When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that you could both benefit from referral bonuses, I forgot to mention one additional benefit .....

When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that .....

8 Jul 20128 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the .....

This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....

7 Jul 20127 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for applying personally for the various loyalty credit cards.  These are, at .....

The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for .....

6 Jul 20126 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Breaking news.  American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving them on its charge cards.  The net result is to make the bonuses harder for existing customers .....

Breaking news.  American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving them .....

5 Jul 20125 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every .....

This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest .....

5 Jul 20125 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

Just a quick heads up about this promotion, since it seems that a lot of people who hold the Lloyds TSB Avios credit cards have not received an email about it, and the promotion requires you to .....

Just a quick heads up about this promotion, since it seems that a lot of people who hold the Lloyds TSB Avios .....

4 Jul 20124 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

I posted a few days ago about the Marriott Rewards Summer promotion but, to be honest, it is rare that I summon up the enthusiasm to spend my own money in a Marriott.  Ritz-Carlton, .....

I posted a few days ago about the Marriott Rewards Summer promotion but, to be honest, it is rare that I .....

4 Jul 20124 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

…. cometh the surprise. July 3rd is the big day, the day that BA promised that we would be able to transfer BMI Diamond Club miles into British Airways Executive Club Avios, and vice versa. .....

…. cometh the surprise. July 3rd is the big day, the day that BA promised that we would be able to .....

3 Jul 20123 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Flyertalker 5mSvGlow pointed me towards this link for the BA Premium Plus Amex card.  It offers (until 1st August) 40,000 Avios for signing up as opposed to the usual – already excellent .....

Flyertalker 5mSvGlow pointed me towards this link for the BA Premium Plus Amex card.  It offers (until 1st .....

3 Jul 20123 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

For two weeks only, from today – July 2nd – to July 15th, BAA WorldPoints is offering a 100% bonus if you convert your stash of WorldPoints into Avios. This is a very good offer, and I .....

For two weeks only, from today – July 2nd – to July 15th, BAA WorldPoints is offering a 100% bonus .....

2 Jul 20122 July 2012 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Hyatt Gold Passport is, at the same time, both the most frustrating and potentially interesting of the major hotel loyalty schemes.  I speak from the perspective of someone living in the UK who .....

Hyatt Gold Passport is, at the same time, both the most frustrating and potentially interesting of the major .....

2 Jul 20122 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

This is the second of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of .....

This is the second of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

1 Jul 20121 July 2012 by Rob Burgess

My wife has just been targetted (for the second time) for the new Priority Club Black credit card.  She didn’t apply the first time because we had just applied for an SPG Amex but this time I .....

My wife has just been targetted (for the second time) for the new Priority Club Black credit card.  She .....

30 Jun 201230 June 2012 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

If you are a BAA WorldPoints member, you should have had an email telling you that you can earn double points on transactions between 2nd July and 9th September. What this actually means, based on .....

If you are a BAA WorldPoints member, you should have had an email telling you that you can earn double points .....

30 Jun 201230 June 2012 by Rob Burgess