OK, this one is going to get complicated. bmi regional (their lack of capitals, not mine) was launched in November 2012.  After British Airways acquired the ‘original’ ex-British Midland .....

OK, this one is going to get complicated. bmi regional (their lack of capitals, not mine) was launched in .....

21 Dec 201721 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

As a bit of a Star Wars geek I’m very excited about today’s competition in association with ANA. We have cunningly timed this to link in with the release of “The Last Jedi” .....

As a bit of a Star Wars geek I’m very excited about today’s competition in association with ANA. .....

15 Dec 201715 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 32 comments

There will be a full article on the HfP Christmas party tomorrow, if the photographer gets the pictures across to me in time! This is the only one I actually took: Thank you to everyone who came, and .....

There will be a full article on the HfP Christmas party tomorrow, if the photographer gets the pictures across .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

News in brief: Priority Pass unveils its lounges of the year Airport lounge access card Priority Pass (free with American Express Platinum, or you can buy one separately) has unveiled its annual .....

News in brief: Priority Pass unveils its lounges of the year Airport lounge access card Priority Pass (free .....

13 Dec 201713 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a credit or charge card – including American Express cards. You can probably imagine how .....

Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a .....

12 Dec 201712 December 2017 by Anika Burnett • 63 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

10 Dec 201710 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Head for Points is moving to a new hosting package on Friday / Saturday.  This will hopefully stop the increasingly frequent ‘503’ errors that many of you have been getting in recent .....

Head for Points is moving to a new hosting package on Friday / Saturday.  This will hopefully stop the .....

8 Dec 20178 December 2017 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in November 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Save 50% on ALL BA long-haul economy Avios redemptions – but is it worth it? British Airways .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in November 2017.  Click through to read them in full: Save .....

30 Nov 201730 November 2017 by HfP team

Thanks to Quercus Books we have five copies of ‘How To Land A Plane’ by Mark Vanhoenacker to give away by midnight tonight. Vanhoenacker is a British Airways Boeing 747 pilot and an .....

Thanks to Quercus Books we have five copies of ‘How To Land A Plane’ by Mark Vanhoenacker to give .....

27 Nov 201727 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 19 comments

A very interesting Groupon deal has come up which will get you into the new Plaza Premium lounge in BA’s Heathrow Terminal 5 for just £19, and just £16 for further visits. Let’s take a .....

A very interesting Groupon deal has come up which will get you into the new Plaza Premium lounge in BA’s .....

26 Nov 201726 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls together the different deals mentioned on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus .....

Here is the latest edition of our regular feature which summarises offers that are ending soon. It pulls .....

26 Nov 201726 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference on loyalty fraud in Brighton, where representatives of various loyalty programmes and tech companies got together to discuss issues currently facing the .....

A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference on loyalty fraud in Brighton, where representatives of various .....

21 Nov 201721 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I relaunched this ten months ago with Emyr Thomas of Bon Vivant, the feedback from Head for Points readers has been .....

I wanted to give our luxury hotel booking service another mention today.  Since I relaunched this ten .....

17 Nov 201717 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

After last year’s success we are delighted to announce that we are holding another Head for Points Christmas party this year. We are currently still in the process of finalising everything but .....

After last year’s success we are delighted to announce that we are holding another Head for Points .....

16 Nov 201716 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 87 comments