This is something a little different from your usual HfP article or your usual HfP competition. Over the last few months I have been doing a bit of (unpaid) advisory work with a company called .....

This is something a little different from your usual HfP article or your usual HfP competition. Over the last .....

31 Aug 201631 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 65 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at Liverpool Lime Street. This was the last stop on my whistle-stop tour of Virgin Trains lounges.  We never planned to do this but it just .....

This is my review of the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at Liverpool Lime Street. This was the last stop on .....

27 Aug 201627 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the 40-strong UK hotel group, receives very little coverage on Head for Points.  This is despite the fact that it runs one of my favourite hotels, the Bath Spa Hotel .....

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the 40-strong UK hotel group, receives very little coverage on Head for .....

24 Aug 201624 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

My review of the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at Manchester Piccadilly was only supposed to be part of a ‘bits’ article.  However, even though the lounge is quite small, I really .....

My review of the Virgin Trains First Class lounge at Manchester Piccadilly was only supposed to be part of a .....

23 Aug 201623 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 15 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 Aug 201621 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is my review of the newly refurbished Virgin East Coast trains First Class Lounge at London Kings Cross Until this month I had never been to a lounge at a train station – and now I’ve .....

This is my review of the newly refurbished Virgin East Coast trains First Class Lounge at London Kings Cross .....

20 Aug 201620 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 25 comments

Whilst Rob settles down to his holiday, I will be running a selection of flight and hotel reviews from my trip to New York last month. First up is my review of low-cost ‘all business .....

Whilst Rob settles down to his holiday, I will be running a selection of flight and hotel reviews from my trip .....

14 Aug 201614 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 14 comments

This is part 2 of my review of the La Compagnie ‘all business class’ London Luton to New York Newark service.  Part 1 which is here looked at the seat and the background to the service. .....

This is part 2 of my review of the La Compagnie ‘all business class’ London Luton to New York .....

14 Aug 201614 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 31 comments

I don’t mention Leading Hotels of the World much on Head for Points.  10 years ago it was quite a force in luxury hotel marketing – and they threw some fantastic events in London to .....

I don’t mention Leading Hotels of the World much on Head for Points.  10 years ago it was quite a force .....

11 Aug 201611 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

I am assuming that the majority of Head for Points readers were in front of the TV and watching CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ at 6.30am on Wednesday. Just in case you weren’t, you missed .....

I am assuming that the majority of Head for Points readers were in front of the TV and watching CNBC’s .....

10 Aug 201610 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 65 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 .....

6 Aug 20166 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

If you have an account with ride app Uber, you may have received an email this week promoting a deal with hotel booking site booking.com. If you book a hotel room via the link in the email (this is .....

If you have an account with ride app Uber, you may have received an email this week promoting a deal with .....

3 Aug 20163 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 80 countries. These are primarily independent properties, many of which are well known in their respective markets. SLH has its .....

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 80 countries. These are primarily .....

3 Aug 20163 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is my review of the brand new menu and relatively new seat in Virgin Trains East Coast First Class. I had to dash up to York and back yesterday which gave me my first exposure to Virgin East .....

This is my review of the brand new menu and relatively new seat in Virgin Trains East Coast First Class. I had .....

2 Aug 20162 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments