Following numerous trials, British Airways has finally decided to push ahead with boarding in groups.  The new process will go live on 12th December. Your boarding pass will now carry a group .....

Following numerous trials, British Airways has finally decided to push ahead with boarding in groups.  The .....

18 Nov 201718 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 129 comments

News in brief: Lloyds response to our card fraud claims Our article yesterday on card fraud on the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card got traction, being picked up by Radio 4’s ‘You and .....

News in brief: Lloyds response to our card fraud claims Our article yesterday on card fraud on the Lloyds .....

18 Nov 201718 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments

News in brief: Excellent Park Plaza London £119 hotel deal The Park Plaza hotel group has launched a £119 promotion for its London hotels. This is a very good deal, because Park Plaza has some very .....

News in brief: Excellent Park Plaza London £119 hotel deal The Park Plaza hotel group has launched a £119 .....

18 Nov 201718 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

There were many reports on Head for Points yesterday, in the comments, from readers who have seen fake transactions appearing on their Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards.  It appears that there has .....

There were many reports on Head for Points yesterday, in the comments, from readers who have seen fake .....

17 Nov 201717 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 150 comments

News in brief: Get double Avios on Kaligo.com hotel bookings Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has been fairly quiet on the promotional front recently. They now have a new offer available: You will .....

News in brief: Get double Avios on Kaligo.com hotel bookings Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has been fairly .....

17 Nov 201717 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

With new overseas payment products such as Curve and Revolut targetting the travelling public, is there any future for increasingly ‘old school’ products such as the Avios .....

With new overseas payment products such as Curve and Revolut targetting the travelling public, is there .....

17 Nov 201717 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I relaunched this ten months ago with Emyr Thomas of Bon Vivant, the feedback from Head for Points readers has been .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I relaunched this ten .....

17 Nov 201717 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

After last year’s success we are delighted to announce that we are holding another Head for Points Christmas party this year. We are currently still in the process of finalising everything but .....

After last year’s success we are delighted to announce that we are holding another Head for Points .....

16 Nov 201716 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 87 comments

News in brief: British Airways to take four A380’s from Singapore Airlines? A couple of weeks I wrote about the amazing new First Class Suites being fitted to the new A380 aircraft being .....

News in brief: British Airways to take four A380’s from Singapore Airlines? A couple of weeks I wrote .....

16 Nov 201716 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 115 comments

This is our review of the Aer Lingus Lounge at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. Over .....

This is our review of the Aer Lingus Lounge at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2. This is part of our .....

16 Nov 201716 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 18 comments

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the MBNA airline credit cards. It was good advice. MBNA closed the American Airlines .....

Last week I ran this article suggesting that you should act immediately if you wanted to apply for any of the .....

15 Nov 201715 November 2017 by Rob Burgess

In one of her tougher Head for Points assignments, Anika spent a few days in Boston recently as the guest of Aer Lingus.  With the bankruptcy of airberlin, Aer Lingus is now the clear choice if you .....

In one of her tougher Head for Points assignments, Anika spent a few days in Boston recently as the guest of .....

15 Nov 201715 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

Thanks to luxury transfer company REAL Transfers, we are running a special giveaway today. Between now and midnight, you can win a return Mercedes E-Class transfer from anywhere inside the M25 to .....

Thanks to luxury transfer company REAL Transfers, we are running a special giveaway today. Between now and .....

15 Nov 201715 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

KrisFlyer, the Singapore Airlines frequent flyer scheme, announced a devaluation of its Star Alliance rewards yesterday.   This is worth a mention because KrisFlyer is a UK American Express .....

KrisFlyer, the Singapore Airlines frequent flyer scheme, announced a devaluation of its Star Alliance rewards .....

15 Nov 201715 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments