All this week, Head for Points is running an exciting competition in association with hotel booking app HotelTonight to promote their new ‘seven day advance booking service’. We have .....

All this week, Head for Points is running an exciting competition in association with hotel booking app .....

20 Oct 201420 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1706 comments

On Monday I will be launching the biggest competition that we have ever run on Head for Points. To promote the launch of their new ‘seven day advance booking’ service, hotel booking app .....

On Monday I will be launching the biggest competition that we have ever run on Head for Points. To promote the .....

18 Oct 201418 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

When I landed in Qatar last Monday, I received the usual text message from Vodafone. It would cost me £1.65 per minute to make a call and a bargain £1.30 per minute to receive one. Data was £3 per .....

When I landed in Qatar last Monday, I received the usual text message from Vodafone. It would cost me £1.65 .....

13 Oct 201413 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Heathrow Express is offering a discount of £6 on an Express (ie Standard) Class one-way ticket throughout October.  This brings the price down from £21 to ‘just’ £15. There is also a .....

Heathrow Express is offering a discount of £6 on an Express (ie Standard) Class one-way ticket throughout .....

13 Oct 201413 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

With Flybe Rewards4All points being abolished (see my lead story today for the timetable), Flybe had a problem – what does it do with its branded credit card?  Avios seems to have put its foot .....

With Flybe Rewards4All points being abolished (see my lead story today for the timetable), Flybe had a problem .....

11 Oct 201411 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts, operators of some of the best hotels in the Middle East and with a growing presence in Europe and the Maldives, has launched an exclusive offer for Harrods Rewards .....

Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts, operators of some of the best hotels in the Middle East and with a growing .....

6 Oct 20146 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Flybe has improved the sign-up bonus on its Mastercard credit card.  Unfortunately it still isn’t great, but if you live in the regions you may find some value in it. The Flybe Mastercard is .....

Flybe has improved the sign-up bonus on its Mastercard credit card.  Unfortunately it still isn’t .....

3 Oct 20143 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

I have written before about HotelTonight, an iOS, Android and Windows Phone app which lets you book hotels for the same day only in various cities around the world. The company is expanding quickly .....

I have written before about HotelTonight, an iOS, Android and Windows Phone app which lets you book hotels for .....

2 Oct 20142 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Many of you will have received an email from redspottedhanky.com last night advising that they are introducing a £1 booking fee and a £1 postage fee for all train ticket bookings. This was, in some .....

Many of you will have received an email from redspottedhanky.com last night advising that they are introducing .....

1 Oct 20141 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury hotels in 70 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 70 countries. These are primarily .....

30 Sep 201430 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

My route to Las Vegas took me from London to Los Angeles on a British Airways A380 (review in a couple of days).  From LA, I booked myself onto Virgin America for the short hop to Las Vegas. If .....

My route to Las Vegas took me from London to Los Angeles on a British Airways A380 (review in a couple of .....

29 Sep 201429 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Tiny Greek airline Aegean has a disproportionately high importance to frequent flyers.  For the last few years it has offered – by a huge margin – the easiest way to earn Gold status with .....

Tiny Greek airline Aegean has a disproportionately high importance to frequent flyers.  For the last few .....

28 Sep 201428 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

I wanted to run this article last week, but I know that most Head for Points readers during the week are using the site at work.  This is not something that you necessarily want to play at .....

I wanted to run this article last week, but I know that most Head for Points readers during the week are .....

27 Sep 201427 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

For my three nights in Las Vegas, I booked myself into the luxurious Four Seasons Las Vegas hotel.  Here is my review of the Four Seasons Las Vegas along with a selection of photographs. Hotels in .....

For my three nights in Las Vegas, I booked myself into the luxurious Four Seasons Las Vegas hotel.  Here is .....

26 Sep 201426 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments