I am pleased to announce our latest competition.  Last week, the final airlines moved into the new Terminal 2 at London Heathrow. To celebrate the completion of this massive project, Head for Points .....

I am pleased to announce our latest competition.  Last week, the final airlines moved into the new Terminal 2 .....

3 Nov 20143 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 680 comments

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all! The scheme has been around for a while, and offers a number of benefits: Free seat selection .....

easyJet Plus is the nearest thing that easyJet has to a loyalty scheme – ie not very near at all! The .....

3 Nov 20143 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Here is advance notice that we are running another exciting competition next week on Head for Points. To celebrate the move of the final airlines into the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow last month, we .....

Here is advance notice that we are running another exciting competition next week on Head for Points. To .....

1 Nov 20141 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Uber is a driving service which – as of March 2015 – operates in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and, slightly oddly, Wakefield.  It is rolling out strongly, globally as well as in .....

Uber is a driving service which – as of March 2015 – operates in London, Manchester, Birmingham, .....

30 Oct 201430 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Thank you to the 1,700 Head for Points readers who entered our £1,000 HotelTonight competition last week. It was great to see so much interest. The five winners have been drawn and they are: Jonathan .....

Thank you to the 1,700 Head for Points readers who entered our £1,000 HotelTonight competition last week. It .....

28 Oct 201428 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

A ‘status match’ is when you approach an airline or hotel company with proof of your high status with a competing airline or hotel group. You then ask to be immediately upgraded to the .....

A ‘status match’ is when you approach an airline or hotel company with proof of your high status .....

25 Oct 201425 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Just a quick heads up that midnight UK time tonight (Friday) is your last chance to enter our HotelTonight competition. Entries date-stamped after this time will not be counted. Five winners will each .....

Just a quick heads up that midnight UK time tonight (Friday) is your last chance to enter our HotelTonight .....

24 Oct 201424 October 2014 by Rob Burgess

Ethiopian Airlines, however improbable it may sound, is a member of the Star Alliance network.  Based in Addis Ababa, it serves 82 destinations – more African destinations than any other .....

Ethiopian Airlines, however improbable it may sound, is a member of the Star Alliance network.  Based in .....

21 Oct 201421 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

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