To keep you busy during lockdown, we’ve been recommending some excellent Amazon trial offers in recent weeks. If you have a Kindle device, or are happy using the Kindle app on your iPad, other .....

To keep you busy during lockdown, we’ve been recommending some excellent Amazon trial offers in recent .....

30 Apr 202030 April 2020 by Rob Burgess

Doing a bailout quickly and fairly is not possible, unfortunately.  There will always be holes in the system. As we have covered before, Virgin Atlantic is not able to access the Government’s .....

Doing a bailout quickly and fairly is not possible, unfortunately.  There will always be holes in the system. .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 198 comments

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Lviv in Ukraine, where we look at The Grand Hotel. If you’ve never heard of Lviv, it is accessible by both Wizz Air and Ryanair from London .....

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Lviv in Ukraine, where we look at The Grand Hotel. If .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 39 comments

Yesterday we looked at new changes to Curve Card, including the ability to pay your credit card bill with another credit card via Curve, for a 1.5% fee. I promised that I would run an updated version .....

Yesterday we looked at new changes to Curve Card, including the ability to pay your credit card bill with .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 238 comments

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Villa Cora in Florence, We are currently running this reader-written feature to provide some positivity and inspiration to Head for Points.  .....

Today, our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ review is from Villa Cora in Florence, We are currently running .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 21 comments

Curve Card made a slightly confusing announcement on Friday, emailing members to tell them that it was imposing a 1.5% fee on anyone who used their card to pay off a credit card. The reason it was .....

Curve Card made a slightly confusing announcement on Friday, emailing members to tell them that it was .....

26 Apr 202026 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 256 comments

Auction house Bonhams is currently running an online charity auction in aid of the NHS Charities Covid-19 Urgent Appeal. There are some very impressive sporting, event and art lots up for grabs, most .....

Auction house Bonhams is currently running an online charity auction in aid of the NHS Charities Covid-19 .....

25 Apr 202025 April 2020 by Rob Burgess

Today’s ‘My Favourite Hotel’ is The Peabody in Memphis, Tennessee, which features ducks visiting the lobby on a daily basis. Unless there is major news breaking, we hope to run one .....

Today’s ‘My Favourite Hotel’ is The Peabody in Memphis, Tennessee, which features ducks .....

25 Apr 202025 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 34 comments

Today we have something a little bit different for our new reader-written feature – ‘My Favourite Hotel’:  the Belmond Andean Explorer, a luxury overnight train ride in Peru. We are .....

Today we have something a little bit different for our new reader-written feature – ‘My Favourite .....

24 Apr 202024 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 39 comments

Is social distancing on aircraft going to mean the end of cheap air travel?  If you believe certain travel and media figures in recent days, the answer is undoubtedly yes. We shouldn’t .....

Is social distancing on aircraft going to mean the end of cheap air travel?  If you believe certain travel .....

23 Apr 202023 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 197 comments

One of our readers in currently based in a UK Crowne Plaza hotel whilst undertaking essential work.  Here is his story of how he is finding life in these strange times. I am a key worker and had .....

One of our readers in currently based in a UK Crowne Plaza hotel whilst undertaking essential work.  Here is .....

23 Apr 202023 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Today’s ‘My Favourite Hotel’ revew is the Fugitives’ Drift Lodge in KwaZulu-Nata, South Africa, which is reader Paul’s favourite hotel. Unless there is major news .....

Today’s ‘My Favourite Hotel’ revew is the Fugitives’ Drift Lodge in KwaZulu-Nata, .....

23 Apr 202023 April 2020 by Anika Burnett • 23 comments

Whilst we haven’t covered it, there has been quite a bit of discussion in recent days over easyJet’s plan to leave all middle seats empty when it resumes flying. The airline believes that .....

Whilst we haven’t covered it, there has been quite a bit of discussion in recent days over .....

22 Apr 202022 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 147 comments

News in brief: ‘Last Flight to Newquay’ on Radio 4 On Monday, Radio 4 ran a documentary entitled ‘Last Flight to Newquay’. This was originally conceived as a documentary about .....

News in brief: ‘Last Flight to Newquay’ on Radio 4 On Monday, Radio 4 ran a documentary entitled .....

22 Apr 202022 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments