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This is the 17th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the ‘Credit Cards Update‘ page. My other UK airline and [...]
Hilton HHonors has started to drip feed a number of promotions into the market which offer bonus miles for people who choose the ‘Hilton HHonors points and airline miles’ collection option when staying. (Hilton is unique in offering BOTH points and airline miles when you [...]
(EDIT: This post has been updated in May 2013, and the numbers shown below are correct as of May 2013.) I first wrote on this topic back in November. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time to re-run the analysis. Our [...]
If you have a few United miles knocking about already, then you can add an extra 1,000 by signing up to a new social media service and linking a Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare account. The sign-up link is here. Hat-tip View from the Wing
The ‘Credit Cards Update’ page at the top of blog has been updated for December. (Click here to see it if you are an email or RSS reader.) There has been quite a lot of promotional activity recently, and the overall quality of deals is [...]
Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to sign up for the United Airlines MileagePlus American Express credit card with the 15,000 mile bonus. Tomorrow it will probably drop back to the usual 1,500 or 5,000, or perhaps even nothing again! My [...]
This is the 7th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the Cards Update page. Click here to see [...]
A recent post on exchanging Miles & More miles for Heathrow shopping vouchers triggered a question about exchanging United MileagePlus points. The answer I gave was to use points.com, and I thought it was worth writing a little about this. If you have ever bought Avios, [...]
EDIT: The initial allocation of this $59 package has now sold out. I will let people know when it is available again. Whilst most readers of Head for Points will be familiar with Flyertalk, far fewer know much about Milepoint. Milepoint was created in 2011 [...]
With BMI’s departure from Star Alliance, those of us who regularly fly on Star Alliance member airlines are having to look for a new home for their miles. One of the key determinants, for me, when joining a mileage programme is the ability to earn [...]
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