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Here’s the full HfP index of articles for August 2020

Here is a full list of the articles we published in August 2020.  Click through to read them in full: Where can you still travel to from the UK? We make a list Bizarre: You can’t book Avios seats .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in August 2020.  Click through to read them in full: Where .....

by HfP team

Where can you still travel to from the UK? We make a list

With weekly changes to the UK travel quarantine list, it is difficult to keep track of where you can travel to from the UK. Which countries can you visit from UK without having to quarantine on your .....

With weekly changes to the UK travel quarantine list, it is difficult to keep track of where you can travel to .....

by Rob Burgess139 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

Review: the two Amex Cashback credit cards

This is our review of the Amex Cashback cards, specifically the American Express Platinum Cashback and American Express Platinum Cashback Everyday credit cards. Head for Points is primarily about .....

This is our review of the Amex Cashback cards, specifically the American Express Platinum Cashback and .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

The 80/20 airport slot rule may be back, and change UK aviation for ever

Airport Coordination, which manages slot allocation at ‘full’ UK airports, issued a guidance note to airlines yesterday. It reiterated that there is NO slot waiver in place for the Winter .....

Airport Coordination, which manages slot allocation at ‘full’ UK airports, issued a guidance note .....

by Rob Burgess87 comments

The Sunday Times Travel Magazine has closed

The Sunday Times Travel Magazine has been closed down by News UK, presumably following a collapse in advertising revenue, according to Press Gazette. The magazine will always have a place in the heart .....

The Sunday Times Travel Magazine has been closed down by News UK, presumably following a collapse in .....

by Rob Burgess67 comments

Plaza Premium lounge reopens at London Heathrow Terminal 5

There is some good news for anyone travelling through Heathrow Terminal 5 in the next few weeks. The Plaza Premium lounge, which is by far the best of the two independent lounges in the terminal, has .....

There is some good news for anyone travelling through Heathrow Terminal 5 in the next few weeks. The Plaza .....

by Rob Burgess22 comments

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to our first weekly newsletter. One new service we are offering with our relaunch is a weekly newsletter, aimed primarily at people who want to keep in touch but, frankly, not on a daily .....

Welcome to our first weekly newsletter. One new service we are offering with our relaunch is a weekly .....

by Rhys Jones18 comments

Wizz Air opens a (small) base at London Gatwick

Wizz Air made a lot of noise on Tuesday with its announcement that it was opening a base at London Gatwick airport in October. ‘Base’ is potentially taking it a bit far though. Wizz Air is .....

Wizz Air made a lot of noise on Tuesday with its announcement that it was opening a base at London Gatwick .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

What has changed on the new-look Head for Points?

Yesterday afternoon we unveiled our new look.  We hope you like it. If you see any technical issues (broken links, formatting issues etc) then please post them in this ‘noise free’ .....

Yesterday afternoon we unveiled our new look.  We hope you like it. If you see any technical issues (broken .....

by Rob Burgess112 comments

Welcome to the new-look Head for Points

OK, we’re back after a couple of hours of downtime. Things look a little different as you can tell …. After eight years of using a layout which was, to be honest, already dated when we .....

OK, we’re back after a couple of hours of downtime. Things look a little different as you can tell .....

by Rob Burgess204 comments

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