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Earn some cheap Avios with Tesco’s new ‘pre-order’ deals

Tesco Direct has been very active over the last few months at offering very large piles of Clubcard points (so very large piles of Avios or Virgin Flying Club miles!) when you pre-order CD’s, .....

Tesco Direct has been very active over the last few months at offering very large piles of Clubcard points (so .....

by Rob Burgess31 comments

If you can read this, the move to our new server must have worked

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 .....

Welcome, hopefully, to the new look Head for Points. I write this, of course, a day or two in advance, not .....

by Rob Burgess31 comments

Last chance to get your February Foursquare cashback

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 and Foursquare offers. My .....

With Head for Points having been out of action for the last two days, this has been my first chance to give .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

A hotel loyalty scheme I won’t be joining ….

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 .....

Back in May, we did an ‘out of season’ holiday at Sandy Lane in Barbados. I wrote a review of it .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment

Why Tesco’s ‘Win 1 Million Avios’ competition is rubbish

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 .....

Scott emailed me to ask what is a very fair question: I didn’t see anything on your website about the .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

Amex refreshes its UK small business cards

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. .....

A couple of months ago, Amex was offering a very generous 40,000 Avios if you signed up for their Business .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

Emirates Skywards launches new ‘Platinum’ elite tier

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 .....

Emirates has added a new elite tier to its Skywards programme – Platinum. Timed to match the launch of .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment

Review: the Conrad New York hotel

This article is my review of the new Conrad New York hotel.  It 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 .....

This article is my review of the new Conrad New York hotel.  It is Part 5 of a series of airline and hotel .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

The massive Hilton HHonors devaluation

A couple of people have emailed me to ask when I will be writing about the massive Hilton HHonors devaluation. The answer, unfortunately, is not until the end of next week.  I am pretty much .....

A couple of people have emailed me to ask when I will be writing about the massive Hilton HHonors devaluation. .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

Review: Lufthansa First Class, Frankfurt to Newark

This is my review of Lufthansa First Class on a 747, flying from Frankfurt to Newark.  It is Part 4 of my series of airline and hotel reviews covering my NYC trip this week.  Part .....

This is my review of Lufthansa First Class on a 747, flying from Frankfurt to Newark.  It is .....

by Rob Burgess9 comments

British Airways Executive Club promotional codes when joining BAEC

(EDIT:  As a lot of readers find this post directly via a search engine, I would like to say Welcome and to say that if you have ANY interest at all in Avios, British Airways Executive Club, air .....

(EDIT:  As a lot of readers find this post directly via a search engine, I would like to say Welcome and .....

by Rob Burgess5 comments

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