Today, if all goes well, I will be experiencing a unique triple whammy: The Lufhansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt The Swiss First Class lounge in Zurich Swiss First Class flight to Boston (oh, .....

Today, if all goes well, I will be experiencing a unique triple whammy: The Lufhansa First Class Terminal in .....

22 Jul 201322 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

American Express has launched a very limited Foursquare promotion, valid from tomorrow until Sunday and only at the mega Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush. The deals are: Debenhams .....

American Express has launched a very limited Foursquare promotion, valid from tomorrow until Sunday and only .....

17 Jul 201317 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

I wrote a long piece last week about the avios.com and British Airways ‘cash passport’ products. These are reloadable cards which can be used instead of credit cards for making payments .....

I wrote a long piece last week about the avios.com and British Airways ‘cash passport’ products. .....

15 Jul 201315 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Anyone who is familiar with the pricing on Heathrow Express will not be surprised to know that passenger numbers across Heathrow Express and the much smaller Heathrow Connect service fell by 2.9% in .....

Anyone who is familiar with the pricing on Heathrow Express will not be surprised to know that passenger .....

14 Jul 201314 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Two months ago I wrote about a special offer from East Midlands Trains, offering vouchers worth £10 off any journey to or from London.  They have now brought it back. (East Midlands Trains runs from .....

Two months ago I wrote about a special offer from East Midlands Trains, offering vouchers worth £10 off any .....

12 Jul 201312 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Uber launched in London last year as a luxury car service, offering you the chance to be transported around in a Mercedes or similar. Yesterday, Uber launched UberX.  UberX is a lower cost version .....

Uber launched in London last year as a luxury car service, offering you the chance to be transported around in .....

12 Jul 201312 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

With Wimbledon now over for the year, it is time to see who won the (just for fun!) Head for Points mini-league.  This was run by redspottedhanky.com, the train booking website, with the carrot of 3p .....

With Wimbledon now over for the year, it is time to see who won the (just for fun!) Head for Points .....

10 Jul 201310 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

There was much excitement in the luxury hotel world last month when it was revealed that Peninsula has acquired a site in Grosvenor Place for its entry into the London hotel market. Peninsula is a .....

There was much excitement in the luxury hotel world last month when it was revealed that Peninsula has .....

5 Jul 20135 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

It was exactly a year ago that I launched Head for Points.   I had actually started writing it at the end of May, but no-one actually knew it existed at that point!  I wanted to run it for a few .....

It was exactly a year ago that I launched Head for Points.   I had actually started writing it at the end of .....

2 Jul 20132 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

We had a grand total of 133 teams enter the Head for Points league as part of the redspottedhanky.com Wimbledon competition! The reason for running this – apart from it being a bit of fun .....

We had a grand total of 133 teams enter the Head for Points league as part of the redspottedhanky.com .....

1 Jul 20131 July 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I ran a couple of articles recently (here and here) on buying coins from the Royal Mint at face value. Whilst this sounds slightly crazy, it allows you to ‘manufacture’ credit card .....

I ran a couple of articles recently (here and here) on buying coins from the Royal Mint at face value. Whilst .....

28 Jun 201328 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

I have been receiving quite a few emails in recent weeks relating to upcoming Summer holidays, eg airport parking, foreign currency deals etc.  I thought it would be to useful to run a number of .....

I have been receiving quite a few emails in recent weeks relating to upcoming Summer holidays, eg airport .....

27 Jun 201327 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Heathrow Express is 15 years old, amazingly.  And, to celebrate, they have been emailing some people with discount codes.  These allow you to book a one-way ticket for £15 instead of the .....

Heathrow Express is 15 years old, amazingly.  And, to celebrate, they have been emailing some people with .....

23 Jun 201323 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

News in brief: Last call for our RedSpottedHanky tennis mini-league! Wimbledon starts on Monday, which means that this weekend is your last chance to earn up to £15 in free UK train travel by signing .....

News in brief: Last call for our RedSpottedHanky tennis mini-league! Wimbledon starts on Monday, which means .....

22 Jun 201322 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments