I’m not sure what took them so long, since BAA (owner of Heathrow) also owns the Heathrow Express train company, but you can now earn BAA WorldPoints when you book Heathrow Express tickets .....

I’m not sure what took them so long, since BAA (owner of Heathrow) also owns the Heathrow Express train .....

12 Jul 201212 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

American Airlines has halved the sign-up bonus on its American Express and Visa credit card double-pack.  The cards, issued by MBNA, now offer only 5,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for .....

American Airlines has halved the sign-up bonus on its American Express and Visa credit card double-pack.  The .....

11 Jul 201211 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Two good promotions are ending on Sunday, but there is still time to take advantage. First up is the 100% bonus on transfers from BAA WorldPoints to Avios, which I outlined here.  This is a .....

Two good promotions are ending on Sunday, but there is still time to take advantage. First up is the 100% .....

11 Jul 201211 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

Well, sadly not quite Goodbye.  But near enough. The good – frankly, great – news is that my last set of bonus Avios points from this promotion have just posted, covering the first two .....

Well, sadly not quite Goodbye.  But near enough. The good – frankly, great – news is that my last .....

10 Jul 201210 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

The Avios partnership most people didn’t know even existed, coupled with the charge card that most people have never even seen yet alone used, is coming to an end on August 31st.  That will be .....

The Avios partnership most people didn’t know even existed, coupled with the charge card that most .....

10 Jul 201210 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

There is a new bonus for signing up to BAA WorldPoints, Heathrow’s (amongst other airports) frequent shopping scheme.  Join via this link, which should put 703 in the Promo Code box, and you .....

There is a new bonus for signing up to BAA WorldPoints, Heathrow’s (amongst other airports) frequent .....

9 Jul 20129 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that you could both benefit from referral bonuses, I forgot to mention one additional benefit .....

When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that .....

8 Jul 20128 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the .....

This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....

7 Jul 20127 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for applying personally for the various loyalty credit cards.  These are, at present, the .....

The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for .....

6 Jul 20126 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Breaking news.  American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving them on its charge cards.  The net result is to make the bonuses harder for existing customers .....

Breaking news.  American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving them .....

5 Jul 20125 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every .....

This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest .....

5 Jul 20125 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

Just a quick heads up about this promotion, since it seems that a lot of people who hold the Lloyds TSB Avios credit cards have not received an email about it, and the promotion requires you to .....

Just a quick heads up about this promotion, since it seems that a lot of people who hold the Lloyds TSB Avios .....

4 Jul 20124 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

I posted a few days ago about the Marriott Rewards Summer promotion but, to be honest, it is rare that I summon up the enthusiasm to spend my own money in a Marriott.  Ritz-Carlton, Marriott’s .....

I posted a few days ago about the Marriott Rewards Summer promotion but, to be honest, it is rare that I .....

4 Jul 20124 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

…. cometh the surprise. July 3rd is the big day, the day that BA promised that we would be able to transfer BMI Diamond Club miles into British Airways Executive Club Avios, and vice versa. .....

…. cometh the surprise. July 3rd is the big day, the day that BA promised that we would be able to .....

3 Jul 20123 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments