Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, with a range of promotions. One of these is a 20% bonus when you buy Miles & More miles during March.  .....

Lufthansa‘s Miles & More programme is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, with a range of .....

10 Mar 201310 March 2013 by Rob Burgess

Bales Worldwide, part of the Virgin Holidays group, offers luxury tailor-made and escorted group holidays to over 50 countries, primarily in the more ‘interesting’ parts of the world. .....

Bales Worldwide, part of the Virgin Holidays group, offers luxury tailor-made and escorted group holidays to .....

10 Mar 201310 March 2013 by Rob Burgess

An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which may be useful to some of you. Given that the miles and points earned on Amex cards are .....

An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which .....

9 Mar 20139 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

It is now just over a week since I launched the new-look Head for Points.  And, given the scale of the task, the move and the new style seem to have gone down well. Page views on the old site are now .....

It is now just over a week since I launched the new-look Head for Points.  And, given the scale of the task, .....

9 Mar 20139 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Yesterday I flagged up the British Airways First and Club World sale, which covers the Easter and early Summer period. Now it is Lufthansa‘s turn to try to entice UK travellers onto its sloping .....

Yesterday I flagged up the British Airways First and Club World sale, which covers the Easter and early Summer .....

9 Mar 20139 March 2013 by Rob Burgess

Last week I outlined the new Foursquare opportunities available at Debenhams and Fenwick / Bentalls. For each American Express card you own, including supplementary cards, you can buy a £50 gift card .....

Last week I outlined the new Foursquare opportunities available at Debenhams and Fenwick / Bentalls. For each .....

8 Mar 20138 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Austrian Airlines offered me a very small bribe to encourage me to learn about their new business class seat. I am normally immune to such things as regular readers know, but – as it happens .....

Austrian Airlines offered me a very small bribe to encourage me to learn about their new business class seat. .....

8 Mar 20138 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

British Airways will officially launch its latest premium cabin sale today, covering a wide range of destinations in the Club Europe, Club World and First cabins. The sale fares will appear .....

British Airways will officially launch its latest premium cabin sale today, covering a wide range of .....

8 Mar 20138 March 2013 by Rob Burgess

Yesterday, I outlined the exciting new partnership between online shopping cashback site TopCashBack and Tesco Clubcard.  You can now convert your TopCashback money into Clubcard points, giving you .....

Yesterday, I outlined the exciting new partnership between online shopping cashback site TopCashBack and Tesco .....

7 Mar 20137 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Tesco is currently offering shoppers the opportunity to share their views on the joys of visiting a Tesco store via a quick survey. Everyone who takes parts will receive 25 Clubcard points.  Click .....

Tesco is currently offering shoppers the opportunity to share their views on the joys of visiting a Tesco .....

7 Mar 20137 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Crowne Plaza have launched ‘Spring Exclusive’, a new deal which offers you 2 nights for the price of 1 at hotels across the UK. The link you need is .....

Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Crowne Plaza have launched ‘Spring Exclusive’, a new deal .....

7 Mar 20137 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

First, a (sort of) apology for being a week or so late in writing about this.  Blame the holiday plus the launch of the new site.  This has, however, allowed me to draw on quite a lot of .....

First, a (sort of) apology for being a week or so late in writing about this.  Blame the holiday plus the .....

6 Mar 20136 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Vueling is an airline you may not have heard of.  It is a semi-low-cost carrier partly owned by Iberia (and bookable on the Iberia site) operating across Europe. British Airways, as we know, does .....

Vueling is an airline you may not have heard of.  It is a semi-low-cost carrier partly owned by Iberia (and .....

6 Mar 20136 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

A massacre!  Is there any other way to describe what has happened to the sign-up bonus on the American Express Platinum card which has plunged overnight from 50,000 Membership Rewards points (=50,000 .....

A massacre!  Is there any other way to describe what has happened to the sign-up bonus on the American .....

5 Mar 20135 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments