Long-term readers of Head for Points will know that I have not been the greatest fan of Marriott Rewards although I have always acknowledged that people who commit enough to earn top-tier status (75 .....

Long-term readers of Head for Points will know that I have not been the greatest fan of Marriott .....

19 Mar 201719 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

News in brief: BA trialling improved ‘cash for Avios’ EU261 deals? A few months I wrote a fairly scathing article about British Airways offering people Avios instead of cash when they .....

News in brief: BA trialling improved ‘cash for Avios’ EU261 deals? A few months I wrote a fairly .....

19 Mar 201719 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

IAG, the parent of British Airways, announced the name of its new low-cost airline yesterday – LEVEL. The airline will be based in Barcelona, at least initially. LEVEL isn’t really a .....

IAG, the parent of British Airways, announced the name of its new low-cost airline yesterday – LEVEL. .....

18 Mar 201718 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

18 Mar 201718 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

News in brief: Flying Blue improves its mileage expiry policy (a bit) Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM programme, is popular with a lot of Head for Points readers outside London.  Flying to .....

News in brief: Flying Blue improves its mileage expiry policy (a bit) Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM .....

18 Mar 201718 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

News in brief: New Tesco / LEGO promotion launched Tesco Direct has launched a new LEGO promotion, this time with LEGO Disney Princess. As you can see here, you will receive 500 bonus Tesco Clubcard .....

News in brief: New Tesco / LEGO promotion launched Tesco Direct has launched a new LEGO promotion, this time .....

17 Mar 201717 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

Hilton Honors is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points before 3rd May.  See here for details. This is the first bonus promotion since the new Hilton redemption process kicked in.  Under this new .....

Hilton Honors is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points before 3rd May.  See here for details. This is the .....

17 Mar 201717 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

avios.com has had a partnership with Utility Warehouse for a couple of years.  This deal allows you to earn Avios points with your energy, telephone and broadband bills. The most generous way to earn .....

avios.com has had a partnership with Utility Warehouse for a couple of years.  This deal allows you to earn .....

17 Mar 201717 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Hilton @Play, the ‘redeem your points for events’ side of Hilton Honors, has just launched something that, if you are a keen music fan, would be very special indeed. On Saturday 22nd .....

Hilton @Play, the ‘redeem your points for events’ side of Hilton Honors, has just launched .....

16 Mar 201716 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Regular readers of Head for Points will know that there has been substantial discussion on the site in recent weeks about downgrades.  In particular, the issue is whether British Airways is .....

Regular readers of Head for Points will know that there has been substantial discussion on the site in recent .....

16 Mar 201716 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 137 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways and Etihad launch UK sales Both Etihad and Qatar Airways have launched sales from the UK in both economy and business class. Neither of these sales are exceptional but if .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways and Etihad launch UK sales Both Etihad and Qatar Airways have launched sales from .....

16 Mar 201716 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

A comment on HfP earlier in the week about ‘how do I use Matrix?’ made me realise that it is a while since I talked about the ITA Matrix online tool.  This allows you to very quickly .....

A comment on HfP earlier in the week about ‘how do I use Matrix?’ made me realise that it is a .....

16 Mar 201716 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added Avios and Virgin Flying Club as partners?“. I didn’t, because I had never heard of .....

A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added .....

15 Mar 201715 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

News in brief: Save 10% on pre-ordered British Airways duty free You have been able to pre-order duty free items for delivery to your aircraft seat on long haul British Airways flights for some time. .....

News in brief: Save 10% on pre-ordered British Airways duty free You have been able to pre-order duty free .....

15 Mar 201715 March 2017 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments