The best miles and points credit and charge cards tend to come from American Express.  It is unfortunate, however, that they are not accepted everywhere.  You will need a Visa .....

The best miles and points credit and charge cards tend to come from American Express.  It is .....

24 Jan 201524 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

If you are a member of the East Coast Rewards train loyalty scheme you will have received an email yesterday confirming that the scheme is being closed on February 28th.  The franchise is .....

If you are a member of the East Coast Rewards train loyalty scheme you will have received an email yesterday .....

20 Jan 201520 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

I have run occasional articles on Head for Points offering sign-up deals for GetTaxi / Gett (£10), Uber (£10) and Hailo (nothing at present). I thought it was about time to look at Kabbee as well. .....

I have run occasional articles on Head for Points offering sign-up deals for GetTaxi / Gett (£10), Uber .....

19 Jan 201519 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

One of the requests that came up during my request for suggestions over New Year was the idea of a calendar on the site which would show the closing dates for the offers I discuss. This was a good .....

One of the requests that came up during my request for suggestions over New Year was the idea of a calendar on .....

17 Jan 201517 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

This is my review of the Corinthia hotel in London, together with some photographs from my visit. As you can imagine, I get quite a few requests from PR agencies asking me if I want to have a tour of .....

This is my review of the Corinthia hotel in London, together with some photographs from my visit. As you can .....

16 Jan 201516 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

points.com is a facilitator for the purchase and exchange of miles. If you have ever bought Avios, you may have noticed that your credit card statement showed ‘points.com’ as the merchant. .....

points.com is a facilitator for the purchase and exchange of miles. If you have ever bought Avios, you may .....

13 Jan 201513 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is repeating the offer it ran last May to get a Priority Pass for half price. Priority Pass is a network of 700 airport .....

Amazon Local, the ‘daily deals’ / Groupon-style Amazon subsidiary, is repeating the offer it ran .....

12 Jan 201512 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Here is one of those odd little facts which may have passed you by.  I was reminded of it when writing my article on the Thistle Hotels ‘Signature’ loyalty scheme on Wednesday. The .....

Here is one of those odd little facts which may have passed you by.  I was reminded of it when writing my .....

10 Jan 201510 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Don’t forget that midnight tonight is the closing time for our fantastic competition in association with hotel booking website Kaligo. One lucky Head for Points reader is going to win 100,000 .....

Don’t forget that midnight tonight is the closing time for our fantastic competition in association with .....

9 Jan 20159 January 2015 by Rob Burgess

On New Years Day I ran an open forum where you could post suggestions for ways of improving Head for Points.  I am grateful to everyone who took the time to comment or send me an email, especially .....

On New Years Day I ran an open forum where you could post suggestions for ways of improving Head for .....

9 Jan 20159 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

I don’t write about Thistle Hotels much on Head for Points.  They did have an American Express cashback offer last year which I covered, and one HfP reader contacted me afterwards to say how .....

I don’t write about Thistle Hotels much on Head for Points.  They did have an American Express cashback .....

8 Jan 20158 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is my review of the Post Office Money Platinum credit card. Link to apply: The Post Office Money Platinum credit card application page Key facts:  No annual fee, representative APR 17.8% .....

This is my review of the Post Office Money Platinum credit card. Link to apply: The Post Office Money .....

6 Jan 20156 January 2015 by Rob Burgess

It came down to the wire, but the UAE newspaper The National reported on December 30th that Dubai International Airport was on course to overtake Heathrow for the first time to become the .....

It came down to the wire, but the UAE newspaper The National reported on December 30th that Dubai .....

2 Jan 20152 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Here is something a bit different for New Year’s Day – hopefully you may have 20 minutes spare today to enjoy it. If you’ve never seen “Frequent Flyer – The Video”, .....

Here is something a bit different for New Year’s Day – hopefully you may have 20 minutes spare .....

1 Jan 20151 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments