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(SOLD OUT) Get your Head for Points Summer Party tickets at noon TODAY

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It’s finally time to distribute tickets for the Head for Points Summer Party, generously sponsored by Heathrow Express.

This is the UK’s biggest frequent flyer event. Because it is getting increasingly hard to schedule them around major football tournaments, we have moved to a two year schedule. If you miss this one, your next chance will be 2027!

500 tickets will be made available at noon TODAY (Tuesday).

Where and when is the Head for Points Summer Party?

The date is Thursday 19th June.

This year we are moving to a new venue – Christ Church Spitalfields, the prominent church on the Eastern side of Spitalfields Market (photo above).

The party will take place from 6pm until 9pm.

Whilst Christ Church is still an active church, it operates as an events venue for most of the week. We attended a function there earlier in the year and realised that it was ideal for our needs.

As well as a fantastic interior (see below) the church has outdoor space if the weather is good. If it’s bad, there is overflow space so it still won’t feel too crowded.

As well as chatting to Rob, Rhys, Sinead, Katie, Conny and fellow guests, there will be around 75 people from your favourite airlines, hotels and credit card companies in the room who are keen to hear what you think. There is no other frequent flyer event like it in the UK.

You can win a £10,000+ raffle prize, courtesy of Malaysia Airlines

We will be holding our popular raffle again. Everyone who attends receives one raffle ticket.

We have given away some spectacular star prizes in our party raffles over the years, but this year we have managed to raise the bar even higher.

Malaysia Airlines has generously donated the fantastic headline prize.

The winner will receive:

  • two return Business Class flights to an Australian destination of your choice via Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Airlines flies to multiple destinations in Australia, including Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and, starting from November, Brisbane.

The winner will be able to arrange their flights to build in time in Kuala Lumpur if they wish and open jaw flights are also an option. There are some blackout dates, but they aren’t extensive. We do need to point out that the winner will not earn Enrich miles from their flights.

Malaysia Airlines is flying its new A330neo aircraft on some of these routes so you may be able to try Malaysia’s brand new business class seat (image below). And, of course, any flight will feature Malaysia Airlines’ excellent service and warm Malaysian hospitality.

We will be telling you more about Malaysia Airlines in the run up to the event. As a member of the oneworld alliance, you can earn Avios and British Airways Club tier points when you fly with them, as well as redeem Avios on their flights.

There are runner up prizes too

If you don’t win the star prize, you could still walk away with one of a number of other great prizes, generously donated by the companies you read about on HfP every day.

We already have confirmed prizes from American Express, Accor, Avis and Le Shuttle and we expect more to be added.

The raffle will be drawn at 8pm and you must be in the room at that point in order to win.

(As you would expect, some T&C will apply to the Malaysia Airlines prize.)

Thank you to our headline sponsor

We would struggle to run this party without sponsorship so we are appreciative of the generous support from this year’s sponsor, Heathrow Express.

Not only is Heathrow Express enabling this great event, the team are promising to bring some exciting product news to the party!

Heathrow Express

How can I get a party ticket?

We hope that you can come along to meet Rob, Sinead, Katie, Conny and myself (Rhys) and to talk miles, points, credit cards and travel with other readers.

The party will run from 6pm to 9pm on Thursday 19th June at Christ Church Spitalfields.  The raffle will be drawn at 8pm so you don’t need to commit to staying until the end – although hopefully you will.

The bar will remain open for a while after 9pm for anyone who wants to stay longer. 

Bring a friend or come by yourself – you won’t struggle to find someone to share your stories with. We do not recommend bringing someone who doesn’t share your love of points and travel because that’s all people talk about for three hours!

As usual, to ensure that people who ask for tickets turn up, there is a £15 charge per ticket. This includes your first drink, soft or alcoholic, from a selection. There is a pay bar for additional drinks.

The cost of staging an event like this is substantial and the ticket price – which includes VAT – only covers a small part of our costs. We are grateful for the support of Heathrow Express for making the evening possible.

Tickets will go on sale at noon today, Tuesday 3rd June.

There is a limit of two tickets per booking. American Express is accepted. Tickets are not refundable. Ignore the ‘Promo Code’ box on the checkout page.

Click here from noon to purchase your tickets from our Eventbrite page.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 19th June and hopefully sending you off to Australia in the good hands of Malaysia Airlines.

Comments (182)

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  • Kris&Mike says:

    Got tickets!!! We are fairly new to this way of travelling and you guys have been given us so many ideas to collect and save. We are looking forward to meet you in person.

  • Can says:

    Got one, too!

  • puffypowers says:

    Hi, just wanted to say—I managed to get tickets today (very glad I did!), but I was wondering what happened to the staggered ticket release you did last time for the Head for Points party. I thought it worked really well—it avoided the usual rush and gave people a few chances to grab a spot. Seemed like a great idea, so just curious why it wasn’t repeated this time.

    • Rob says:

      The last two parties, at least, have been a noon drop.

      I put it to the vote in the office and it was 3:1 to go in one go (admittedly I was the 1 so I could have pulled rank but didn’t!). To be fair, whatever we do, we can’t satisfy everyone.

      • puffypowers says:

        Thanks for the reply, Rob. I appreciate it, and I can see how tricky it must be to balance everyone’s preferences. I’m just glad I managed to get tickets this time and am really looking forward to the event. I did think the staggered release worked well previously, but it sounds like democracy won the day—and at least someone was flying the flag for us slow-clickers!

  • sergeyontheroad says:

    12:02 – no tickets left 🙁

  • Tomacat2 says:

    shows on event brite a few tickets left get in while you can

    • G says:

      Pity. I’ve only attempted to purchase it 8 times for it to fail constantly. What a great website.

  • Chas says:

    Woo-hoo, successful multi tasking in a meeting secured me a ticket. Looking forward to seeing the new venue, as well as chatting with new and old regular posters.

  • freckles says:

    Had ticket, said time to complete check out, but kept saying something went wrong when pressed pay………ticket still there, still time left to pay. Now on waitlist 😢

    • Can’t win says:

      Same thing multiple times. Clearly still a buggy process

  • PeterK says:

    I tried 3 times at 1200 and it kept telling me tickets on sale shortly. On the 4th visit at 1201 I got through and it was already only offering me to be added to the wait list as not possible to book a single ticket. In future perhaps limit to one ticket only to improve chances?

    • Tom says:

      It’s meant to be a social event. 1 ticket each is a bit harsh….

      • Polly says:

        It is a great social event for each 1 ticket holder… as Rob says your OH should be an avid avios collector and willing to talk avios for 3 hours….

        • Rob says:

          Yes, it really is the worst party in London if you have no interest in this stuff, especially if your OH is keenly chatting away. However, I’m also unsure what the dynamic would be in the room if everyone came on their own.

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