How do you fancy a free meal or drinks worth £125 in The Shard?! Shangri-La Golden Circle is not one of the main hotel programmes I cover on Head for Points. Whilst the group is huge in Asia, via the .....

How do you fancy a free meal or drinks worth £125 in The Shard?! Shangri-La Golden Circle is not one of the .....

31 Oct 201331 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a “preview” of the new list of PointBreaks redemptions via its private online .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

31 Oct 201331 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Anyone holding out for a ‘Tesco to Avios’ conversion bonus is going to be disappointed (again). BA has dug up a very modest carrot to persuade you to convert your Tesco Clubcard vouchers .....

Anyone holding out for a ‘Tesco to Avios’ conversion bonus is going to be disappointed (again). BA .....

31 Oct 201331 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

The majority of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses.  Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....

The majority of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. .....

30 Oct 201330 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

I got myself crossed off Alitalia’s Christmas card list last year, when I ran this article asking whether their MilleMiglia scheme is actually the worst frequent flyer scheme in the world. The .....

I got myself crossed off Alitalia’s Christmas card list last year, when I ran this article asking .....

30 Oct 201330 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

‘Avios and Money’ is the feature of the Avios programme that allows you to book a reward seat for up to 70% fewer Avios than the headline mileage price. British Airways, Iberia Plus or .....

‘Avios and Money’ is the feature of the Avios programme that allows you to book a reward seat for .....

30 Oct 201330 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

October 31st is the last day to register for the Starwood Preferred Guest ‘Take Two’ promotion. Covering Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft / Luxury Collection etc, this promotion is a very .....

October 31st is the last day to register for the Starwood Preferred Guest ‘Take Two’ promotion. .....

30 Oct 201330 October 2013 by Rob Burgess

British Airways Executive Club and avios.com will today announce the launch of ‘Part-Pay with Avios’. Full details can be found at this page on ba.com. I have mentioned on Head for Points .....

British Airways Executive Club and avios.com will today announce the launch of ‘Part-Pay with .....

29 Oct 201329 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

It usually takes a while for Tesco to take the Clubcard points earned in the previous quarter and convert them into vouchers. This time, though, they have been super-quick. If you log in to your .....

It usually takes a while for Tesco to take the Clubcard points earned in the previous quarter and convert them .....

29 Oct 201329 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

When British Airways created Avios in November 2011, the one change that came totally out of the blue – and in a very positive way – was the introduction of Reward Flight Saver. This allows anyone .....

When British Airways created Avios in November 2011, the one change that came totally out of the blue – and .....

29 Oct 201329 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

UK readers of Head of Points will scarcily have been able to miss the news stories about electricity and gas price rises in recent weeks.  All of the six major companies are increasing their prices .....

UK readers of Head of Points will scarcily have been able to miss the news stories about electricity and gas .....

28 Oct 201328 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Last week I published this article which pointed you to an interesting analysis of decent Hilton HHonors hotels which had been listed in their lowest redemption category, just 5,000 points per night. .....

Last week I published this article which pointed you to an interesting analysis of decent Hilton HHonors .....

28 Oct 201328 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

A quick heads up that October 31st is the last day to register for the Hyatt Gold Passport ‘Discover The Possibilities’ promotion. The web page for full details and registration is here. The .....

A quick heads up that October 31st is the last day to register for the Hyatt Gold Passport ‘Discover The .....

28 Oct 201328 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Not many people know that Tesco bought the Dobbies chain of garden centres back in 2007. Since then, it has been run separately with very little integration. Whatever plan Tesco had for the business .....

Not many people know that Tesco bought the Dobbies chain of garden centres back in 2007. Since then, it has .....

27 Oct 201327 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments