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

Father Christmas may be dusting down his sacks, but the only Christmas present you really want this year is here on Head for Points. On Monday, we will be giving away 100,000 Avios points in a free .....

Father Christmas may be dusting down his sacks, but the only Christmas present you really want this year is .....

14 Nov 201514 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Doncaster Sheffield airport (or Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield as it is officially known, or Finningley as I – and presumably anyone over 40 in Yorkshire – still calls it) is .....

Doncaster Sheffield airport (or Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield as it is officially known, or .....

12 Nov 201512 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

There are two interesting Hilton HHonors promotions running until December, both of which I have covered on Head for Points before: For points collectors, on the ‘points and points’ .....

There are two interesting Hilton HHonors promotions running until December, both of which I have covered on .....

11 Nov 201511 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in association with British Airways. This is the most generous sign-up .....

Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up .....

10 Nov 201510 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments