British Airways has launched a ‘Part Pay With Avios’ special offer on selected routes from London City and Manchester this winter. Here are the rules: Book before 5th November 2017 Fly .....

British Airways has launched a ‘Part Pay With Avios’ special offer on selected routes from London .....

24 Oct 201724 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

The main Hilton Honors promotion this Autumn, ‘Double Points’ (click here to register), offers you double Hilton Honors points on every stay you make before 31st December. I wrote about .....

The main Hilton Honors promotion this Autumn, ‘Double Points’ (click here to register), offers you .....

24 Oct 201724 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

One of the lesser-known benefits of British Airways Executive Club Gold status is that you receive nearly-top-tier status with the Langham hotel chain. Langham Hospitality Group is owned by .....

One of the lesser-known benefits of British Airways Executive Club Gold status is that you receive .....

24 Oct 201724 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

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

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

24 Oct 201724 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

AerClub, the new Aer Lingus Avios-based frequent flyer scheme, and Ireland’s Irish Independent / Sunday Independent newspapers, have brought back their very generous deal for taking .....

AerClub, the new Aer Lingus Avios-based frequent flyer scheme, and Ireland’s Irish Independent .....

23 Oct 201723 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

News in brief: Use Avios on Virgin America flights from April Virgin America, the US domestic airline operating primarily on the West Coast, was bought by Alaska Airlines in 2016. Integration, as .....

News in brief: Use Avios on Virgin America flights from April Virgin America, the US domestic airline .....

23 Oct 201723 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

This is my review of the Hilton Honors UK Platinum Visa credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth .....

This is my review of the Hilton Honors UK Platinum Visa credit card. It is part of my series of articles .....

23 Oct 201723 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

This is my review of the Flybe Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These .....

This is my review of the Flybe Mastercard credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the .....

23 Oct 201723 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This is my review of the new Hilton Bournemouth hotel. I spent last weekend in Bournemouth playing golf with friends.  Part of the reason for choosing Bournemouth for our golf trip this year is that .....

This is my review of the new Hilton Bournemouth hotel. I spent last weekend in Bournemouth playing golf with .....

22 Oct 201722 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

IHG news in brief: Get special benefits, earn points and spend points at Kimpton IHG, owner of the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza etc brands, bought the US chain Kimpton Hotels almost three .....

IHG news in brief: Get special benefits, earn points and spend points at Kimpton IHG, owner of the Holiday .....

22 Oct 201722 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

This is my review of the Etihad Guest UK credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These .....

This is my review of the Etihad Guest UK credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major .....

22 Oct 201722 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

News in brief: British Airways drop Kos flights British Airways has decided to cancel the Kos route next year.  This is unfortunate, because tickets have been on sale for 5 months …. The .....

News in brief: British Airways drop Kos flights British Airways has decided to cancel the Kos route next .....

21 Oct 201721 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

If you are a long term HfP reader you might remember Rob’s book review of Mark Vanhoenacker’s ‘Skyfaring – A Journey with a Pilot’ about two years ago. Mark Vanhoenacker .....

If you are a long term HfP reader you might remember Rob’s book review of Mark Vanhoenacker’s .....

21 Oct 201721 October 2017 by Anika Burnett • 9 comments

This is my review of the Emirates Skywards Elite credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying .....

This is my review of the Emirates Skywards Elite credit cards. It is part of my series of articles looking at .....

21 Oct 201721 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments