With the Christmas travel period approaching, American Express Foreign Exchange Services is running a special bonus. When you order foreign currency via the Amex Currency Exchange website you will .....

With the Christmas travel period approaching, American Express Foreign Exchange Services is running a special .....

8 Dec 20158 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

For just a couple of days, until midnight on Monday, British Airways is offering discounts of up to 40% on Club Europe flight and hotel packages. These are very good deals if you are flexible about .....

For just a couple of days, until midnight on Monday, British Airways is offering discounts of up to 40% on .....

5 Dec 20155 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Last week, British Airways American Express cardholders were sent unique promotional codes offering them £25 off a British Airways short haul flight. The codes were unique to each individual.  They .....

Last week, British Airways American Express cardholders were sent unique promotional codes offering them £25 .....

4 Dec 20154 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

The devaluation of the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard takes place this month.  Today I want to consider whether you should ditch the card for the IHG Rewards Club Premium Visa, especially whilst the .....

The devaluation of the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard takes place this month.  Today I want to consider whether .....

4 Dec 20154 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

British Airways launched a three day ‘buy Avios’ flash sale yesterday, offering a bonus of 40% for purchases made by the end of Friday.  The page to buy Avios points is here. I received .....

British Airways launched a three day ‘buy Avios’ flash sale yesterday, offering a bonus of 40% .....

3 Dec 20153 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club.  In December, they are giving away 72 million Avios points in a major competition. First, a quick reminder of .....

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club.  In December, they .....

2 Dec 20152 December 2015 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Of all the Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals I covered last week, the British Airways one was clearly the most attractive. Full details are on ba.com here – but they do not tell the whole story. .....

Of all the Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals I covered last week, the British Airways one was clearly the most .....

30 Nov 201530 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

As part of our fantastic “win 100,000 Avios competition”, which ran two weeks ago, we launched an exclusive hotel booking offer.  This is in association with hotel booking site Kaligo.com .....

As part of our fantastic “win 100,000 Avios competition”, which ran two weeks ago, we launched an .....

29 Nov 201529 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

My attempts to make Black Friday go away by putting my fingers in my ears and going ‘nah nah nah nah’ (a trick I picked up from my 4-year old) have failed as the articles today show.  The .....

My attempts to make Black Friday go away by putting my fingers in my ears and going ‘nah nah nah .....

27 Nov 201527 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

Thank you to everyone who entered our competition last week, sponsored by hotel booking site Kaligo.com, to win 100,000 Avios points.  There was a fantastic response. I picked a winner yesterday and .....

Thank you to everyone who entered our competition last week, sponsored by hotel booking site Kaligo.com, to .....

26 Nov 201526 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

News in brief: Gate 365 / Avios e-store shopping bonuses If you are starting your Christmas shopping, the British Airways Executive Club ‘Gate 365’ shopping portal has some special deals .....

News in brief: Gate 365 / Avios e-store shopping bonuses If you are starting your Christmas shopping, the .....

23 Nov 201523 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Midnight tonight, Friday, is the closing date for the fantastic competition we have been running all week. We are giving away 100,000 Avios points in association with British Airways Executive Club .....

Midnight tonight, Friday, is the closing date for the fantastic competition we have been running all week. We .....

20 Nov 201520 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

News in brief: British Airways announces two new Greek destinations British Airways will be operating two new routes to Greece next Summer. From 30th April, it will fly to Kalamata twice per week .....

News in brief: British Airways announces two new Greek destinations British Airways will be operating two new .....

20 Nov 201520 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Yes, you read that correctly.  We did it in January and it was hugely popular, so we decided to do it again.  This week on Head for Points we are giving away 100,000 Avios points in association with .....

Yes, you read that correctly.  We did it in January and it was hugely popular, so we decided to do it .....

16 Nov 201516 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments