News in brief: The Terminal 5 Concorde Room magic door reopens When British Airways opened The First Wing at Terminal 5 earlier this year (review here), they simultaneously closed the direct entrance .....

News in brief: The Terminal 5 Concorde Room magic door reopens When British Airways opened The First Wing at .....

29 Jun 201729 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

News in brief: British Airways cancelling flights pre-strike British Airways seems more worried about the upcoming 16-day strike by Mixed Fleet crew members than it was for previous strikes.  Perhaps .....

News in brief: British Airways cancelling flights pre-strike British Airways seems more worried about the .....

28 Jun 201728 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

British Airways has launched (yet another) aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. It is a short term deal which expires on Friday 30th. You need to visit ba.com via this page in order to buy. .....

British Airways has launched (yet another) aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. It is a short term deal .....

27 Jun 201727 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 151 comments

News in brief: Two good Avios / Tesco toy deals launched Tesco Direct is running two decent promotions this week if you need to pick up some toys. Until 28th June, you will earn 500 Clubcard points .....

News in brief: Two good Avios / Tesco toy deals launched Tesco Direct is running two decent promotions this .....

26 Jun 201726 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Most Head for Points readers will have an avios.com account and a British Airways Executive Club account.  You really don’t have much choice, since some Avios offers (such as the generous .....

Most Head for Points readers will have an avios.com account and a British Airways Executive Club account. .....

25 Jun 201725 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 116 comments

Back in 2015, I reviewed the Qatar Airways ‘regional First Class’ service. Qatar Airways First Class on short-haul uses 2 x 2 fixed seating, rather like the Virgin America First Class seat .....

Back in 2015, I reviewed the Qatar Airways ‘regional First Class’ service. Qatar Airways First .....

24 Jun 201724 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

News in brief: Norwegian launches Buenos Aires from Gatwick If you follow our Instagram feed, you’ll know that Anika is currently in New York testing out Norwegian’s Premium cabin.  We .....

News in brief: Norwegian launches Buenos Aires from Gatwick If you follow our Instagram feed, you’ll .....

24 Jun 201724 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

British Airways has launched a new sale, with deals in World Traveller,  World Traveller Plus, Club World and First.  There are also some Club Europe and BA Holidays deals available. The home page .....

British Airways has launched a new sale, with deals in World Traveller,  World Traveller Plus, Club World .....

23 Jun 201723 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

News in brief: British Airways launches two new ski routes British Airways has announced two new routes from Heathrow to Grenoble and Turin in time for the Winter 2017 ski season. These routes already .....

News in brief: British Airways launches two new ski routes British Airways has announced two new routes from .....

22 Jun 201722 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

I wrote on Tuesday about the interesting new partnership between Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, and hotel booking site Rocketmiles. What is Rocketmiles? .....

I wrote on Tuesday about the interesting new partnership between Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport .....

22 Jun 201722 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

The sun is out, so  I thought it was a good time to update our ‘Holiday Tips’ series in preparation for the Summer season.   Future articles will look at earning miles from credit cards .....

The sun is out, so  I thought it was a good time to update our ‘Holiday Tips’ series in .....

21 Jun 201721 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

Back in June 2016, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  The representative APR is 56.5% variable, including the £150 fee, assuming a £1200 credit .....

Back in June 2016, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  The .....

21 Jun 201721 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

News in brief: More on the HSBC Premier deal from yesterday I did a long article yesterday on the new sign-up bonus on the HSBC Premier credit card: the free card is now offering 5,000 airline miles .....

News in brief: More on the HSBC Premier deal from yesterday I did a long article yesterday on the new sign-up .....

20 Jun 201720 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

HSBC Premier has launched a special sign-up bonus on its two HSBC Premier credit cards. Until 31st August, you will receive an additional 10,000 HSBC Premier points when you take out either of the .....

HSBC Premier has launched a special sign-up bonus on its two HSBC Premier credit cards. Until 31st August, you .....

19 Jun 201719 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments