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Heathrow staff announce December strike dates

Heathrow Airport staff members, who are members of the Unite union, will be striking for four days in December. The strike is protest against pay cuts which have been imposed on 4,000 staff who did .....

Heathrow Airport staff members, who are members of the Unite union, will be striking for four days in .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

How does the Scandic Friends loyalty programme work?

This is my review of the Scandic Friends loyalty programme. If you are planning a trip to Scandinavia, there is a good cash saving to be had if you join Scandic Friends. Scandic Friends is the loyalty .....

This is my review of the Scandic Friends loyalty programme. If you are planning a trip to Scandinavia, there .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

Head for Points shortlisted for five travel journalism awards

I’m pleased to say that we have been shortlisted in five categories at the 2020 Business Travel Journalism Awards. Each member of the team has received at least one nomination: Best Newcomer .....

I’m pleased to say that we have been shortlisted in five categories at the 2020 Business Travel .....

by Rhys Jones

How to get a one-way Europcar UK rental for just £1

This is one of those odd little deals which has been running for a while – for at least five years – but which you won’t know about if you are a new reader, and may well have forgotten about .....

This is one of those odd little deals which has been running for a while – for at least five years – but .....

by Rob Burgess29 comments

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

by Rhys Jones

MBNA adding cashback rewards to its credit cards

Many HfP readers have an MBNA credit card, primarily the (not available to the general public) Horizon card: For the benefit of new readers, MBNA used to dominate the ‘air miles’ credit .....

Many HfP readers have an MBNA credit card, primarily the (not available to the general public) Horizon card: .....

by Rob Burgess51 comments

Got a small business? Amazon launches two generous SME Credit Cards

You may have thought that new co-brand credit cards were a rare breed, but Amazon and American Express have just launched two new products aimed at the small business market.

You may have thought that new co-brand credit cards were a rare breed, but Amazon and American Express have .....

by Rob Burgess41 comments

Romanian budget carrier Blue Air moves to Heathrow

With a slot waiver in place until the end of March, meaning that airlines are at no risk of losing their slots by not flying, some other carriers are taking the opportunity to test the Heathrow water. .....

With a slot waiver in place until the end of March, meaning that airlines are at no risk of losing their slots .....

by Rob Burgess

easyJet, KLM and Jet2 slash November flying schedules

Over the last couple of days we have covered the British Airways lockdown flying schedule and the Virgin Atlantic lockdown schedule. easyJet has said that is will operate only 20% of its normal Winter .....

Over the last couple of days we have covered the British Airways lockdown flying schedule and the Virgin .....

by Rob Burgess

[Solved] Where has the Atrium Hotel Heathrow’s top floor gone?

We have written a couple of articles about, and a review of, the new Atrium Hotel at Heathrow, opposite Hatton Cross underground station. We found it all very odd. Odd, because it looks weird. Odd, .....

We have written a couple of articles about, and a review of, the new Atrium Hotel at Heathrow, opposite Hatton .....

by Rob Burgess19 comments

The HfP chat thread – Saturday 7th November

We have decided to run this daily chat thread on Head for Points during the coronavirus outbreak. Historically, the daily ‘Bits’ articles were the de facto repository for random .....

We have decided to run this daily chat thread on Head for Points during the coronavirus outbreak. .....

by Rob Burgess210 comments

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