If you have never been to the Servisair (eg Priority Pass etc) lounge in Heathrow Terminal 1 then you won’t understand the humour in this.  Anyone who has ever set foot in the Servisair lounge .....

If you have never been to the Servisair (eg Priority Pass etc) lounge in Heathrow Terminal 1 then you .....

3 Aug 20143 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

The kids are off school and the travel marketing machine has started to wind down.  There are few people at their desks to be interested in their special offers – and most people wait to get .....

The kids are off school and the travel marketing machine has started to wind down.  There are few people at .....

3 Aug 20143 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

A couple of months ago I posted a link to Will’s online diary of his slightly crazy tier point run to reach British Airways Gold Guest List status in the quickest time possible. It was a .....

A couple of months ago I posted a link to Will’s online diary of his slightly crazy tier point run to .....

2 Aug 20142 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

I finally got myself an iPhone earlier this year.  Some of the travel apps I have been using were discussed here and some of your alternative suggestions were listed here. I didn’t write about .....

I finally got myself an iPhone earlier this year.  Some of the travel apps I have been using were discussed .....

2 Aug 20142 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Over the next few days I will running updated versions of the travel planning series I wrote last year, covering the best ways of earning Avios points from every aspect of your trip. “How to get .....

Over the next few days I will running updated versions of the travel planning series I wrote last year, .....

2 Aug 20142 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

One of the things that makes this hobby so fascinating is the ability to arbitrage.  The aim is to collect miles and points as cheaply as possible and then use them for the maximum possible .....

One of the things that makes this hobby so fascinating is the ability to arbitrage.  The aim is to collect .....

1 Aug 20141 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

First off, here is the ‘no news’ you were probably expecting. It has been confirmed to me that there will be no ‘Tesco Clubcard to Avios points’ conversion bonus this quarter. .....

First off, here is the ‘no news’ you were probably expecting. It has been confirmed to me that .....

1 Aug 20141 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Possibly the longest on-going saga at Head for Points is drawing to a close. Last October, Shangri-La Golden Circle, the loyalty scheme for the luxury hotel group, had a promotion where you could earn .....

Possibly the longest on-going saga at Head for Points is drawing to a close. Last October, Shangri-La Golden .....

1 Aug 20141 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments