IHG Rewards Club (the loyalty scheme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Indigo etc) status is not hugely rewarding, to be honest. The benefits are very modest – almost nothing .....

IHG Rewards Club (the loyalty scheme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Indigo etc) status .....

20 May 201720 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

News in brief: Head for Points launching a great Qatar Airways competition Starting on Monday ….. you can win two flights, to pretty much anywhere, with Qatar Airways and Head for Points. We .....

News in brief: Head for Points launching a great Qatar Airways competition Starting on Monday ….. you .....

20 May 201720 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

Some of you will never have come across On Business which is British Airways ‘other’ loyalty programme. Instead of rewarding flyers, it rewards the companies that book their travel.  If .....

Some of you will never have come across On Business which is British Airways ‘other’ loyalty .....

20 May 201720 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is our review of the Escape Executive Lounge at Bristol Airport. At the time this review was written, it was known as the Aspire lounge.  It was rebranded to Escape in May 2023, with the .....

This is our review of the Escape Executive Lounge at Bristol Airport. At the time this review was written, it .....

20 May 201720 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 2 comments

Hilton Honors has launched a generous competition which is only for UK residents and is not being widely promoted. When they ran one of these last year, a Head for Points reader was the winner – .....

Hilton Honors has launched a generous competition which is only for UK residents and is not being widely .....

19 May 201719 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 34 comments

Both Avios and Virgin Flying Club have launched some interesting in-store earning opportunities recently.  We also featured the Bink loyalty app late last year which lets you earn Avios in High .....

Both Avios and Virgin Flying Club have launched some interesting in-store earning opportunities recently.  We .....

19 May 201719 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

You can’t accuse airport lounge card Priority Pass of standing still.  After adding a restaurant / bar at Gatwick South (you get £15 of free food and drink by showing your Priority Pass) and .....

You can’t accuse airport lounge card Priority Pass of standing still.  After adding a restaurant / bar .....

19 May 201719 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Today – and only today – we are running a competition with LoungeBuddy. We are giving away two prizes – one person will win $100 of LoungeBuddy airport lounge credit and another will .....

Today – and only today – we are running a competition with LoungeBuddy. We are giving away two .....

18 May 201718 May 2017 by Anika Burnett • 56 comments

Two readers have emailed me recently about IHG’s new Accelerate promotion.  (If you are looking at where to book hotel stays over the Summer, Accelerate is the most generous offer for most .....

Two readers have emailed me recently about IHG’s new Accelerate promotion.  (If you are looking at .....

18 May 201718 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

AerClub, the new Aer Lingus Avios-based frequent flyer scheme, has brought back its generous Irish Independent / Sunday Independent offer. You don’t need to be based in Ireland to join AerClub. .....

AerClub, the new Aer Lingus Avios-based frequent flyer scheme, has brought back its generous Irish .....

18 May 201718 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains details .....

Welcome to our monthly round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  All of the information in .....

17 May 201717 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

News in brief: Avios / Tesco competition launched Avios has launched a competition for anyone converting Tesco Clubcard points into Avios via avios.com. This means that BA and avios.com are running .....

News in brief: Avios / Tesco competition launched Avios has launched a competition for anyone converting Tesco .....

17 May 201717 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

News in brief: American Express Platinum adds new lounges If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, you can benefit from a new deal signed with ‘Escape’ lounges, the small .....

News in brief: American Express Platinum adds new lounges If you have an American Express Platinum charge .....

17 May 201717 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

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

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

17 May 201717 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments