Up to £100 in Marks & Spencer vouchers when booking with hotels.com

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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 !

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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 [...]

Etihad Guest launches a UK credit card – is it worth applying?

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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!)

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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, [...]

Has the clamp down on credit card fees changed airline pricing?

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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, [...]

What do you think it costs for a pair of Heathrow ‘slots’?

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As you are constantly hearing from the Government, from British Airways and from Heathrow Airport itself is that the airport is – to all intents and purposes – ‘full’. This is, to put it mildly, a bit of a shame if you are an ‘up [...]

Win 20,000 Avios points by predicting the Eurovision winner!

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Avios is giving away 20,000 Avios points in a competition to predict the winner of Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest! The competition is being run via Facebook, so you will need an account there to participate. Here is the link to take part. Everyone who correctly [...]

Earning Avios points when booking a package holiday via avios.com

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Two Head for Points readers both contacted me separately in recent weeks to point out the excellent deals being offered by avios.com when you use them to book a package holiday. The first thing to note is that these are avios.com promotions, so you will [...]

Dubai airport to partially close for 3 months next year

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I don’t usually cover general aviation news on Head for Points, but this story will have an impact on a lot of readers who may be planning to head to Dubai next year. As per this website, one of the two runways at Dubai International [...]

Confessions of a ‘manufactured spend’ expert ….

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My recent posts on the 3V Virtual Visa card have focussed minds on the topic of ‘manufactured spend’ – ie creating artificial financial transactions purely to generate credit card spend to generate airline miles. It is very low-key topic, because by definition it depends on [...]

Decent Expedia discount on US flight and hotel packages

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If you are planning a US trip this year, this may be worth a look. Expedia, via this link, is offering £50 off £500 ‘flight and hotel’ packages and £100 off £1,000 packages. The clever thing with these Expedia deals is that you can use [...]

Free ‘Family & Friends’ Railcard’ for 2 months (and £10 off if you buy a full year)

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This deal is in the Daily Mail today, but I will do you a favour and save you having to buy a copy! Mail readers are being offered a free ‘Family & Friends Railcard’, which will be valid until 31st July. This would allow you [...]