As regular Head for Points readers will know, HMRC removed the ability to pay self-assessment, PAYE or VAT with a personal credit card last weekend. This was a big blow for miles and points .....

As regular Head for Points readers will know, HMRC removed the ability to pay self-assessment, PAYE or VAT .....

22 Jan 201822 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 188 comments

Regular readers might recall my article last year about Flight Experience.  This is an Australian-based flight simulator company with a new branch in Putney. In Putney I got to try their Boeing 737 .....

Regular readers might recall my article last year about Flight Experience.  This is an Australian-based .....

21 Jan 201821 January 2018 by Anika Burnett • 25 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 .....

21 Jan 201821 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

I was at the opening party for the Stobart Jet Centre at London Southend Airport last night. The company has done an impressive job with its lounge which is a world away from the sterile (but .....

I was at the opening party for the Stobart Jet Centre at London Southend Airport last night. The company has .....

19 Jan 201819 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

I am appearing on Rip Off Britain on BBC1 this morning, doing an (unpaid and unofficial) PR job on behalf of Avios.  If you’ve visited Head for Points after seeing me on the programme, .....

I am appearing on Rip Off Britain on BBC1 this morning, doing an (unpaid and unofficial) PR job on behalf of .....

18 Jan 201818 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Curve Card, the Mastercard that allows you to merge all of your Mastercard and Visa cards into one product, launches to the general public today. It had previously been available only to anyone who .....

Curve Card, the Mastercard that allows you to merge all of your Mastercard and Visa cards into one product, .....

17 Jan 201817 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 113 comments

If you’ve been intrigued by some of our flight simulator coverage in recent months, Groupon is running a deal for the Emirates-branded A380 and Boeing 777 flight simulator at North Greenwich. .....

If you’ve been intrigued by some of our flight simulator coverage in recent months, Groupon is running a .....

12 Jan 201812 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

We have been running a competition on Head for Points for the past week to win two economy class flights between London and New York.  TODAY (Wednesday) is the last day to enter. This is a .....

We have been running a competition on Head for Points for the past week to win two economy class flights .....

10 Jan 201810 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London early 2015 after the hotel let me have a tour of its facilities and suites. It is a genuinely .....

Long-term Head for Points readers will remember that I did a review of the Corinthia Hotel in London early .....

9 Jan 20189 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

I have been sent, under embargo, some big news about changes to one of the major hotel loyalty schemes. It isn’t the end of the world, by any means, but if you pop back after 1.01pm today .....

I have been sent, under embargo, some big news about changes to one of the major hotel loyalty schemes. It .....

8 Jan 20188 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

We don’t discuss the ‘high net worth’ American Express Centurion card much on Head for Points, even though a fair few of our readers have one. My personal view is that, unlike Amex .....

We don’t discuss the ‘high net worth’ American Express Centurion card much on Head for .....

8 Jan 20188 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 22 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 .....

7 Jan 20187 January 2018 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

South African Airways has launched its January sale with fares that undercut British Airways on the Cape Town route, albeit with a plane change in Jo’burg.  It also covers lots of other places .....

South African Airways has launched its January sale with fares that undercut British Airways on the Cape Town .....

6 Jan 20186 January 2018 by Rob Burgess

After adding twice daily weekday flights from London City to Lisbon last October, TAP has announced the launch of a six times weekly service between London City Airport and Porto’s Francisco Sá .....

After adding twice daily weekday flights from London City to Lisbon last October, TAP has announced the launch .....

5 Jan 20185 January 2018 by Anika Burnett