American Airlines has confirmed its plans to add additional routes from London Heathrow. From 5th August, flights to Charlotte, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Raleigh-Durham will resume. Phoenix will .....

American Airlines has confirmed its plans to add additional routes from London Heathrow. From 5th August, .....

8 Jun 20208 June 2020 by Rhys Jones • 18 comments

Last week was the 12th week that we have been running Head for Points from our various homes. I’d managed the first 80-odd days without any problems, but last Monday I finally hit a bit of a .....

Last week was the 12th week that we have been running Head for Points from our various homes. I’d .....

8 Jun 20208 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

British Airways has turned the screw on its pilots over redundancy plans, despite the hopes of their union that a deal could be reached. BALPA, the pilots union, is generally seen as the grown-up in .....

British Airways has turned the screw on its pilots over redundancy plans, despite the hopes of their union .....

7 Jun 20207 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

From tomorrow, all arrivals into the UK must complete a 14-day quarantine.  We thought you might be interested to see the form that all that incoming travellers, including UK residents, must .....

From tomorrow, all arrivals into the UK must complete a 14-day quarantine.  We thought you might be .....

7 Jun 20207 June 2020 by Rhys Jones • 155 comments

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is the Hotel Aurelio in Lech, Austria. We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points.  .....

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is the Hotel Aurelio in Lech, Austria. We are currently running .....

7 Jun 20207 June 2020 by Anika Burnett • 27 comments

The Bank of England has published the list of businesses which have received a taxpayer-funded bailout under the UK Government’s Coronavirus Corporate Finance Facility (CCFF). This is the list .....

The Bank of England has published the list of businesses which have received a taxpayer-funded bailout under .....

6 Jun 20206 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

Where is British Airways flying in July? In the last few days British Airways has been ramping up to welcome Joe Public back on board. It is now displaying a ‘welcome back’ message on its .....

Where is British Airways flying in July? In the last few days British Airways has been ramping up to welcome .....

6 Jun 20206 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is the Swissotel Tallinn in Estonia. We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points.  .....

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is the Swissotel Tallinn in Estonia. We are currently running this .....

6 Jun 20206 June 2020 by Anika Burnett • 14 comments

IHG has launched the IHG Luxury & Lifestyle Collections, which gets you impressive extra benefits at many InterContinental and Kimpton hotels. IHG, which owns the InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, .....

IHG has launched the IHG Luxury & Lifestyle Collections, which gets you impressive extra benefits at many .....

5 Jun 20205 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

I get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard credit card for earning Avios, airline miles or hotel points.   The comprehensive Head for Points reward .....

I get a steady stream of reader emails looking for advice on the best Visa or Mastercard credit card for .....

5 Jun 20205 June 2020 by Rob Burgess

LATAM, the South American airline, left the oneworld alliance on 30th April. This was driven by a decision by LATAM to partner with US airline Delta, a SkyTeam member, which injected $1.9 billion into .....

LATAM, the South American airline, left the oneworld alliance on 30th April. This was driven by a decision by .....

5 Jun 20205 June 2020 by Rob Burgess

Etihad Guest and Air Canada have launched a new partnership. From a frequent flyer point of view, the key benefit is that: you can now earn Etihad Guest miles when you fly Air Canada you can now earn .....

Etihad Guest and Air Canada have launched a new partnership. From a frequent flyer point of view, the key .....

5 Jun 20205 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

As we haven’t looked at this for a couple of years, I thought it was worth updating my list of all Avios airlines, ie airlines which let you redeem Avios points for their flights. You .....

As we haven’t looked at this for a couple of years, I thought it was worth updating my list of all Avios .....

5 Jun 20205 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Virgin Atlantic has just announced that it hopes to restart passenger flying in July. The airline seems to have changed its mind recently after stating that it didn’t intend to restart flying .....

Virgin Atlantic has just announced that it hopes to restart passenger flying in July. The airline seems to .....

4 Jun 20204 June 2020 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments