News in brief: Court judgement on how you receive downgrade compensation I ran an article about EC261 downgrade compensation on Wednesday.  I said in that piece that some parts of the regulations .....

News in brief: Court judgement on how you receive downgrade compensation I ran an article about EC261 .....

20 Jan 201720 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

News in brief: Important Accor promotion update Yesterday I wrote about the new Accor promotion.  This offers you potentially 6,000 Avios or €120 of hotel credit for making 3 x 2-night stays. What .....

News in brief: Important Accor promotion update Yesterday I wrote about the new Accor promotion.  This offers .....

20 Jan 201720 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a potentially generous new promotion. You will earn €120 of Accor hotel vouchers or 6,000 Avios (or .....

Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a .....

19 Jan 201719 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

The website of Forbes magazine published an interesting article yesterday on the current state of British Airways. It is surprisingly accurate – by the standards of mainstream publications when .....

The website of Forbes magazine published an interesting article yesterday on the current state of British .....

19 Jan 201719 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 170 comments

News in brief: Last chance to beat AwardWallet’s sharp price hike There is only one miles and points tool that I use every day – and have done for a number of years – and that is .....

News in brief: Last chance to beat AwardWallet’s sharp price hike There is only one miles and points .....

19 Jan 201719 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite having four Club World tickets booked, we arrived at Dubai Airport to find that an aircraft .....

Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 233 comments

News in brief: Get a €100 status credit with any Avis rental A reader sent me a link to this new Avis offer.  If you are signed up to Avis Preferred and make a booking in the current Avis sale, for .....

News in brief: Get a €100 status credit with any Avis rental A reader sent me a link to this new Avis offer. .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the whirl of the festive season, it isn’t too late. You still have time to save £15 on .....

If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

This is our review of The Yorkshire Lounge at Leeds Bradford Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. Reader James kindly .....

This is our review of The Yorkshire Lounge at Leeds Bradford Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of .....

18 Jan 201718 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on exploiting sign-up bonuses.  Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....

The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on exploiting sign-up bonuses.  Get .....

17 Jan 201717 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 191 comments

Accor (Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Pullman etc) has the best ‘last minute’ scheme of ANY UK hotel chain. Every Monday and Tuesday, it makes rooms available for the following two .....

Accor (Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, Pullman etc) has the best ‘last minute’ scheme of ANY UK .....

17 Jan 201717 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and Flybe to codeshare to Heathrow As I covered a couple of weeks ago, Flybe is to launch flights to London Heathrow from Edinburgh and Aberdeen in March.  These will .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and Flybe to codeshare to Heathrow As I covered a couple of weeks ago, Flybe is .....

17 Jan 201717 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

The luxury hotel companies (Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental etc) do not get a lot of coverage on Head for Points due to their lack of loyalty schemes.  This is despite the fact that many HfP readers .....

The luxury hotel companies (Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental etc) do not get a lot of coverage on Head for .....

16 Jan 201716 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

British Airways guarantees to release at least 2 Club World and 4 World Traveller seats on every long haul flight for Avios redemption. These are made available as soon as tickets for the flight go on .....

British Airways guarantees to release at least 2 Club World and 4 World Traveller seats on every long haul .....

16 Jan 201716 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 153 comments