This is our review of The Resident Victoria hotel in London, formerly known as The Nadler. When this review was written, the hotel was still branded The Nadler.  We have retained the original .....

This is our review of The Resident Victoria hotel in London, formerly known as The Nadler. When this review .....

23 May 201623 May 2016 by Anika Burnett • 50 comments

This week is the last week to take advantage of the current generous sign-up bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards.   Since MBNA seems to have stopped offering enhanced bonuses on its other cards .....

This week is the last week to take advantage of the current generous sign-up bonus on the Virgin Atlantic .....

23 May 201623 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

News in brief: The Economist’s 1843 on ‘Class War In The Airport Lounge’ Intelligent Life, the quarterly lifestyle glossy from The Economist, was recently relaunched with a new title .....

News in brief: The Economist’s 1843 on ‘Class War In The Airport Lounge’ Intelligent Life, .....

22 May 201622 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

If you convert your Tesco Clubcard points into Avios, you are probably doing it via British Airways Executive Club. As I wrote 10 days, British Airways is running a competition this quarter: For .....

If you convert your Tesco Clubcard points into Avios, you are probably doing it via British Airways .....

22 May 201622 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

On Thursday, we published exclusive details on the new HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard.  Luckily for us, all of those details appear to have been correct. The official website for the card is .....

On Thursday, we published exclusive details on the new HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard.  Luckily for .....

22 May 201622 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Last week I wrote about the ‘quadruple Avios’ promotion which Iberia has launched in association with Hilton. British Airways has now launched its own version of the offer as you can see .....

Last week I wrote about the ‘quadruple Avios’ promotion which Iberia has launched in association .....

21 May 201621 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

News in brief: Interview with Alex Cruz, new CEO of British Airways Business Traveller has a partial transcript of an interview Alex Cruz, the new BA CEO, gave this week. It is worth a read, covering .....

News in brief: Interview with Alex Cruz, new CEO of British Airways Business Traveller has a partial .....

21 May 201621 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

News in brief: The difference between Visa and Mastercard FX rates It is easy to assume that Visa and Mastercard would use the same exchange rates when processing overseas credit card transactions. In .....

News in brief: The difference between Visa and Mastercard FX rates It is easy to assume that Visa and .....

21 May 201621 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Hilton HHonors has, very quietly, brought back its official status match programme. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your existing status in another hotel scheme to get Gold or Diamond .....

Hilton HHonors has, very quietly, brought back its official status match programme. This is a fantastic .....

20 May 201620 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

News in brief: British Airways now clear that Qatar ‘R’ class earning is based on travel date Back in March, Qatar Airways introduced a new selling class for discounted business class .....

News in brief: British Airways now clear that Qatar ‘R’ class earning is based on travel date Back .....

20 May 201620 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

If you had ever wanted to use your Avios points to visit Cape Town, Christmas came early back in March when British Airways launched its new route from Gatwick. Two Club World seats were available on .....

If you had ever wanted to use your Avios points to visit Cape Town, Christmas came early back in March when .....

20 May 201620 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Thanks to London-based baggage collection and delivery service AirPortr, I am running a special giveaway today which will last for just 18 hours. Between now and midnight, you can win .....

Thanks to London-based baggage collection and delivery service AirPortr, I am running a .....

19 May 201619 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

HSBC, as I have mentioned a couple of times on Head for Points in the past, has been planning to bring its World Elite Mastercard product to the UK for some time.  Recent changes to the terms and .....

HSBC, as I have mentioned a couple of times on Head for Points in the past, has been planning to bring its .....

19 May 201619 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

British Airways announced yesterday that it is starting flights to Santiago de Chile on 3rd January. This will be the longest British Airways flight on the network.  It clocks in at 14 hours and 40 .....

British Airways announced yesterday that it is starting flights to Santiago de Chile on 3rd January. This .....

19 May 201619 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments