With absolutely zero fanfare – in fact, with no notification of any sort – all British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion vouchers have been extended by six months. My vouchers were .....

With absolutely zero fanfare – in fact, with no notification of any sort – all British Airways .....

23 Mar 202023 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 145 comments

The Independent reports today that the Government is about to suspend the rules which guarantee you a swift refund when you cancel a package holiday. The article is here. One intriguing feature of my .....

The Independent reports today that the Government is about to suspend the rules which guarantee you a swift .....

23 Mar 202023 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

There is increasing speculation that the UK Government may move to take partial control of British Airways, easyJet and Virgin Atlantic this week as part of a bail-out of the aviation sector. It may .....

There is increasing speculation that the UK Government may move to take partial control of British Airways, .....

23 Mar 202023 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 152 comments

You may remember, late last year, the exceptional Qantas centenary sale, with 100 Golden Tickets from London to Sydney return for £205. It was an offer too good to miss.  I had honed my .....

You may remember, late last year, the exceptional Qantas centenary sale, with 100 Golden Tickets from London .....

23 Mar 202023 March 2020 by Rhys Jones • 64 comments

The Mayor of London has secured a deal with IHG to take over two of its London hotels for the next 12 weeks. Rough sleepers in London will be encouraged to move into the hotels, with FreeNow and Gett .....

The Mayor of London has secured a deal with IHG to take over two of its London hotels for the next 12 weeks. .....

23 Mar 202023 March 2020 by Rob Burgess

EDIT: Emirates has changed its mind again.  It now looks as if all passengers services, including the UK, WILL be suspended from Wednesday. The Middle Eastern airlines have, so far, been doing their .....

EDIT: Emirates has changed its mind again.  It now looks as if all passengers services, including the UK, .....

23 Mar 202023 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

British Airways issued a notice to the travel trade on Sunday evening to warn that the call centre in Delhi has been closed down by the Indian Government.   This is part of a coronavirus clampdown. .....

British Airways issued a notice to the travel trade on Sunday evening to warn that the call centre in Delhi .....

22 Mar 202022 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

We told you yesterday that you will no longer be able to earn Virgin Flying Club points at Waitrose from 26th March. What I didn’t realise at the time is that the Virgin Atlantic deal with .....

We told you yesterday that you will no longer be able to earn Virgin Flying Club points at Waitrose from 26th .....

22 Mar 202022 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Whilst this is unlikely to be hugely relevant, given the lack of travelling at present, hotels are still open in the UK and people are still staying in them.  I also know that some people are moving .....

Whilst this is unlikely to be hugely relevant, given the lack of travelling at present, hotels are still open .....

22 Mar 202022 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

Starting today, we have decided to run a daily chat thread on Head for Points. Historically, the daily ‘Bits’ articles were the defacto repository for random comments and questions.  It .....

Starting today, we have decided to run a daily chat thread on Head for Points. Historically, the daily .....

22 Mar 202022 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 379 comments

The first European airline bail-out (if you don’t include the nationalisation of Alitalia, which was already doomed!) has been finalised.  A 2nd bail-out, for Finnair, is expected to be agreed .....

The first European airline bail-out (if you don’t include the nationalisation of Alitalia, which was .....

21 Mar 202021 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 139 comments

In a bit of a blow for our household, Waitrose will no longer be awarding Virgin Flying Club miles from 26th March. This is not necessarily anything to do with coronavirus and/or the financial .....

In a bit of a blow for our household, Waitrose will no longer be awarding Virgin Flying Club miles from 26th .....

21 Mar 202021 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 150 comments

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge at Inverness Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You can see all of the reviews here. This is the final article .....

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge at Inverness Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport .....

21 Mar 202021 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Our ‘Credit Cards’ page lists 16 different credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards.  For the beginner to this hobby, however, there is one obvious piece of plastic to start .....

Our ‘Credit Cards’ page lists 16 different credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards.  .....

20 Mar 202020 March 2020 by Rob Burgess