There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

2 Nov 20142 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

Two weeks ago I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club. This offers special benefits to people who work in the oil and energy sector (or who can persuade Lufthansa they do …) including .....

Two weeks ago I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club. This offers special benefits to people who .....

31 Oct 201431 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. (If you got in on the recent amazing £999 business class deal on Air France / KLM to Japan, .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. .....

3 Sep 20143 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Well, this is potentially the best sale offer that I have ever run on Head for Points.  We had the British Airways £777 Club World tickets to Seoul, but was a one-off promotion to launch a new .....

Well, this is potentially the best sale offer that I have ever run on Head for Points.  We had the .....

16 Aug 201416 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. The list of destinations is far smaller than the July-August list, especially in business .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. .....

16 Jul 201416 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Last August, I wrote about Rocketmiles and PointsHound.  These are both online hotel booking services, but with a difference – when you book, you earn a large pile of frequent flyer miles in .....

Last August, I wrote about Rocketmiles and PointsHound.  These are both online hotel booking services, but .....

14 Jul 201414 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

I don’t write any many airline fare sales on Head for Points – at least not compared to the number I get emailed about – but KLM is running a very short term sale to China which did .....

I don’t write any many airline fare sales on Head for Points – at least not compared to the number .....

6 Jul 20146 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking to top up their account: Did you know you can give your Award Miles balance a big boost .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty programme, is running a bonus promotion for anyone who is looking to .....

25 Jun 201425 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Last May, Dutch airline KLM brought in baggage charges for its short-haul flights.  This was quite a risky move since it put the aircraft into low cost carrier territory without necessarily having .....

Last May, Dutch airline KLM brought in baggage charges for its short-haul flights.  This was quite a risky .....

19 Jun 201419 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. These rewards have been poorer value this year and the last list had no business class deals .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. .....

21 May 201421 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I mentioned last week, in a throw away line in another article, that Gold members of Starwood Preferred Guest can claim Gold status with car rental group Sixt. SPG Gold is a free benefit from American .....

I mentioned last week, in a throw away line in another article, that Gold members of Starwood Preferred Guest .....

12 May 201412 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Air France has finally joined the ‘fully flat seat in business class’ club.  The airline recently announced that it was about to start rolling out a new product. A total of 2,102 seats .....

Air France has finally joined the ‘fully flat seat in business class’ club.  The airline recently .....

16 Mar 201416 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. It is even less known today .....

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....

11 Mar 201411 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is the second part of my look back at 2013.  Last time I touched on some of my personal travel highlights and looked back at some of the biggest promotions.  Today I want to look at the .....

This is the second part of my look back at 2013.  Last time I touched on some of my personal travel .....

28 Dec 201328 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments