If you haven’t heard of Uber, it is the new ‘luxury taxi’ service available in London, having already been operating in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Paris, amongst other .....

If you haven’t heard of Uber, it is the new ‘luxury taxi’ service available in London, .....

12 Oct 201212 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Here is a decent freebie worth grabbing if you can. moneysavingexpert.com is giving away 30,000 £10 vouchers for train booking website redspottedhanky.com on Thursday 11 October (ie today!). There .....

Here is a decent freebie worth grabbing if you can. moneysavingexpert.com is giving away 30,000 £10 vouchers .....

11 Oct 201211 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Last month I wrote this post about the excellent pre-opening deal available at the new luxury InterContinental Westminster in London.  It was bookable for 30,000 Priority Club points per night .....

Last month I wrote this post about the excellent pre-opening deal available at the new luxury InterContinental .....

11 Oct 201211 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I had an email from a reader who has the Priority Club Black Visa card. This gives double points (4 points per £1) on overseas spend. He has noticed that both Amazon and Expedia were giving double .....

I had an email from a reader who has the Priority Club Black Visa card. This gives double points (4 points per .....

10 Oct 201210 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

As I have written a few times, Head for Points is NOT the site for you if you are interested in 15-part trip reports or photographs of airline food or aircraft toilets.  However, I do make the odd .....

As I have written a few times, Head for Points is NOT the site for you if you are interested in 15-part trip .....

10 Oct 201210 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

A while ago I wrote this post about the possible decline of Priority Club’s PointBreaks, the specially reduced redemptions that can be 90% cheaper than a standard redemption. Priority Club did .....

A while ago I wrote this post about the possible decline of Priority Club’s PointBreaks, the specially .....

9 Oct 20129 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

As you may have read in the press, Qatar Airways has signed a deal to join the oneworld alliance in the next 12-18 months. As you can redeem Avios on all oneworld carriers (current members include .....

As you may have read in the press, Qatar Airways has signed a deal to join the oneworld alliance in the next .....

9 Oct 20129 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

On 31st August, the very long-term relationship between Travelex and BA / Avios came to an end. This partnership has been going for years, and was deep enough for Travelex to have occasional built-in .....

On 31st August, the very long-term relationship between Travelex and BA / Avios came to an end. This .....

8 Oct 20128 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

A reader sent me across a questionnaire he received from Avios. It is all very innocent (‘”Which of these loyalty schemes do you know about?”, “Which are you members .....

A reader sent me across a questionnaire he received from Avios. It is all very innocent (‘”Which .....

7 Oct 20127 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Amex sent an interesting offer around to its British Airways Premium Plus American Express cardholders last week. It is, apparently, their ‘hottest ever offer’. We can only hope that .....

Amex sent an interesting offer around to its British Airways Premium Plus American Express cardholders last .....

6 Oct 20126 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

A couple of days ago I wrote here about the generous Hilton HHonors promotion with Virgin Atlantic running over the next three months. Hilton has now released new versions of this promotion covering .....

A couple of days ago I wrote here about the generous Hilton HHonors promotion with Virgin Atlantic running .....

6 Oct 20126 October 2012 by Rob Burgess

Just a quick reminder that Tesco’s promotion to earn 150 Tesco Clubcard points for buying £50 of non-Tesco gift cards in-store is still running. That is worth 360 Avios airmiles or 375 Virgin .....

Just a quick reminder that Tesco’s promotion to earn 150 Tesco Clubcard points for buying £50 of .....

6 Oct 20126 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Club Carlson has launched its 4th Quarter promotion.  Sadly they were unable to come up with a catchy name for it, but lets not hold that against them! It is a simple proposition – the more .....

Club Carlson has launched its 4th Quarter promotion.  Sadly they were unable to come up with a catchy name .....

5 Oct 20125 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

MilesQuest has details of how to get 500 free Hilton HHonors points very quickly by linking to their Facebook page. This worked fine for my wife’s account but not for mine.  This means, I .....

MilesQuest has details of how to get 500 free Hilton HHonors points very quickly by linking to their Facebook .....

5 Oct 20125 October 2012 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments