A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when he called to cancel his Platinum charge card.  This is the first time in two years that I .....

A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when .....

10 Mar 201510 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Today I am launching a special 3 day promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head for Points readers. I have written before about the current Kaligo.com and British Airways .....

Today I am launching a special 3 day promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

The British Airways premium leisure sale, focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First, ends tomorrow (Tuesday).  On many routes you can book until 9th February 2016 so you could potentially secure .....

The British Airways premium leisure sale, focussing on Club Europe, Club World and First, ends tomorrow .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

When I ran my recent reader survey on which hotel chains you used, Best Western performed surprisingly strongly.  I thought it was worth doing an introductory article on Best Western Rewards, .....

When I ran my recent reader survey on which hotel chains you used, Best Western performed surprisingly .....

9 Mar 20159 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

As part of the campaign to save train loyalty scheme East Coast Rewards (a campaign which was partially successful, to the extent that Virgin East Coast ended up making a generous conversion deal), a .....

As part of the campaign to save train loyalty scheme East Coast Rewards (a campaign which was partially .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near Heathrow Airport in March. The Mercure London Heathrow Hotel is shown here on the Accor website. .....

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country.  Whilst the cards look the same wherever you go (unless you turn them over) you receive different benefits .....

The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country.  Whilst the cards .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

News in brief: Earn 1,000 free Club Carlson points Club Carlson is running a special promotion on Twitter on March 19th called #hashtaghotelpromo In order to take part you will need to be following .....

News in brief: Earn 1,000 free Club Carlson points Club Carlson is running a special promotion on Twitter on .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is my review of my stay at the Jumeirah At Etihad Towers hotel in Abu Dhabi.  This hotel is, since late 2020, trading as the Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers hotel – the new website is here. .....

This is my review of my stay at the Jumeirah At Etihad Towers hotel in Abu Dhabi.  This hotel is, since late .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

For those people lucky enough to still have the old bmi British Midland credit cards issued by MBNA, some unwelcome news dropped through the letterbox yesterday. Not for everyone, just for some. There .....

For those people lucky enough to still have the old bmi British Midland credit cards issued by MBNA, some .....

7 Mar 20157 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

News in brief: British Airways files another patent for next-generation seats Skift reports on the latest patent filing by British Airways in relation to new seating.  We have been here before, of .....

News in brief: British Airways files another patent for next-generation seats Skift reports on the latest .....

6 Mar 20156 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

With Etihad still running – for another 5 days – its 25% bonus on transfers from American Express Membership Rewards, you may have become interested in using it.  My .....

With Etihad still running – for another 5 days – its 25% bonus on transfers from American Express .....

6 Mar 20156 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

I covered the major changes to the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at small businesses, two weeks ago. Whilst BA is making sure that the value of your existing points is protected (which is .....

I covered the major changes to the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at small businesses, two weeks .....

6 Mar 20156 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Tucked away in the latest issue of BA’s The Club magazine is an interesting offer from ‘dining discount’ group The Gourmet Society. Despite the posh name, The Gourmet Society is .....

Tucked away in the latest issue of BA’s The Club magazine is an interesting offer from ‘dining .....

5 Mar 20155 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments