Until 13th July, British Airways is offering a 25% bonus (10% with Starwood) if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty schemes into Avios. Etihad Guest is offering a similar deal until .....

Until 13th July, British Airways is offering a 25% bonus (10% with Starwood) if you transfer hotel points from .....

9 May 20159 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Etihad Guest has launched a 25% bonus on points you transfer in to their scheme.  They have run this promotion before but never with a bonus as large as 25%. You can find details of participating .....

Etihad Guest has launched a 25% bonus on points you transfer in to their scheme.  They have run this .....

8 May 20158 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

The partnership between Flybe and Avios (ie avios.com and not British Airways Executive Club) has been running for six months now. You now earn Avios points when you fly with Flybe – and, .....

The partnership between Flybe and Avios (ie avios.com and not British Airways Executive Club) has been running .....

8 May 20158 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

There are a number of bonus offers available at the moment for buying points.  In general, this is never a great idea unless you only need a small number to top off your account or you need the miles .....

There are a number of bonus offers available at the moment for buying points.  In general, this is never a .....

8 May 20158 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a new reward seat sale, focussing exclusively on destinations in the USA.  Full details can be found here. Virgin has occasional economy redemption sales where you can .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a new reward seat sale, focussing exclusively on destinations in the USA.  Full .....

7 May 20157 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

Virgin Atlantic has boosted the sign-up bonus on its credit cards again.  This is not entirely surprising given that British Airways increased the bonus on its cards last week.  However, I .....

Virgin Atlantic has boosted the sign-up bonus on its credit cards again.  This is not entirely surprising .....

7 May 20157 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

Airline Monarch has changed over the last few years from a charter carrier into a ‘proper’ scheduled airline.  It now has hubs at Leeds Bradford, Luton, Manchester, Birmingham and Gatwick .....

Airline Monarch has changed over the last few years from a charter carrier into a ‘proper’ .....

7 May 20157 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

News in brief: Uber sign-up credit now £15 If you haven’t tried out the cab app Uber yet, now is an excellent opportunity.  The ‘first ride’ bonus you get when you sign up via HfP .....

News in brief: Uber sign-up credit now £15 If you haven’t tried out the cab app Uber yet, now is an .....

6 May 20156 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Hotels.com relaunched its Welcome Rewards loyalty scheme as Hotels.com Rewards yesterday. You can see the new home page for the programme here. I am a big fan of Hotels.com Rewards / Welcome Rewards .....

Hotels.com relaunched its Welcome Rewards loyalty scheme as Hotels.com Rewards yesterday. You can see the new .....

6 May 20156 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for Points readers. The first bit of news is not hugely surprising. Emirates Skywards has joined .....

Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for .....

6 May 20156 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays to HfP readers in a competition last year. If you haven’t tried their app yet, .....

I have written about HotelTonight a few times in the past, and they generously gave away £1,000 of free stays .....

5 May 20155 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza programme, slipped out a list of category changes on its website yesterday.  No announcement has been made to members. The impact is shocking with .....

Club Carlson, the Radisson / Park Inn / Park Plaza programme, slipped out a list of category changes on its .....

5 May 20155 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Eurostar Frequent Traveller (not to be confused with Eurostar Plus Points, their leisure-based loyalty scheme) announced on Thursday that it was introducing a ‘part points, part cash’ .....

Eurostar Frequent Traveller (not to be confused with Eurostar Plus Points, their leisure-based loyalty scheme) .....

5 May 20155 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has launched a very generous promotion which could allow you to earn a significant number of .....

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has .....

4 May 20154 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments