Train ticket booking website redspottedhanky.com has been very lucrative this year for Head for Points readers.  Our mini-league shared over £1,100 in their Fantasy Wimbledon competition and their .....

Train ticket booking website redspottedhanky.com has been very lucrative this year for Head for Points .....

14 Oct 201314 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

It is, of course, hugely frustrating to find that you can book half of a reward ticket but cannot find seats for other leg.  On short haul flights it isn’t so bad, because British Airways now .....

It is, of course, hugely frustrating to find that you can book half of a reward ticket but cannot find seats .....

14 Oct 201314 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is my review of the Grand Melia Fenix hotel in Madrid. Back in June, Amex Platinum charge card holders received a leaflet in the post.  As I wrote here, it offered everyone a free night – .....

This is my review of the Grand Melia Fenix hotel in Madrid. Back in June, Amex Platinum charge card holders .....

13 Oct 201313 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Avios is launching a new partnership with roadside rescue group RAC, starting tomorrow. RAC is offering 30% off RAC breakdown cover, together with bonus Avios points.   There are three options, to .....

Avios is launching a new partnership with roadside rescue group RAC, starting tomorrow. RAC is offering 30% .....

13 Oct 201313 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

On September 1st, I wrote about the Tesco ‘My Kitchen’ promotion, running exclusively on Facebook. The original post is here. They were giving away 2,000 prizes of 500 points.  And, as I .....

On September 1st, I wrote about the Tesco ‘My Kitchen’ promotion, running exclusively on Facebook. .....

13 Oct 201313 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

This is my review of the new Iberia fully flat business class seats on its A330 aircraft. I was in Madrid on Wednesday and Thursday, taking advantage of the American Express Platinum offer of a free .....

This is my review of the new Iberia fully flat business class seats on its A330 aircraft. I was in Madrid on .....

12 Oct 201312 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Here is an interesting offer if you are interested in getting Hilton HHonors Gold status. Hilton Gold is generally seen as the best of the mid-tier hotel statuses, because it offers three genuinely .....

Here is an interesting offer if you are interested in getting Hilton HHonors Gold status. Hilton Gold is .....

12 Oct 201312 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

I posted last week about a British Airways discount code for £100 off a £350+ Club Europe ticket. There were problems with the code, though, and it wasn’t functioning. All is now working OK, .....

I posted last week about a British Airways discount code for £100 off a £350+ Club Europe ticket. There were .....

12 Oct 201312 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

I wrote last week about the much improved bonus on the Etihad Guest UK credit card, which is now offering a 17,000 miles sign-up bonus. On its own, that won’t get you far, albeit Etihad is also .....

I wrote last week about the much improved bonus on the Etihad Guest UK credit card, which is now offering a .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Lufthansa recently announced a number of changes to the Miles & More loyalty scheme. This covers a number of airlines, such as Swiss, Austrian, LOT and Adria, as well as Lufthansa itself. The .....

Lufthansa recently announced a number of changes to the Miles & More loyalty scheme. This covers a number .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot of readers outside London use it as they find a transfer in Amsterdam to be more .....

I don’t write much about KLM or its Flying Blue loyalty programme on Head for Points, even though a lot .....

11 Oct 201311 October 2013 by Rob Burgess

I have written before about the regular bonus codes published by IHG Rewards Club. To avoid linking back to too many older posts, I will repeat the background here and then share some new codes below. .....

I have written before about the regular bonus codes published by IHG Rewards Club. To avoid linking back to .....

10 Oct 201310 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Emails should start arriving soon, if they haven’t already, in the inboxes of selected British Airways Executive Club members who are not members of Hilton HHonors. If you get this email, you .....

Emails should start arriving soon, if they haven’t already, in the inboxes of selected British Airways .....

10 Oct 201310 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Back in March, I wrote about earning Lufthansa Miles & More miles by writing hotel reviews on Tripadvisor and HolidayCheck. The Tripadvisor deal has now finished, but the HolidayCheck promotion is .....

Back in March, I wrote about earning Lufthansa Miles & More miles by writing hotel reviews on Tripadvisor .....

10 Oct 201310 October 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments