Avios (via Iberia Plus) and IHG Rewards Club have joined forces to offer you 500 Avios points for signing up – no stay required. Full details are on the IHG website here. IHG Rewards Club is the .....

Avios (via Iberia Plus) and IHG Rewards Club have joined forces to offer you 500 Avios points for signing up .....

8 Oct 20178 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

News in brief: 4,500 Avios for new BAEC members in Germany British Airways Executive Club has launched a 4,500 Avios sign-up bonus for new members in Germany. This offer is being targeted at people .....

News in brief: 4,500 Avios for new BAEC members in Germany British Airways Executive Club has launched a 4,500 .....

8 Oct 20178 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

News in brief: We won three Business Travel Journalism Awards As you may have guessed from the picture we ran yesterday, or our social media feeds, we won three awards at the 2017 Business Travel .....

News in brief: We won three Business Travel Journalism Awards As you may have guessed from the picture we ran .....

7 Oct 20177 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

18 months ago I wrote an article which tried to debunk the myth that long-haul Avios redemptions in economy / World Traveller are always a bad deal. I compared the cash and Avios pricing for flights .....

18 months ago I wrote an article which tried to debunk the myth that long-haul Avios redemptions in economy / .....

7 Oct 20177 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 113 comments

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge at Zurich Airport, by the E gates. I may have flown to Zurich by private jet the other week but my trip back was on British Airways. British Airways .....

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge at Zurich Airport, by the E gates. I may have flown to Zurich by .....

7 Oct 20177 October 2017 by Anika Burnett • 6 comments

News in brief: About last night …. More on this tomorrow: Get one extra Clubcard point per £4 with Pay+ at Tesco Tesco is running a good promotion with Pay+ (formerly PayQwiq) which will earn .....

News in brief: About last night …. More on this tomorrow: Get one extra Clubcard point per £4 with Pay+ .....

6 Oct 20176 October 2017 by Anika Burnett • 83 comments

British Airways has announced a new route to Almeria. From the end of March 2018 there will be two flights a week from Heathrow to the southern Spanish city. As with all new routes, this is especially .....

British Airways has announced a new route to Almeria. From the end of March 2018 there will be two flights a .....

6 Oct 20176 October 2017 by Anika Burnett • 13 comments

It seems strange, but British Airways Executive Club and Iberia Plus do not have the same earning rates for oneworld partner flights.  This means that, in some cases, it is preferable to credit a .....

It seems strange, but British Airways Executive Club and Iberia Plus do not have the same earning rates for .....

5 Oct 20175 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, appears to be moving to full revenue-based miles earning from 1st May 2018. They haven’t announced this yet.  Whether by accident or design, .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, appears to be moving to full revenue-based miles earning .....

4 Oct 20174 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

News in brief: Get 500 Amex points or Avios when you spend £10 at Tesco A few readers have been in touch about a very generous offer which has appeared on their American Express online statements. .....

News in brief: Get 500 Amex points or Avios when you spend £10 at Tesco A few readers have been in touch .....

4 Oct 20174 October 2017 by Anika Burnett • 126 comments

Insurance broker Alan Boswell, which recently became an avios.com earning partner, has tweaked its earning rates. You can now earn up to 20,000 Avios when you take out household, business or landlord .....

Insurance broker Alan Boswell, which recently became an avios.com earning partner, has tweaked its earning .....

3 Oct 20173 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

I get occasional emails from new readers to Head for Points asking if you can convert Nectar points into Avios? The simple answer is ‘No’.  Here is the more complex answer. .....

I get occasional emails from new readers to Head for Points asking if you can convert Nectar points into .....

1 Oct 20171 October 2017 by Rob Burgess

I occasionally gets emails from readers who have had issues getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open jaw’ flight using a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 .....

I occasionally gets emails from readers who have had issues getting British Airways telephone agents to book .....

1 Oct 20171 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

News in brief: Get 20% off Best Western UK hotels with Mastercard Last week we covered the launch of the new Avios partnership with Best Western.  That article also covered how to get a Best Western .....

News in brief: Get 20% off Best Western UK hotels with Mastercard Last week we covered the launch of the new .....

1 Oct 20171 October 2017 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments