News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced The Unite union announced yesterday that a further wave of cabin crew strikes will take place on Thursday 19th, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st .....

News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced The Unite union announced yesterday that a further .....

13 Jan 201713 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

News in brief: New Starwood SPG Moments concerts at The O2 bookable Starwood Preferred Guest has released a new batch of concerts at The O2. It is fair to say that the list has something for everyone. .....

News in brief: New Starwood SPG Moments concerts at The O2 bookable Starwood Preferred Guest has released a .....

13 Jan 201713 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 40 comments

On Monday I ran a piece about why I thought the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card could not continue in its current form. I was then handily emailed some draft marketing documentation currently being .....

On Monday I ran a piece about why I thought the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card could not continue in its .....

13 Jan 201713 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

Due to the heavy snow and freezing temperatures expected at Heathrow this afternoon, there are major delays and cancellations of flights to be expected. National Air Traffic Services has informed .....

Due to the heavy snow and freezing temperatures expected at Heathrow this afternoon, there are major delays .....

12 Jan 201712 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

We ran a long article on Monday covering some of the great business class deals offered by Qatar Airways during their current sale.  Remember that these flights all earn Avios and BA tier points. .....

We ran a long article on Monday covering some of the great business class deals offered by Qatar Airways .....

12 Jan 201712 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

After a number of delays, The Curve Card launches Curve Rewards at 3pm today. Hopefully. This has been some time coming, to put it mildly, but it does look it will be quite cool when it is up and .....

After a number of delays, The Curve Card launches Curve Rewards at 3pm today. Hopefully. This has been some .....

12 Jan 201712 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 166 comments

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London early 2015 after the hotel let me have a tour of its facilities and suites. It is a genuinely .....

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London early .....

12 Jan 201712 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

News in brief: Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday to encourage you to increase your Avios collecting this spring. Super Boost is a .....

News in brief: Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday .....

11 Jan 201711 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 196 comments

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC slashed its credit card fee to roughly 0.4%. One of the biggest jokes, since the EU cap on .....

If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC .....

11 Jan 201711 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 97 comments

This is my review of the British Airways Terraces lounge at Berlin Tegel Airport. After having spent two weeks in Germany it was time for me to fly back from Berlin to London. It was my first ever .....

This is my review of the British Airways Terraces lounge at Berlin Tegel Airport. After having spent two weeks .....

11 Jan 201711 January 2017 by Anika Burnett • 63 comments

News in brief: British Airways dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British Airways is managing to run so many services during the cabin crew strike today and .....

News in brief: British Airways dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British .....

10 Jan 201710 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

American Express seems to be trialling exclusive cashback deals for Facebook users. Unfortunately, we are about to ruin their experiment by publicising the deal here and generating a few thousand .....

American Express seems to be trialling exclusive cashback deals for Facebook users. Unfortunately, we are .....

10 Jan 201710 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

For clarity, this is a purely speculative article – but the smoke signals seem to be there. When the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards were launched, I was initially sceptical – apart from .....

For clarity, this is a purely speculative article – but the smoke signals seem to be there. When the .....

10 Jan 201710 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

Qatar Airways has kicked off another round of good business class deals with its third annual ‘Qatar Travel Festival’. This is a genuinely impressive package: Cheap business class fares .....

Qatar Airways has kicked off another round of good business class deals with its third annual ‘Qatar .....

9 Jan 20179 January 2017 by Rob Burgess • 193 comments