Welcome, FT Weekend readers!

Good morning! Head for Points is featured in the Financial Times this weekend, on the back page of FT Money, so I know that some FT readers will have popped over to the site today to see what it is all about.

Put simply, Head for Points is the UK’s main news and features site for Avios, other frequent flyer miles, hotel loyalty points and credit card points. We show you how to earn more points and how to spend them most efficiently.

We also run business class and premium economy flight reviews and upscale hotel reviews.

If you read us, and act on some of the tips we highlight, you will (hopefully) have a better travel life! That’s not the sort of thing I would normally feel happy writing, but the conversations I have at our reader events convince me that it is true.

The FT article today covered a lot of ground. Here are links to find out more about the key bits:

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Barry’s SAS million points challenge

Barry Collins has been writing a diary for us about the challenge, which was far more messy than he ever imagined. The penultimate article is published today – click here – or you can start from the beginning by clicking here.

Get 30,000 points with American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

This is a great deal for a FREE (for a year) credit card. The points convert to 30,000 Avios and loads of other things.

Here is our full article on the offer.

You can apply here.

(Some people are targeted for a higher offer so you may see a deal offering you more than 30,000 points.)

The representative APR is 87.3% variable, including the annual fee.  The representative APR on purchases, and in the first year which has no fee, is 30.0% variable.

Get £400 of annual dining credit with The Platinum Card from American Express

I mention this in the FT piece. Our full review of The Platinum Card and its benefits is here.

Until 14th January you get a ludicrous 80,000 points (worth 80,000 Avios) as a sign-up bonus. You can cancel at any point for a pro-rata fee refund.

(Some people are targeted for a higher offer so you may see a deal offering you even more than 80,000 points.)

You can apply here.

The representative APR is 694.9% variable, including the annual fee.  The representative APR on purchases is 30.0% variable.

Finally ….

‘Miles and points’ can be a complex topic BUT it can also be hugely rewarding, bringing you mind-blowing travel experiences for peanuts. The best way to understand it all is slowly, spending a few weeks reading our daily content and seeing what is out there.

One place to start is the ‘Top 10 tips for earning and redeeming Avios’ article which we pubished today.

That said, if you have any burning questions please feel free to post them in our forum (first posts are manually moderated so may take an hour to appear at weekends) or email me at rob [at] headforpoints.com.

PS. On Monday we are launching a competition to win two business class flights to Taiwan, so do come back then!