Business Traveller magazine has added Platinum-tier membership of the Global Hotel Alliance programme as a benefit for its subscribers.  If you are planning a stay at any hotel in the GHA grouping, .....

Business Traveller magazine has added Platinum-tier membership of the Global Hotel Alliance programme as a .....

16 Feb 201416 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Over the weekend, I posted about the £9.50 redspottedhanky.com train ticket voucher promotion running on Sun+, the paid-for website for The Sun. It has been running a separate promotion in the .....

Over the weekend, I posted about the £9.50 redspottedhanky.com train ticket voucher promotion running on .....

12 Feb 201412 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

I was down at the Business Travel Show at Earls Court last Wednesday, as followers of our Twitter feed will have noticed. This is the big annual get-together for the business travel industry, a place .....

I was down at the Business Travel Show at Earls Court last Wednesday, as followers of our Twitter feed will .....

10 Feb 201410 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

Back in December, I ran this article which promoted a £9.50 redspottedhanky.com train ticket voucher for joining Sun+. The offer is now back – a further 10,000 redspottedhanky.com vouchers are .....

Back in December, I ran this article which promoted a £9.50 redspottedhanky.com train ticket voucher for .....

8 Feb 20148 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

If you read Head for Points on Saturday, you will know that one of our readers has won 1 million Clubcard points in an Amex competition.  A few other people shared their experiences of winning .....

If you read Head for Points on Saturday, you will know that one of our readers has won 1 million Clubcard .....

5 Feb 20145 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Since a block was placed on 3V Virtual Visa cards being used to pay off tax bills or to pay into bank accounts, their uses have shrunk.  Some people are also sitting on a pile of unused cards. Reader .....

Since a block was placed on 3V Virtual Visa cards being used to pay off tax bills or to pay into bank .....

2 Feb 20142 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

A Head for Points comment last week pointed me in the direction of Barclays Premier.  This is the ‘premium’ current account offered by the bank.  Barclays Premier has a £10 monthly fee .....

A Head for Points comment last week pointed me in the direction of Barclays Premier.  This is the .....

1 Feb 20141 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

This is my review of the new Qbic Hotel in London. Last year, I promoted the £1 room sale being offered by the new Qbic Hotel in London.  A few Head for Points readers managed to grab the £1 rooms, .....

This is my review of the new Qbic Hotel in London. Last year, I promoted the £1 room sale being offered by .....

30 Jan 201430 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

You may remember that I wrote a piece last year recommending Regus business lounges.  At that time, Regus was, amazingly, giving away free access (unlimited visits) to their lounges via a number of .....

You may remember that I wrote a piece last year recommending Regus business lounges.  At that time, Regus .....

25 Jan 201425 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple system.  You earn 1 Shell Drivers Club point for every litre of basic fuel you buy, and 2 .....

Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple .....

24 Jan 201424 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an updated version of my article on saving money on Heathrow Express tickets, so I thought I would do something similar for Gatwick Express. Getting a discount on the .....

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an updated version of my article on saving money on Heathrow Express tickets, so .....

17 Jan 201417 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

On New Years Day, I ran this article where I asked for your thoughts on ways to improve the layout and look of the site. A lot of you took the time to comment, both in that article and by email.  .....

On New Years Day, I ran this article where I asked for your thoughts on ways to improve the layout and look .....

11 Jan 201411 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

If you haven’t heard of Uber, it is the relatively new private hire service available in London, having already been operating in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Paris, amongst other places, .....

If you haven’t heard of Uber, it is the relatively new private hire service available in London, having .....

10 Jan 201410 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is my review of how the Four Seasons hotel in Hampshire looks after young children. Here are some pictures from our stay at Four Seasons Hampshire last weekend, as I discuss in my main post .....

This is my review of how the Four Seasons hotel in Hampshire looks after young children. Here are some .....

7 Jan 20147 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments