A new Foursquare and American Express promotion has slipped out, without most people being aware of it. The deal is with Harrods, again, and unfortunately is not as generous as the previous offer. The .....

A new Foursquare and American Express promotion has slipped out, without most people being aware of it. The .....

1 Apr 20131 April 2013 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

A couple of years ago, Google bought ITA.  ITA is the most comprehensive airline pricing and routing database available, able to run substantially more complex searches across multiple dates, routes .....

A couple of years ago, Google bought ITA.  ITA is the most comprehensive airline pricing and routing database .....

30 Mar 201330 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Here is a change from the normal post, given that today is a Bank Holiday. If you have 10 minutes to spare, this video is well worth a watch: It shows you what life was like at Heathrow back in 1964 .....

Here is a change from the normal post, given that today is a Bank Holiday. If you have 10 minutes to spare, .....

29 Mar 201329 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

This is the 6th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for.  These articles will be linked to the relevant .....

This is the 6th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....

29 Mar 201329 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

The company Regus may or may not be familiar to you.   It is the worlds leading provider of ‘serviced office space’.  This is, fundamentally, treating office space like a hotel. You .....

The company Regus may or may not be familiar to you.   It is the worlds leading provider of ‘serviced .....

24 Mar 201324 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Train booking website redspottedhanky.com is giving away 30,000 £10 vouchers to people who buy the Sunday Telegraph tomorrow. They have run these promotions before, most recently last October, .....

Train booking website redspottedhanky.com is giving away 30,000 £10 vouchers to people who buy the Sunday .....

23 Mar 201323 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

I am currently the holder of a Star Alliance Gold card until July 2014.  This gives me top tier privileges when flying Lufthansa, Thai, SAS, Singapore Airlines, Turkish, Egyptair, US Airways, United, .....

I am currently the holder of a Star Alliance Gold card until July 2014.  This gives me top tier privileges .....

22 Mar 201322 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that Debenhams has launched a ‘up to 50% off’ sale, starting today. This is, of course, fully combinable with the current American Express / .....

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that Debenhams has launched a ‘up to 50% off’ sale, .....

21 Mar 201321 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

It’s Easter, so we are off on holiday again for 10 days.  Need to keep the kids occupied somehow ….. This is therefore a good time to open the site up to the floor.  If you have burning .....

It’s Easter, so we are off on holiday again for 10 days.  Need to keep the kids occupied somehow .....

19 Mar 201319 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

A lot of articles on Head for Points are dedicated to collecting miles and points from credit card sign-up bonuses.  And there is a good reason for this – credit card sign-up deals are by far .....

A lot of articles on Head for Points are dedicated to collecting miles and points from credit card sign-up .....

14 Mar 201314 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

It is now just over a week since I launched the new-look Head for Points.  And, given the scale of the task, the move and the new style seem to have gone down well. Page views on the old site are now .....

It is now just over a week since I launched the new-look Head for Points.  And, given the scale of the task, .....

9 Mar 20139 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Last week I outlined the new Foursquare opportunities available at Debenhams and Fenwick / Bentalls. For each American Express card you own, including supplementary cards, you can buy a £50 gift card .....

Last week I outlined the new Foursquare opportunities available at Debenhams and Fenwick / Bentalls. For each .....

8 Mar 20138 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

As I mentioned on Wednesday, one of the new things that I can do with Head for Points under our new hosting agreement is to offer affiliate links. I have settled on just three affiliate partners.  .....

As I mentioned on Wednesday, one of the new things that I can do with Head for Points under our new hosting .....

1 Mar 20131 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Welcome, hopefully, to the new look Head for Points. I write this, of course, a day or two in advance, not knowing if the move to our new server will work properly or not.  Perhaps no-one is .....

Welcome, hopefully, to the new look Head for Points. I write this, of course, a day or two in advance, not .....

27 Feb 201327 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments