News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which originally ran last year, offering £50 statement credit on a purchase of £500 or more. I was .....

News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which .....

12 Aug 201512 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

In late July I wrote about an ‘open to all’ promotion that Hilton HHonors was running with airberlin. My original article is here – I won’t repeat all of the details again. You .....

In late July I wrote about an ‘open to all’ promotion that Hilton HHonors was running with .....

12 Aug 201512 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

This is my review of the Embassy Suites, Niagara Falls hotel on the Canadian side of the falls. It is a little odd in Niagara Falls that the tallest hotel, the nearest hotel to the Canadian falls and .....

This is my review of the Embassy Suites, Niagara Falls hotel on the Canadian side of the falls. It is a little .....

12 Aug 201512 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points. However, most of us probably spend some time on trains as well so I thought it was worth a run through of the .....

Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points. However, most of us .....

11 Aug 201511 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Wyndham – even though you may never have heard of it – is actually the largest hotel group in the world with over 7,000 properties.  The majority of these are low-cost hotels in the USA, .....

Wyndham – even though you may never have heard of it – is actually the largest hotel group in the .....

11 Aug 201511 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

This article is a quick review of the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Terminal 3 of Toronto Pearson International Airport, where I spent Sunday evening. My Mum and I are in Canada this week, where I am .....

This article is a quick review of the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Terminal 3 of Toronto Pearson International .....

11 Aug 201511 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards which offer airline miles or hotel loyalty points for your spending.  However, as .....

This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards .....

10 Aug 201510 August 2015 by Rob Burgess

Whilst I know that this view is not universally shared, I generally recommend newcomers to Avios redemptions to try Club Europe on short-haul redemptions from Heathrow. Why? Because, if you .....

Whilst I know that this view is not universally shared, I generally recommend newcomers to Avios redemptions .....

10 Aug 201510 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

In response to a KLM fare sale, Iberia has launched an aggressive £875 return business class fare to Rio. This is a very, very good deal, and makes it worth cancelling any Avios redemption you have .....

In response to a KLM fare sale, Iberia has launched an aggressive £875 return business class fare to Rio. .....

10 Aug 201510 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

I am in Canada all week, helping my Mum realise an ambition to see Niagara Falls and chaperoning her to a family wedding next weekend. We flew out to Toronto yesterday afternoon in British Airways .....

I am in Canada all week, helping my Mum realise an ambition to see Niagara Falls and chaperoning her to a .....

10 Aug 201510 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

How should your miles and points collecting change if you are a solo traveller?  I thought it was worth updating this article which I originally ran in 2013. Whilst Head for Points generally .....

How should your miles and points collecting change if you are a solo traveller?  I thought it was worth .....

9 Aug 20159 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

News in brief: Get a 100% bonus on Etihad Guest transfers Etihad Guest has launched a special offer for Heathrow Rewards members (the loyalty scheme which gives points for Heathrow Airport shopping, .....

News in brief: Get a 100% bonus on Etihad Guest transfers Etihad Guest has launched a special offer for .....

9 Aug 20159 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Back in 2014, Starwood (owners of St Regis, Le Meridien, Westin, W, Sheraton, Aloft etc) ran a ‘3 for 2’ promotion in the Middle East in association with Mastercard.  I took advantage of .....

Back in 2014, Starwood (owners of St Regis, Le Meridien, Westin, W, Sheraton, Aloft etc) ran a ‘3 for .....

9 Aug 20159 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that you .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

8 Aug 20158 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments