthansa First Class, in NYC. Click the links to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. [...]
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