I wrote a piece recently for the American Express travel blog which has just gone live. I was only given a limited amount of space, but I hope it gives readers an idea of the ‘bigger picture’ of how they can earn and burn their […]

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Avios has launched a new Facebook game – Avios Dropple! Fundamentally, it is a silly arcade game where you have to catch falling objects, suitable for anyone with the mental and motor skills of a 2 year old. Here is the official description: Become a […]

Three weeks ago, I ran details of an American Express promotion which offered 500 people a £15 credit for signing up for London taxi app Hailo.  Head for Points readers ran through all of the 500 Amex codes within a couple of hours …..! Reader […]

Here is an interesting development.  Most people know that there are NO third party airport lounges in Heathrow Terminal 5.  This is not entirely surprising, as BA / Iberia have monopoly use of the terminal. It does, however, impact people who have a Priority Pass, Lounge Club, […]

The train operating companies have launched a new railcard this week, Two Together. There are currently railcards for older people, students and families travelling together.  What there hasn’t been is a railcard for couples who are too young for the Senior Railcard!  Now there is. […]

I’ve no idea how long this offer has been going, but Stansted Express is currently offering ‘free’ access to the No 1 Traveller lounge at Stansted with the purchase of a first class ticket (one way or return). I put the word ‘free’ in quotes because […]

There was an interesting post on US blog The Points Guy last weekend about whether – when flying on a reward ticket - you should put in the frequent flyer number of a different airline. The rationale for this is that airline industry IT is often […]

As the finishing touches are put to the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow, due to open in June, the airport has released the final list of retailers who will be using it. There will be 64 shops and restaurants in total.  The foodie highlight is […]

I have spent the last four weeks analysing the ‘big seven’ hotel loyalty programmes (all of the links are on this page).  Each of them offers a different mix of status benefits, points earning and points redeeming features.  Which is the best for you is […]

A reader recently dropped me an email to ask if I had any ideas about what to do with some orphaned Air Canada Aeroplan miles he had.  I thought the reply I gave him may be of interest to a few other people. First, some […]

A Head for Points reader got in touch with me on 11th December with a question.  Whilst a committed Avios collector, he had to travel to San Francisco for work and was required to fly on United Airlines.  He wanted to know if his miles would […]

Last Monday, I ran an article about the travel apps that I had downloaded to my new iPhone.  This brought a fantastic response from Head for Points readers who submitted lots of other ideas for apps to try. I thought it was worth summarising all […]