Thank you to everyone who came to the Head for Points Summer Party on Monday, at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock. We had just under 250 people there.  I was a little nervous about having such a big group .....

Thank you to everyone who came to the Head for Points Summer Party on Monday, at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock. .....

12 Jul 201812 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Anika and I look forward to seeing 250 of you tonight at the first Head for Points Summer Party, sponsored by Etihad Airways.  If you bought a ticket you should have received an email on Friday .....

Anika and I look forward to seeing 250 of you tonight at the first Head for Points Summer Party, sponsored by .....

9 Jul 20189 July 2018 by Rob Burgess

Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling business person who uses their phone heavily outside the UK. It is, if nothing else, genius in .....

Travelling Connect is a nifty mileage earning opportunity for – primarily – the travelling .....

23 Jun 201823 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

As we announced on Monday, we are pleased to say that we are holding our first ever Head for Points reader Summer Party on Monday 9th July. We are taking over the The Glasshouse room at the Holiday .....

As we announced on Monday, we are pleased to say that we are holding our first ever Head for Points reader .....

21 Jun 201821 June 2018 by Anika Burnett • 101 comments

Last week we announced the light, sunny and airy Glasshouse suite at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock as the venue for our first Head for Points Summer party. We proposed Tuesday 3rd July. Unfortunately, .....

Last week we announced the light, sunny and airy Glasshouse suite at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock as the venue .....

19 Jun 201819 June 2018 by Anika Burnett • 19 comments

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

4 Jun 20184 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 102 comments

Just a few months after their last round of reward price changes, Etihad Guest is launching another belt-tightening measure – variable redemption pricing. From 30th June, the mileage price shown .....

Just a few months after their last round of reward price changes, Etihad Guest is launching another .....

1 Jun 20181 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled the plug on the UK Etihad Guest credit card from 27th July.  This is also now confirmed as .....

This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

MBNA has written to holders of the Etihad Guest UK credit cards this week to tell them that they are closing on 27th July. Quite a few readers may have this card as there were some VERY generous .....

MBNA has written to holders of the Etihad Guest UK credit cards this week to tell them that they are closing .....

30 May 201830 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

If you collect Etihad Guest miles, there is a decent Accor hotel promotion running.  This covers Mercure, Ibis, Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Novotel etc. You will receive triple Etihad Guest miles on .....

If you collect Etihad Guest miles, there is a decent Accor hotel promotion running.  This covers Mercure, .....

6 May 20186 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Oman Air has launched its new First Class ‘suite’ which will debut on future Boeing 787-9 deliveries. The seat has electronically controlled doors, which enclose a relatively standard .....

Oman Air has launched its new First Class ‘suite’ which will debut on future Boeing 787-9 .....

24 Apr 201824 April 2018 by Rob Burgess

I’ve had a few emails recently asking about cheap cash flights to Australia over Christmas.   As this is a non-starter for Avios – and anyway is terrible value given the taxes – .....

I’ve had a few emails recently asking about cheap cash flights to Australia over Christmas.   As this .....

23 Apr 201823 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

Last year we covered an auction where the heavy plant from Heathrow Terminal 1 was being sold off. On 21st April, literally everything else from T1 which could be ripped off the walls or floor is .....

Last year we covered an auction where the heavy plant from Heathrow Terminal 1 was being sold off. On 21st .....

8 Apr 20188 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments