On January 1st last year I ran an ‘open forum’ where I opened up the comments to ideas on tweaking the site.  It worked well so I thought I would try it again. I have continued to change .....

On January 1st last year I ran an ‘open forum’ where I opened up the comments to ideas on tweaking .....

1 Jan 20151 January 2015 by Rob Burgess • 210 comments

Business Traveller magazine is once again running its annual online charity auction. This year the cause is The Prince’s Trust. They have put together a huge list of items, from flights to .....

Business Traveller magazine is once again running its annual online charity auction. This year the cause is .....

30 Dec 201430 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Happy Christmas to you and your family. I hope you enjoy a well deserved break, wherever in the world you are. (Do please post below if your travels have taken you anywhere exciting this Christmas.) .....

Happy Christmas to you and your family. I hope you enjoy a well deserved break, wherever in the world you are. .....

25 Dec 201425 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Today and tomorrow, I am giving two Head for Points readers $100 of free UK airport lounge access with LoungeBuddy.  This will be enough to get 2-3 people into a lounge at one of the 19 participating .....

Today and tomorrow, I am giving two Head for Points readers $100 of free UK airport lounge access with .....

22 Dec 201422 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

This is my review of the Hotel Amigo in Brussels, run by Rocco Forte Hotels, where we spent an eventful couple of days last weekend. It has been impressive to watch how Rocco Forte has built up his .....

This is my review of the Hotel Amigo in Brussels, run by Rocco Forte Hotels, where we spent an eventful .....

22 Dec 201422 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

The No1 Traveller ‘pay as you go’ lounge at London Stansted is to close for good on Christmas Eve. This is not a great loss, to be honest.  Because it was situated on one of the piers, it .....

The No1 Traveller ‘pay as you go’ lounge at London Stansted is to close for good on Christmas Eve. .....

20 Dec 201420 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Whilst I haven’t mentioned LoungeBuddy on Head for Points before, it isn’t because it is not a smart piece of work.  It is, without a doubt, the leading global authority on airport .....

Whilst I haven’t mentioned LoungeBuddy on Head for Points before, it isn’t because it is not a .....

19 Dec 201419 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Thanks to Air New Zealand, I am running a unique competition today which will run for just 17 hours. Between now and midnight, you can win a rare ‘money can’t buy’ pair of Air New .....

Thanks to Air New Zealand, I am running a unique competition today which will run for just 17 hours. Between .....

18 Dec 201418 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

PartnerPlusBenefit, previously Star Alliance Company Plus, is the Star Alliance equivalent of the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at companies in the UK and Ireland. What makes .....

PartnerPlusBenefit, previously Star Alliance Company Plus, is the Star Alliance equivalent of the British .....

18 Dec 201418 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Back in August I wrote about ‘the luxury retail project’ – the plan to rebuild much of the south area of Terminal 5 as a destination for luxury shopping brands. Of all the stores .....

Back in August I wrote about ‘the luxury retail project’ – the plan to rebuild much of the .....

16 Dec 201416 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Uber, the app-based taxi service that is doing surprisingly well in London and is also in Manchester, has launched in Leeds.  The company now operates in 225 cities globally. At the moment, only the .....

Uber, the app-based taxi service that is doing surprisingly well in London and is also in Manchester, has .....

14 Dec 201414 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Hotels4U, which is part of Thomas Cook, is giving away £5,000 of hotel nights to people born on Christmas Day. It is enough to make up for all of those combined ‘birthday and Christmas’ .....

Hotels4U, which is part of Thomas Cook, is giving away £5,000 of hotel nights to people born on Christmas .....

12 Dec 201412 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

On Tuesday evening I was in Terminal 2 at Heathrow for the opening party for the Plaza Premium arrivals lounge. (This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all .....

On Tuesday evening I was in Terminal 2 at Heathrow for the opening party for the Plaza Premium arrivals .....

11 Dec 201411 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Flybe – which is now an Avios earning partner – is running its first ever Flash Sale today. Called ‘Purple Wednesday’, the airline is offering 15,000 seats across its network .....

Flybe – which is now an Avios earning partner – is running its first ever Flash Sale today. Called .....

10 Dec 201410 December 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments